ETHICS: Homelessness March 27, 2020 Essays & Reviews, Features To be homeless is not simply to be without shelter, but to be deprived of the stable foundation and dignity which is basic for living life in all its fullness.
ARCHIVES: Readers Urge Sunset Prayer, Street Processions March 26, 2020 From the Archives Letters to the Editor from TLC's October 26, 1918 issue give points for intercession during the Spanish flu epidemic and suggest processions to marshal the "terrible artillery of little children's prayers."
Prayers for Use During the Pandemic March 24, 2020 Features May we who settle in for a quarantine at home Remember those who have no home.
ARCHIVES: 1918 Philadelphia Clergy Oppose Church Closing March 19, 2020 From the Archives Twenty-two of the Episcopal clergy of Philadelphia lodged a protest against the banning of public worship in the city, whose failure to take early social distancing measures resulted in the highest death toll for any major city in the 1918 influenza epidemic.
Hopeful Movies for Episcopalians in Self-Quarantine March 19, 2020 Features Dr. Zahl's prescriptions for classic films, all with churchly angles, to restore hope in challenging times.
Farewell, Jerusalem: A Post from Pilgrims Leaving the Holy City March 17, 2020 Features By Rob Price I’m writing this post from my room from the Gloria Hotel in the Old City of Jerusalem, where my group of 14 pilgrims and I have been sequestered by the Israeli government (along with all other f... Read more...
Living Against the Myths of Our Time March 13, 2020 Essays & Reviews, Features According to Moralistic Therapeutic Deism, a powerful and unacknowledged American religion, God exists, but he exists in order to allow us to grow into happiness and to feel good about ourselves. Two recent books say otherwise.
FROM THE ARCHIVES: The 1918 Epidemic and the Churches March 12, 2020 From the Archives TLC's editorial at the height of the 1918 flu pandemic urges cooperation by churches in preventing the disease and daily eucharistic worship for God's help for the suffering.
COVID-19: Facing Facts, Working to Prepare, Trusting in God March 4, 2020 Features Physician Lisa Gilbert has training in tropical medicine and infectious diseases, and has volunteered in Africa, Here she discussed the current crisis in both medical and theological terms. An interview with Abigail Woolley Cutter.
The Prayer for Our Journey March 3, 2020 Essays & Reviews, Features Wesley Hill’s reliable guide to the Lord’s Prayer is a solid addition to the long tradition of commentaries on the prayer stretching back to Tertullian, Cyprian, and Origen.
