Tuesday, December 15, 2020
Durham 10-year-old kneels during Pledge of Allegiance
Durham 10-year-old kneels during Pledge of Allegiance: Durham Mayor Steve Schewel thanked the 10-year-old, saying 'we endorse and appreciate all expressions of conscience.'
Saturday, August 29, 2020
Mike Pence's Dark and Scary Vision for America
Mike Pence's Dark and Scary Vision for America: The Republican campaign theme for 2020 is fear of the violence they are stirring up.
Monday, August 17, 2020
Episcopal martyr Jonathan Myrick Daniels honored in online commemorations
Episcopal martyr Jonathan Myrick Daniels honored in online commemorations: [Episcopal News Service] Annual commemorations of the life of Episcopal martyr Jonathan Myrick Daniels shifted online this year due to the coronavirus pandemic,
Friday, August 14, 2020
Saturday, August 8, 2020
Season of Creation
Season of Creation: The Season of Creation is a time to renew our relationship with our Creator and all creation through repenting, repairing, and rejoicing together.
Thursday, August 6, 2020
In 1918 church registers, traces of another pandemic emerge
In 1918 church registers, traces of another pandemic emerge: [Episcopal News Service] As the coronavirus began its spread in the United States in the spring, Episcopal clergy and parish historians began searching weekly s
Tuesday, August 4, 2020
Brotherhood of St. Andrew’s national leaders apologize over handling of racism debate
Brotherhood of St. Andrew’s national leaders apologize over handling of racism debate: [Episcopal News Service] The Brotherhood of St. Andrew’s top national leaders have issued a “statement of public apology” after the 137-year-old organizat
Thursday, July 30, 2020
Wednesday, July 29, 2020
Black leaders quit Brotherhood of St. Andrew board, alleging racial reconciliation failures
Black leaders quit Brotherhood of St. Andrew board, alleging racial reconciliation failures: [Episcopal News Service] Three Black members of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew resigned this month from the national board of the 137-year-old Episcopal men’s
Bishops weigh liturgical options during pandemic, but resist stepping toward virtual Eucharist
Bishops weigh liturgical options during pandemic, but resist stepping toward virtual Eucharist: [Episcopal News Service] The Episcopal Church’s House of Bishops concluded a two-day online meeting by voting July 29 on measures that commit it to confrontin
Tuesday, July 28, 2020
Finding ‘Sacred Ground’: Thousands connect with Episcopal Church’s film-based series on racism’s historic roots
Finding ‘Sacred Ground’: Thousands connect with Episcopal Church’s film-based series on racism’s historic roots: [Episcopal News Service] When protests against racial injustice erupted nationwide in late spring, the dioceses of Northwestern Pennsylvania and Western New Yor
Monday, July 27, 2020
Priest’s viral ‘Hamilton’ video reminds parishioners, ‘You’ll Be Back’
Priest’s viral ‘Hamilton’ video reminds parishioners, ‘You’ll Be Back’: [Episcopal News Service] The Rev. Lonnie Lacy, rector of St. Anne’s Episcopal Church in Tifton, Georgia, had been looking forward to seeing “Hamilton” in
Saturday, July 25, 2020
Thursday, July 23, 2020
Pulling Down Our Monuments
Pulling Down Our Monuments: Lee este artÃculo en español aquÃ. The Sierra Club is a 128-year-old organization with a complex history, some of which has caused significant and immeasurable harm. As defenders of Black life pull down Confederate monuments across the country, we must also take this moment to reexamine our past and our substantial role in perpetuating white supremacy. It’s time to take down some of our own monuments, starting with some truth-telling about the Sierra Club’s early history.
