By Kirk Petersen In 2018, the General Convention reached a compromise on same-sex marriage that defused a potentially serious conflict in the church. Resolution B012 authorized the use of same-sex marriage liturgies wherever such marriages are legal. At the same time, it created a mechanism for conservative bishops to maintain their traditional teaching. It provided a … [Read more...] about The B012 Compromise, Three Years On
Archives for October 6, 2021
New: 10/17 TLC Online
The October 17 Fall Education issue of The Living Church is available online to registered subscribers. In our cover story, Wesley Hill plans to urge his seminary students to bring a physical, printed-and-bound Bible with them to class, in part to rediscover the rewards of thumbing through the pages. (It works for church as well as for class.) In News, Kirk Petersen explores … [Read more...] about New: 10/17 TLC Online
What Jesus Sees
By Elizabeth Baumann A Reading from the Gospel of Matthew 9:9-17 9 As Jesus was walking along, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax booth; and he said to him, “Follow me.” And he got up and followed him. 10 And as he sat at dinner in the house, many tax collectors and sinners came and were sitting with him and his disciples. 11 When the Pharisees saw this, they said … [Read more...] about What Jesus Sees