#Bishop Michael Curry

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Spelman College Celebrates the Inauguration of 11th President Dr. Helene D. Gayle

"Congratulations to Dr. Helene D. Gayle on being inaugurated as the 11th President of Spelman College! We're excited to see all the great things she will accomplish. #SpelmanCollege #HeleneDGayle #InvestitureCeremony #HigherEducation

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it is very frustrating to see how few progressive priests have been actively calling for a ceasefire, even though they were all about peace three weeks ago

[luckhissoul]

ROLEPLAY HISTORY!

The rules are simple! Post characters you’d like to roleplay as, have roleplayed as, and might bring back. Then tag ten people to do the same (if you can’t think of ten, just write down however many you can and tag that number of people). Please repost, don’t reblog!

CURRENT MUSE(S): (canon muses)

mat cauthon ( the wheel of time )

quinn blackwood ( the vampire chronicles)

michael curry ( the mayfair witches )

adolin kholin ( stormlight archive )

jasnah kholin ( stormlight archive )

syl ( stormlight archive )

vin venture ( mistborn )

ivar the boneless ( vikings )

bellamy blake ( the 100 )

francis de valois ( reign )

cahir ( the witcher saga )

aviendha ( the wheel of time )

min farshaw ( the wheel of time )

paul atredies ( dune )

alia atredies ( dune )

carl grimes ( the walking dead )

aramis ( the three musketeers )

john silver ( black sails )

seth gecko ( from dusk til dawn : the series )

will graham ( hannibal )

rodrigo borgia ( the borgias )

lucrezia borgia ( the borgias )

michael grey ( peaky blinders )

marcel gerard ( the orignals )

anakin skywalker ( star wars )

louis xiv ( versailles )

moiraine damodred ( the wheel of time )

lan mandragoran ( the wheel of time )

and four ocs !

WANT TO WRITE: (maybe i will write them someday, maybe not)

like idk right now? probably none. i considered adding marius from the vampire chronicles but decided against it lol

HAVE WRITTEN:

peter petrelli ( heroes )

jaime lannister ( asoiaf )

theon greyjoy ( asoiaf )

sam "falcon" wilson ( mcu )

raven / mystique ( mcu )

elijah mikaelson ( the the originals )

caroline forbes ( the vampire diaries )

enzo st. john ( the vampire diaries )

elle bishop ( heroes )

arthur petrelli ( heroes )

genevieve ( the orginals )

aurora ( the originals )

matt parkman ( heroes )

kaz brekker ( six of crows )

the darkling ( shadow and bone )

fergus fraser ( outlander )

sarah manning ( orphan black )

james patrick march ( ahs )

tate langdon ( ahs )

jimmy darling ( ahs )

kit walker ( ahs )

ethan chandler ( penny dreadful )

lazlo kreizler ( the alienist )

marcus isaacson ( the alienist )

lucius vorenus ( rome )

dwight enys ( poldark )

nell crain ( the haunting of hill house )

charles xavier ( mcu )

elizabeth of york

gendry ( asoiaf )

dinah madani ( the punisher )

freya mikaelson ( the originals )

carolina villanueva ( high seas )

nicolas sala ( high seas )

WOULD WRITE AGAIN:

not sure who i would ? write again ? sometimes i'm like hey maybe but then i'm like nah i don't want to lol

Tagged by: @stcrforged tagging : @caracarnn - @xhideyourfires - @adversitybloomed - @wstfl - @honorhearted - @godresembled - @bas0rexias - @indigodreames and anyone else?

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Menu Thirty-Seven

Menu Thirty-Seven from Rowan Bishop and Sue Carruthers' "The Vegetarian Cookbook".

