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FRED DE SAM LAZARO: In Malawi, one out of every four children dies before reaching the age of five. Famine is chronic, and AIDS has left tens of thousands of orphans, often in the care of struggling grandparents, like Robin … More
Listen to this episode now: [powerpress] TRANSCRIPT: Episode no. 1147 DEBORAH POTTER, guest anchor: Coming up — American medical teams in Africa — they could make more money at home, but this program has a different payoff. Dr. FITZHUGH MULLAN … More
BOB ABERNETHY, anchor: We had a chance early this past spring to visit members of a Chinese family as they honored their ancestors at their graves. It is the belief of many Chinese that there is an ongoing spiritual connection … More
BOB ABERNETHY, anchor: Six-hundred-and-fifty bishops of the worldwide Anglican Communion assembled in Canterbury, England this week for the Lambeth Conference, a three-week-long meeting that’s held just once every decade. But more than 200 other bishops are boycotting the event. The … More
by J. Peter Pham Anglican Communion in Crisis: How Episcopal Dissidents and Their African Allies Are Reshaping Anglicanism. By Miranda K. Hassett. Princeton University Press, 2007. The bishops and other leaders gathering this month in Canterbury for the fourteenth Lambeth … More
Read more of Kim Lawton’s interview with the Rev. Ed Bacon, rector of All Saints Episcopal Church in Pasadena, California: Q: Tell us why your church decided to go ahead and officiate at same sex weddings in California. A: I … More
Read excerpts from a June 28, 2008 interview with Rev. Samuel Scott Colley-Toothaker, Rector of the Episcopal Church of the Epiphany in Danville, Virginia. Rev. Samuel Scott Colley-Toothaker Q: Define mission in the context in which you understand it. A: … More
Read more of Kim Lawton’s interview with the Reverend Eric Dudley, rector of St. Peter’s Anglican Church in Tallahassee, Florida: Q: How did your parish come to be associated with the Anglican Church of Uganda? Rev. Eric Dudley A: As … More
BOB ABERNETHY, anchor: We have a very personal story today about what happened to a man when, at the height of his powers, he discovered that he was sick — what happened to his work, his faith, and his town’s … More
Listen to this episode now: [powerpress] TRANSCRIPT: Episode no. 1146 BOB ABERNETHY, anchor: Coming up — Anglican bishops gather in England for their once-in-a-decade meeting. But they’re still a long way from agreement on the issues that threaten their unity. … More