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NEWS consecration residing Bishop Michael Curry joined with Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America in a three-day fast May 21-23 and issued a churchwide call for prayer, fasting and advocacy for the next seven months. PThe two leaders said they would challenge any federal government proposals to eliminate or defund proven anti-poverty programs that give vital assistance to people both at home and abroad. In a signed statement, “For Such a Time as This: A Call to Prayer, Fasting, and Advocacy,” they called upon all New York 9bishop Episcopalians and Lutherans to join finds heart them in a fast on the 21st of each month in a Harley until the 115th Congress concludes in December. “We are coming together as leaders FEATURE Photo/ENS Presiding Bishop Michael Curry to oppose deep cuts to programs that are vital to hungry people struggling Photo/Wikiart.com announces the fast in a video posted Holy light on www.episcopalchurch.org. with poverty,” they stated. The 21st of each month was chosen, they said, In Titian’s painting “Pentecost” (c. 1545), the Holy Spirit because it is the time when many American families experience a food crisis. descends upon the apostles as a dove and tongues of fire appear “By that time each month, 90 percent of SNAP benefits (formerly the above their heads. “All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them”. food stamp program) have been used, thereby causing the last week of the (Acts 2:4) The events of Pentecost are generally considered to be month as the hungry week in America,” the statement said. the birth of the Christian church. Pentecost Sunday is June 4. continued on page 7 Faith12 takes center stage in two plays ARTS Supreme Court justice honors Thurgood Marshall

By Keith Griffith Episcopal News Service

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PERMIT #1239 the importance of courts and the rule of law at an event honoring the late Thurgood Marshall. Breyer spoke on May 13 at St. Philip’s Church in New York, addressing a crowd Sof several hundred on the 10th annual Thurgood Marshall Law Day, which honors the former Supreme Court justice who once served on the Harlem church’s vestry. Marshall, the first African-American to serve on the Supreme Court, lived in New York while serving as an attorney for the NAACP and joined the historically black St. Philip’s in 1938. He retired from the high court in 1991 and died at age 84 in 1993. The Episcopal feast day honoring his life and work, May 17, is the day he won his most famous Supreme Court argument, Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka, Kan. The program began with Evensong led by the Rev. Patrick Wil- liams, St. Philip’s interim rector. Bishop of New York Andrew Di- etsche offered a blessing to kick off the speaking program. Clutching a biography of Marshall stuffed with leaves of paper scrawled with handwritten notes, Breyer discussed the legacy of Photo/Keith Griffith Brown vs. Board of Education, the 1954 case in which the court Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer speaks about the role of the courts during found that state laws establishing separate schools for black and an event in the New York neighborhood of Harlem honoring the late Justice Thurgood Marshall. white students were unconstitutional. continued on page 7 2 EPISCOPAL JOURNAL June 2017 ANGLICAN DIGEST

Anglican Digest is a column of news and features “It’s a welcome development that we from churches in the Anglican Communion. now have another Anglican province in a Disadvantaged communities in predominantly Muslim country,” Arch- Cyclone appeal launched bishop Josiah Idowu-Fearon, secretary Burundi given major boost general of the Anglican Communion, The Anglican Missions Board of the said when the new province was an- Mothers’ Union program has we are now considering ways to extend Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and nounced. “We hope the province will exceeded its goals in helping the LFEP throughout the country.” Polynesia has launched an emergency stand and proclaim Christ in a way that disadvantaged communities “Traditionally, women in Burundi appeal in support of the victims of Trop- will be meaningful in that context. Hav- in one of the world’s poorest have been marginalized and underval- ical Cyclone Donna, which unleashed ing Sudan as a separate province of the Acountries. ued, but more than three quarters of windso of up to 300 kmh on Northern communion will benefit Christians in The Literacy and Financial Educa- those enrolling onto LFEP have been Vanuatu in May. Sudan; now they will know they are not tion Programme [LFEP] in Burundi, women and girls,” she said. “The in- Early reports from Vanuatu described alone, that they are a part of the world- jointly funded by Comic Re- damaged infrastructure and buildings wide Anglican family.” lief, has helped more than along with destroyed crops and food gar- — Anglican Communion News Service 14,000 men and women to dens in a country still recovering from read and write, as well as fur- Tropical Cyclone Pam in 2015. On May Episcopal Philippines Church nished many with business 8, the government of Vanuatu estimat- skills and the confidence to ed that 1,200 people were sheltering in elects prime bishop advocate on issues such as gen- evacuation centers in Torba Province Bishop Joel A. Pachao of the Diocese der-based violence and access and 1,000 in Sanma Province. of North Central Philippines was elected to education for women and — Anglican Communion News Service May 10 as the sixth prime bishop of The young girls. Photo/Mothers’ Union Episcopal Church in the Philippines. The three-year-old program The London based Mothers’ Union runs programs Sudan primate named Pachao, 61, was elected on the second has identified and trained 360 and training worldwide in support of families. The Archbishop of the Internal Prov- ballot from among local facilitators, resulting in 14,178 clusive approach we have taken has ince of Sudan and Bishop of Khartoum three nominees. He men and women receiving accredita- enabled many, including widows and Ezekiel Kumir Kondo has been appoint- will be installed late tion for literacy and numeracy skills, the disabled, who have been excluded ed primate of the newly created separate this year during a enabling them to setup up their own from community-based programs in Province of Sudan. worship service at businesses and take on leadership roles the past, to take part and even to hold Archbishop of Can- the Cathedral of St. in the community. leadership positions within the pro- terbury Justin Welby Mary and St. John in “It has exceeded its original target gram and wider community.” by over 30 percent, meaning more lives Women have been encouraged to will attend the inau- Quezon City. Cur- Pachao guration of the prov- rent Prime Bishop have been changed and families trans- use their new literacy skills to partici- ince at the end of July. Renato Abibico will preside. formed than we thought possible,” pate in campaigns such as 16 Days of South Sudan Pachao was ordained a priest in 1982 said Nicola Lawrence, Mothers’ Union Activism to end gender-based violence gained independence after graduating from St. Andrew’s Theo- Head of Programmes. “Despite the and increase access to education. Kondo from Sudan in 2011, logical Seminary in Quezon City in 1980. ongoing political unrest in Burundi, — Mothers’ Union which left the primate of Sudan and He served as priest in seven locations un- South Sudan, Archbishop Daniel Deng, til his consecration as bishop in 1993. are unable to rely on access to the in- women across the Anglican Commu- overseeing two countries. The four and The Episcopal Church in the Phil- ternet to use platforms such as Skype or nion and the opportunities for them to a half million members of the Episcopal ippines began as a missionary diocese WhatsApp. A recent survey by the Sea- live into the fullness of their humanity.” Church are based mainly in South Sudan. of the U.S.-based-Episcopal Church farers Trust reported that as many as 77 They also affirmed the statement devel- and became an independent church in percent of seafarers have their internet oped by the Anglican delegation to 61st Episcopal the Anglican Communion in 1998. In access limited to email or text, or have Session of the United Nations Commis- February, Presiding Bishop Michael B. no access to internet on board. sion on the Status of Women, which calls Journal Curry and Abibico signed a concordat Tim Tunley, a port chaplain covering (among other things) for “the God-given Editor: Solange De Santis on provincial companionship. 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Box 937, Bellmawr, NJ 08099-0937. ISSN: 2159-6824 Correction: In the May Journal, a headline gave an incorrect location for the April 20-22 conference “Unholy Trinity: the Intersection of Racism, Poverty and Gun Violence.” The conference was held in Chicago. June 2017 EPISCOPAL JOURNAL 3 NEWS How the British developed a taste for religion in politics

