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January 13, 2012Would a CofC Bishop Get Arrested for Occupy Wall Street?
December 18, 2011I was at Duarte Square, Lower Manhattan, this afternoon as retired Episcopal Bishop George Packard, and several other clergy were arrested supporting Occupy Wall Street’s attempt to start a new occupation on land owned by Trinity Church Wall Street. For a video of him talking with protestors in the back of an NYPD paddywagon, click [...]
Do we need an Occupy C of C Movement? A Response
November 21, 2011[This thoughtful post was written by Jim Craft, in response to the earlier post by Matthew Bolton: "How Should the Church Interact with the Occupy Movement?" -- Ed.] During the last few months, we have been bombarded with images of fellow citizens camped out in public parks around the nation. Most of the attention has focused on [...]
Welcome All
July 4, 2011Two Sundays ago I was invited to preach a sermon on the theme “Welcome All” at a congregation in Independence. It was just a few days after the passage of the marriage equality bill in New York State and so I felt compelled to preach on the importance of the Community of Christ becoming a [...]
Terry Tempest Williams to Receive Community of Christ Peace Award
June 6, 2011Terry Tempest Williams, a Utah-based environmental activist with a Mormon heritage, will receive the Community of Christ Peace Award on 21 October 2011 at the church’s Peace Colloquy on “Creating Hope, Healing Earth” in Independence, Missouri. See the official announcement here. A list of previous awardees is here. Her website says Williams believes “environmental issues are social [...]
Mormongandhi got baptized on Easter Sunday
April 25, 2011. I’ve been on a pilgrimage for the last 14 years, but I think that my problem until recently has been that I have been looking back at what once was, rather than looking forward to what might become. My motivation for being baptized in the Community of Christ was the following: I wanted to [...]
Veazey Blogs about Pilgrimage to Hiroshima
November 15, 2010Community of Christ President Steve Veazey has a new blog and has been posting reflections on his experiences visiting the city of Hiroshima: The scenes at the Peace Memorial Museum will haunt me for the rest of my life, as they certainly should. May I never forget them. If enough people could see what we saw and [...]
Violence Aimed at the GLBT Community
October 23, 2010The following statement was posted on the Community of Christ Web site today (October 22, 2010): First Presidency and Council of Twelve Statement The First Presidency and the Council of Twelve Apostles want to be clear that while there may be disagreements over some issues related to sexual orientation, Community of Christ members and leaders [...]
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