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Marshall, Daniels, Murray: The Struggle for the Voting Rights Act and its Aftermath
Eternal and ever-gracious God, you blessed your servant Thurgood with exceptional grace and courage to discern and speak the truth: Grant that, following his example, we may know you and recognize that we are all your children, brothers and sisters of Jesus Christ,...
Episcopal Church Invests in Bank of Palestine
In late March, The Episcopal Church purchased a three-year certificate of deposit for $500,000 in the Bank of Palestine. The bank, founded in 1960, has 48 branches in Palestine that employ 1200 employees and serve more than half a million customers. According to...
Voting Rights Advocacy for Today
The Voting Rights Act of 1965, a cornerstone of the civil rights movement in the United States, has been challenged in Shelby County v. Holder. The Supreme Court is currently reviewing the case and is expected to issue a decision this summer. If you would like to...
Easter: A Season of Radical Change
Radical change. I can’t imagine change more radical, more unconventional, more transformative, than that of the human Jesus into the resurrected Christ the Lord. From a cruel, unimaginably tormented, inhumane death and borrowed grave into a new form, something...
Letter from President Jennings and Vice President Rushing
February 28, 2013 Dear Deputies: In the weeks since the horrific shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, the debate about guns in American life and culture has been renewed. Advocates for stricter gun restrictions vow not to let the issue be...
Executive Council Resolution on Responses to Gun Violence
On February 27, the Executive Council of the Episcopal Church passed this resolution titled "Responses to Gun Violence:" Resolved, That the Executive Council of The Episcopal Church, meeting in Linthicum Heights, Maryland on February 27, 2013 express profound sorrow...
“The End Is Where We Start From”
President Jennings' remarks to the first meeting of the Task Force on Church Structural Reform. On February 14, House of Deputies President Gay Clark Jennings gave these remarks at the first meeting of the Task Force on Church Structural Reform created by General...
La carta de la Presidenta Jennings para la reforma de inmigración
29 de enero de 2013 Estimadas hermanas y hermanos en Cristo: La Convención General de la Iglesia Episcopal por más de veinte y cinco años ha hecho un llamado para que se adopten medidas de inmigración que brindarían a los inmigrantes indocumentados la dignidad y el...
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