By Catherine Pepinster mon, and values that are visibly lived Religion News Service out every day by Christians, as well as by people of other faiths or none.” here have been some difficult The notion of shared values and the days recently for a British unity of the nation has much to do with Christian political leader — May’s brand of Christianity. his faith the subject of news May’s beliefs are not being used to trip Tstories and sometimes hostile question- her up, but both the interest in her views ing by journalists. and the hostility to Farron’s are evidence Tim Farron, the leader of the Liberal of a growing fascination with politicians’ Democrats and an evangelical Christian, faith that was unheard of 50 years ago. was asked repeatedly about his views on May grew up in southeast England, the homosexuality during the general elec- daughter of a Church of England vicar at tion campaign, which began on April 17. a time when much of the nation was, by Farron, who has sometimes voted for default, Anglican. In the 1950s and ’60s, LGBT rights and sometimes abstained, most people were married, baptized and was asked whether he thought gay sex was had their funerals in the Church of Eng- a sin. After five days he said it was not. land, the established church. It was also a Photo/courtesy Reuters/Toby Melville The other Christian political leader, time when, despite the nation’s Christian- Great Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May, right, talks with choristers after a Conservative Prime Minister Theresa ity, few spoke about their faith or about Commonwealth Day service at Westminster Abbey in London on March 13. May, despite dominating the headlines, that of politicians. has not been subject to the same critical That unspoken faith changed with Campbell, famously said: “We don’t do Instead, identity — gender, sexual scrutiny about her religion. the election of Margaret Thatcher, a God.” But as Lord Peter Hennessy, a preference, region and religion — now And it is not because she hides her faith; cradle Methodist. Thatcher frequently professor and one of Britain’s leading po- matter much more. from time to time May has acknowledged discussed religion and fell out with litical historians, said, “This only served “Society is much more pluralistic to- its profound influence on her life. bishops, including the archbishop of to make people even more interested in day,” Spencer said. “We share our space Indeed, just days before she took Canterbury, over the plight of the inner Blair’s faith, which was evident.” with a wide variety of people, and we don’t the nation by surprise by announcing a cities and the Falklands War. Blair’s Labor successor, Gordon always believe what they believe. For many general election, May offered an Easter By the time Tony Blair was elected Brown, and May’s Conservative prede- people now the default is not religion. So message, in which she spoke of herself as to Downing Street, there was growing cessor, David Cameron, were Christians. when we have a believing politician, many a vicar’s daughter. interest in the premier’s religious beliefs. The reasons personal beliefs are dis- people don’t know what having faith “This Easter I think of those val- (Blair converted to Catholicism after cussed more often are complex. They means, so they are fascinated by it.” ues that we share … values of compas- leaving office). include an aggressive secularism, the in- Other major political leaders, such sion, community, citizenship,” she said. When a journalist asked Blair about flux of more migrants of other faiths and as Jeremy Corbyn, are not identified as “These are values we all hold in com- his faith, his press adviser, Alastair fears about Islam after terrorist attacks believers. by Islamic extremists in London in 2005 Religion has, however, long played killed 52 people. a part in the Labor Party, and it is fre- Nick Spencer, research director of the quently said that Labor owes “more to Episcopal Church joins Anglican religion think tank Theos, says it is also Methodism than Marx.” because the old class divisions between In recent times, Labor’s biggest faith- Communion prayer campaign Labor, representing the working class, linked issue has been a row involving he Episcopal Church has joined the and the Conservatives, representing the anti-Semitism, which led to an internal worldwide Anglican Communion in Thy more affluent, are no longer the domi- inquiry after comments about Jews and Kingdom Come, a campaign initiated by nant characteristic of British politics. continued on page 10 Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby Tcalling for prayer by individuals, congregations and families. 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Bishops file briefs supporting immigrants EDS to collaborate with Union seminary ttorneys representing Episcopal bishops filed two friend-of-the-court piscopal Divinity School briefs in support of immigrants and refugees, and in affirmation of (EDS) in Cambridge, Mass., two U.S. district court rulings, one in Hawaii and one in Maryland, and Union Theological Semi- in opposition to President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting nary have signed an agreement Aimmigration and suspending the federal refugee-resettlement program. On Ethat will allow EDS to continue as an March 15, a federal judge in Hawaii halted Trump’s revised executive order that Episcopal seminary through a collabora- would have suspended the U.S. refugee program, and on March 16, a federal tion with Union at its campus in New judge in Maryland issued an injunction saying the president’s revised travel ban York. Beginning in the fall of 2018, stu- was intended to discriminate against Muslims. Sixteen bishops signed onto one dents who enroll in the EDS program at or both of the briefs. — ENS Union will earn graduate degrees from Photo/Washington National Cathedral Union and also fulfill requirements for The Rev. Kelly Brown Douglas will be the ordination in the Episcopal Church. first dean of EDS at Union. The two seminaries began negotia- most distinguished religious thinkers, Voorhees inaugurates president tions in February after Union was chosen teachers, ministers, and activists in the from among nine potential candidates nation,” said the Rev. Serene Jones, Union alling on his students and Overcoming arson attacks and sparse that expressed interest in an alliance faculty president and Johnston family colleagues to “think differ- funding, she established the Denmark with EDS. The EDS board, spurred by professor of religion and democracy. ently,” W. Franklin Evans was Industrial School, modeled on Tuskegee, financial challenges that were depleting Ordained as an Episcopal priest in inaugurated April 7 as the over a storefront in 1897. It attracted the the school’s endowment, voted in 2016 1983, Douglas holds a master’s degree in Cninth president of Voorhees College in attention of New Jersey philanthropists, to cease granting degrees in May 2017 theology and a Ph.D. in systematic the- Denmark, S.C., exactly 120 years from who in 1902 donated $5,000 for land and to explore options for EDS’s future. ology from Union. Her academic work when educator Elizabeth Evelyn Wright and a building. (The Voorhees family “We had three goals when we began focuses on womanist theology, sexuality opened the school for children of former also established a historically Anglican to plan this new phase in EDS’s life,” and the black church. She is the author slaves that grew into the college. institution in Vellore, Tamil Nadu, said the Rev. Gary Hall, EDS board of five books, including “Stand Your The daughter of an African-American India.) chair, in the May 19 announcement of Ground: Black Bodies and the Justice of Today the Voorhees campus is the collaboration. “We wanted to con- God,” written in response to the killing listed on the National Register of tinue providing Episcopal theological of Trayvon Martin. Historic Places, and the College education within an accredited, degree- EDS plans to purchase a floor in a is one of the 10 members of the granting program, deepen our historic new office building being constructed at Association of Episcopal Colleges, commitment to gospel-centered justice Union. The EDS campus in Cambridge the U.S. chapter of the global and provide financial strength and sta- will be sold after operations there cease network Colleges & Universities bility for EDS’s future.” in July, and the proceeds will be added of the Anglican Communion EDS appointed the Rev. Kelly Brown to the school’s endowment, currently (CUAC). Douglas, Susan D. Morgan professor of valued at $53 million. Evans previously served as in- religion at Goucher College in Mary- The initial term of the EDS-Union terim president of South Carolina land and canon theologian at Washing- affiliation agreement is 11 years, and Photo/courtesy of Voorhees College State University in Orangeburg, ton National Cathedral in Washington, W. Franklin Evans is presented at his inauguration. both schools have the option to agree to S.C., where he also had been pro- D.C., as the first dean of EDS at Union. extensions beyond that time. EDS will father and a Cherokee mother, Wright vost and chief academic officer, respon- Douglas also will join the Union faculty remain its own legal entity with its own had studied at Booker T. Washington’s sible for faculty recruitment, strategic as a professor. board of trustees. famed Tuskegee Institute in Georgia. planning, and re-accreditation. He has “Kelly Brown Douglas is one of the — Episcopal Divinity School In 1890, she moved to rural Hampton declared that boosting enrolment and County, S.C., and tried to start several encouraging greater alumni support are schools for blacks despite the surge in his two top priorities at Voorhees. racist Jim Crow laws in that decade. — CUAC Bishop’s consecration nixed n Alabama-born priest elected ues to hold — views contrary to the disci- bishop of the diocese of Cale- pline of the Anglican Church of Canada,” Former Albany bishop dies donia, Canada, will not be said Privett. “The view he held and holds consecrated after a ruling by is that it is acceptable and permissible for he Rt. Rev. David October 1984. Soon after Athe House of Bishops of the Ecclesias- a priest of one church of the Anglican Standish Ball, sev- becoming bishop, he estab- tical Province of British Columbia and Communion to exercise priestly ministry enth bishop of the lished the Step Out in Faith Yukon. The bishops registered their ob- in the geographical jurisdiction of a sec- Diocese of Alba- campaign, which raised jection to the election of the Rev. Jacob ond church of the Anglican Communion Tny, died April 18 at age 90. several million dollars for Worley under Canon without the permission of the ecclesiasti- Born in Albany, Ball the diocese. He was known 4 (b) vi “that he or she cal authority of that second church”. served in the U.S. Navy for his support of hospitals, teaches or holds or The question of his views arose from a during World War II and nursing homes, schools, St. within five years pre- review of his exercise of priestly ministry graduated from Colgate Margaret’s Center for Chil- Ball viously taught or held when he served in the Anglican Mission University in 1950. He was dren, in addition to the poor anything contrary to in America under license from the Prov- ordained a priest in 1953 and began his and the homeless. A frequent sight on the doctrine or disci- ince of Rwanda in the geographical ju- ordained ministry as a curate at Bethes- Albany streets was to see a homeless or pline of the Anglican risdiction of the Episcopal Church with- da Church in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. In poor person stop him and ask for mon- Church of Canada.” Worley out permission of the Episcopal Church. 1956, he became canon sacrist at the ey. Without hesitation, he always gave “The bishops met several times as a The Diocese of Caledonia will now Cathedral of All Saints in Albany. He something. He served as bishop until Provincial House of Bishops since the begin the process of holding a new elec- served three years as canon sacrist and he reached the mandatory retirement ecclesiastic election in the Diocese of toral synod. two years as canon precentor and was age in 1998. Caledonia, reviewed the materials before Worley is rector of the parish of then elected dean of the cathedral in After his retirement, he was active them and met the Rev. Jacob Worley,” Bulkley Valley, which includes three 1960. He served the cathedral as dean in local charities. The Bishop Ball Golf said the Most Rev. John Privett, arch- congregations in northern British Co- for 23 years. During that time, he was Tournament, a fundraiser for the Ca- bishop and metropolitan for the prov- lumbia. He was ordained a priest in the elected president of the Dudley Park thedral of All Saints, is named in his ince. The bishops reviewed Worley’s past Episcopal Church in 2005 and in 2007 Housing Authority, where he helped honor. The Doane Stuart School, on actions, what he had written directly to founded a new church in New Mexico as raise $5 million to develop a housing whose board he sat until mid-2008, the house, and what he had said when a missionary for the Anglican province project in the Arbor Hill neighborhood named a trustee award for him. He meeting with the bishops. of Rwanda. The church would later join near the cathedral. continued to serve as bishop-in-res- “After many open and prayerful con- the Anglican Church in North America, He was elected bishop in 1983 and idence at the Cathedral of All Saints versations, the majority of the House a grouping of conservative congregations consecrated in February 1984. He suc- until his death. concluded that within the past five years that left the Episcopal Church in 2009. ceeded Bishop Wilbur Emory Hogg in — Diocese of Albany the Rev. Worley has held — and contin- — Anglican Church of Canada June 2017 EPISCOPAL JOURNAL 5 NEWS Church organist arrested in post-election vandalism

By David Paulsen at this time does not believe it is the right Episcopal News Service path forward for him,” the church said. The process is “an effort to overcome staff organist was arrested the grief, pain and anger experienced for vandalizing an Episcopal over the past 6 months,” the church said. church in Indiana after the “St. David’s believes in God’s love presidential election, county and forgiveness for all people. We hope Aprosecutors said. The incident gener- God’s message shines forth during this ated national headlines in November as entire process,” the statement added. a possible case of politically motivated The congregation feels “like we had hate speech, but prosecutors now say it the rug pulled out from underneath us,” instead was the act of someone hoping the Rev. Kelsey Hutto, priest-in-charge to mobilize others disappointed with the at St. David’s, told Episcopal News election results. Service. Nathan Stang, 26, faces a misde- Earlier in the day, Hutto released a meanor count of institutional criminal statement on the church’s website saying, mischief for the damage to St. David’s “Nathan is a member of our St. David’s Episcopal Church, family, and naturally there is a certain the congregation in amount of betrayal with this act.” Photo/via Facebook Bean Blossom, Ind., “Over the coming weeks and days, “Heil Trump” was spray-painted on the exterior of St. David’s Episcopal Church in Bean Blossom, Ind., around Nov. 12. 50 miles south of In- we will process our emotions regarding dianapolis, where he this hurtful act. I ask that we remember results of the nearly six-month investi- He was released after posting a $155 serves as organist. He what we have stood for over the past few gation, confessed to spray-painting the bond, the paper reported. The charge was arrested May 3, months – love and forgiveness,” she said. graffiti himself. carries a maximum potential sentence three days after Pre- St. David’s was one of at least two “Stang stated that he wanted to mo- of one year in jail and a fine of up to siding Bishop Mi- Episcopal congregations targeted with bilize a movement after being disap- $5,000. Stang chael Curry came to graffiti on the weekend after Donald pointed in and fearful of the outcome The vandalism thrust the Episcopal St. David’s to preside and preach at the Trump was elected president. The graffiti of the national election,” Adams said, congregation into the national spotlight, Sunday Eucharist. at St. David’s included the words “Heil adding that investigators concluded this along with Church of Our Savior in Sil- The church announced that Stang’s Trump,” a gay slur and a swastika. was not a hate crime. “Stang denied that ver Spring, Md,. where a sign was found employment had been terminated as of Stang reported the vandalism at St. his actions were motivated by any anti- defaced with the words “Trump Nation May 12. David’s to Hutto on Nov. 13, saying he Christian or anti-gay motivations.” Whites Only” on the same day. It also said that on May 15, 2017, discovered it when he arrived that Sun- Stang was arrested about a half hour Hutto told ENS in November that clergy met with Stang to discuss a rec- day morning to prepare for services. west of the church, in Bloomington, her congregation was trying to respond onciliation and restitution process. Stang A statement released by Brown Coun- Ind., and brought to Nashville, Ind., to to the vandalism with a message of love agreed to participate and was “grateful ty Prosecuting Attorney Theodore F. Ad- be booked into the Brown County Jail, and welcome. for the possibility of re-employment but ams said Stang, when confronted with the Herald Times newspaper reported. continued on page 6 Former bishop convicted of manslaughter is denied parole

