Day: February 15, 2017

General Synod votes to not “take notice” of controversial bishops’ report

| Posted on February 15, 2017 |

Failure to pass in the House of Clergy means the report on the CoE’s approach to marriage equality and full inclusion is rejected; but does that mean the CoE goes back to square one?

Archbishop of Canterbury addresses General Synod

| Posted on February 15, 2017 |

Welby calls upon the church resist the temptation of the “post-Constantinian tendency to exercise power,” and to be active participants and leaders in forging a new way of civic life; “In the necessary reimagination of our country”

Speaking to the Soul: Beyond Valentine’s Day

| Posted on February 15, 2017 |

In direct counterpoint to the dominant strains of competition and striving that too often poisons our relationships with others, Jesus as the new Moses leads us into loving people rather than things.

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