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    • Catholic efforts to address abuse likely to fall shortCatholic efforts to address abuse likely to fall shortMay 20, 2019From time to time, the Café publishes Letters to the Editor from our readers. Hear a reader worries that the church understands “abuse” too nearly and that efforts in the Catholic church will not be successful in overturning a culture of tolerated abuses....
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    • Our Tears Can Set Us FreeOur Tears Can Set Us FreeMay 20, 2019“It isn’t until the woman has washed his feet with her tears and dried them with her hair that Jesus speaks up about his host’s neglect, and then only after the woman had been disgraced by her so-called betters. Suddenly both Jesus, the dishonored dinner guest, and the woman, the dishonored sinner, are on the same level.”...
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      • In Rachel’s words
        In Rachel’s wordsAs a whole community of readers, followers, and friends continue to reflect on Evans’ work and mourn the loss of not only a teacher, but the leader of a whole flock of believers online and off, I went back through our interview to listen once again to her insights about the Episcopal Church....
      • Sometimes it causes me to tremble
        Sometimes it causes me to trembleA reflection on Holy Week from a verger at the Washington national Cathedral...
      • Ex-bishop Heather Cook interviewed by RNS
        Ex-bishop Heather Cook interviewed by RNSHer fellow Episcopalians have mixed feelings about Cook. There is anger over her crimes and a feeling that she was an embarrassment. She’s also forced the denomination to rethink its often cozy relationship with alcohol that caused some members to call themselves “Whiskeypalians.”...
      • Press Release: Presiding Bishop Michael Curry wins top broadcasting award for Royal Wedding sermon
        Press Release: Presiding Bishop Michael Curry wins top broadcasting award for Royal Wedding sermonAmerican Bishop Michael Curry, presiding bishop and primate of The Episcopal Church, is to receive the 2019 Sandford St Martin Trustees’ Award in recognition of the huge media impact generated by his royal wedding sermon which helped to bring a better understanding of religious belief and its modern relevance to a new audience. ...
      • Churches continue to defy demands for accountability
        Churches continue to defy demands for accountabilityIn the continuing revelations of sexual abuse, the church’s privileging protection of it’s reputation before either caring for victims or seeing that perpetrators face justice is drawing challenges to long-held ideas about the sanctity of the confessional....

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    • PodcastsMay 19, 2019
      Faith to Go for 5th EasterHow do we live into and talk about Christ’s “new” commandment?... Read more...
    • PodcastsMay 19, 2019
      Subversive Undercroft #96 JoyJoy is the gift of the creator and the power that can move the world... Read more...
    • PodcastsMay 12, 2019
      Faith to Go for the 4th Sunday of EasterThe story of Jesus on the Feast of Dedication (Hanukkah), its implications for our spiritual lives, and what conversations at home might be like... Read more...
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      Subversive Undercroft #95Jesus is the good shepherd; so what does that mean for us as we walk in death’s shadowed valley?... Read more...
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    • Speaking to the SoulMay 20, 2019
      Our Tears Can Set Us Free“It isn’t until the woman has washed his feet with her tears and dried them with her hair that Jesus speaks up about his host’s neglect, and then only after the woman had been disgraced by her so-called betters. Suddenly both Jesus, the dishonored dinner guest, and the woman, the dishonored sinner, are on the same level.”... Read more...
    • Speaking to the SoulMay 19, 2019
      The Footfall of Prayer“I find myself in a holding pattern, one I suspect to be of God’s making, and I would like to talk to God about it. God must know more than s/he is letting on.”... Read more...
    • Speaking to the SoulMay 18, 2019
      Mockingbirds and Diversity“God must have had a good time creating birds and their different songs, and, come to think of it, dolphins and whales with their own songs, so different from those of the birds. Each animal and bird has its particular sound or song.  It is kind of amusing to think of God, especially the stern, judging God that many of us were taught about, having fun creating things and then picking out songs and sounds for each of them.”... Read more...
    • Speaking to the SoulMay 17, 2019
      Permission to Rest“Weekly worship and intentional quiet time can both provide a meaningful pause in the rushing about that everyday life can encourage. Those pauses can give me space to be intentional about how I am choosing to spend my time doing and if those choices are sustainable.”... Read more...
    • Speaking to the SoulMay 16, 2019
      The Inner Fundamentalist“On May 16, 1983, a civil war began there that lasted twenty-two years. Over a million members of the Episcopal Church of the Province of the Sudan died.”... Read more...
    • Speaking to the SoulMay 15, 2019
      As We Are Forgiven“Do not judge, and you will not be judged; do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.”- Luke 6:37... Read more...
