Day: October 20, 2017

Carillon plays “Lift Every Voice and Sing” as Richard Spencer speaks in Florida

3 Comments / Recent Stories, The Lead / By Cara Modisett

University of Florida’s carillon played “Lift Every Voice and Sing” yesterday during white supremacist Richard Spencer’s appearance.

Perplexed

Speaking to the Soul / By Kristin Fontaine

It is the ‘Blessed is…takes no offense’ structure of the verse that perplexes me. I am blessed if I take no offense in what Jesus says and does?

Churches consolidate in Maryland

6 Comments / Recent Stories, The Lead / By John Chilton

With diocesan membership numbers in decline over the past half-century, the [Episcopal Diocese of Maryland] has closed a net 34 churches from its mid-1960s peak and merged five more, leaving a total of about 100. Another is teetering financially after the loss of a major donor.

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