Potato and Green Pea Curry: oil, poppy seeds, mustard seeds, onion, garlic, cumin, tumeric, coriander, pepper, dried chilli, frozen mint peas, potato, tomatoes, salt, tamarind paste, water

Nutty Carrot Loaf: wholemeal breadcrumbs, carrot, basil, margarine, water, vegetable stock, lemon, parsley, orange juice 

Celery and Apple Sambal: celery, apple, lemon Plum or Prune Raita: coconut yoghurt, red plums, cinnamon

Eternal slog, another week, by now so resigned from the process I don’t even invite my own guests. On the Friday night of the preceding week, my close and personal friend, very often a guest at my dinners, invited somebody new. In the events leading up to the invitation, my close personal friend and I had bickered over the lyrics to George Michael’s “Faith”, which had been performed at the bar by the worst cover band I ever saw. I had been pushed aside by the guitarist as he made his way on stage, this action was clouding any real judgement I could make on the band. There remains a blurry mugshot that I took of him in my iPhone’s camera roll. “‘Faith’ is one of George’s best songs,” I had said to my friend as we rested in the back courtyard of the bar. She had responded, “no, it isn’t.” 

I persisted, “you have to really listen to the lyrics.” and she paused. 

“You gotta have faith- faith- faith.” I pestered. 

Those weren’t the lyrics I meant at the time, what I wanted to get across was that I had found it heartfelt when he referred to his foolish notion of waiting for something more.

In any case, I had a new guest arriving for Week Twenty-Eight, a vegan one that I considered to also have a nut allergy by association with her boyfriend, who had not received an invitation to my dinner. Monday of Week Twenty-Eight was spent rifling through the only fresh pages of the cookbook, uncharted territory. The pages of the Vegetarian Adventure Cookbook were sticking together, tainted by dishes past. I looked ahead for remaining menus that suited the dietary requirements, landing on Menu Thirty-Seven. It was the only vegan menu in the cookbook, if you take the margarine option over butter, and I could make it allergen free by taking the walnuts out of the Nutty Carrot Loaf, to render the “Nutty” in its title redundant. To cook Menu Thirty-Seven in Week Twenty-Eight was a glimpse into the future and a taste of the end.

Tangibly, it really was, at long last, the end of March. March seemed to have brought along an onslaught of poor treatment unto me by others and to accept they weren’t part of my life anymore opened up space to rethink. I was in the middle of two self-help books trying to rectify the textbook issues that I now knew I had, the first of which dealt with facing reality, and the second with comfortably sharing this reality once I learnt to face it. I was learning about making responsible choices that served my best interest in a reality that might not necessarily be the one that I had wanted. At the supermarket I was again confronted by the car I had done something to at the beginning of March, I was beginning to feel personally victimised by its owner and I struggled to pinpoint any meaning or symbolism from its continual presence in my peripheral vision. Was it even there? Distracted with thoughts of the carpark I mistakenly picked up frozen mint peas from the freezer in the supermarket, Bishop and Carruthers had listed “frozen green peas” in their ingredient list for the Potato and Green Pea Curry. 

Wednesday of Week Twenty-Eight arrived, I was in the kitchen and it was unseasonably warm for the time of year. To make a Nutty Carrot Loaf the wholemeal breadcrumbs were placed into a bowl, along with grated carrot, seasoning, a crumbled vegetable stock cube and three tablespoons of orange juice. This was well mixed and then reconstituted with a portion of water. It went into the oven and I moved onto the Potato and Green Pea Curry. The curry came together like a standard curry, Bishop and Carruthers’ curry however, came together with a certain warmth and understanding that I had picked up from the second book I was reading, I knew intimacy and compromise and I understood fear both at a conscious and subconscious level. I was aware of mistakes I’d made in the past, including the mint peas rather than green peas. My guests arrived one by one and on this night I had eight. While they chattered in the living room I put together the remaining dishes, the Celery and Apple Sambal, and the Plum Raita. Each of these dishes contained just three ingredients respectively, and I had swapped out plain yoghurt for coconut. I finished the Nutty Carrot Loaf/carrot loaf with a twist of lemon and dash of parsley and pulled a large serving of rice out of the microwave.

