By Kirk Petersen More than a year after her consecration as Bishop of Chicago was pre-empted by a stroke, the Rev. Paula Clark has a new consecration date: September 17. Consecrations always are joyous occasions, but this one will be epic. Two weeks before she was scheduled to kneel as a priest and stand up as a bishop, Clark suffered a stroke related to an arteriovenous … [Read more...] about Clark to Be Consecrated a Bishop Despite 2021 Stroke
Archives for May 18, 2022
People & Places – May 18
Appointments The Rev. Rod Gordon is rector of St. Peter’s, Oak Grove, Va. The Rev. Shirley Smith Graham is the Diocese of Virginia’s interim transition minister. The Rev. Raymond Hage is supply priest at St. John’s, Huntington, W.V. The Rev. Matthew Handi is priest in charge of St. Luke’s, South Glastonbury, Conn. The Rev. Ray Hanna is rector of St. Stephen’s, … [Read more...] about People & Places – May 18
Atheist Turned Evangelist To Lead Diocese of Florida
By Kirk Petersen He was an atheist frat boy at a party school when he found his way back to church in his junior year. Now he's a bishop-elect in one of the Episcopal Church's most conservative dioceses. The Rev. Charlie Holt, currently a priest at a huge Texas church, was chosen on the third ballot May 14 as bishop coadjutor of the Diocese of Florida. The election at … [Read more...] about Atheist Turned Evangelist To Lead Diocese of Florida
The Jackpot
By Michael Smith A Reading from the Gospel of Matthew 6:19-24 19 “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal, 20 but store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consumes and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be … [Read more...] about The Jackpot