By Episcopal News Service staff Under Maryland law, Cook would this being Cook’s second alcohol-related day that Maryland Bishop Eugene T. have been eligible for parole after serv- offense, he said. Cook was arrested in Sutton said he had accepted Cook’s res- eather Cook, formerly Dio- ing a quarter of her sentence. She reaches 2010 for driving under the influence of ignation from her diocesan post. cese of Maryland bishop that date in July. alcohol and for marijuana possession. Prompted by Cook’s case, the suffragan, on May 9 failed Commission Chair David Blumberg She received a “probation before judg- Church’s General Convention in 2015 in her parole bid for early re- told the Associated Press that the com- ment” sentence. passed three resolutions meant to: Hlease. Cook is serving a seven-year prison mission refused Cook’s request outright, After the commission’s hearing, Ra- acknowledge the church’s role in the sentence for fatally striking a bicyclist on meaning she must serve her sentence un- chel Palermo, the victim’s widow, said, culture of alcohol and drug abuse; Dec. 27, 2014, while texting and driving til her mandatory release date in March “To me today is really about Tom. It is adopt a policy on alcohol and other drunk, and then leaving the scene. 2020. However, he said, if she earns time- also about those who continue to love substance misuse and encourage dioces- The Maryland Parole off credits, she would get out him and feel his loss. And so I ask this: If es, congregations, seminaries, schools, Commission denied her re- sometime in 2019. He said the you still talk on your phone or text while young-adult ministries and affiliated -in quest after a hearing at the decision of the two commis- driving, please put your phone down. If stitutions to update their policies on the Maryland Correctional Insti- sioners was unanimous. you plan to go out and drink, please set use of alcohol and other substances; and tution for Women in Jessup, Blumberg outlined some of up a ride before you go. question ordinands at the beginning where Cook, 60, has been the factors in the decision. “I want you to think of a 6- and an of their discernment process about ad- serving her sentence since Oc- “She left the scene of the 8-year-old who wish their dad was still diction and substance use in their lives tober 2015. accident,” Blumberg said. here. I want you to think of me and my and family systems. Cook pleaded guilty in “The cyclist’s helmet was actu- pain. I want you to think of Tom’s par- Attorneys for Cook and the Palermo September 2015 to automo- ally stuck in her windshield. ents and their loss. I want you to think family said during her October 2015 bile manslaughter and three Cook When she went home, she did of your own loved ones.” sentencing hearing that they had re- other criminal charges for causing the not call 911 or emergency personnel; she Ahead of the hearing, cycling advo- solved any civil liability arising out of car-bicycle accident in suburban Balti- made two calls, one to her boyfriend and cates wrote an open letter to Blumberg the fatal accident, according to the Balti- more that killed bicyclist Thomas Pal- one to a co-worker. During the [parole] asking that the commission deny Cook’s more Sun newspaper. ermo, a 41-year-old software engineer at hearing, she did not accept responsibil- request for early release. Cook addressed the Palermo family Johns Hopkins Hospital who also built ity. She lacked remorse. She called it ‘a On May 1, 2015, then-Presiding after their testimony at that hearing. “I custom bike frames. He was married and brutal irony.’ And she did not apologize Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori an- am so sorry for the grief and the agony I the father of two young children. to the victim at any time. She avoided nounced that she and Cook had reached have caused,” she said, according to the The charges included driving while answering the commissioners’ questions, an agreement that deprived her of her Sun. “This is my fault. I accept complete having nearly three times the legal limit of and overall they felt she was definitely status as an ordained person in the Epis- responsibility.” alcohol in her blood system, texting while not worthy of a discretionary early re- copal Church and ended all ecclesiastical Cook was taken into custody when driving and leaving the scene of the ac- lease.” disciplinary matters pending against her. the sentencing hearing ended. She had cident. Cook originally faced 13 charges. The refusal also was based partly on That announcement came on the same been free on $2.5 million bail. n 6 EPISCOPAL JOURNAL June 2017 NEWS Barron Trump to attend Episcopal school First black female diocesan bishop consecrated arron Trump, President he Rev. Jennifer Baskerville- Donald Trump’s youngest Burrows was ordained and child, will attend St. Andrew’s consecrated the 11th bishop Episcopal School in Potomac, of Indianapolis April 29, mak- BMd., this fall. Ting her the first black woman to lead a Barron, 11, will move to Washing- diocese and the first woman to succeed ton, D.C., from New York with his another woman as diocesan bishop in mother, first lady Melania Trump, after the history of the Episcopal Church. Presiding Bishop Michael Curry he finishes the current school year at Baskerville-Burrows Columbia Grammar and Preparatory led the service as chief consecrator and School on Manhattan’s Upper West was joined by more than 40 bishops in Bishop Douglas Sparks, Atlanta Bishop Side. He is believed to be in fifth grade. the service a Clowes Hall on the cam- Robert Wright and Evangelical Lutheran St. Andrew’s Head of School Robert pus of Butler University, where more Church in American Indiana-Kentucky Kosasky and Rodney Glasgow, head of nearly 1,400 people participated. Dio- Synod Bishop William Gafkjen. the middle school and chief diversity cese of Chicago Jeffrey D. Lee preached. She was seated the next day in Christ officer, wrote a letter to St. Andrew’s Photo/Barry Bahler/Dept. of Homeland Security/Wikimedia Commons From 2012 until her election as bishop, Church Cathedral in Indianapolis. families confirming that the young Barron Trump waves during the Baskerville-Burrows served on Lee’s staff Baskerville-Burrows was elected in presidential inauguration parade. Trump will become a member of the as director of networking. October to lead nearly 10,000 Episcopa- Class of 2024, CNN reported. ber 2006 at the Episcopal Church of “Indianapolis, you have called a lians in 48 congregations in central and The Washington Post reported that Bethesda-by-the-Sea in Palm Beach, strong, loving and wise pastor to be your southern Indiana. She succeeds Waynick, the White House wanted to announce Fla., where his parents married on Jan. bishop,” said Lee, in a sermon that was who led the diocese for 20 years and was the news after St. Andrew’s ended the 22, 2005. interrupted by applause several times. one of the first female bishops in the academic year, in part out of concern St. Andrew’s, about 20 miles north “She will love you, challenge you, tell Episcopal Church. that the school might become a site of of the White House, was founded in you the truth as she sees it and invite you “Sitting at the crossroads of America, protest. However, parents started to ask 1978 and has 580 students in grades to tell it as you do. She will pray with this diocese has a special call to bring questions when rumors began to circu- six through 12. It has a median class you at the drop of a hat and care for you healing, hope and love to a world that is late, and the school decided to confirm size of 15 and a 7:1 student to teacher in ways that will not diminish your own too often fearful, hurting and polarized,” Barron’s enrollment. CNN reported ratio, according to the school’s website. agency. She will empower you. She will Baskerville-Burrows said before her elec- that the school had the Trump family’s Tuition is just less than $40,000 for lead. Count on it.” tion. “I see the Diocese of Indianapolis permission to do so. students in grades six through eight. Among the co-consecrators was the as an inclusive community of hope bear- Melania Trump said in a statement The school maintains a Center for Rt. Rev. Barbara Harris, the first female ing the light of Jesus Christ to central after the announcement that the fam- Transformative Teaching and Learning, bishop in the Anglican Communion. and southern Indiana and the world.” ily was “very excited” to have Barron which says its priority is to “ensure that Before the consecration, Baskerville- Before her work in Chicago, Trump attend a school “known for its 100 percent of St. Andrew’s pre-school Burrows told the Indianapolis Star, Baskerville-Burrows was rector of Grace diverse community and commitment through 12th-grade teachers receive “The first thing that comes to mind is Episcopal Church in Syracuse, New to academic excellence.” She said the training and ongoing professional how grateful I am to the women that York, where she also served as Episcopal school’s mission “to know and inspire development (every school year) in have come before. Barbara Harris will chaplain at Syracuse University. She each child in an inclusive community mind, brain, and education science, be at my consecration, and when I think holds a bachelor’s degree from Smith dedicated to exceptional teaching, learn- the most innovative thinking being about what she’s done for me and how College, a master’s degree in historic ing and service” appealed to the family. applied to enhancing teacher quality I’ve even encountered little girls saying, preservation planning from Cornell Donald Trump was raised Presbyte- and student achievement today.” ‘Oh my gosh. One day, may I discern University and a master of divinity from rian. Barron was baptized in Decem- — Episcopal News Service such a call?’, that is just everything.” Church Divinity School of the Pacific Harris retired in 2003 as suffragan in Berkley, Calif. She and her husband, bishop of Massachusetts and was suc- Harrison, met at her ordination to ‘Beloved Community’ materials released ceeded by the Bishop Gayle Harris (no the priesthood in 1998 and married relation), another co-consecrator of in 2003. Their son, Timothy, 6, is a ollowing a year of listening, con- 2. Proclaiming the Dream of Baskerville-Burrows. The other co-conse- kindergartener at St. Richard’s Episcopal sulting and reflection, Presid- Beloved Community, via a series of crators were Bishop Catherine Waynick School in Indianapolis. ing Bishop Michael Curry and regional public listening and learning (her predecessor), Northern Indiana — Diocese of Indianapolis House of Deputies President the engagements, starting with a partnership Rev. Gay Clark Jennings and officers of at Washington National Cathedral. F ORGANIST continued from page 5 the House of Bishops and House of Dep- 3. Practicing the Way of Love, via to “mobilize a movement” but had not uties are inviting Episcopalians to study a churchwide story-sharing campaign, expected the intense media attention and commit to using “Becoming Beloved multilingual and multigenerational for- Stang has served for about a year in the that the vandalism generated, the docu- Community: The Episcopal Church’s mation and training, pilgrimages and paid position of organist while he attends ments say. He later told police he regret- Long-term Commitment to Racial Heal- liturgical resources. Indiana University in Bloomington. ted his actions, they say. ing, Reconciliation and Justice.” 4. Repairing the Breach in Insti- Hutto told ENS that she was unaware “I suppose I wanted to give local “You’re not looking at a set of pro- tutions and Society, via advocacy for he was a suspect in the vandalism until people a reason to fight for good,” he grams,” Curry said. “You’re looking at a criminal- justice reform, re-entry collab- the morning of his arrest. said in a written statement to police. “I, path for how we, as the Episcopal branch oratives shaped by people moving from Hutto also confirmed that Stang of course, realize now that this was not of the ‘Jesus Movement,’ can more fully prison back to community, and partner- played the organ at the April 30 Sunday the way to go about inspiring activism.” and prayerfully embody the loving, lib- ship with Saint Augustine’s University service, when the presiding bishop Baskerville-Burrows issued a statement erating, life-giving way of Jesus in our and Voorhees College (the historically visited after presiding at the ordination May 3 saying the news saddened her. relationships with each other.” black university and college associated and consecration of Indianapolis “This was a hurtful, dishonest and “Becoming Beloved Community” with the Episcopal Church). Bishop Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows, profoundly misguided action that stands stems from a 2015 General Convention For more information, contact Heidi the Episcopal Church’s first black female against the values of the people of this calling on the church to create a vision Kim, staff officer for racial reconciliation, diocesan bishop. diocese and the Episcopal Church, and for addressing racial injustice. Church at [email protected] or 206- Stang had confessed to police two we will continue to cooperate with the leaders say it is designed as a strategic 399-7771; the Rev. Canon Stephanie days earlier, according to court docu- authorities who are pursuing this case,” path through distinct phases that lead to Spellers, canon to the presiding bishop for ments, which reveal that police iden- she said.“We are living now in a politi- personal and structural transformation: evangelism, reconciliation and creation, tified the organist as a suspect early in cal climate that is so divisive and highly 1. Telling the Truth about the at [email protected] or 212- their investigation by tracing his loca- charged that people from all across the Church and Race, via a census to 716-6086; or the Rev. Charles “Chuck” tion through cell phone records. political spectrum are making thought- determine church demographics and a Wynder, staff officer for social justice On April 28, he told a Brown County less and hurtful choices that they believe racial-justice audit to study the impact and advocacy engagement, at cwynder@ sheriff’s detective that he “felt scared and are justified by the righteousness of their of racism on the church’s leadership, episcopalchurch.org or 646-584-8112. alone because of the election results,” the causes. As people who follow Jesus, we organizations and bodies. — Episcopal Church Public Affairs Office court documents say. He said he wanted must find a different way.” n June 2017 EPISCOPAL JOURNAL 7 NEWS

