Jesus' resurrection plays havoc with the known, the safe, the familiar, the predictable and opens the way for what is real. And what is real is the unbounded and death-defying love of God which overcomes all estrangement and division and overleaps the chasm between life and death.
31 March 2005
We are gathered at Camp Allen in Texas for our annual spring meeting, this year on the eve of Holy Week. The work we have accomplished is in service to that act through which God reconciled the whole world to himself through Christ.
17 March 2005
The Rt Revd Sue Moxley, the Suffragan (assistant) Bishop of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, is one of a seven-member national delegation of Canadian church leaders and lay people currently in Mexico.
17 March 2005
The House of Bishops of the Episcopal Church adopted, by nearly unanimous vote late this afternoon, "A Covenant Statement" that includes "a provisional measure to contribute to a time for healing and for the educational process called for in the Windsor Report"
16 March 2005
When I was teaching in a theological seminary, I had the great privilege of teaching a course on the recent history of the Anglican Church, and teaching it to Christians from many different parts of the world. One of the themes we looked at in the course was the changing role of women in Anglicanism
03 March 2005
Anglican women joined other participants in the 49th session of the UN's Commission on the Status of Women (UNCSW) gathered at the United Nations Church Center for a screening of Ladies First, a film highlighting the new roles of Rwandan women in government, business, education and reconciliation.
03 March 2005
Sanja Pecelj returned to Canada early this morning as a permanent resident, putting an end to a period that included 441 days as a refugee in sanctuary in the basement of an Anglican church in Halifax and nearly six months as a temporary resident in Mexico City, where she nervously waited for Citizenship and Immigration Canada to decide on her fate.
02 March 2005
What are the things that Christians should look for as they begin their Lenten journey towards Easter? Is there more to Lent that the traditional notion of "giving something up?" What does Scripture say?
14 February 2005
Statement on the President's budget by the Most Revd Frank Griswold, Presiding Bishop and Primate of the Episcopal Church, USA
09 February 2005
Honoring a commitment made by General Convention in 1997 (Resolution A205) to augment the church's awareness of and participation in world mission, World Mission Sunday will be observed throughout the Episcopal Church on February 6 under the theme "Treasuring the Communion."
01 February 2005