By Kirk Petersen Leaders of the Scottish Episcopal Church (SEC) have rejected a recommendation that the church's first female bishop should leave her role because of allegations of "bullying" and "systemic dysfunction," The Times of London reported. Instead, a mediation group will attempt to make peace between the Rt. Rev. Anne Dyer, Bishop of Aberdeen and Orkney, and the … [Read more...] about Scottish Church Won’t Oust Bp. Accused of Bullying
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Baroque Splendor in the Vale of the White Horse
S. Swithin, Compton Beauchamp, Oxfordshire By Simon Cotton The Vale of the White Horse is probably the finest scenery in Oxfordshire. It takes its name from the Uffington White Horse, a Bronze Age figure cut into a grass-covered hilltop that exposes the white chalk beneath. Compton Beauchamp is a very small settlement nearby, located beneath the Downs. Near a moated manor, … [Read more...] about Baroque Splendor in the Vale of the White Horse
20 Pentecost, Year B: Lowest to Highest
SUNDAY’S READINGS | October 10, 2021 Job 23:1-9, 16-17 or Amos 5:6-7, 10-15 Ps. 22:1-15 or Ps. 90:12-17 Heb. 4:12-16 Mark 10:17-31 The proverbial patience of Job and his far more exhaustive impatience over the injustice of his suffering anticipate the sufferings of Christ. For Christ goes to his cross willingly and yet feels the anguish and God-forsakenness of his torturous … [Read more...] about 20 Pentecost, Year B: Lowest to Highest
Take a Lesson from Jesus
By Elizabeth Baumann A Reading from the Gospel of Matthew 8:28-34 28 When he came to the other side, to the country of the Gadarenes, two demoniacs coming out of the tombs met him. They were so fierce that no one could pass that way. 29 Suddenly they shouted, “What have you to do with us, Son of God? Have you come here to torment us before the time?” 30 Now a large herd of … [Read more...] about Take a Lesson from Jesus