FAST continued from page 1 with neighbors who suffer famine, who and undergirds the disciplines of fasting have been displaced and who are vulner- and advocacy. It roots our actions in our Domestically, Americans throughout able to conflict and climate change,” the total reliance on God’s loving grace and the country struggle with poverty, and Episcopal and Lutheran presiding bish- mercy,” they said. “Turning to God in many government-funded programs al- ops stated. prayer shapes our advocacy and informs low them to care for and feed their fami- “We fast with immigrants who are our fasting, grounding our actions in lies, the bishops said. trying to make a better future for their God’s call to love and serve our neighbor.” The two leaders, whose churches families and now face the risk of depor- Individuals and congregations who are members of the World Council of Photo/ELCA tation. We fast in solidarity with families participate in the fast can receive prayer Churches, also highlighted the impor- Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton of the on SNAP, who often run out of food by and advocacy opportunities by signing tance of government assistance and hu- Evangelical Lutheran Church in America the last week of the month.” up for information from the Episcopal manitarian relief to other countries. talked about the fast in a video posted on Curry and Eaton underlined the im- Public Policy Network at advocacy. “As we look overseas, we must acknowl- www.elca.org. portance of prayer. “Prayer accompanies episcopalchurch.org. n edge that foreign assistance and humani- tarian relief can help to address regions the 115th Congress, during which time confronting famine and food insecurity, some elected representatives have indi- Food Insecurity in America including [in] South Sudan, Somalia, cated they would make deep budget cuts n 1 in 8 households was food insecure in 2015. Yemen and Lake Chad Basin,” they said. to food-assistance programs. Other churches and organizations, “We fast to fortify our advocacy in sol- n 7 million households in which at least one member missed such as Bread for the World, have idarity with families who are struggling pledged to join the program throughout with hunger. We fast to be in solidarity meals because of lack of resources to buy food. n SNAP benefits do not sustain families nutritional requirements MARSHALL continued from page 1 were very proud,” said parishioner Mark through the end of the month. G. Barksdale, who works for Newark as n 27% increase in hospital admissions at the end of the month Marshall, arguing before the court in director of the Department of Economic that case, “didn’t discover some part of and Housing Development. “It was a compared to start of the month because of low-blood sugar in the law that everybody didn’t know full great honor for the church and the dio- low income adults. well, it’s here in this Constitution,” said cese.” Breyer. “Either you believe in this docu- Barksdale, a lifelong member of St. n Children receiving SNAP benefits show diminished ment or you don’t; you believe in that Philip’s, was a child when Marshall was performance on standardized tests at the end of the month. equality or you don’t.” on the church’s vestry. He reminisced Breyer went on to describe a recent with the co-chair of the church’s Cul- Source: White House Council of Economic Advisers, World Hunger Education Service visit he’d received from the chief justice tural Committee, Beverly Brown, about of Ghana, who was curious about the when Marshall coordinated the annual power of law in American democracy St. Philip’s Day celebrations in the room and asked Breyer, “Why do people do where they now stood. Atlanta walk raises funds what you say?” “We were running around in the “You want the rule of law in Ghana, undercroft with the other kids, while to fight hunger you don’t have to convince the judges. the adults were doing what we’re doing The people you have to convince are the now,” said Brown, laughing. he Episcopal Community from proceeds of its 33rd Annual Hun- people who are not judges or lawyers,” Senior Warden Charles Williams III Foundation for Middle and ger Walk/Run, held in partnership with Breyer said. said that it was important for the church North Georgia has announced the Atlanta Community Food Bank and “Of course, it helped America by to host speakers from outside the Epis- $26,000 in anti-hunger grants local faith organizations. producing integration, but it helped copal community, such as Breyer, who is T More than 450 Episco- America in other ways, too, that are just Jewish. palians walked, ran or vol- as important,” Breyer said of the court’s “The church is supposed to spread unteered for the Diocese of ruling in Brown. its word and bring the outside in,” said Atlanta on March 5, with 34 teams formed in support of While the 1954 case was the “most Williams. “We’ve always had the idea to

He found it in the Marketplace. the foundation. Before the important” Supreme Court ruling, Coo- bring, quote, ‘non-religious’ people in Visit per v. Aaron, a follow-up case that also because we are part of the community 5K, more than 120 youth and dealt with school integration, was his and the community is part of us. And adults attended a Eucharist at Reach so “favorite,” Breyer said. The court’s ruling you never know, some people may hear nearby Emmaus House. in Cooper held that states had to follow something that they connect with.” many for “The need is great,” said the orders of the Supreme Court and de- St. Philip’s does have a connection so little with Lindsey Hardegree, founda- segregate schools, even if they disagreed. with Breyer, as his daughter Rev. Chloe a Marketplace ad. tion executive director. online “More Breyer pointed out that the Cooper Breyer is an associate priest for the con- than 25 percent of Georgia childrenwww. face food insecurity, decision was signed by all nine justices, gregation. and Georgia is seventh in the which was “unusual.” (Brown also was a “It’s not often you get a Supreme unanimous decision.) Court Justice, especially in a church,” Photo/courtesy Diocese episcopaljournal.orgof Atlanta nation for senior citizens fac -

The consensus that the judiciary must Williams said, noting that Marshall Churchesepiscopaljournalads throughout the diocese participate in the ing hunger.” be respected, even when its rulings are intentionally became less involved in drive to raise @gfundsmail.com for anti-hunger programs. …tell— Diocese a friend of Atlanta disagreeable or outright wrong, is vital to church life after taking his place on the society, Breyer said. high court, to avoid any potential sense As an example, he brought up Bush of bias. NOTICE: MOVING SERVICES v. Gore, the 2000 ruling that halted a John W. Watkins, an attorney with recount in the presidential election and the Brooklyn District Attorney’s office, effectively allowed George W. Bush to helped plan the event, which drew a Skip Higgins assume the presidency. large student contingent from the John “I dissented very strongly, I thought Jay College of Criminal Justice. it was wrong,” Breyer said of the deci- “The message the justice gave was 225-937-0700 (Cell) sion. “But people didn’t have riots or really on point,” Watkins said. “He www.custommovers.netwww.customovers.com • Ɣ[email protected] [email protected] kill each other in the streets … Turn on really helped redirect my feelings about “Moving Episcopal clergy to new ministries since 1982.” the television set and see what happens the current state of things from rage to •x ClergyClergy discounts discounts x Only• Only one one survey/ survey/3 3 estimatesestimates x Major • Major van van lines lines represented represented n in the countries that try to settle things reason.” •x FullFull value value protection protection plans plans • 24/7 cellx $200/Day phone contact late pick-up/late to assure your delivery peace of penalty mind * that way.” •x Single-contactInternet satellite Relocation tracking Coordinator x 24/7provided cell phone • Certain contact late pick-up/delivery to assure your peacepenalties of apply*mind

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8 EPISCOPAL JOURNAL June 2017 NEWS Episcopalians support protecting God’s creation

