Abraham and Sarah, Slaveholders The Rev. Dr. Ephraim Radner July 31, 2020 Commentary, Ethics, Exegesis, The Episcopal Church By Ephraim Radner Abraham and Sarah were slaveholders. Eliezer and Hagar were their slaves. The following is but a brief reflection on how we have interpreted this uncomfortable fact. It offers no grand clai... Read More...
Grace and Social Justice Guest Contributor July 22, 2020 Commentary, Ethics, The Episcopal Church By Molly Jane Layton “Cheap grace is the deadly enemy of our Church.” So begins Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s compelling book The Cost of Discipleship, written as he grappled with the reality of the German Church’s ... Read More...
On Justice Bishop Daniel Martins July 21, 2020 Commentary, Ethics, The Episcopal Church By Daniel Martins The brutal murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police officers on May 25 triggered an explosive response across the nation (and beyond) that has riveted attention on the issue of racism — both personal and systemic. This has profoundly a... Read More...
Faith Working in Love: On Christian Commitment to Social Justice Guest Contributor July 20, 2020 ACNA, Commentary, Ethics By Ian Olson Indignation has been simmering for generations, building with every act of injustice and compounded by the public’s failure to grasp the scope of the problem. And now it’s boiling over across ou... Read More...
Throwback Thursday: Combating Racism in Britain in 1983 Bishop Graham Kings July 16, 2020 Church of England, Commentary, Ethics By Graham Kings In preparing for our retirement move to Cambridge later this summer, I rediscovered a paper I had written 37 years ago. I prepared it for a workshop which I was leading on "Combating Rac... Read More...
Privilege, Prayer, & Perspective – At Gunpoint Guest Contributor July 13, 2020 Commentary, The Episcopal Church By Peter M. Antoci At 5:50 a.m. on Memorial Day, I was still asleep in my bed, blissfully unaware that the day had already begun. I was unaware that the sun was up, that the birds were chirping, and that three armed, African-American teenagers were shelteri... Read More...
The Color of the Godhead Guest Contributor July 1, 2020 Art, Commentary, Ethics, The Episcopal Church Is It Time to Remove Images of the White Jesus From Churches? By Pamela A. Lewis "So tell me," began the tastefully dressed, middle-aged woman, to whom I had just been introduced at a church social event, "... Read More...
Blood of the Black Christ, Shed for All Christopher Wells June 29, 2020 Commentary, Editorial, The Episcopal Church By Christopher Wells All right, I was colored. It was fine. I did not know enough to be afraid or to anticipate in a concrete manner. True, I had heard that colored people were killed and beaten, but so far it... Read More...
