By Kirk Petersen David Booth Beers, who for more than a decade led the Episcopal Church’s litigation strategy in property disputes with departing dioceses and parishes, died April 3 after a brief illness. He was 86. St. Patrick’s Episcopal Church in Washington, where Beers and his wife Peggy worshiped for more than half a century, […]
Archives for April 7, 2022
100 Years Ago: Refugees, Prohibition, and 22 Minute Sermons
TLC’s April 8, 1922 cover article displayed “A Prayer for Armenia,” printed by request of Near East Relief, an ecumenical agency incorporated by Congress in 1919 that ultimately coordinated $117 million of assistance to refugees from the Armenian Genocide. Turkish troops were then engaged in a large-scale invasion of Armenia that would ultimately result in […]
What Must I Do?
By Pamela Lewis A Reading from the Gospel of Mark 10:17-31 17 As he was setting out on a journey, a man ran up and knelt before him, and asked him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” 18 Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good […]