Floods Compound COVID-19 Suffering in Kenya May 12, 2020 News The rain-swollen Nzoia River has been overflowing its banks for several weeks in the Mumias region of Western Kenya, leaving hundreds dead and thousands displaced at a time when coronavirus lockdowns have created great economic distress.
70-Year-Old Missionary Shot & Wounded in Nigeria May 11, 2020 News Muslim Fulani herdmen shot Canon James Adebayo Famonure four times as he was leading family devotions, also wounding three other family members. The attack is the latest in a series launched against Christian farmers in central Nigeria in a conflict driven by land use disputes, Islamist ideology, and widely available weaponry. The current coronavirus seems to be making things worse.
5/17 Readings: A Vertical Line and Concentric Circles May 11, 2020 Sunday's Readings The Spirit is in you, and you are in the Son, and the Son is in the Father. In this way, we love and know God.
James Turrell Named Dean of Theology at Sewanee May 8, 2020 Clips, News He will succeed Bishop Neil Alexander
NJ Bishops Call for Prison Reform in Light of COVID-19 May 8, 2020 News Bishops Hughes and Stokes cite "the evil of mass incarceration" and its disparate impact on persons of color, a problem exacerbated by the pandemic.
ARCHIVES: V-E Day: Rejoicing, Reconsecration, Work May 8, 2020 From the Archives In two issues in May, 1945, The Living Church reported extensively on joyful and solemn observances of V-E Day throughout the Episcopal Church, including at a Milwaukee war products factory. An Episcopal army chaplain also reported on a burial service he conducted the same day for 200 concentration camp victims in Ludwigslust, Germany.
Podcasts: Economy & Ethics; History & Discipleship May 8, 2020 News Elisabeth Kincaid Stewart Clem Recently on The Living Church Podcast, two longtime Covenant contributors, Dr. Elisabeth Kincaid and Fr. Stewart Clem, discuss the moral and economic questions that have b... Read more...
New: 5/17 TLC Online May 7, 2020 Features The May 17 edition of The Living Church is available online to registered subscribers. (Consider subscribing today!)
Virtual Coffee Hours: “A Vital Ministry for This Moment” May 7, 2020 Features The smell of coffee may be absent and the youth choir might not be running through the parish hall, but people get to connect.
Learning Alone: Four Reflections May 7, 2020 Features Students at different stages of life discuss adapting to learning in solitude.
