What parallels do you see, if any, between King David and scandal-plagued war hero David Petraeus? David Baker of Religious News Service writes:
Day: November 15, 2012
Presiding Bishop issues pastoral letter to South Carolina
The Presiding Bishop the Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori has issued a letter regarding the Diocese of South Carolina
Bishop urges both sides in SC to ‘step back from the brink’
Bishop Dan Martins of the Diocese of Springfield, Illinois, blogs today about the situation in the fractured Diocese of South Carolina, asking both sides to “step back from the brink.” (He has received a response from the Presiding Bishop that no one in her office has in fact made any declarations of vacancy regarding the […]
Teen denied Catholic confirmation over FB post on gay marriage
Popular Catholic writer James Martin, SJ, posts a link on his Facebook page today to a story about a teenager in Minnesota who was denied confirmation for expressing support on his Facebook page for same-sex marriage. (To his credit, Fr. Martin describes this as “deeply disturbing,” leading me to wonder what sanctions he might face […]
Priest charged with smuggling drugs into jail
A 70-year-old Episcopal priest in Maine has been arrested and charged with smuggling illegal prescription drugs to prisoners during jail visits. According to the local sheriff’s department, the priest who has been serving as interim pastor at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Augusta, has admitted to the charges against him. The Bangor Daily News reports […]
‘Big Rich Texas’ maven offers baptism tips
The third season of the Style Network’s reality show “Big Rich Texas” launched last month, and lest we assume that the country club set doesn’t have a spiritual side, Leslie, one of the show’s stars, offers tips for a stylish baptism in this video (and she’s not joking):
Everything that is mine is yours
Luke 15:1-2, 8-32 I am the oldest child in my family, and so I really “get” the feelings that made the older brother in the story of the Prodigal Son refuse to go in the house to celebrate his brother’s return. I imagine him thinking, “That’s how it always goes around here. Little Bennie always […]