Bruce’s Quest for Community
Bishop Douglas Fisher on Bruce Springsteen: “It’s always hopeful. His songs never end in despair.”
Bishop Confronts Casinos
By J. Scott Jackson • “We like to think we choose mission,” Douglas Fisher says. “But I think mission chooses us.”
Bishop Fights Gambling Fever
By G. Jeffrey MacDonald • The Rt. Rev. Douglas Fisher continues to resist a proposed casino in Springfield, Mass.
Diocese Resists Casino
Western Massachusetts: “There is only one story in the Christian gospels that has to do with gambling. And it happens at the death of Jesus.”
Betting on the Conclave
By John Martin, TLC Correspondent, London
The rank outsider at theologically symbolic odds of 666/1 is the militant atheist Professor Richard Dawkins.
+Sutton Writes on 3 Measures
In a pastoral letter to Episcopalians in Maryland, Bishop Eugene Taylor Sutton reflects on gambling, the Maryland Dream Act, and same-sex marriage.