Acts of Hope

The following essay appeared in the March 10, 1989 issue of the Catholic lay-edited magazine Commonweal under the title "When the Spiri...

An excellent resource for both religious and not-so-religious folks in many fields of endeavor, world-wide: Globethics.com , the Global Eth...

Many of you have doubtless heard about the brouhaha about Elizabeth Johnson , Distinguished Professor of Theology at Fordham University, who...

A follow-up on yesterday's post . From earlier in the 1985 interview with Beyers Naudé and Dorothee Sölle:   Naudé:   ... If...

For theology buffs. (I don't have time to explain the jargon but I thought at least a few of you would be interested in this even in its...

Who is he??? Wulfstan of Worcester is the saint of the day in our Episcopal calendar today, January 19. ( I know, this year the feast of ...

It was a lovely day at All Saints. Baptism in the morning, Gathering of the Clan All Saints in the afternoon -- that's what they call th...

I always love Anglicans Online 's editorial reflections, which post every Sunday. Sometimes I forget to read them. I remembered this wee...

Blog flashback: Last year on this date... Letty Russell, RIP (More on Letty Russell, a few days later, here .) National Catholic Reporter an...

My monthly essay is up at the Episcopal Café . Some excerpts: ... These days, with Lambeth looming, we Anglicans tend to filter the word “ch...

I have been reading books and articles related to women in the worldwide church , or rather, to women AS worldwide church. What's the d...

We at Acts of Hope have sent a little note to the Senator assuring him of our good wishes and prayers and thanking him for his ongoing leade...

I have great fondness and respect for His All Holiness Patriarch Bartholomew. Time Magazine has just recognized him for his religious and e...

The Episcopal Cafe has published a tribute to Krister Stendahl by Deirdre Good and yours truly. You can read it here . By happy coinciden...

Krister is still alive -- I got a note from one of his children this morning -- but near death still, in that in-between passage, and I am ...

As I was posting the icon of the Mother of God below, I received word that my beloved mentor, Krister Stendahl , is near death. Just a year ...

It was fabulous. It was packed. I have to lead a Bible study on the prophet Amos at 7 p.m. and I am not ready (because I was prepping for t...

Chiara Lubich, founder of the Focolare movement, has died. She was 88. May her luminous life continue to shine.

These are parishioners of St Elya Chaldean Church in Baghdad, one of about 52 local emergency shelters established by the Middle East Counci...

Swamped again... Sigh. To the left and below are a few preview photos of my two trips to the Asian side of the Bosphorus. The tale with pho...