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Presiding Bishop reflects on poverty, climate change in San Francisco Chronicle op-ed
[ENS] Reflections on poverty and
climate change by Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori
appeared in the op-ed pages of May 20 editions of the San
Francisco Chronicle.
The reflections begin: "Before I became a priest, I was a professor of oceanography. One of the things I learned was that oceanographers couldn't just study squid or fish in isolation. We had to study interconnected systems. We had to understand not only the animals' environment, such as the water, but its chemistry and circulation, the atmosphere above the ocean and the geology below it. And that, I believe, is how we must understand our world: We must see everything, and everyone, as interconnected and intended by God to live in relationship. . . ."
Read the related ENS story "Senate Committee to hear Presiding Bishop's concerns on global warming.
Episcopal Café serves up nourishing spiritual food online
Blogsite amplifies Church's cyber voice
By Pat McCaughan
[ENS] What do Fenway Park, a blue and gold oil rendering of Our Lady of Good Counsel's sacred spaces, international reaction to the Lambeth guest list, and reflections on William Countryman's "Living on the Border of the Holy" have in common?
They're all on the "menu" at Episcopal Café, a nexus that links the "Church of Baseball," Heidi Shott's reflections about the faithful in baseball and congregational venues, with Erin McGee Ferrell's sacred art, spiritual commentary, and breaking news. It presents, hopefully, a broader view of the Episcopal Church and conversation about all of the above, says Canon Jim Naughton, the café's founder.
A ministry of the Diocese of Washington in partnership with the Episcopal Church in the Visual Arts (ECVA), the café,
www.episcopalcafe.com/