By Lynette Wilson and David Paulsen Esther Powell, left, and Dawn Episcopal News Service Tesorero hold a banner of the Diocese of Massachusetts’ piscopalians from across the Episcopalians Caring for United States joined tens of Creation during the Peoples Climate March on April 29 thousands of people on April 29 in Washington, D.C. for the Peoples Climate March Ein Washington, D.C., and for hundreds of sister marches in cities around the world. Braving sweltering heat in the na- sent a critical perspective in tion’s capital, marchers rallied for action this climate effort through against climate change amid fear that highlighting the intersec- the White House will reverse progress tions of poverty and the made on the issue under former Presi- environment and bringing dent Barack Obama. Episcopalians were new partners to the table,” part of a large, diverse faith-based group Hafner said. of marchers who saw it as their role to “While marching is im- make the moral case for protecting God’s portant, it is only the begin- creation. Photo/The Rev. Margaret Bullitt-Jonas ning of how we — as Epis- “What really impressed me copalians — can mitigate … was the incredible passion crease carbon emissions and limit global climate change. Our next step should of the people, of all ages,” warming to 2 degrees Celsius. be undertaking robust policy advocacy said McKelden Smith, who Andrus also had participated in the at local and national levels and calling helped Church of the Heav- previous Peoples Climate March, held in on our elected leaders to pass climate enly Rest in New York orga- 2014 in New York. At this year’s march, change legislation,” she said. nize a bus trip to Washington “there was a similar spirit of a lot of hope The Office of Government Relations to participate in the march. and positive energy,” he said. “I felt a represents the policy priorities of “It felt like an unstoppable lot of determination and resolute spirit the Episcopal Church to the U.S. moral force in the streets, and from the enormous crowds.” government. It also represents the church that was very moving to me.” At the Church World Service vigil, as a leader in ecumenical, interfaith and The climate march came Andrus identified three important rea- secular coalitions dedicated to mitigating one week after the March for sons he said the Episcopal Church would climate change and addressing poverty Science, which followed the be at the forefront of a movement to and environmental-justice issues in Native Nation’s Rise march, solve climate change. First, it is part of a the United States. It is a member of the Women’s March and oth- world body, the Anglican Communion, Creation Justice Ministries, the U.S. er prominent marches and and therefore “poised to be in a position, Climate Action Network and the We demonstrations joined by along with partners, to uniquely address Are the Arctic campaign. It co-organizes Episcopalians since the inau- the world’s climate change.” General the presiding bishop’s annual delegations guration of President Trump. Convention also has identified environ- to United Nations climate negotiations. On April 29, many Epis- mental justice as one of the church’s three The office also provides Episcopalians copalians who participated primary issues in the current triennium. with advocacy tools. in the march joined Keepers Photo/courtesy of Bullitt-Jonas That emphasis can of Faith, one of several sub- A group from Grace Church in Amherst, Mass., be seen in the Eco- sets of marchers as grouped participates in the April 29 Peoples Climate March. Justice Weekend by the march’s organizers. They are, from left, Chris and DeAnne Riddle, Lucy and his diocese planned Among Keepers of Faith were John Robinson and the Rev. Margaret Bullitt-Jonas. to host May 19 and Buddhists, Muslims, Jews 20 with Presiding and Christians of all stripes, said Shan- denier, to head the Environmental Bishop Michael tha Ready Alonso, executive director of Protection Agency, an agency gutted in Curry’s participa- Creative Justice Ministries. his proposed budget. Trump has made tion. Alonso’s organization works with 38 it easier for oil companies to drill in And, Andrus Christian denominations, including the national parks. On April 25, Trump said, if the Trump Episcopal Church, to provide resources signed an executive order that could administration and guidance for activism on environ- open national monuments to drilling, withdraws from mental justice issues. The number of mining and logging. the Paris Agree- Christians who lent their “moral voice” One view of climate change says that ment, many of the to the Saturday march was overwhelm- the effects can be seen across the United agreement’s goals ing and inspiring, she said. States: droughts in the Southwest, loss still could be met Photo/courtesy of Marc Andrus, via Twitter “That was extremely heartening to see of land to sea-level rise along the Gulf through the work Diocese of California Bishop Marc Andrus participates April 29 in how many people were willing to pray Coast, wildfires in the Northwest and of “subnational” the Peoples Climate March in Washington, D.C. Andrus also spoke with their feet and put their bodies on the Rockies and an increase in the occur- bodies, from cities at a Church World Service vigil before the march. the line in 91-degree weather to show rence and severity of hurricanes on the to churches, and that we care,” Alonso said, adding that East Coast. the Episcopal Church likely would be “I strongly encourage Episcopalians she expected parishioners and congrega- Church World Service held a vigil deeply involved in such efforts. to sign up for the Episcopal Public Policy tions to turn this energy into action back April 29 at the United Methodist Build- Individual Episcopalians can make a Network to receive regular alerts on key in their home communities. ing across from Capitol Hill before the difference, too, not just by participating advocacy opportunities and educational The sense of urgency is high among start of the march. Among the speak- in marches but also by advocating policy resources that equip congregations to activists. As President Donald Trump ers was Episcopal Diocese of California changes, said Jayce Hafner, the Episcopal raise their voices to lawmakers,” Hafner was taking the oath of office in January, Bishop Marc Andrus, who in December Church’s domestic policy analyst in said. “This way, action in the streets can references to “climate change” and “global 2015 was part of a delegation that rep- the Washington, D.C.-based Office of be supported and supplemented by criti- warming” disappeared from the White resented the presiding bishop and the Government Relations. cal conversation and relationship build- House website. Trump has threatened to church in Paris at the U.N. Framework “It’s incredibly inspiring to see so ing with decision-makers — we need withdraw the United States from the Paris Convention on Climate Change. At the many Episcopalians engaged in the demonstration and dialogue to move the Agreement to combat climate chage. He convention, known as COP21, 196 par- Peoples Climate Marches across the needle, and, as Episcopalians, we’re well- appointed Scott Pruitt, a climate-change ties created the agreement aiming to de- United States. We Episcopalians repre- equipped to undertake both.” n June 2017 EPISCOPAL JOURNAL 9 FEATURE New York bishop finds her spiritual center atop a motorcycle

By David Paulsen have happened oth- ordained an Episco- Episcopal News Service erwise.” pal priest and while Duncan-Probe, serving as a rector entral New York Bishop 55, planned to drive at St. Peter’s in the DeDe Duncan-Probe isn’t the home the power of Wood Church in kind of Harley-Davidson rid- two-wheeled evan- Fairfax, Va., she was er who publicly promotes her gelism on May at the church one Clove of motorcycles. Riding, for her, is 13 when she pre- Sunday morning like a form of personal prayer, not a Sun- sided over the an- in May when she day sermon. But on a recent ride through nual Blessing of heard a low rumble. upstate New York, she had stopped for the Bikes event at “The windows water at a store, and some men walked in Christ Episcopal of the church were and asked whose cool, new motorcycle Church in Jordan, a open. It was a nice was parked outside. town to the west of day, and you could “That’s mine”, she said, striking up a Syracuse. Weather hear the motorcycles conversation with the men. Eventually, permitting, she go by,” she said. It their questions turn to what she does for then planned to was the annual Roll- a living. hop on her Harley Photo/Diocese of Central New York. ing Thunder ride, So she told them: to participate in a Bishop DeDe Duncan-Probe of the Diocese of Central New York laughs while sitting on when hundreds of “Bishop of the Epis- group ride. her new Harley-Davidson Softail Slim, which she planned to ride at a Blessing of the thousands of Harley copal Diocese of Duncan-Probe Bikes event May 13 in Jordan, N.Y. riders converge on Central New York.” became the first the Capital region Much to her delight, female bishop of the diocese in 2016. started riding motorcycles in her home- to honor military veterans and those lost the conversation When asked during her “walkabouts” town of Fort Worth, Texas. Her brothers at war The sound made her think about turned to the topic how she stays spiritually centered, she offered to let her ride behind them on a how much she missed riding. Duncan-Probe of faith, a discussion described the spiritual feeling she gets Yamaha 100, but her father insisted that She and her husband, Chris Probe, as lively as the one riding a motorcycle down country high- she learn to ride on her own. She earned who rode dirt bikes in his youth, decid- about the Harley Softail Slim. Her mo- ways with the wind hitting her face. a motorcycle license before she learned ed to take a motorcycle-safety class with torcycle had become a tool for evange- “When I get out on the motorcycle, how to drive a car. their oldest son. Then, a few years ago, lism. I feel in touch with God in a way,” she She rode motorcycles off and on Duncan-Probe bought a used Harley. “It’s given me opportunities to share told ENS. “It’s very centering. It’s just a through high school and college. But This spring, her husband bought her a the love of Christ in ways that are won- real sense of renewal for me.” when she moved to California to pursue new Harley, the Softail, for her birthday. derful and include other people,” Dun- After just a few minutes on the bike, graduate studies, she mostly gave up rid- They are mindful of safety precau- can-Probe told ENS. “I’ve just been she added, she feels like she’s 15 again. ing. tions, riding only during daylight hours blessed with conversations that wouldn’t That’s how old she was when she first About five or six years ago, after being continued on page 11

Cathedral repairs begin aint Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral in Seattle began a $10 million construc- Summer’s S’more tion project in April to secure its structural integrity and to improve accessibility. The building’s exterior walls will be sealed and clad with limestone. The project also will replace all the cathedral windows with Senergy-efficient models designed to match the old ones in style and color; repair Enjoyable the roof; create a more-inviting east façade and entry; and install an elevator. Construction of St. Mark’s began in 1928 but was halted after the stock market with Fair Trade crash of 1929, and never fully completed. The enormous concrete walls were never meant to be exposed to the elements, and the cheap Depression-era glass windows were not meant to be permanent. In 2012, chunks of concrete began to break away from the exterior walls, posing a safety risk, and it became urgent for Saint Mark’s Cathedral to address the deteriorating state of the walls and windows. Saint Mark’s began a capital campaign for this project in fall 2014, and has raised more than $8.2 million for the project. The cathedral held a ceremonial groundbreaking for this phase of the construction, expected to be completed in December, at a May 13 Cathedral Day celebration. — St. Mark’s Cathedral

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Photo/Wikimedia Commons Interior of St. Mark’s Cathedral nave. 10 EPISCOPAL JOURNAL June 2017 NEWS Episcopal-Methodist group releases full-communion proposal