Wednesday, July 22, 2020
Vandalism suspected in damage to Memphis church’s historical marker about slave trader
Vandalism suspected in damage to Memphis church’s historical marker about slave trader: [Episcopal News Service] A historical marker installed two years ago by an Episcopal congregation in Memphis, Tennessee, to tell the fuller story of slave tradi
Bishops United Against Gun Violence urge political action to stop spike in shootings during COVID-19
Bishops United Against Gun Violence urge political action to stop spike in shootings during COVID-19: Dear people of God in The Episcopal Church, In Revelation 21:4, we learn that in the new heaven, God will wipe every tear from our eyes. In her novel “Gile
Friday, July 17, 2020
Thursday, July 16, 2020
Pete Buttigieg talks to House of Deputies on faith, politics and ‘the spirituality of the everyday’
Pete Buttigieg talks to House of Deputies on faith, politics and ‘the spirituality of the everyday’: [Episcopal News Service] Former Mayor Pete Buttigieg of South Bend, Indiana, an Episcopalian who made his religion a prominent aspect of his campaign in this ye
Wednesday, July 15, 2020
Episcopal leaders call death penalty ‘abhorrent to God’ as Trump administration resumes federal executions
Episcopal leaders call death penalty ‘abhorrent to God’ as Trump administration resumes federal executions: [Episcopal News Service] The U.S. government on July 14 executed an inmate for the first time since 2003. Two more executions are scheduled this week at the fe
Thursday, July 9, 2020
Episcopal, ELCA leaders headline webinar connecting political advocacy with love of neighbor
Episcopal, ELCA leaders headline webinar connecting political advocacy with love of neighbor: [Episcopal News Service] An Episcopal and Lutheran webinar on July 9, joined by more than 2,000 participants, highlighted the two churches’ nonpartisan politi
Friday, July 3, 2020
Friday, June 26, 2020
Thursday, June 25, 2020
Supreme Inequality
Supreme Inequality: In recent years, the Supreme Court has empowered moneyed interests to wield disproportionate influence in elections, gutted the Voting Rights Act, and upheld President Trump’s travel ban. These decisions fit a troubling, decades-long pattern, argues journalist Adam Cohen. He talks with NYU Law professor Melissa Murray about his new book, Supreme Inequality: The Supreme Court’s Fifty-Year Battle for a More Unjust America.
Friday, June 19, 2020
Episcopal Juneteenth commemorations add to national attention to holiday celebrating freed slaves - Episcopal News Service
Episcopal Juneteenth commemorations add to national attention to holiday celebrating freed slaves - Episcopal News Service: [Episcopal News Service] Celebrations of Juneteenth, an American holiday celebrating the emancipation of slaves, are taking on greater resonance this year amid widespread protests against racial injustice after the May […]
Tuesday, June 16, 2020
Saturday, June 13, 2020
George Washington: You Never Forget Your First
George Washington: You Never Forget Your First: How did George Washington view the presidency? What might he think of politics today? Historian Alexis Coe examines America's first president in a freshly humanizing light in her new book You Never Forget Your First. She talks with Julian Zelizer in this new episode of Brennan Center Live.
How Trump Could Subvert the Election
How Trump Could Subvert the Election: Despite fears, the president likely won’t be able to cling to power in defiance of the results. But more familiar schemes to thwart democracy could be just as damaging, writes Brennan Center Fellow Zachary Roth.
How to Keep the 2020 Election Secure
How to Keep the 2020 Election Secure: The pandemic has made the task of protecting the election from cyberattacks even more challenging.
How Trump Could Subvert the Election
How Trump Could Subvert the Election: Despite fears, the president likely won’t be able to cling to power in defiance of the results. But more familiar schemes to thwart democracy could be just as damaging, writes Brennan Center Fellow Zachary Roth.
Wednesday, June 10, 2020
5 years after Charleston massacre, George Floyd's killing resounds in churches' multiracial book study - Episcopal News Service
5 years after Charleston massacre, George Floyd's killing resounds in churches' multiracial book study - Episcopal News Service: [Episcopal News Service] It’s been nearly four years since Grace Church Cathedral in Charleston, South Carolina, and its next-door neighbor, Mount Zion African Methodist Church, first came together for a […]
Tuesday, June 9, 2020
Monday, June 8, 2020
Invitation to participate in survey about sexual misconduct in The Episcopal Church - Episcopal News Service
Invitation to participate in survey about sexual misconduct in The Episcopal Church - Episcopal News Service: A letter to Episcopalians from Presiding Bishop Michael B. Curry and President of the House of Deputies the Rev. Gay Clark Jennings. Dear People of God in the Episcopal Church: […]
Saturday, June 6, 2020
Friday, June 5, 2020
Trump brandishing a Bible 'an act of idolatry,' says former Archbishop of Canterbury - Episcopal News Service
Trump brandishing a Bible 'an act of idolatry,' says former Archbishop of Canterbury - Episcopal News Service: [Episcopal News Service] When President Donald Trump posed with a Bible in front of an Episcopal church in Washington, D.C. on June 1, he committed “an act of idolatry … […]
Tuesday, June 2, 2020
Monday, June 1, 2020
Thursday, May 28, 2020
Saturday, May 23, 2020
Friday, May 15, 2020
