She went on to graduate first in her class from Howard University’s law school, advised former first lady Eleanor Roosevelt on civil rights and was ordained in 1976. She celebrated her first communion at Chapel of the Cross in Chapel Hill, where her grandmother had been baptized as a slave.
Day: May 11, 2011
Needed: 3 cups of compassion
With a class action lawsuit filed against Greg Mortensen in early May following investigations by writer John Krakauer and 60 Minutes, what is needed now is three cups of compassion.
Updated: Uganda’s anti-gay bill on agenda for FRIDAY
In contradiction to our earlier post, the editors of the Episcopal Cafe have now learned that it seems the Uganda anti-gay bill IS ON the agenda for the Parliament session for Friday.
Jim Wallis speaks for whom?
People inviting Wallis to policy briefings and White House meetings should realize that he “is far to the right of the people he’s allowed to speak for.”
Navy halts move to allow same-sex unions
Under pressure from more than five dozen House lawmakers, the Navy late Tuesday abruptly reversed its decision that would have allowed chaplains to perform same-sex unions if the Pentagon decides to recognize openly gay military service later this year.
BREAKING: Uganda’s anti-gay bill is now ON AGENDA
From MSNBC Uganda’s parliament appears to have dropped plans to debate a controversial anti-gay bill after global condemnation.
Created for a presence
If you feel no sense of God’s presence within you when you pray, why worry? There is no precise dividing-line between emptiness and fullness, any more than between doubt and faith, or fear and love.
