Day: May 31, 2016

Wounded healers

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“I thought I had a handle on suffering. I thought I had a handle on understanding the sovereignty of God. I didn’t know crap” – former military chaplain Matthew Williams.

Nigerian diocese severs ties with Liverpool following appointment of US Episcopal bishop

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The Nigerian Diocese of Akure has severed ties with the Diocese of Liverpool in the Church of England over its appointment of the Rt Rev. Susan Goff, of Virginia, as an Honorary Assisting Bishop in Liverpool. The three diocese came together early this century to recreate the “triangle” of the slave trade as a triangle …

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