Podcast: Teresa of Ávila and the Soul’s Bridegroom November 17, 2020 News, The Living Church podcast What does it look like to approach spiritual perfection? Writer and laywoman Sarah Cornwell reads excerpts from the "Seventh Mansion" of St. Teresa of Ávila's classic, The Interior Castle.
S. Carolina Court to See Case It Thought It Settled November 16, 2020 Highlight, News The State Supreme Court may have thought it settled the matter in 2017, but a lower court thought otherwise.
New Primates for Japan and Korea November 13, 2020 Highlight, News The small but venerable Anglican churches of Japan and Korea have both elected new primates from among their diocesan bishops in recent weeks.
Tribunal Authorizes Same-Sex Blessings in Australia November 13, 2020 Highlight, News The Anglican Church of Australia's highest legal authority has ruled on narrow legal grounds that a liturgy for same sex blessings approved in 2019 by the Diocese of Wangaratta is valid, and that the Diocese of Newcastle may revise its clergy discipline rules to prohibit disciplinary action against priests who enter into same sex marriages.
Old Masters and Black Bodies November 12, 2020 Features, Highlight Using the tools of the old masters – grand canvases and oil paint, and fluently speaking their iconographic language – Ballon has moved Black bodies from the margins of the canvas to the forefront, portraying them as Biblical characters.
Kingdom Logic and the Ethics of Almsgiving November 11, 2020 Highlight, News By Stewart Clem “He’s just going to spend it on drugs.” “Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.” “She probably isn’t even homeless.” “Why can’t ... Read more...
New C of E Resource for Discernment on Sexuality November 11, 2020 Highlight, News A 468-page book and associated teaching materials are designed to help the Church of England begin “a new process of discernment and decision-making on questions of identity, sexuality, relationships and marriage” over the next two years.
11/15 Readings: The Giver of All Good November 10, 2020 Sunday's Readings The wrong kind of fear and an incorrect understanding of God can foster a life of trepidation and caution, a life devoid of prudent risk and joy.
To You, O Lord, I Cry November 10, 2020 Updates By Ed Little A Reading from Joel 1:15-2:1115 Alas for the day!For the day of the Lord is near, and as destruction from the Almighty it comes.16 Is not the food cut off before our eyes,joy and gladness ... Read more...
Dunkle to Step Down at GTS after Academic Year November 9, 2020 Updates The 13th dean and president of General Theological Seminary will leave the position at the end of the academic year. He spoke about his tenure at length with TLC.