Into the dining room, we sat crowded around the table. Over dinner we discussed the geriatric ward and the admin that goes into discharging a patient that has stayed for 65 days, ill-health, and lonely dinners. Meny Thirty-Seven went down with compliments, though confusion arose around the Nutty Carrot Loaf, what it was, why it was there. The Plum Raita seemed to be taken like a dessert and eaten on a side plate to cool palates after the Potato and Green Pea Curry. By the end of dinner, I broached the subject of those conscious and subconscious fears, how often we think we fear one thing, when in reality our fear is something quite different. For instance the Love Addict consciously fears abandonment, while subconsciously fearing a commitment built upon shared reality. The Love Avoidant consciously fears taking on the reality and needs of someone else, while subconsciously fearing that they’ll be abandoned (Mellody, 1992). The Love Avoidant and the Love Addict are the most riveting of all zodiac couples. When the last guest left, the newest guest, we talked about Higher Powers and what it felt like to know someone who felt like religion.

By the Thursday of Week Twenty-Eight, I was out late again, sitting on a bench with another close and personal friend, an occasional guest to my dinner parties. Enough time had passed since Wednesday night, that I had processed many thoughts. Focusing on a cookbook, was microscopic in the scheme of lifetime, I thought about the universe. The title lyrics of George Michael’s “Faith” had more importance than I thought, I had faith that everything would work out. I felt confident that moons and stars pushed and pulled in ways that they were supposed to, I had seen tangible results. Someone once said to me “sometimes the stars don’t reach the earth.” I dispute this now, because the stars always reach the earth, just not necessarily in the way that you wanted nor expected them to. In the first book I was reading this week, the author reported on a case study. At its closure he said his patient could not be described “as happy because she hasn’t that much to be happy about, but she is no longer painfully unhappy…she is gaining the strength to live a new life, finding not happiness perhaps but periods of peace, a new experience for her.” (Glasser, 1965). I was moved by the sentiment.

[christiancomputerstudent]

"God did not make anybody to be a second-class citizen of this country, or the human race. I believe it because I believe that is what scripture teaches. And that is clearly what Jesus teaches. He says "Come into me, all of you." He did not limit love"

-Michael Curry, Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church

// Cool interesting quote Via The Clergy Coaching Network

[thealmightyemprex]

Muppet Movies Ranked

I've recently marathoned all 8 theatrical Muppet movies ,and these are my rankings.Keep in mind I think all 8 are good movies,I just prefer some to others

8.The Muppets

I like the nostalgic look back stuff.....But the peoblem is I dont like Walter or the human characters .This film is the most meh to me

7.Muppets From Space

ITs diffrent,being the only non musical in the series ,and I do like that the film focuses on my favorite Muppet Gonzo and doesnt showcase just the Muppet Show guys but the Muppets Tonght guys as well but the story isnt all there,I dont think Jeffrey Tambours villain has the right ending and it is painfully 90's

6.Great Muppet Caper

Oooooh for putting this so low I might get some hate,but I shall explain .This is the most irreverant ,silly and funniest Mupppet movie,if you just want to laugh this is great .THis film is pure Henson wackyness,the film is not taking itself seriously at all.....And while I enjoy that.....I prefer a Muppet movie to have a bit more heart and story to go with the silly FOr me the characters,story and songs are a bit lacking .Again jokes are brillaint,performances are good (Charles Grodin looks like he is in LOVE with Miss Piggy and it is amazing) and it may have my favorite cameo in any Muppet movie .I do like the movie,I just like 5 others better

5.Muppets Most Wanted

This film is VERY similar to Great Muppet Caper ,and while not funnier,I think its more solid .I adore the songs,especially the Big House ,I think the story is really good ,I love Sam and Ty Burrels chemistry ,the cameos are top notch ,Tina Fey as the Russian warden Nadya delivers one of the best human characters in all the Muppet movies and the film has possibly the best villain in all the Muppet movies in Constantine who is good mix of hilarious and threatening .Not all the effects worked and....I really wish someone else other then Ricky Gervais played the secondary villain Dominic Badguy.Overall though its an enjoyable film

4.Muppets Take Manhatten

The one that surprised me .Of the orignal three its the one people dont talk about but ....I love it,its a bit more of a low key Muppet film ,ITs a much more character focused film. .The Dabney Coleman scene cracks me up,Saying Goodbye is tearjerking and the finale is spectacular

