By Kirk Petersen The bishop of the combined dioceses of Eastern and Western Michigan has been suspended from his duties for at least a year after admitting to an extramarital affair. The Rt. Rev. Whayne M. Hougland, Jr., agreed to the suspension in an accord with Presiding Bishop Michael B. Curry. In a letter to the dioceses, the joint standing committees of the dioceses … [Read more...] about Michigan Bishop Suspended After Extramarital Affair
Archives for June 15, 2020
Retired English Bishop Steps Down in Racism Inquiry
By Mark Michael The Rt. Rev. Mike Hill, the former Bishop of Bristol, has withdrawn from public ministry while a charge of racism is being investigated by the Church of England’s Disciplinary Measures tribunal, according to a recent report in The Church Times. The charge centers on Hill’s 2016 mishandling of the employment of the Rev. Alwyn Pereira, a priest of South Asian … [Read more...] about Retired English Bishop Steps Down in Racism Inquiry
6/21 Readings: Life from the Dead
3 Pentecost Gen. 21:8-21 or Jer. 20:7-13 Ps. 86:1-10, 16-17 or Ps. 69:8-11, (12-17), 18-20 Rom. 6:1b-11 Matt. 10:24-39 Today’s collect states: “O Lord, make us have perpetual love and reverence for your holy name, for you never fail to help and govern those whom you have set upon the sure foundation of your lovingkindness.” Lovingkindness is something both tender and … [Read more...] about 6/21 Readings: Life from the Dead
Travel Light
By Michael Smith Reading from Numbers 9:15-23, 10:29-3615 On the day the tabernacle was set up, the cloud covered the tabernacle, the tent of the covenant; and from evening until morning it was over the tabernacle, having the appearance of fire. 16It was always so: the cloud covered it by day and the appearance of fire by night. 17Whenever the cloud lifted from over the … [Read more...] about Travel Light