Wednesday, May 6, 2020
Episcopal Church voices support for DACA recipients as Supreme Court decision looms - Episcopal News Service
Episcopal Church voices support for DACA recipients as Supreme Court decision looms - Episcopal News Service: [Episcopal News Service] The Episcopal Church is bolstering its advocacy in support of undocumented immigrants who were brought to the United States as children, with the U.S. Supreme Court poised […]
Tuesday, May 5, 2020
Wednesday, April 29, 2020
Monday, April 27, 2020
Friday, April 24, 2020
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Wednesday, April 8, 2020
Drive-thru Communion? Remote consecration? COVID-19 sparks Eucharistic experimentation – and theological debate - Episcopal News Service
Drive-thru Communion? Remote consecration? COVID-19 sparks Eucharistic experimentation – and theological debate - Episcopal News Service: [Episcopal News Service] As the COVID-19 lockdown drags on, many Episcopalians are experiencing the longest absence of the Eucharist they’ve had in years – perhaps even in their entire adult …
Monday, April 6, 2020
Temporary hospital planned for New York’s St. John the Divine - Episcopal News Service
Temporary hospital planned for New York’s St. John the Divine - Episcopal News Service: [Episcopal News Service] In New York City, the epicenter of the COVID-19 crisis in the United States, hospitals are running out of room for patients, so health officials are turning …
Saturday, April 4, 2020
Friday, April 3, 2020
Episcopalians find ways to keep palms in Palm Sunday as COVID-19 scrambles Holy Week plans - Episcopal News Service
Episcopalians find ways to keep palms in Palm Sunday as COVID-19 scrambles Holy Week plans - Episcopal News Service: [Episcopal News Service] The shipment of palms arrived right on time for Palm Sunday, and that was the problem. There hadn’t been time to cancel the order. The COVID-19 pandemic …
Wednesday, April 1, 2020
How Epidemics of the Past Changed the Way Americans Lived
How Epidemics of the Past Changed the Way Americans Lived: Past public health crises inspired innovations in infrastructure, education, fundraising and civic debate
A Word to the Church on Our Theology of Worship from the Presiding Bishop - Episcopal News Service
A Word to the Church on Our Theology of Worship from the Presiding Bishop - Episcopal News Service: [March 31, 2020] A word to the Church regarding the theology of worship during the COVID-19 pandemic from the Presiding Bishop of The Episcopal Church: March 31, 2020 John Donne, …
Friday, March 27, 2020
Tuesday, March 24, 2020
All Christians invited to pray on Wednesday, March 25 - Episcopal News Service
All Christians invited to pray on Wednesday, March 25 - Episcopal News Service: [March 23, 2020] Episcopalians are invited to join with Christians around the world as together we join in praying the Lord’s Prayer on Wednesday, March 25 at noon in our …
Sunday, March 22, 2020
Did America Misjudge Bernie Sanders? Or Did He Misjudge America?
Did America Misjudge Bernie Sanders? Or Did He Misjudge America?:
Throughout his insurgent campaign, he remained steadfast in his radical vision—and forced a reckoning for the Democratic Party.
Throughout his insurgent campaign, he remained steadfast in his radical vision—and forced a reckoning for the Democratic Party.
Tuesday, March 17, 2020
Presiding Bishop Michael Curry’s sermon from Washington National Cathedral's livestreamed Eucharist - Episcopal News Service
Presiding Bishop Michael Curry’s sermon from Washington National Cathedral's livestreamed Eucharist - Episcopal News Service: [March 16, 2020] The following is the text of Presiding Bishop Michael Curry’s sermon from the Washington National Cathedral Eucharist service that was live-streamed on Sunday, March 15, 2020. Washington …
Thursday, March 12, 2020
VTS seminarians, 2 professors self-quarantined as Episcopal seminaries respond to coronavirus’s spread - Episcopal News Service
VTS seminarians, 2 professors self-quarantined as Episcopal seminaries respond to coronavirus’s spread - Episcopal News Service: [Episcopal News Service] A group of seminarians and two faculty members at Virginia Theological Seminary in Alexandria, Virginia, have self-quarantined as a precaution against potential exposure to the coronavirus, as …
Washington, Virginia dioceses cancel worship at all churches, including National Cathedral, over outbreak - Episcopal News Service
Washington, Virginia dioceses cancel worship at all churches, including National Cathedral, over outbreak - Episcopal News Service: [Episcopal News Service] The dioceses of Washington and Virginia announced March 11 that they are closing or canceling services at more than 250 churches in the nation’s capital and suburban …
Tuesday, March 10, 2020
Presiding Bishop issues statement on coronavirus - Episcopal News Service
Presiding Bishop issues statement on coronavirus - Episcopal News Service: [March 10, 2020] Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Michael Curry has issued the following statement. In this time when we are all affected by the coronavirus, whether directly or indirectly, whether …
Monday, March 9, 2020
Friday, March 6, 2020
Thursday, March 5, 2020
How Trump Is Undermining the U.S. Response to Coronavirus
How Trump Is Undermining the U.S. Response to Coronavirus: By ignoring government health experts and pushing a false narrative, the president erodes the public trust that is key to dealing with the threat effectively.
What’s the Best Way for Parties to Pick Presidential Nominees?