By Mary Frances Schjonberg among other things. of the Lord’s Supper under certain guide- Episcopal News Service The Episcopal- lines. In 2010, the dialogue group issued Methodist proposal a summary of its theological work called group of Episcopalians and also benefited from “A Theological Foundation for Full Com- Methodists has released its pro- the fact that An- munion between The Episcopal Church posal for full communion be- glicans across the and The United Methodist Church.” tween the two denominations. communion and The proposal for full communion out- AFull implementation of the proposal Methodists else- lines agreements on the understanding will take at least three years. General where in the world of each order of ministry. The ministries Convention and the United Methodist have an ongoing of laity, deacons, Episcopal priests and Church General Conference must ap- dialogue, the group United Methodist elders or presbyters prove the agreement, which culminates said. The dialogue (elder is the English translation of pres- 15 years of exploration and more than 50 launched a report byter) would all be seen as interchange- years of formal dialogue between the two in 2015, “Into All able yet governed by the “standards and churches. General Convention next meets Photo/Mary Frances Schjonberg the World: Being polity of each church.” in July 2018 in Austin, Texas. The General The Episcopal Church-United Methodist Dialogue Committee and Becoming Ap- Both churches have somewhat similar Conference’s next meeting is in 2020. meets in April in Charlotte, N.C. ostolic Churches,” understandings of bishops, according to The 10-page proposal, titled A“ Gift relationships by shared study of these describing its progress. The launch high- the proposal, which says, “We recognize to the World, Co-Laborers for the Heal- materials and mutual prayer for the unity lighted a then-new new relationship of the ministries of our bishops as fully val- ing of Brokenness,” says it “is an effort to our churches,” Brookhart and Palmer full communion between Irish Anglican id and authentic.” bring our churches into closer partner- wrote. “We believe that this proposal and Methodists churches, and the his- The denominations would pledge that ship in the mission and witness to the represents a significant witness of unity toric concrete steps towards an inter- future consecrations of bishops would love of God and thus labor together for and reconciliation in an increasingly changeable ministry. include participation and laying on of the healing of divisions among Chris- divided world and pray that you will join The Episcopal-United Methodist full- hands by at least three bishops drawn tians and for the well-being of all.” us in carrying this work.” communion proposal acknowledges that from each other’s churches and from the Montana Bishop Frank Brookhart, The Episcopal Church defines “full the United Methodist Church “is one of full-communion partners they hold in Episcopal co-chair of the dialogue, communion” to mean “a relation be- several expressions of Methodism” and common, the Moravian Church and the and Bishop Gregory V. Palmer, United tween distinct churches in which each notes that both denominations have been Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Methodist co-chair, wrote in a recent recognizes the other as a catholic and ap- in dialogue with the historically African The Episcopal Church is in full com- letter that “the relationship formed over ostolic church holding the essentials of American Methodist churches for nearly munion with the Evangelical Lutheran these years of dialogue, and the recog- the Christian faith.” The churches “be- 40 years. They also have worked with Church in America; the Mar Thoma nition that there are no theological im- come interdependent while remaining African Methodist Episcopal Church, Syrian Church of Malabar, India; the pediments to unity, pave the way for this autonomous,” the church has said. African Methodist Episcopal Church Old Catholic Churches of the Union current draft proposal.” The Episcopal Church-UnitedZion, and Christian Methodist Episcopal of Utrecht; the Philippine Independent In the coming months, there will Methodist Dialogue Committee, which Church in various ecumenical groups. Church; the Church of Sweden; and the be opportunities for feedback, regional developed the proposed agreement, says The Episcopal Church and the United Northern and Southern Provinces of the gatherings and discussions on the pro- the two denominations are not seeking Methodist Church have taken interim Moravian Church. It also is engaged in posal, according to a press release. a merger but that they are “grounded in steps toward full communion in recent formal bilateral talks with the Presbyte- “We encourage you to reach across sufficient agreement in the essentials of years. In 2006, they entered into Interim rian Church (U.S.A.) and the Roman denominational lines to establish new Christian faith and order” to allow for the Eucharistic Sharing, allowing clergy of the Catholic Church via the U.S. Confer- relationships and deepen existing interchangeability of ordained ministries, two churches to share in the celebration ence of Bishops. n

POLITICS continued from page 3 a different line, stressing Britain’s tradi- tional religious identity. Israel by two of its MPs and outspoken “I think we should recognize that criticism of the party by the country’s Christianity is the religion of our coun- chief rabbi, Ephraim Mirvis. try,” he said. So far, anti-Semitism has not played a Indeed, most surveys show that about major role in the British general-election half the population still describes itself campaign, but Islam has been placed as Christian. firmly on the electoral agenda by the UK And if polls are right and May is Independence Party, a right-wing party ahead, the next prime minister will be that wants to ban the burqa. So far, there Christian in all the traditional ways. is little evidence that the party’s hard-line According to Jenny Sinclair, founder attack on Muslims is winning support. of the emerging movement Together While the most successful Muslim for the Common Good, there is clear politician in Britain, Sadiq Khan, the evidence of the communitarian flavor of mayor of London, is a Labor member, Catholic social teaching in May’s think- other successful Muslim politicians have ing and rhetoric, which is shared by the Photo/courtesy Reuters/Eddie Mulholland been Conservative. prime minister’s long-standing allies and Two weeks after an attack on Westminster Bridge, London Mayor Sadiq Khan takes part Baroness Sayeeda Warsi, who was co- joint chiefs of staff, Nick Timothy and in a Service of Hope at Westminster Abbey on April 5. chair of the Conservative Party during Fiona Hill. Hill is Catholic, and Timo- Cameron’s premiership, recently pub- thy has cited interest in Catholic social “Within the secular narrative in Britain ropean Union). Before becoming home lished “The Enemy Within: A Tale of teachings in his blog. there is the idea that believers are odd, but secretary and then prime minister, May Muslim Britain,” in which she criticized “May doesn’t flaunt this religion, from a global perspective they are not.” was most famous for criticizing her own her own party’s government for failing to but she gives you a sense of it,” said But there may yet be more scrutiny party, when it had been out of office for promote social cohesion. She described Hennessy. “Whereas Tim Farron is at of May’s personal beliefs. This week the five years, as being “the nasty party” — a life for Muslims in 2017 Britain as being the evangelical end; he is a preacher by left-leaning New Statesman focused on party that many people considered nar- defined by religious identity more than temperament.” May’s faith, questioning the extent to row and lacking in sympathy. racial identity. Warsi also has highlighted Sinclair has noticed that certain secular- which it influenced her thinking. It cited May looks as if she is making the what she sees as an “intolerant secular- ists are voicing disapproval of faith playing her track record on LGBT issues — the Conservatives electable. She also seems ism” in Britain that affects all people of a major role in the public square. And very topic that tripped up Farron. to have made it acceptable to most vot- faith, not just Muslims. the prime minister is responding to it. So far, though, May is winning pub- ers that a political leader can be a person Her fellow Conservative Muslim, the “In saying she is Christian, I don’t lic approval from a nation whose chief of faith — albeit a very English form of Cabinet minister Sajid Javid, has taken think she is triumphalist,” Sinclair said. concern is Brexit (pulling out of the Eu- understated belief. n June 2017 EPISCOPAL JOURNAL 11 NEWS Pilgrims gather at Manzanar in memory of Japanese-American internments

By Dick Snyder Committee. Manzanar provide a glimpse of that — remains of most of them were sent to Asmaa Ahmed of the Council of thin wooden walls to protect as they their hometowns when Manzanar closed. here was a convergence of an- American-Islamic Relations agreed. could from the cold winds and the heat. The ceremony each year includes niversaries, and memories, on “There is a parallel between the incar- “Feel what it must have been like,” he an interfaith service that some years the last weekend of April. ceration of 110,000 Japanese and presi- said. Family privacy within the barracks involves Episcopal clergy. This year, the It was the 48th annual ob- dential action banning immigrants from “depended on the sheets” hung to divide leaders were of Shinto, Buddhist and Tservance of the Man- the living spaces. Christian denominations. zanar Pilgrimage and The euphemistic titles for A large obelisk is located on the ceme- the 25th anniversary of the camps don’t do justice for tery grounds. Each family in the camp is Manzanar — a World them, he said. “They were not reported to have contributed 15 cents to War II internment relocation camps, and they purchase cement for the memorial, con- camp for Japanese were not internment camps. structed by the camp’s residents in 1943. Americans — being They were concentration The characters on it translate to “soul designated a National camps.” consoling tower” or, more generally, to Historic Site. It also A replica of a guard tower “memorial to the dead.” was the observance of has been constructed at the The entire site is now maintained the 75th anniversary of site. by the National Park Service. Last year, Franklin Roosevelt’s Furutani noted the word- 105,000 people visited the site — a re- signing of Executive ing on the brass plaque that cord that looks like it will be surpassed Order 9066, calling was placed at the entrance this year, said Bernadette Johnson, su- for the internment of to Manzanar by the State perintendent of the site. more than 110,000 of California in 1973. The Patricia Biggs, a park ranger, called people of Japanese de- plaque is now located near Manzanar “an intense place to work.” scent. And it was the Photo/Dick Snyder the site’s visitor center. In an article for the Manzanar Com- th 100 day of the Don- Participants in the Manzanar pilgrimage gather around an obelisk in the It cites the executive mittee, she wrote that “every day, at least ald Trump presidency. cemetery. Banners from the 10 internment camps were carried by internees, order that authorized the one visitor (usually more) tells me that Roosevelt signed or their descendants, from the camps. incarceration of Japanese- he/she is worried that the same racist, Order 9066 about five American citizens into knee-jerk reaction discriminating against months after the Japanese attack on Pearl seven predominately Muslim countries,” “relocation centers.” a minority group is happening again.” Harbor. Manzanar, the first of 10 intern- she said. “It is the same formula — fear.” It then says, “Manzanar, the first of 10 ment camps, held 10,000 internees on a Civil rights activist Alan Nishio, who such concentration camps, was bounded More information about Manzanar 6,200-acre site. was born at Manzanar, was given the Sue by barbed wire and guard towers … May National Historic Site can be found at On April 29, an estimated 2,000 peo- Kunitomi Embrey Legacy Award. the injustices and humiliation suffered www.nps.gov/manz/index.htm. ple gathered for the annual pilgrimage While Japanese-American citizens were here as a result of hysteria, racism and More information about the to the site. This year’s theme was “Never being incarcerated during World War II, economic exploitation never emerge Manzanar Committee can be found at Again, to Anyone, Anywhere!” he said, “those who knew better chose to again.” www.ManzanarCommittee.org. n Most of the participants came from remain quiet. Except for the Quakers. The April 29 ceremony took place on the Los Angeles area, about a 4½ - hour “This is a time when things matter,” the east side of the camp boundary, near The Rev. Dick Snyder is senior drive. Manzanar is located on the east he said. the cemetery. Approximately 135 people correspondent for Episcopal Journal. He is side of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, His words sounded similar to a teach- died at Manzanar during the war. The a prison chaplain in Carson City, Nev. along US 395 between the towns of ing by the late Presiding Bishop Edmond Lone Pine and Independence. Browning: “The church’s greatest sin is The participants included survivors of complacency.” the camp and some born at Manzanar. Keynoter at the event was Warren It also included significant numbers of Furutani, a former member of the Cali- college-age students of Japanese descent fornia Assembly and co-founder of the MOVING? from several California universities. Manzanar Committee. His grandparents Some called it a time to reunite with and his father were forced to leave their family spirits. home for the camp with 48 hours’ notice Parallels between the attitudes 75 during World War II. years ago and today are “stunning,” said He recalled the living conditions in Bruce Embrey, co-chair of the Manzanar the camp. Reconstructed barracks at

