Clergy disagree about the most pastoral way to handle human remains after cremation By G. Jeffrey MacDonald What are you going to do with the ashes? It’s a question clergy seldom asked grieving survivors a generation ago when the vast majority of funerals culminated in a traditional burial. But it’s increasingly part of pastoral care in America, where cremation outpaced … [Read more...] about All Return to Dust
Archives for September 1, 2017
‘Keep DACA in Place’
Four faith leaders in Washington plead for Dreamers Dear Mr. President and Congressional Leaders: As leaders of the three Abrahamic faiths, we look to our sacred texts and traditions in seeking to follow the way of peace. Our respective teachings are clear, and we speak with one voice when we say: supporting the dreams of young immigrants in the United States is consistent … [Read more...] about ‘Keep DACA in Place’
Sons and Daughters of Benedict
The Rev. Canon John Gibaut referred to all Christians as “sons and daughters of Benedict” when preaching on the saint’s feast day, July 11. Anglican Communion News Service invited Canon Gibaut, director of unity, faith, and order for the Anglican Communion, into conversation with Fr. Henry Wansbrough, a Benedictine monk and leading biblical scholar. They met at Ampleforth … [Read more...] about Sons and Daughters of Benedict