3.Muppet Christmas Carol

A legit really good take on a Christmas Carol,possibly one of the best takes .The first film without Jim Henson ,and I think it showed the Muppets could survive .Less about the jokes and more about the heart and artistry while still having fun and humor . the Muppet performers are on top form,especially Gonzo and Rizzo as the narrators ,but the highlight of the film is honestly the phenomenal performance of Michael Caine as the coldhearted Scrooge ,giving off a legit good dramtic performance while talking to Puppets .Also the songs by Pqaul Williams are just top notch

2.The Muppet Movie

The one that started it all,a heartwarming story about a bunch of weirdos coming together in pursuit of a dream,its sweet,its funny ,Paul Williams songs are great (Especially Im Going to Go Back There Some Day and Rainbow Connection),theres some fun cameos (Mel Brooks steals the show ) and Charles Durning gives an underrated performance as a psychotic fast food mogul

1.Muppet Treasure Island

This....WAs one of the first movies I ever saw,and I have never stopped loving it .The muppet mayhem is funny(DEad Toms Dead always gets me ),its exciting ,the songs are all top notch ,and it has the best human cast with Kevin Bishop as the adventurous young Jim .Jennifer Saunders asa bombastic Inn owner,Billy Connolly as old drunkn pirate Billy Bones and the legend himself Tim Curry hamming it up as the villainous Long John Silver in perhaps his greatest performance ,cause he is equally great with the comedy as he is at delivering tender softer moments with Jim as a sort of surrogate father

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[lboogie1906]

Bishop Michael Bruce Curry (born March 13, 1953) is a bishop who is the 27th and current presiding bishop and primate of The Episcopal Church. He is the first African American to serve as presiding bishop in The Episcopal Church. He was bishop of the Diocese of North Carolina.

He graduated with high honors from Hobart College. He earned an M.Div from the Yale Divinity School, in association with Berkeley Divinity School. He studied at The College of Preachers, Princeton Theological Seminary, Wake Forest University, the Ecumenical Institute at St. Mary’s Seminary, and the Institute of Islamic, Christian, and Jewish Studies.

He has received honorary degrees from the School of Theology-Sewanee, Theological Seminary, Berkeley Divinity School, the Episcopal Divinity School the Seminary of the Southwest, and the Church Divinity School of the Pacific. He was appointed a serving brother of the Order of St John by Elizabeth II. He received the James Parks Morton Interfaith Award.

He was elected the eleventh bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina. When he was consecrated at Duke Chapel, he became the first African-American diocesan bishop of the Episcopal Church in the American South.

He served on the board of directors of the Alliance for Christian Media and chaired the board of Episcopal Relief and Development. He had a national preaching and teaching ministry and was a frequent speaker at services of worship and conferences around the country.

He was active in issues of social justice, speaking out on immigration policy and marriage equality. He instituted a network of canons, deacons, and youth ministry professionals to support preexisting ministries in local congregations. He led the Diocese of North Carolina to focus on the Millennium Development Goal to buy malaria nets that saved over 100,000 lives.

He served as the officiant for the state funeral of Senator John McCain. He officiated at the funeral of George H.W. Bush. He delivered a sermon-like address at “The Spirit of Apollo” program organized by the National Air and Space Museum. He spoke at the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence

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“Prince Harry and Meghan"    no Duke and Duchess ??

My siblings in Christ:

On behalf of Presiding Bishop Michael B. Curry, and at the invitation of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, I had the blessing of presiding as the sacrament of Holy Baptism was conferred on their daughter, Princess Lilibet Diana, on Friday, March 3 at their home in Montecito. Prince Harry and Meghan were gracious hosts to the congregation of family and friends who were present.

Yours in Christ’s love,

https://diocesela.org/the-bishops-blog/baptism-of-princess-lilibet-diana/

That is odd isn’t it?🐼

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Bishop Michael Curry released this beautiful message about the way of love not being a way of violence and like...

