Prayer is a confusing exercise sometimes. For the non-religious, it conjures up thoughts of compelled speech, rote memorization and even banging one’s head against a wall. We hear scriptural ideas ...
When Bing Crosby recorded "Galway Bay," he softened the original lyrics to avoid sounding too political. Rather than indict the English, Crosby sang about potato-farming women who spoke "a language ...
In the last year, my church—St. George Episcopal in Leadville, Colorado—has gained a number of Latino and Latina members. Last week we held our first ever bilingual vestry meeting, at which we quickly ...
TYLER, Texas (KLTV/KTRE) - There’s a new voice of harmony in East Texas. Fuzión radio signed on the air January 17, broadcasting Christian music in Spanish. “It’s a play on words," said Encouragement ...
Judaism’s Reform movement has used gender-neutral language in its prayer book since 2007. But perhaps because Episcopalians represent such a wide range of political and theological beliefs, they ...
Sacrifice did not begin as a divine instruction. It began as a human response to vulnerability. Faced with forces beyond control—weather, fertility, illness, loss—human beings reached for a way to ...
(WCMH) – The Episcopal Church General Convention is considering a measure to expand the use of gender-neutral language for God in the Book of Common Prayer. The Book of Common Prayer is the text used ...