MOTORCYCLE continued from page 9 motorcycles, she recalled. “As we started talking there was such hospitality and Ask for a clergy and avoiding rainy days, she said, and community and life, and I found it very she prefers the country roads outside humbling, because they welcomed me as moving specialist and of Syracuse to city streets or freeways. I was.” discover why thousands • Clergy Discount There is a “prayerfulness” to those rides, She sees parallels with the Episcopal of churches, clergy she said, something she missed during Church, she said. “God welcomes all of • Guaranteed Dates and seminarians have the years she had given up riding regu- us as we are and into this community of • 3 Estimates with only 1 survey larly. faith.” relied on us for nearly She also feels drawn to the commu- Now that her passion has become two decades. • All Major Van Lines nity of riders, she said. “It has opened more public, she’s not interested in being up an opportunity for connecting with known as the “biker bishop,” she said. people I wouldn’t normally have con- Rather, she encourages all Episcopalians nected with,” to embrace what centers them in their On a trip to a local Harley dealer- faith — “those things that really connect ship to pick up a part, she encountered us with God” — whether it be prayer, a large group of riders and was struck by meditation, gardening, hiking or riding 800-733-0930 how they all came from different back- a Harley Softail along the scenic shores grounds but were united in their love of of New York’s Finger Lakes. n www.clergyrelocation.com • [email protected] 12 EPISCOPAL JOURNAL June 2017 FAITH AND THE ARTS Congregation’s play aims to bolster support for recovery

By David Paulsen tion painkillers, are Episcopal News Service now blamed for more than six out of 10 drug t. Luke’s Episcopal Church in overdose deaths in the Jamestown, N.Y., wanted to United States, and the help to combat the prevalence numbers of opioid of opioid addiction and overdose overdoses has quadru- Sdeaths in Western New York, but the pled since 1999, ac- congregation was wary of duplicating cording to the Centers the work of well-established health and for Disease Control social service organizations. and Prevention. So, St. Luke’s, which has a theater New York state re- ministry, chose to support the cause by ported 2,754 drug- staging a play. overdose deaths in “Least Resistance” is based on dozens 2015. In Chautau- of interviews conducted with people in qua County, with a the Jamestown area affected by drugs ad- population of about diction, from an injured war veteran to 135,000, the most re- grandparents forced to take custody of cent state data show their grandchildren. The congregation’s 15 opioid overdose hope is that, by revealing the human- deaths that year, as Photo/Danica Olson-Walter ity behind the headlines, the produc- well as 88 emergency- Sean Jones and Willow Fodor play grandparents who adopt their granddaughter after she’s been abandoned by tion will pull the community together in department visits or her drug-addicted mother in St. Luke’s Episcopal Church’s production of “Least Resistance” in Jamestown, N.Y. support of neighbors who are recovering hospitalizations relat- from similar crises, said the rector, the ed to opioids. but left to attend college in New York, “What we need to do is create a safe Rev. Luke Fodor. At St. Luke’s, several parishioners had where he got hooked on crystal meth, he space where people in recovery can feel “This is a way to tell the story in a theater backgrounds and about five years said. The addiction eventually left him normal in their recovery,” Fodor said. positive way … that recovery is possible, ago had formed the Winged Ox Players, homeless and jobless, and he decided Searching for an appropriate play, that the community has all these people named for the traditional symbol of St. to move back to Jamestown to improve they found works that glamorized drugs, who are working hard,” said Fodor. “We Luke, Fodor said. The productions typi- his chances of staying clean, he said. He seemed out of date or simply weren’t ap- need to own that story.” cally focused on a thought-provoking has been in and out of recovery for more propriate for a family audience. Then The play, which debuted in late April work or social issue, with proceeds do- than 15 years and sober the last seven, they met Richard Olson-Walter. and was performed over two weekends, nated to a related cause. he said. Olson-Walter, 32, a native of Great grew out of conversations Fodor had Fodor and Players Artistic Director Telling his story brought the reality of Britain, had moved to Jamestown in with local religious and civic leaders after Steven Cobb had started looking for a addiction and recovery to people in the 2015 after marrying his wife, an Ameri- he arrived at St. Luke’s about three years play that addressed the drug addiction congregation who had no personal expe- can woman who worked as director of ago. Drug addiction was a common after Cobb, a recovering addict, shared rience with that struggle, and it helped youth and children’s ministries at St. topic as Jamestown and Chautauqua his own story during a Sunday service at remove the stigma of addiction, Cobb Luke’s. Though he was working for a County lost more and more residents to Fodor’s request. said technology firm, Olson-Walter had ex- drug overdoses. “I had always kind of known the That, too, is part of the mission of perience writing plays. Fodor and Cobb It is a trend that has caused alarm power of recovery stories,” said Cobb, “Least Resistance,” the title of which re- drafted him to write for Winged Ox around the country. Opioids, includ- 51, citing his experience with 12-step fers to an addict’s successful path to re- Players. continued on page 15 ing heroin, fentanyl and some prescrip- programs. Cobb grew up in Jamestown covery. One preacher’s kid plays another in ‘Crusade’ Interview by Christian Paolino you believe? A: Well it certainly formed some of God, gays, and guns collide in “The my earliest beliefs as a Christian and my Crusade of Connor Stephens,” a play roots in spirituality. The church provid- written and produced by Dewey Moss ed education, structure and community that will premiere off-Broadway in June that I needed as a young wild rebellious after an award-winning workshop run PK [preacher’s kid]. It also helped me last summer. I caught up with former develop my early ideas of faith. Our Dell computer pitchman Ben Curtis, who parish and the Episcopal Church in will reprise his role as Jim Jr., a gay man general [are] so open-minded and ac- whose adopted daughter’s death puts him cepting of all people, so that really in- at odds with his firebrand minister father stilled my core feelings as a child that “Big Jim” and thrusts the family into the all people are equal and all are loved by media spotlight. Curtis hails from Chat- God. I still believe that today, and my tanooga, Tenn., where his father was rec- father, while he was the rector of our tor of Grace Church from 1979-1994. parish, walked the walk. Besides acting, he operates a yoga and Q: How did growing up as a “preach- wellness practice with his fiance and per- er’s kid” help you portray Jim Jr.? forms in various musical groups. A: Well, it certainly helped me un- derstand the pressures of being in the Q: I was proud to hear you identify spotlight of the church. I was a satisfied as an Episcopalian in your recent in- customer of the Episcopal Church, so terview with ESPN. Given your work I was involved as an acolyte or in the helping others with their own health choir. Nevertheless, if I made a mistake Photo/Russ Rowland. All rights reserved. Used with permission. and spiritual journeys, how does the or got in trouble, you can be certain The cast of “The Crusade of Connor Stephens” by Dewey Moss. church fit into who you are and what continued on page 16 June 2017 EPISCOPAL JOURNAL 13 BOOK REVIEWS Here’s a summer reading list for grown-ups

By Kimberly Winston much on the cultural and political con- and the terrestrial,” account nicely lures Religion News Service flict between the two characters. The Publishers Weekly Pilate out of the shadows, protagonists’ different religions are pres- said. Kirkus Re- albeit briefly, even ummer vacation is almost here, ent in the backdrop to their story. The views concluded, providing a measure of and with that comes the “sug- author has said of the story, “My real “Do not try this at rehabilitation,” Randall gested reading list” kids bring subject was Liat’s fear that her Jewishness home.” Balmer said in The New home from school. Here is our would dissolve into her partner Hilmi’s York Times Book Review. Ssuggestion for the grown-ups — fiction Arab identity.” NONFICTION and nonfiction titles in which religion What the critics say: Author Amos “The Road to “The Sound of Gravel” and spirituality play a role, but without Oz called the book “astonishing” and Jonestown” by Ruth Wariner proselytizing or offering self-help plati- said, “Even the (asymmetrical) tragedy by Jeff Guinn Growing up in a fun- tudes. of the two peoples does not overwhelm There are already damentalist Mormon this precise and elegant love story, drawn enough Jonestown enclave, the author had FICTION with the finest of lines.” Some Israeli books to fill a li- 41 siblings and under- “The Book of Joan” readers were less ecstatic — the book was brary. But in this went beatings, neglect by Lidia Yuknavitch banned in Israeli schools. one, Guinn, a for- and sexual abuse. Happy Post-apocalyptic novels are all the mer reporter, draws ending alert: She and rage, but the reviews for this book pro- “Exit West” on his investigative three of her sisters es- mote it as an instant classic of speculative by Mohsin Hamid skills to literally re- caped, and Wariner be- fiction. The year is 2049, and the earth Another pair of star-crossed lovers, trace the Rev. Jim Jones’ footsteps from came a high school Spanish teacher. is beset by global warming and a band of Nadia and Saeed, populate this novel, Indiana church pastor to jungle mad- Faith factor: Wariner’s father, the space marauders who siphon off its wan- which takes place among refugees in man. founder of a break-away Mormon sect, ing resources. Enter an unnamed city in the Faith factor: Jones was a Disciples of was considered a prophet, and her mother a potential savior, midst of war and unrest. Christ pastor before he was a mass mur- felt she was “anointed” by their marriage. a young woman Allegory alert: There are derer. Many of his followers thought he What the critics say: “Spare, precise from the country- magical doors that open was Jesus, while others thought his reli- prose lifts what could have been a mawk- side who can unite between people and plac- gious faith was a tool. But they all fol- ish misery memoir — about a wretched the surviving crea- es. Nadia and Saeed step lowed him into the jungle. childhood in a fundamentalist Mormon tures to fight back. through one together, What the critics say: Jim Jones Jr., the redoubt — into an addictive chronicle Her story is told entering new lives in new surviving son of the Rev. Jim Jones, said, of a polygamist community that bred by Christine Pizan, places that will threaten “The level of research and detail in ‘The helplessness, dependency and fear,” said who tattoos Joan’s their relationship. Road to Jonestown’ is the best ever, and Boris Kachka in New York magazine. saga on her own Faith factor: The main really lets readers understand, not only body as a form of characters are Muslims, what happened, but how and why.” “My Utmost: A Devotional Memoir” protest. but religion is something by Macy Halford Faith factor: they take on and off, like “The Islamic Jesus” Halford grew up reading the Christian Joan is a futuris- a garment. Saeed thinks by Mustafa Akyol classic “My Utmost for His tic Joan of Arc on prayer is “a ritual that Jesus is revered as a proph- Highest” by Oswald Chambers a spiritual quest, connected him to adult- et by Muslims. In this book, and found it a great comfort as this time across hood and to the notion Akyol, a Turkish journalist an adult navigating New York. the world, not just of being a particular sort and a Muslim, takes the non- Here, she explores Chambers’ France. The charac- of man, a gentle man, a Muslim reader through Jesus’ life, the story behind his peren- ter of Christine Pizan is drawn man who stood for com- life and times as told in the nial book and its effect on her from the 16th-century Italian munity and faith and Quran. own life and work. writer Christine de Pizan, a con- kindness and decency, a The faith factor: Did we Faith factor: Halford temporary of Joan of Arc’s who man, in other words, like mention it’s about Jesus and grew up a Southern Baptist. wrote a famous biographical his father.” Islam? Chambers became a minister. poem about her. What the critics say: What the critics say: The What the critics say: Writ- What the critics say: The book Michiko Kakutani, chief book has received glowing ing in The New York Times must be better than it sounds re- book critic for The New reviews, with a few quibbles. Book Review, Carlene Bauer duced to two sentences. Writing York Times, said, “Ha- Most critics have focused on said the book would be most in The New York Times Book mid has created a fiction- the last chapter, titled “What enjoyed by those who share Review, Jeff VanderMeer (whose al universe that captures Jesus Can Teach Muslims Halford’s background as own novel, “Borne,” is the global perils perco- Today.” In it, Akyol says of well as “those who struggle, being hailed as one of lating beneath today’s headlines, Jesus, “The three great Abra- or struggled, as Halford did, the year’s best) called it while at the same time painting hamic religions of our bat- to reconcile the person who a “brilliant and incen- an unnervingly dystopian portrait tered world, despite all the wants to believe with the per- diary new novel, which of what might lie down the road.” past and present tensions be- son who wants to think.” speaks to the reader tween them, come together. in raw, boldly honest “The Yoga of Max’s Discontent” … Whether we are Jews, Christians or “Organ Grinder: A Classical terms” and said it was by Karan Bajaj Muslims, we share either a faith followed Education Gone Astray” “radically new, full of Max, a young man with a by him, or a faith built on him, or a faith by Alan Fishbone maniacal invention and tragic past, reaches Harvard and that venerates him.” What if a biker got a master’s degree page-turning momen- Wall Street. But when his mother in the classics and philosophy and wrote tum.” dies, he questions the meaning “Pontius Pilate: Deciphering a memoir? Spoiler alert: He does. of life and gives everything up to a Memory” Faith factor: Fishbone drives off into “All The Rivers” journey to India and find the answers. by Aldo Schiavone explorations of the nature of the soul, by Dorit Rabinyan Faith factor: Yogic spiritual practices Drawing on the historical accounts weighing faith against skepticism. Oh, Ah, the eternal enticement of the Ro- are key to Max’s enlightenment. The au- of Josephus and Philo of Alexandria as and he hears voices, which may or may meo and Juliet story. This one is between thor is a Hatha Yoga instructor who lives well as the New Testament, Schiavone not be God talking to him. Liat, an Israeli, and Hilmi, a Palestinian, in an Indian ashram. re-examines what might have happened What the critics say: “Fishbone’s who meet while visiting post 9-11 New What the critics say: Reviews have when Jesus and Pilate met. mental mazes, irrepressibly personal, York. Can their love survive the conflict been mixed. “Bajaj is best at balancing Faith factor: Schiavone, a classicist, sexed-up, funny philosophical, and between their two countries? the tensions of place and practice: In- tries to suss out the real from the fictional unconventionally spiritual, make for Faith factor: The book, translated dia’s privilege and poverty, Max’s mind in the Gospel story of Pilate. thought-provoking, entertaining read- from Hebrew by Jessica Cohen, focuses and body, yoga’s mix of the spiritual What the critics say: “Schiavone’s ing,” said Annie Bostrom in Booklist. n 14 EPISCOPAL JOURNAL June 2017 BOOK REVIEWS A wry look at aging Pentecost, for