    • Speaking to the SoulMay 14, 2019
      A Graduation Prayer“In this season of letting go and holding on, remember the love of God. The God who formed you and counts the hairs on your head, the God who dwells in you, whose Spirit gives you strength and courage. The God who calls you a beloved child.”... Read more...
    • Speaking to the SoulMay 13, 2019
      Who Will Remember Me?“The Easter season is all about salvation. It is all about our yearning to know the Risen Christ. Like Mary in the garden, we want to hear Eternity call us by name.”... Read more...
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    • Featured Story / The LeadMay 20, 2019
      Catholic efforts to address abuse likely to fall shortFrom time to time, the Café publishes Letters to the Editor from our readers. Hear a reader worries that the church understands “abuse” too nearly and that efforts in the Catholic church will not be successful in overturning a culture of tolerated abuses.... Read more...
    • Featured Story / The LeadMay 18, 2019
      Weekly Roundup for May 18thLots of folks doing lots all around the church in the past week... Read more...
    • Recent Stories / The LeadMay 14, 2019
      Ex-bishop Heather Cook interviewed by RNSHer fellow Episcopalians have mixed feelings about Cook. There is anger over her crimes and a feeling that she was an embarrassment. She’s also forced the denomination to rethink its often cozy relationship with alcohol that caused some members to call themselves “Whiskeypalians.”... Read more...
    • Recent Stories / The LeadMay 13, 2019
      Press Release: Presiding Bishop Michael Curry wins top broadcasting award for Royal Wedding sermonAmerican Bishop Michael Curry, presiding bishop and primate of The Episcopal Church, is to receive the 2019 Sandford St Martin Trustees’ Award in recognition of the huge media impact generated by his royal wedding sermon which helped to bring a better understanding of religious belief and its modern relevance to a new audience. ... Read more...
    • Recent Stories / The LeadMay 13, 2019
      Churches continue to defy demands for accountabilityIn the continuing revelations of sexual abuse, the church’s privileging protection of it’s reputation before either caring for victims or seeing that perpetrators face justice is drawing challenges to long-held ideas about the sanctity of the confessional.... Read more...
    • Recent Stories / The LeadMay 11, 2019
      Weekly Roundup for Saturday May 11thRamadan at St Pauls, Secretary of State at Lambeth, and new bishops elected and consecrated; its our roundup of the news from the past week you may have missed.... Read more...
    • Recent Stories / The LeadMay 10, 2019
      Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse Finds Prince Charles and Lord Carey Shielded an OffenderWithin the past couple of days, the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) in the Church of England has issued a report about allegations that Peter Ball, the former Bishop of Chichester, actively engaged in the sexual abuse of at least 18 young men during his tenure from 1977 to 2002. From the BBC: Ball, who was Bishop of Lewes in East Sussex between 1977 and 1992 and Bishop of Gloucester in 1992, was jailed in 2015 for […]... Read more...
    • Recent Stories / The LeadMay 7, 2019
      The Presiding Bishop and the royal babyFollowing the news of the birth of a son to the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, at whose wedding he preached last year, Presiding Bishop Michael Curry tweeted: “The Jewish tradition reminds us that the birth of every child is a reminder that God is not finished with us yet. There is hope.”... Read more...
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    • Recent Stories / The MagazineMay 19, 2019
      In Rachel’s wordsAs a whole community of readers, followers, and friends continue to reflect on Evans’ work and mourn the loss of not only a teacher, but the leader of a whole flock of believers online and off, I went back through our interview to listen once again to her insights about the Episcopal Church.... Read more...
    • Recent Stories / The MagazineMay 19, 2019
      Sometimes it causes me to trembleA reflection on Holy Week from a verger at the Washington national Cathedral... Read more...
    • Recent Stories / The MagazineMay 12, 2019
      Respect The Name“Respect is the key: the Lord’s Name is not used lightly or casually or even in regular prayer. It is a holy Name, kept apart from common or everyday language.”... Read more...
    • Recent Stories / The MagazineMay 12, 2019
      My Mother’s Day TrifectaI lost my mom, my stepmom, and my dream of mothering a child of my own. On Mother’s Day, people say the darndest things to me.... Read more...
    • Recent Stories / The MagazineMay 6, 2019
      O IsraelCanon Ellen Clark-King shares impressions from her recent trip to Israel arranged by the San Francisco Jewish Community Relations Council... Read more...
    • Recent Stories / The MagazineMay 5, 2019
      And a little child shall lead themOften called “the church of the future,” children offer gifts in the here and now, gifts often unrecognized by adults... Read more...
    • Recent Stories / The MagazineMay 4, 2019
      Book Review: Protestants; The Faith That Made the Mordern WorldWe review Alec Ryrie’s expansive history of Protestantism and the world created in its image... Read more...
    • The MagazineApril 21, 2019
      He is Alive!Happy Easter!... Read more...
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