Day: September 16, 2016

No quick and easy answers in the law on religious freedom.

| Posted on September 16, 2016 |

The U.S. Commission on Civil rights finds that lawyers and the courts are stumped about religious liberty. There is no easy way to untangle the knots caused by the competing claims to protect minority groups and the free expression of religion.

Faith Reels: ‘Sully’ … a stunning re-creation

| Posted on September 16, 2016 |

This week’s review is ‘Sully,’ the story of the amazing 2009 crash landing of an airliner in the Hudson River on the west side of Manhattan starring Tom Hanks as flight captain Sully Sullenberger

Interactive timeline of the story of the Episcopal Church and women in ministry

| Posted on September 16, 2016 |

To celebrate and remember the fortieth anniversary of the General Convention vote to authorize the ordination of women, Episcopal News Service has an interactive timeline that recounts the history of women’s ordination

Speaking to the Soul: Queen Vashti Refused

| Posted on September 16, 2016 |

Today we celebrate the power of defiance in the life of one of the Bible’s most overlooked queens.

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