3+ hour, 38+ min ago  (552+ words) The Diocese of Taiwan, the only ecclesiastical district of the Episcopal Church in Asia, has elected a new bishop. The Rev. Keith Chen-Cheng Lee, rector of Good Shepherd Church in the Taiwanese capital of Taipei, was elected on the fourth…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago  (343+ words) The Rev. Thomas Augustus Fraser III, the son and namesake of the eighth Bishop of North Carolina(1965-83), died April 16 at 80. He served in the Diocese of Chicago for the whole of his parish ministry, including 42 years at St. Paul's Episcopal…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago  (518+ words) A Nigerian bishop favors adding a qualifier to the Book of Common Prayer's intercession for those in authority: "Cursed is any politician who intends or attempts to rig the forthcoming 2027 general elections in the country." Bishop Ndubuisi Obi of the…...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago  (155+ words) There are insights and delights on every page of this book, but let me mention three. However narratively appropriate, though, the symbolism isn't the whole story: The up to which Jesus ascends "is neither scientifically nor symbolically up, but its…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago  (318+ words) Christ Church Cathedral in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada is in dire need of repairs, and the diocesan synod has voted not to take the quick-fix route of selling it to a secular entity. The repairs could cost $17-$18 million, and the…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago  (1316+ words) The terms vary'cemetery, graveyard, churchyard'but the purpose is the same: to serve as a final resting place. In the Diocese of Pennsylvania, connected to a parish whose property sits on the borders of three townships and two counties, is a…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago  (820+ words) Botanist and author'Robin Wall Kimmerer'was the featured speaker May 2 at "Honoring Our Sacred Gifts," a conference organized by the'Episcopal Diocese of Central New York'and its ecumenical partners. She made several pointed calls to the conference's 250 participants. "What does the earth…...

6+ day, 17+ hour ago  (523+ words) Vestry Reflections Cultivating Spiritual Growth in Church Leaders By'Marc D. Smith Church Publishing, 224 pages, $22. 95 Vestries have always had a challenging role, as they seek to lead churches through the joys and sorrows of ministering to God's people in a complicated and…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (615+ words) Vanstone called this the problem of disproportionality. He describes the problem this way: I know of the God without Whom no sparrow falls to the ground " But always the problem arose of disproportion or incongruity" It was one thing to…...

6+ day, 18+ hour ago  (742+ words) The Living Church Raphael's Grace and Power Please email comments to email protected. Even before his premature death on Good Friday 1520 at the age of 37, Raphael Santi was considered the greatest master of 16th-century Italian art because he combined the…...