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from Anglican Journal
News & Media Website in Toronto, Ontario
Parishioners of St. James’ Anglican Church in Roseneath, Ont., are grieving the loss of their church after the historic building was destroyed by a fire the evening of April 9. The Rev. Bryce Sangster, rector of the parish of Campbellford, Hastings and Roseneath, says the blaze started around 10:15 p.m. By the time he arrived on the scene close to 11:30 p.m., smoke was rising from the front of the church, the only part of the building left standing. While the church was completely destroyed, Sangster says he hopes its bell may be salvageable.
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from Conservative Intelligence Briefing
GOP Congresswoman Elise Stefanik (R-NY) has taken steps to combat any improper future attempts by the intelligence community to spy on perceived political opponents (as Attorney General Bill Barr says the FBI may have done to the Trump presidential campaign in 2016). Stefanik “introduced legislation Wednesday that would require the FBI director to promptly inform Congress when investigations of candidates for federal office are undertaken by federal law enforcement or intelligence authorities,” The Federalist reported on Thursday.
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from The Inlander
Media/News Company in Spokane, WA
Washington is known for a lot of things: phenomenal outdoor recreation, legal recreational marijuana, a booming tech sector and coffee. It's also infamous for having the most regressive tax system in the country, where the poor pay a higher percentage than the rich.
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from The Heritage Foundation
RIGHT BIAS, MIXED American conservative think tank based in Washington, D.C.
RIGHT BIAS, MIXED American conservative think tank based in Washington, D.C.
Medicare for All advocates may claim that people wouldn’t lose coverage because they would be in the government health program—but 181 million Americans would lose private health plans that they have now if this bill passed.
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from HumanProgress.org Education Website
The story of humanity over the course of the last two centuries is nothing short of remarkable. As late as 1870, life expectancy in Europe and the world was 36 and 30 years, respectively. Today, it is 81 and 72 years, respectively. In 1820, 90 percent of humanity lived in extreme poverty. Today, less than 10 percent does. In 1800, 88 percent of the world’s population was illiterate. Today, 13 percent of the world’s population is illiterate. In 1800, 43 percent of children died before their fifth birthday. Today, less than 4 percent do. In 1816, 0.87 percent of the world’s population lived in a democracy. In 2015, 56 percent did. In 1800, food supply per person per day in France, which was one of the most advanced countries in the world, was a mere 1,846 calories. In 2013, food supply per person per day in Africa, the world’s poorest continent, amounted to 2,624 calories. Slavery, which was rampant in most parts of the world in 1800, is now illegal in every country. Finally, for the first time since the start of industrialization in the mid-18th century, global inequality is declining as developing countries catch up with the developed world.
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from KIRO Radio 97.3 FM (MyNorthwest.com)
Media/News Company in Seattle, Washington
Jay Inslee, unable to crack 0 percent support in most polls, had the opportunity to bring his message to the 113 people watching CNN last night during a Town Hall, and he botched it. Big time. Running exclusively on saving the environment, you’d think Inslee would be prepared for a question about recycling. He wasn’t. And it was embarrassing. An audience member asked Inslee about foreign countries refusing to recycle our waste, which means what you think you’re recycling doesn’t actually end up getting recycled. The question was simple: How can we fix our broken recycling system?
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from The Living Church
Magazine of The Living Church Foundation (Anglican)
Thomas Cranmer’s theology of the Eucharist has been much debated over the years. Its notions of consecration, presence, and sacrifice have all received scrutiny. This interest is not simply scholarly or historical. Though Cranmer’s beliefs about the sacrament have never set the boundaries for eucharistic doctrine among Anglicans, his liturgical texts have remained influential. As the principal author of the 1549 and 1552 Books of Common Prayer, his views remain of continuing interest to those who worship in the prayer book tradition.
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from Orthodox Christianity – orthochristian.com
Religious Organization in Moscow, Russia
I have long studied history, but it was not until after my undergraduate days that I, as a second-generation member of the Greek Orthodox diaspora in the United States, stumbled upon a historical bombshell, one that had been crucial in affecting so many Greeks and yet was not widely discussed here in the US, even among the more recent generations of the diaspora families that were impacted. I refer to the Asia Minor Catastrophe of 1922.
How our sixth combat is against the spirit of akadia, which we may term weariness or distress of heart, and what its character is.
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from The Spokesman-Review
Newspaper in Spokane, Washington
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