What’s the Best Way for Parties to Pick Presidential Nominees?: Contested conventions have pluses and minuses, writes Brennan Center Fellow Walter Shapiro.
Monday, February 24, 2020
Saturday, February 22, 2020
Presiding Bishop joins other Christian leaders opposing Trump’s proposed cuts to social services - Episcopal News Service
Presiding Bishop joins other Christian leaders opposing Trump’s proposed cuts to social services - Episcopal News Service: [Episcopal News Service] Presiding Bishop Michael Curry has added his signature to an open letter from a group of Christian leaders expressing concern over President Donald Trump’s proposed cuts to …
Thursday, February 20, 2020
The Episcopal Church invites U.S. Episcopalians to help shape their future through civic engagement: The 2020 Census and election - Episcopal News Service
The Episcopal Church invites U.S. Episcopalians to help shape their future through civic engagement: The 2020 Census and election - Episcopal News Service: In the United States, 2020 is a year for federal as well as state and local elections and, as the beginning of a new decade, the year for its decennial …
'Make Me an Instrument of Peace:' Online course on civil discourse debuts - Episcopal News Service
'Make Me an Instrument of Peace:' Online course on civil discourse debuts - Episcopal News Service: The Episcopal Church’s Office of Government Relations and Department of Faith Formation, in partnership with ChurchNext, a ministry of Forward Movement, has released “Make Me an Instrument of Peace: A Guide …
Friday, February 14, 2020
Friday, February 7, 2020
Tuesday, February 4, 2020
Monday, February 3, 2020
Episcopal presidential candidate Tom Steyer preaches the environmental gospel on the campaign trail - Episcopal News Service
Episcopal presidential candidate Tom Steyer preaches the environmental gospel on the campaign trail - Episcopal News Service: [Religion News Service] — Lots of people see God in nature. But for Tom Steyer, a billionaire environmentalist turned Democratic presidential candidate, the divine is found not only in the environment …
Friday, January 31, 2020
Thursday, January 30, 2020
Wednesday, January 22, 2020
Oldest Episcopal parish's past holds uncomfortable truths in city where African American history began - Episcopal News Service
Oldest Episcopal parish's past holds uncomfortable truths in city where African American history began - Episcopal News Service: [Episcopal News Service – Hampton, Virginia] No Episcopal parish has been a witness to a longer span of American history than St. John’s Episcopal Church in the heart of this …
Tuesday, January 21, 2020
Headlining 50th annual Martin Luther King breakfast, Presiding Bishop decries political injustice - Episcopal News Service
Headlining 50th annual Martin Luther King breakfast, Presiding Bishop decries political injustice - Episcopal News Service: [Episcopal News Service – Boston, Massachusetts] Presiding Bishop Michael Curry’s keynote address at the 50th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Breakfast on Jan. 20 was full of Scriptural interpretation, …
Friday, January 17, 2020
Why schism? United Methodist leaders explain proposal to split the denomination - Episcopal News Service
Why schism? United Methodist leaders explain proposal to split the denomination - Episcopal News Service: [Religion News Service] The 16 United Methodist bishops and advocacy group leaders who negotiated a recent proposal to split the denomination explained their reasoning at an event held Jan. 13 …
Wednesday, January 15, 2020
NIAC Responds to Baseless Accusations by Senators Cotton, Cruz, and Braun | NIAC
NIAC Responds to Baseless Accusations by Senators Cotton, Cruz, and Braun | NIAC: "At NIAC, we are proud of the work we do for our community. We will never stop working to advance peace and diplomacy or fighting for equitable immigration policies and the civil rights of all Americans. Unfortunately, in the current political climate, immigrant organizations and communities like ours are increasingly under attack by agenda-driven groups and individuals who often resort to baseless smears to try to discredit those who disagree with them.
Monday, January 13, 2020
Episcopal Church statement on Texas Gov. Abbott's decision to reject refugee resettlement - Episcopal News Service
Episcopal Church statement on Texas Gov. Abbott's decision to reject refugee resettlement - Episcopal News Service: The Episcopal Church condemns Gov. Abbott’s decision to reject refugee resettlement in 2020. Texas has long served as a strong partner in the work of welcoming some of the most …
Friday, January 10, 2020
Wednesday, January 8, 2020
Tuesday, January 7, 2020
Friday, January 3, 2020
United Methodist leaders propose plan to split church over LGBTQ ordination, marriage - Episcopal News Service
United Methodist leaders propose plan to split church over LGBTQ ordination, marriage - Episcopal News Service: [Religion News Service] Bishops and leaders of a number of United Methodist groups have announced a proposed agreement to split the United Methodist Church. The proposal, called the Protocol of Reconciliation …
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