It’s pretty common to hear people opine that we are living into a post-denominational future. There are fewer differences between many main-line denominations than there are within them. So, rather than work at propping up structures who’s usefulness has passed, why don’t we just chuck the whole mess, save ourselves some money and move bravely …
The Rt. Rev. John McKee Sloan, the suffragan bishop of Alabama was elected the 11th diocesan bishop of that diocese on the first ballot in special convention today.
How much involvement should clergy have in politics? It depends what you mean by politics.
In England the schools run by the Church of England are some of the only places where children can be educated in a climate that represents a true cross-section of their communities.
Then Joshua son of Nun sent two men secretly from Shittim as spies, saying, ‘Go, view the land, especially Jericho.’ So they went, and entered the house of a prostitute whose name was Rahab, and spent the night there. The king of Jericho was told, Some Israelites have come here tonight to search out the …
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