By Stephen Herbert The impious simile “hot as hell” really doesn’t apply to Talbotton, Georgia, in August. Not because it isn’t hot, but because hell’s heat can’t possibly be this humid. All those fires in the netherworld must dry the air out a little. Your correspondent is standing in front of Zion Episcopal Church in Talbotton, having just tried a front door he knew … [Read more...] about The Gnat Line’s Gothic Treasure
Archives for January 2020
Bird-Dogging and Bridge-Building: New Hampshire Clergy and the Primary
By G. Jeffrey MacDonald CONCORD, N.H. – Every four years, the Rev. Jason Wells gets the quintessential New Hampshire experience of bumping into presidential candidates and campaign staffers who want his vote in the first-in-the-nation primary. Like other clergy, he hopes to be heard on social issues important to him, such as hunger and the death penalty. But how Fr. Wells … [Read more...] about Bird-Dogging and Bridge-Building: New Hampshire Clergy and the Primary
Integrity USA Seeks Relevance, Elects President Unopposed
By Egan Millard Episcopal News Service Integrity USA, the nonprofit organization dedicated to LGBTQ advocacy within The Episcopal Church, will have a newcomer as its next president as it continues to grapple with infighting over transparency, procedure and purpose. Ron Ward will take over as president on Feb. 1, the result of a special election to fill the remainder of the … [Read more...] about Integrity USA Seeks Relevance, Elects President Unopposed
Help Guide the Future of The Living Church
The Living Church, which has been serving the Episcopal Church and the Anglican Communion continuously since 1878, is looking to the future. We'd be grateful for your feedback. Let us know what you think by taking our brief survey. … [Read more...] about Help Guide the Future of The Living Church
South Carolina Moves Toward Electing a Bishop
One of the nine original dioceses of the Episcopal Church is beginning a search for the XV Bishop of South Carolina. The announcement comes more than seven years after the XIV bishop led many of the churches and parishioners of the diocese out of the Episcopal Church, touching off property lawsuits that continue to this day. The process is intended to lead to the election of … [Read more...] about South Carolina Moves Toward Electing a Bishop
New: 2/9 TLC Online
The February 9 edition of The Living Church is available online to registered subscribers. In the cover story of the Architecture & Music issue, Stephen Herbert explores restoration efforts for a pre-Civil War church in the Georgia Piedmont region. Jamie Howison draws music and architecture together, describing what his congregation learned from the acoustics of a … [Read more...] about New: 2/9 TLC Online
Reparations: No Black-and-White Solution
By Katy Crane How should the United States of America seek reconciliation and absolution for centuries of notorious sin? Slavery, which systemically subjected millions of African-born and African-descended people to forced labor while denying them basic rights and liberties of personhood, has cast a long shadow on the social and cultural fabric of the country. Even … [Read more...] about Reparations: No Black-and-White Solution
2/2 Readings: The Child and the Wound
The Presentation of our Lord Mal. 3:1-4 Ps. 84 or Ps. 24:7-10 Heb. 2:14-18 Luke 2:22-40 Forty days after his birth, Jesus was presented in the temple, given back to God. Then, with the payment of a pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons, he was redeemed, that is, returned to his parents with the understanding that he belonged wholly to God. In a real sense, this is … [Read more...] about 2/2 Readings: The Child and the Wound