I want to thank Reverend Canon Allisyn Thomas for asking me to write this, and to Melinda for helping say what I really mean. Before I tell you my experience in the class, I should tell you why we decided to attend this class. Both Melinda and I are extremely interested in history in general … READ MORE…
From the Irish Church News: Last month a leading gay Anglican cleric returned to his native Ireland after a two-day conference in Geneva, Switzerland on HIV, theology and human rights which highlighted a standoff between various parties, faiths and governments in the battle to tackle AIDS. The Rev. Canon Albert Ogle of San Diego, who … READ MORE…
The New York Times had an article this week about Dr Carol Williams, St Paul’s organist in residence, and the civic organist of San Diego. You may recall a vigorous discussion in the city about whether San Diego can afford to pay the organist. Says the NY Times, SAN DIEGO — On the best days, … READ MORE…
This is a wonderful profile of Scott! “Be hopeful, devoted, upright, redeemed, and, most of all, zealous for good deeds.”
When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let us go now to Bethlehem and see this thing that has taken place, which the Lord has made known to us.” So they went with haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the child lying in the manger. … READ MORE…
This is one of several short videos from the Episcopal Church Center in New York, of different Episcopalians describing their experience of Advent. What does Advent mean to you? Advent Greetings: Schuyler Halsey from The Episcopal Church on Vimeo.
The Rev. Marshall Scott is a hospital chaplain in the Diocese of West Missouri. He writes, After spending the better part of a year moving from the Nativity to the feast of Christ the King, in Advent we seem to reverse that process in four weeks. We return in our lessons to the unsettled time … READ MORE…
We’re living in bad economic times. Many of us are struggling, underemployed or jobless. Our politics and civic discourse are badly polarized. We are set against one another. It’s heartwarming, then, to read a story that captures the best of humanity and the season: The young father stood in line at the Kmart layaway counter, … READ MORE…
“God made man in his image, and we have been busy returning the favor,” George Bernard Shaw quipped. As usual, he was right on the money. Take a look at scripture itself for all the proof you need. It is what the literalists like to do. Adam and Eve chat with God as if he’s … READ MORE…