June 2, 2012

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Didn't We Almost Have It All: Our Search For Happiness And Fulfillment

Father Alberto Cutie | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Whitney Houston, Episcopalians, Addiction & Recovery, Addiction, Spirituality, Spiritual Practice, Religion and Recovery, Spirituality and Addiction, Faith and Recovery, Religion News

Unfortunately, Whitney Houston was just one in a long list of talented Americans who have died in the past several decades due to some connection with drug abuse. What is it that makes so many people among us seek a substance?

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Breaking up with God

Sarah Sentilles | Posted 08.20.2011

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I met God in the Catholic Church and spent most of my childhood trying to get God to love me. I loved God from afar, like you might love a teacher or your best friend's older brother. I watched God carefully.

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Former NJ Governor McGreevey Denied Priesthood

Posted 06.25.2011

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Former New Jersey Governor Jim McGreevey- who famously resigned the office in 2004 after coming out as a "gay American" and admitting to extramarital...

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Statement In Response To The Murder Of Ugandan Gay Rights Activist David Kato

Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori | Posted 05.25.2011

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His murder deprives his people of a significant and effective voice, and we pray that the world may learn from his gentle and quiet witness

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Say What? Lesbian Priests Marrying Each Other!

Irene Monroe | Posted 05.25.2011

All couples like to bring the New Year in on a loving note. And what better way for two lesbian priests of the Episcopal Church to demonstrate thei...

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It's Hats-Off To Female Bishop, And Not In A Good Way

Religion News Service | By Daniel Burke | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Katharine Jefferts Schori, Katharine Jefferts Schori Mitregate, Mitre, Church of England, Episcopalians, Katharine Jefferts Schoir Rowan Williams, Episcopal Church, Katharine Jefferts Schori Mitre, Rowan Williams, Global Anglicanism, Anglicanism, Rowan Williams Katharine Jefferts Schori, Christianity, Mitregate, Archbishop of Canterbury, Religion News

By Daniel Burke Religion News Service (RNS) Q: When is a hat more than a hat? A: When the hat is a bishop's miter, and belongs to the female head of...

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Mitregate: Anglicans in Crisis Over a Woman's Hat!

Diana Butler Bass | Posted 05.25.2011

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It is particularly galling to American Episcopalians to have the Archbishop of Canterbury direct their Presiding Bishop not to display any signs of her spiritual authority.

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Eating in Church

One For The Table | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Easter, Communion, Palm Sunday, Colored Eggs, Easter Eggs, Episcopalians, San Diego, Episcopal Church, Childhood, Religion, Confirmation, Childhood Memories, Faith, Spirituality, Lent, Family, Healthy Living News

I grew up in a very faithful household -- my father was an Episcopal priest and I was devoutly devout, an altar boy from age six and happy for it.

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Mary Glasspool Approved: Episcopal Church OKs Election Of Second Gay Bishop

AP | GILLIAN FLACCUS | Posted 05.25.2011

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LOS ANGELES — The Episcopal Church has approved the election of a lesbian assistant bishop in the Diocese of Los Angeles, making her the second ...

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Episcopal Church Ordains Second Openly Gay Bishop

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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LONG BEACH, Calif. — Seven years after the Episcopal Church caused an uproar by consecrating its first openly gay bishop, it has done the same t...

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Black Episcopal Congregation Celebrates Lesbian Marriage

Irene Monroe | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: St. Bartholomew Episcopal Church, E. Denise Simmons Mattie Hayes Marriage, Episcopalians, Lesbian, E. Denise Simmons, Cambridge Massachusetts, Episcopal Church, Gays and Lesbians, Gay and Lesbian Rights, Massachusetts, Mattie Hayes, Gay Marriage, Gay Marriage Massachusetts, Politics News

On August 30, St. Bartholomew Episcopal Church in Cambridge hosted the marriage and blessed the union of its mayor, E. Denise Simmons, and her lifetime partner, Mattie Hayes.

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The Episcopalian Gay Revolution

Wayne Besen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bishop William Love, Episcopalians, Episcopal Church, Anglican Communion, Episcopal Church Split, Southern California, Nigerian Archbishop Peter J. Akinola, God, Gay Rights, Dr. Rowan Williams, Christianity, Christians, Episcopal Church Gay Rights, Archbishop Peter Akinola, Politics News

Is there a significant market for an enlightened, modern Christianity that focuses on loving, rather than loathing one's neighbors?

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Episcopal Church Moves To End Ban On Gay Bishops

AP | RACHEL ZOLL | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — Episcopalians declared gays and lesbians eligible for "any ordained ministry" Tuesday, a vote expected to upset world Anglican leader...

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Is God Stupid?

Michael Henry Adams | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Abortion, Single Mothers, Unemployment, God, Imprisonment, Unemployment Rate, The Envirinment, Dropout-Rates, Prayer, Black, Faith, High School Dropouts, Aids, HIV/AIDS Africa, Pope Benedict, Karl Marx, Islam, Jews, Episcopalians, Jesus Christ, Christianity, Green News

Wouldn't benevolent God be more likely to be like your mother or grandmother, than like most of our fathers? It's not that I am an avowed atheist, no...

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Conversations With (And About) God

Mark Joseph | Posted 05.25.2011

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Another friend, actress, comedian and now author, Susan Isaacs wrote, "I could take alcohol or leave it. After I ran out on God, I took alcohol more than I left it. And I kept taking it."

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Conservatives Form Rival Group To Episcopal Church

AP | RACHEL ZOLL | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — Theological conservatives upset by liberal views of U.S. Episcopalians and Canadian Anglicans formed a rival North American province ...

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