(Updated with comment from the ACNA diocese) By Kirk Petersen Ten days after a state circuit court judge essentially overruled the South Carolina Supreme Court, the Episcopal Church (TEC) has asked the judge to reconsider, saying the judge exceeded his authority. On June 19, Circuit Court Judge Edgar Dickson ruled that 29 disputed church properties rightfully belong to … [Read more...] about Judge Is Asked to Overrule Himself After Overruling Higher Court
Archives for June 2020
Alexandria is 41st Province of Anglican Communion
The Anglican Communion on June 29 officially welcomed the Episcopal / Anglican Province of Alexandria as its 41st independent province. "Named after the ancient city in the north of Egypt – seat of one of the most historic roots of the Christian church – the new Episcopal / Anglican Province of Alexandria will be the official Anglican Communion presence in Egypt, Algeria, … [Read more...] about Alexandria is 41st Province of Anglican Communion
When Nature Speaks
By James Cornwell Reading from Numbers, 22:21-38 21 So Balaam got up in the morning, saddled his donkey, and went with the officials of Moab. 22 God’s anger was kindled because he was going, and the angel of the Lord took his stand in the road as his adversary. Now he was riding on the donkey, and his two servants were with him. 23The donkey saw the angel of the Lord … [Read more...] about When Nature Speaks
Twin Challenges for New Bishop of Minnesota
The Rt. Rev. Craig Loya has had an eventful transition from Dean of Trinity Cathedral in Omaha to Bishop of Minnesota. TLC’s Kirk Petersen spoke with him in mid-June. The interview has been edited for clarity and brevity. KP: Just to set the stage, when you were elected bishop on January 25, nobody in the United States had died yet from the coronavirus. Then on June 6, in a … [Read more...] about Twin Challenges for New Bishop of Minnesota
7/5 Readings: The Need for Love
5 Pentecost Gen. 24:34-38, 42-49, 58-67 or Zech. 9:9-12 Ps. 45:11-18 or Song 2:8-13 or Ps. 145:8-15 Rom. 7:15-25a Matt. 11:16-19, 25-30 “Then the LORD God said, ‘It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make a helper as his partner’” (Gen. 2:18). “In the morning, while it was still very dark, [Jesus] got up and went out to a deserted place, and there he … [Read more...] about 7/5 Readings: The Need for Love
Prayer and Apocalypse
By James Cornwell Reading from the Gospel of Matthew, 21:12-2212 Then Jesus entered the temple and drove out all who were selling and buying in the temple, and he overturned the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those who sold doves. 13He said to them, “It is written,‘My house shall be called a house of prayer’; but you are making it a den of robbers.”14 The … [Read more...] about Prayer and Apocalypse
Teaching, Healing, Rest
By James Cornwell Reading from the Gospel of Luke, 13:10-1710 Now he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath. 11And just then there appeared a woman with a spirit that had crippled her for eighteen years. She was bent over and was quite unable to stand up straight. 12When Jesus saw her, he called her over and said, “Woman, you are set free from your ailment.” … [Read more...] about Teaching, Healing, Rest
All In
By David Baumann Reading from Romans, 6:1-111 What then are we to say? Should we continue in sin in order that grace may abound? 2By no means! How can we who died to sin go on living in it? 3Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? 4Therefore we have been buried with him by baptism into death, so that, just as … [Read more...] about All In