Bishop Jones is honored September 4th. in Holy Women, Holy Men: Calendar of Saints (new names for Lesser Feasts and Fasts) : In April 1918, the House of Bishops tried to silence a prominent Episcopal voice against World War I, Bishop Paul Jones. Jones, serving then-Missionary District of Utah, was forced to resign his post…
Monthly Archives: August 2010
Dean Eaton’s sermon: Journey Into Peace Conference
A Sermon by the Very Reverend Peter Eaton Dean of Saint John’s Cathedral Denver, Colorado for the Opening Eucharist for Journey into Peace: Creating a Culture of Non-Violence sponsored by the Episcopal Peace Fellowship, Jubilee Ministries of Colorado, and Saint John’s Cathedral The Feast of the Transfiguration 6 August 2010 7:00 pm It is an…
Direct Talks Resume: Action, Analysis, Resources…
FROM End the Occupation: Direct Talks Resume: Action, Analysis, Resources, and More August 25, 2010 Sign our petition to President Obama. Last Friday, August 20, the Obama Administration announced the reconvening of direct Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations under its auspices beginning September 2. While the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation fully supports a just…
In the News: Guns in churches? Not yet. Case moves forward
From the Atlanta Journal Constitution, the following was written by Craig Schneider, Rhonda Cook and Katie Leslie. The rest of the article is here. Gun rights advocates have gained ground for Georgians to carry guns in more and more public places in Georgia, and a federal judge on Monday kept alive their effort to allow…
In the News: Retired Episcopal priest is packing a banana, not gun
For a full version of this article, click here. This article is from the Detroit Free Press and is by the Rev. Harry Cook. In what may be one of the more craven legislative acts to be committed by a local government entity in my memory, the city commissioners of Royal Oak are set to…
In the News: Oregon Faith Leaders on Torture
For a complete version of this article, click here. (PORTLAND, Ore.) – More than 70 Oregon faith leaders today joined together, calling on Senator Wyden to help ensure that Congress not only investigates accountability for Bush-era torture, including new allegations of forced human experimentation on detainees, but also makes the findings public. Religious leaders from…