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Latino Episcopalians in the spotlight with Gutiérrez presiding bishop nomination

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Presiding Bishop Michael Curry on 10,000+ dead in Gaza: Stop the killing

November 7, 2023

You may know me as the pastor who is always talking about love, and I am. But today I am mindful that the urgency of love—true, sacrificial love that respects all of humanity—is not just a good feeling, and it is not easy.

We are called to a love that demands much from us. We are called to a love that tells the truth.

Today I raise my voice for love because more than 10,000 people have died in Gaza, including more than 4,000 children.

The violence is horrific, and the geopolitics are complex, but my call to love is simple: Stop the killing. Stop all of it. Stop it today.

We will not be silent while an entire population is denied food, water, electricity, and fuel needed to run hospitals. We cannot stand by while thousands of civilians die. Our partners in the region tell us they live in terror—that they feel they have died even while alive. They feel that the international community is tacitly sanctioning the killing of civilians and the bombing of schools, hospitals, and refugee camps.

Staying quiet in this moment would be a stain upon our souls and would deepen our complicity.

U.S. leadership must tell Israel to stop bombing civilian areas and allow access for full humanitarian aid to flow freely into Gaza.

Every human child of God—Palestinian and Israeli—deserves safety and security. We need to stop the killing. Today.

Vengeance will not bring back the dead. Retaliation will not repair the harms and the hurt. We are called to love, even and especially when it seems impossible.

We must stop the next 10,000 from being killed. As Episcopalians, we must call upon our leaders—President Biden, members of Congress, and others—to be unequivocal that we need to stop the killing. Today. This is clearly what love demands of us.

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Gaza Hospital Confusion

An explosion at an Anglican-operated hospital in the Gaza Strip has led to finger-pointing and dueling statements from both political and religious officials. Least among these concerns – but still relevant to this blog – is the Al-Ahli Hospital Anglican or Baptist? Both traditions have stewarded the historic hospital, founded by the Church of England’s Church Mission Society in 1882. Following the establishment of the state of Israel in 1947, the hospital was in territory administered by Egypt and, between 1954 and 1982, was operated by a Cairo-based Medical Mission of the Southern Baptist Convention. The Gaza Strip came under Israeli control following the 1967 Six-Day War and, since 1982, the hospital has been operated by the Episcopal/Anglican Diocese of Jerusalem (“Episcopal” refers to the denominational polity and shares relational ties to – but not under the authority of – the U.S. based Episcopal Church). Israel withdrew from the Gaza Strip in 2005. Since 2007, Gaza has been ruled by the militant Islamist group Hamas, which has launched rockets into Israel across several successive conflicts. Historic Presence Anglicans are not a numerically large presence in the Holy Land (The Anglican/Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem covers Israel, Palestine, Jordan, Syria, and Lebanon but counts fewer than 7,000 members). That said, Anglicans have a long history of ministry in this part of the world and operate numerous institutions that serve a substantially larger community than those found in its 29 congregations. The Ahli Hospital receives financial support from the American Friends of the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem (AFEDJ). The hospital is not – as a Washington Post headline initially read – “owned” by the Anglican Communion, which is a family of national churches (“provinces” in Anglican parlance) in relationship with one another but is operated by the Episcopal/Anglican Diocese of Jerusalem. In 2018, Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Michael Curry personally visited the hospital. Curry joined Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby and Jerusalem Archbishop Hosam Naoum this week in calling the Episcopal Church “to pray fervently for all those who have been hurt, harmed, or killed in this conflict” following the explosion. Conflicting Claims The Hamas-run Health Ministry in Gaza has stated that 471 deaths and 314 injuries resulted from a rocket that hit the hospital on October 17. Third-party organizations have stated that it is not possible to verify these numbers, while an Israeli spokesperson told the Daily Mail that the number of dead was “several dozen.” The Israel Defense Forces (IDF)  insist that the explosion was due to a rocket launched from a site west of the hospital by Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad that broke up mid-flight. Video footage taken after the explosion shows burned-out cars in the hospital parking lot surrounded by intact structures. There was a relatively small blast zone, inconsistent with a blast crater and shock wave from an airstrike. NPR reports that the hospital itself took no structural damage and no staff were killed in the explosion, although two were injured. An independent video analysis conducted by The Wall Street Journal shows that the hospital was hit by a rocket launched from Gaza and directed toward Israel. Anglican Responses AFEDJ has referred to the hospital explosion as a “senseless tragedy” implying that it was unintended, but also in the same email newsletter as an “unconscionable, merciless attack” indicating the opposite. Archbishop Welby has appealed for the Israeli evacuation order on hospitals in northern Gaza to be reversed. “The evil and barbaric terror attacks on Israelis by Hamas were a blasphemous outrage,” Welby wrote on October 15. “But the civilians of Gaza are not responsible for the crimes of Hamas.” Palestinian Anglican congregations in Ramallah and Bir Zeit sent a letter to Welby on October 21, charging that “our voices as Palestinian Anglicans are not being heard in Canterbury and our interests are being relegated.” Anglican Church in North America Archbishop Foley Beach has appealed for aid and support to survivors of the conflict through the Anglican Relief and Development Fund and The Church’s Ministry Among Jewish People (CMJ-USA) to bring spiritual care, trauma counseling, and coordinating housing for displaced families. Beach offered the following prayer: “Eternal God, in whose perfect kingdom no sword is drawn but the sword of righteousness, no strength known but the strength of love: Strengthen and protect those affected by the Israel-Hamas war, and so mightily spread abroad your Spirit, that all peoples may be gathered under the banner of the Prince of Peace; to whom be dominion and glory, now and forever. Amen.” Reveal Comments Reveal Tags Source link Read the full article

