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ACNA Bishop Ousted For Failure to Respond
By Kirk Petersen
A bishop of the Anglican Church in North America has resigned as requested over accusations that he "failed to act with urgency, transparency, and timeliness" responding to an accusation of sexual misconduct by a priest."
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Senior Clergy Protest English Lockdown
By Mark Michael
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has imposed a four-week coronavirus lockdown beginning November 5, and the Church of England's two archbishops are among the religious leaders who have protested the inclusion of worship services in the lockdown.
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The Cost of Returning
By Neva Rae Fox
As some American churches open their doors for restricted worship services, rectors are coming to grips with unexpected expenses related to running services both online and in the traditional manner.
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16th-Century Wills
Tell a Church's Story
By Simon Cotton
A British church still in use was created in stages by wealthy parishioners in the 16th century. One of them requested annual "placebo dirige & messe or requiem for my sowle & my frends sowlys & a certen in the seid church.”
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TLC's Foundation
Has 5 New Leaders
The Living Church Foundation elected three new members to three-year terms, including an Egyptian bishop coadjutor, three priests and a former Episcopal Church staffer. The foundation's ministries include The Living Church, in print and online, and a variety of publishing and teaching resources.
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Pledging Allegiance
To the Cross
By Clint Wilson
Our task is not a hope with blind eyes to suffering and trials, but a hope with eyes wide open to how God’s victory might be manifest through the suffering itself, to how God’s victory might be sweetened through various trials for those who remain faithful, thereby transforming suffering into the crucible of victory, justice and redemption.
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On Valuing Wealth
Over God's Justice
By Elisabeth Rain Kincaid
What might the prophet Nathan say to Christians today? He might wonder how many more stories we need to hear to re-awaken our moral imagination and to open our eyes to the injustices perpetrated in our name.
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Tread Underfoot
Our Ghostly Foe
By Ian Olson
Many people will tell you they don't believe in ghosts, but they are afraid of them. The unseen forces that exert themselves upon us also exert themselves within us. Psychologists locate ghosts within the human mind -- simultaneously agents distinct from us as well as uncomfortably close to our inmost selves.
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