By Kirk Petersen Usually when a new bishop is consecrated, he or she has to get to know a lot of people in a hurry. The next Bishop of Georgia gets to skip that part. The Diocese of Georgia elected its canon to the ordinary, the Rev. Frank Logue, as the XI Bishop of Georgia on November 15. Assuming he receives the necessary majority of endorsements from bishops and … [Read more...] about Georgia Canon Elected Bishop
Archives for November 19, 2019
Advent’s Radical Prophet
“William Blake” at the Tate Britain Museum, Millbank, London. Until February 2, 2020. By Mark Michael London’s Tate Britain Museum lies just a few steps from the Pimlico tube stop, bordering some of the city’s most exclusive neighborhoods. But I’d suggest approaching its massive “William Blake” exhibition, as I did, by alighting at Westminster, and walking alongside the … [Read more...] about Advent’s Radical Prophet
Archbishop Ernest Named Head of Anglican Center in Rome
Archbishop Ian Ernest was formally commissioned by the Archbishop of Canterbury as the new director of Anglicanism’s center for dialogue with the Roman Catholic Church, in a service held November 13 at Rome’s principal Jesuit church, the Chiesa di Sant Ignazio di Loyola. Ernest, 65, was formerly Bishop of Mauritius and primate of the Anglican Province of the Indian Ocean. In … [Read more...] about Archbishop Ernest Named Head of Anglican Center in Rome
New: 12/1 TLC Online
The December 1 edition of The Living Church is available online to registered subscribers. In our cover story, Mark Michael assesses the massive exhibition of William Blake's work at London's Tate Britain Museum. The Diocese of New York committed $1.1 million from its endowment to be used for reparations for slavery, Kirk Petersen reports. Long after slavery was ended in … [Read more...] about New: 12/1 TLC Online
Giving the Gift of Sight to the Neediest
By Kirk Petersen There are an estimated 2.5 billion people in the world who do not have access to an optometrist. An Episcopalian in Maryland has found a way to deliver eyeglasses to 40,000 of them, and he has his sights set on more. While serving as a Marine Corps officer, Kevin White found himself in charge of the Department of Defense’s humanitarian efforts for Africa … [Read more...] about Giving the Gift of Sight to the Neediest
11/24 Readings: Blood of His Cross
Last Pentecost: Christ the King Jer. 23:1-6 Cant. 16 [Ps. 46] Col. 1:11-20 Luke 23:33-43 When human shepherds fail the flock of God, judgment comes. “Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture!” (Jer. 23:1) The betrayal is primarily a form of neglect. “You have not attended to them” (Jer. 23:2). No doubt, such shepherds may give a public show of … [Read more...] about 11/24 Readings: Blood of His Cross