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“As women, we have all experienced inappropriate behavior on the part of others, and as bishops, we’re responsible for helping with church discipline. We’re also responsible for, how do we do the work of justice? The work of reconciliation?”

Gretchen Rehberg, bishop of the Diocese of Spokane, Washington, and one of the organizers behind the letter, told Religion News Service

[blessedjudas]

please pray for michael curry (episcopal pres. bishop)!! he’s in hospital right now for internal bleeding and a heart condition. he’s such a dear man and the course of treatment isn’t clear yet. so please keep him in your prayers!!!!🤍

[lboogie1906]

Bishop Michael Bruce Curry (born March 13, 1953) is a bishop who is the 27th and current presiding bishop and primate of The Episcopal Church. He is the first African American to serve as presiding bishop in The Episcopal Church. He was bishop of the Diocese of North Carolina. He graduated with high honors from Hobart College. He then earned an M.Div from the Yale Divinity School, in association with Berkeley Divinity School. He studied at The College of Preachers, Princeton Theological Seminary, Wake Forest University, the Ecumenical Institute at St. Mary's Seminary, and the Institute of Islamic, Christian, and Jewish Studies. He has received honorary degrees from the School of Theology-Sewanee, Theological Seminary, Berkeley Divinity School, the Episcopal Divinity School the Seminary of the Southwest, and the Church Divinity School of the Pacific. He was appointed a serving brother of the Order of St John by Elizabeth II. He received the James Parks Morton Interfaith Award. He was elected the eleventh bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina. When he was consecrated at Duke Chapel, he became the first African-American diocesan bishop of the Episcopal Church in the American South. He served on the board of directors of the Alliance for Christian Media and chaired the board of Episcopal Relief and Development. He had a national preaching and teaching ministry and was a frequent speaker at services of worship and conferences around the country. He was active in issues of social justice, speaking out on immigration policy and marriage equality. He instituted a network of canons, deacons, and youth ministry professionals to support preexisting ministries in local congregations. He led the Diocese of North Carolina to focus on the Millennium Development Goal to buy malaria nets that saved over 100,000 lives. He served as the officiant for the state funeral of Senator John McCain. He officiated at the funeral of George H.W. Bush. He delivered a sermon-like address at "The Spirit of Apollo" program organized by the National Air and Space Museum. He spoke at the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence https://www.instagram.com/p/CpusCUmumJQ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=