Our Gulf Vigil reported by Episcopal News Service
TEXAS: Oil employees, environmental activists pledge to renew the environment together at Houston prayer vigil
By Pat McCaughan, June 25, 2010
[Episcopal News Service] Oil company employees and environmental activists alike gathered in vigil on June 24 at St. Stephen’s Church in Houston, Texas, offering prayers for those affected by the Gulf Coast oil spill and pledging to help renew the environment.
"I knew we needed to be together to pray about it when I mentioned the oil spill at a worship committee meeting and two people started
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Posted June 29, 2010 | Permalink
Gulf Oil Spill--We Are All Connected-Bishop Shori
The original peoples of the North American continent understand that we are all connected, and that harm to one part of the sacred circle of life harms the whole. Scientists, both the ecological and physical sorts, know the same reality, expressed in different terms. The Abrahamic traditions (Judaism, Christianity, and Islam) also charge human beings with care for the whole of creation, because it is God's good gift to humanity. Another way of saying this is that we are all connected and there is no escape; our common future
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Posted June 15, 2010 | Permalink
Presiding bishop issues pastoral letter to the church
Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori has issued a pastoral letter to the Episcopal Church, in which she refers to the Pentecost letter from Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams and urges continued dialogue with those who disagree with recent actions "for we believe that the Spirit is always calling us to greater understanding."
In his May 28 letter, Williams acknowledged the tensions caused in some parts of the Anglican Communion by the consecration of Los Angeles Bishop Suffragan Mary Douglas Glasspool and the ongoing
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Posted June 3, 2010 | Permalink