By Kirk Petersen A year later, people are still talking about the Royal Wedding sermon. More accolades came last week from the Sandford St. Martin Trust, a UK-based religious charity, which distributed its annual awards at Lambeth Palace. As was announced last month, Presiding Bishop Michael Curry received the Sandford St. Martin Trustees’ Award for “outstanding contributions … [Read more...] about Royal Wedding Sermon Still Spreads Love
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Bishop Curry Tops Reporters’ Poll
The Religion News Association announces Presiding Bishop Michael Curry as its Newsmaker of the Year: Religion Newsmaker of the Year honors went to Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Michael Curry, whose sermon at this year’s royal wedding “stole the show,” according to the British press, and raised his profile as a progressive religious voice. Following Curry in a close race … [Read more...] about Bishop Curry Tops Reporters’ Poll
Wedding Choir Lands Contract
London’s Kingdom Choir has always enjoyed critical acclaim, but its rendition of “Stand by Me” at the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle has propelled it into the spotlight. The choir leader, Karen Gibson, says she is constantly recognized on London streets. Now the Kingdom Choir has won a recording contract with Sony UK. Its debut album is due for release on Nov. … [Read more...] about Wedding Choir Lands Contract
New Cooperation Possible in U.K.
Almost three weeks on people are still talking about “that sermon.” Few preachers in Church of England pulpits pack the punch of Presiding Bishop Curry’s sermon on the power of love for the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. It’s not certain there is a direct link to the royal wedding address, but the Church of England is set to create new rules that allow parishes … [Read more...] about New Cooperation Possible in U.K.
PB Sends Blessing Across the Pond
Michael Hogan reports for The Telegraph: Comedian Lee Ridley, a 37-year-old from Newcastle upon Tyne (cue blatant favouritism from Geordie host Declan Donnelly), took to the stage in a T-shirt proudly proclaiming he was “Disabled before it was popular.” His cerebral palsy has left him unable to speak but he performs self-mocking, PC-baiting stand-up with the aid of a … [Read more...] about PB Sends Blessing Across the Pond
On Love — and Fire — in Windsor
In the lead up to the May 19 wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, many unusual elements, not least the marriage of a British prince and an American actress, captured the attention of the press [“Royal Pecularities”]. But on the day of the wedding, it was the preaching of Presiding Bishop Michael Curry that surprised worldwide media, the Twitterverse, and those inside St. … [Read more...] about On Love — and Fire — in Windsor
Royal Peculiarities
Postcard from London When I came to London from Australia at the end of the 1970s to launch the communications arm of the Anglican Communion Office, I quickly discovered that U.K. religion reporters were a formidable lot. The Times boasted the donnish Clifford Longley, who for many years doubled as a leader writer. Gerald Priestland, a distinguished former foreign … [Read more...] about Royal Peculiarities
Why the Adult Baptism for Meghan Markle?
Julie Zauzmer writes in The Washington Post: It’s a slightly head-scratching story: Wasn’t Markle, a 36-year-old who has been Christian all her life, already baptized? When asked about the reason for Markle’s recent baptism and confirmation — two Christian ceremonies initiating a believer into the faith — the royal family has been tight-lipped, as it is wont to be. But … [Read more...] about Why the Adult Baptism for Meghan Markle?