The Rt. Rev. Anne E. Hodges-Copple has been appointed Bishop Pro Tem of the Diocese of North Carolina. From the Diocese of North Carolina: At the 78th General Convention in Salt Lake City, Utah, the Rt. Rev. Michael Curry was elected the 27th Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church. The reaction in North Carolina was …
Eastern Mennonite University and Goshen College each announced they will change their hiring procedures to permit the hiring of faculty members who are in same-sex marriages. They are the first members of the Council of Christian Colleges and Universities to adopt such a rule.
Envisage a world where women and men, boys and girls are valued equally; where all experience being gendered as gift rather than danger, a source of life and hope rather than disadvantage, oppression or fear.
Has your church thought about possible violence in your building and how to prevent it? Is it possible to be completely safe? How far should security rule community life?
Mt Airy (basis for the fictional Mayberry) gets creative with faith communities and meeting spaces.
John 6: 1-21 In a world starving for fulfilment, Jesus sets a table of love every day. Yet the bread of life is passed over by so many who seek the latest confection to fill their emptiness. In this gospel Jesus invites us to his feast. His basket of grace is bottomless. Come to him …
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