Review by Shelley Crook Grant is at her most young people compelling when she is When Did hen Did Everybody tackling the most difficult Everybody Else ebekah Hutto, a Presby- Else Get So Old?” is topics. In the essay “Coy- Get So Old? terian minister, seeks to “ ostensibly a memoir otes and Shadow Selves,” Indignities, introduce this often over- of middle-age, more she muses on a shocking Compromises, and looked Christian obser- specificallyW the arc of the author’s life real-world event -- an inci- the Unexpected Rvance to children and their families. between the ages of roughly 40 and 50, dent of child abuse -- and, Grace of Midlife This book celebrates the mi- and yet it is far more than a predictable after some tortured self- raculous events that occurred on foray into sagging, eyeglasses and illness. reflection, comes out at a By Jennifer Grant Pentecost and how the Holy Spirit I was bracing for the usual, lame mid-life place of mercy, rooted in Herald Press shaped, and continues to shape, jokes, (“Whoops, there goes the colo- her baptismal covenant. 192 pp., $29.50 the people of God’s church. In this noscopy wand!”) and yet, to my great re- Similarly, two essays that book, children can learn the story of lief, Jennifer Grant does not succumb to illuminate the troubled life Pentecost: the sights, the sounds and the usual pitfalls and clichés of the topic. and death of her sister man- the people that began the communi- Rather, she takes us on her personal age to be shockingly hon- ty of the church. They can discover journey with unflinching honesty, teas- est, yet full of grace. Reading this book is “When Did Everybody Else Get So who the Holy Spirit is and how God ing out universal wisdom along the way. like spending an evening in conversation Old?” would make for a perfect book- calls each of us to follow Jesus. This is a sometimes funny, sometimes with your most honest, witty and wise club selection — and it’s not just for the At the end, parents, educators, painful book, but it is always radiant. friend, whose wisdom and kindness is gray and paunchy. It would be a waste if and ministers can brainstorm to While Grant does indeed delve fear- ultimately rooted in faith. this book only reached the 40-to-50 set. discover ways to celebrate Pente- lessly into the “indignities, compromises Ah yes, faith. Grant loves Ecclesiastes It provides fertile ground for discussion cost with their children in their own and the unexpected grace of midlife,” and references it often. Too often. Such a on many themes. Plus, as Grant hand- churches and families. n she does much more. The terrain is deli- heavy reliance on that least “religious” of ily indexes a varied and robust group of ciously unpredictable. There are the ex- texts, which barely chafes against secular writers and thinkers from David Sedaris pected stopping-off points of marriage, culture, feels like a cop out. Grant is a to Jung, it provides a plethora of jump- The Day When God Made motherhood, empty-nest syndrome, self-proclaimed practicing Episcopalian; ing-off points for further reading. Church: sickness and death, but also detours I wanted the Gospels! And when she I hope Jennifer Grant continues to A Child’s into art, flight attendants and the spiri- does dare to engage with the New Testa- write on faith, as the church needs hon- Book about tual potential of time spent on jury duty. ment, as in the essay “The Bridesmaids est, intelligent, lay voices such as hers. Pentecost Grant moves between dark and light, and the Oil,” she may be slightly less Despite the title, what she brings to the By Rebekah the religious and the secular, the tragic sure-footed, but she still writes engag- table here is more than an entertaining McLeod Hutto and the hilarious (I laughed out loud in ingly and convincingly on Scripture. I memoir on aging; her voice and her wis- several places; I cried in two) and yet the was left wishing she’d tethered her own dom are, in fact, ageless. n Paraclete Press shifts in gear are always smooth. On one narrative to the grander Christian nar- 32 pp., page she segues seamlessly from sex to rative more often; the book as a whole Shelley Crook is a New York-based $15.99 Karl Barth to paid employment. would have been the richer for it. writer.

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US POSTAGE US When he was received in March by Bishop Ian Douglas as the newest priest in the Diocese of Con- Tnecticut, the ceremony culminated a long and tumultuous spiritual journey that began thousands of miles away in Ka- mano’s native West Africa, where he was raised Muslim and converted to Roman Catholicism as a teenager. Kamano, despite his father’s harsh disapproval, was so com- mitted to his newfound faith that he was ordained as a Roman Catholic priest. He studied in Rome on a church scholarship but gradually became disenchanted with the church’s hierar- chy and left it, immigrating to the United Statescontinued to start on a page new 16 Photo/Kamano, via Facebook life — and a search for a new faith home. He found the latter in Church of the Holy Spirit, an Episcopal church in West Haven, Conn.

The Rev. Charles Kamano, left, stands next to Diocese of Connecticut Bishop Ian Douglas at Kamano’s service of reception as an Episcopal priest on March 16 at Church of the Holy Spirit in West Haven, Conn. June 2017 EPISCOPAL JOURNAL 15 FAITH AND THE ARTS ‘Soul of a Musician’ series mixes songs and faith

Christine Havens “The sense of community at both Soul and St. Matt’s hits you in the face,” Jane n Sunday mornings, music Lynn said. “Some folks come who are not at St. Matthew’s Episcopal members, but have their own churches, Church in Austin, Texas, yet spread the word about St. Matt’s.” involves a traditional organ, Laura Lucas, a regular at the shows Ochoir and hymns. But on Sunday nights, for two years, is not a churchgoer, rather Rector Merrill Wade heads for a Tex- describing herself as “inter-spiritual.” Mex restaurant to explore the intersec- She loves coming to Soul and often tion of blues, rock, country — and faith. brings friends, she said, because “the Five years ago, led by his and the St. format is unusual and incredible, tying Matthew’s community’s combined pas- the creative arts with the spiritual.” sion for music, Wade started a series The artists who perform are largely called “Soul of a Musician.” It aimed “to from Texas and have a relatively small support and appreciate musicians and all fan base compared to big names like they mean to Austin and to the church,” Willie Nelson. according to Soul’s mission statement. “The dream used to be the Grammys The program runs September to De- and the big tour buses,” said Warren cember and March to June, turning the Hood, an indie country-rock performer lounge at Iron Cactus North into a re- who plays fiddle and recently performed laxed, welcoming space where the secu- at Soul. But having seen that lonely life, lar and the spiritual connect through he said, all he wants is to “play enough music and fellowship. Photo/Christine Havens gigs to make a living in Austin and have There’s no shortage of acts in Austin, Audience members listen to Warren Hood, left, and Marshall Hood play a lively a family life.” home to the state legislature, the Univer- instrumental at the “Soul of a Musician” series in Austin, Texas. This might mean 40 gigs a month sity of Texas and a legendary music scene in small, noisy venues where people are that spans every genre. at 6:30 p.m. and last for about an hour. — agape,” as she explained to Hawley af- talking and drinking, not paying atten- Wade books the artists for the series, Wade and Associate Rector Christian terward. An audience member asked her tion to the performers. At Soul, he said, looking for a wide variety. The current Hawley hold faith-based conversations about the connection for her between he appreciates the opportunity to “be in season has hosted Latin-inspired indie with the musicians at the midpoint of creativity and spirituality. Chase said that a place where folks are engaged — talk- rock, honky-tonk, blues and old-school the show, asking about one or two of the she considered her music “very much a ing and listening.” 1970s soul. St. Matthew’s pays the musi- songs performed. Audience members get spiritual practice — sharing music with R&B singer-songwriter Ray Prim, cians and promotes the shows. The out- to ask questions, too. The artists then play people everywhere, farmer’s markets in who has been making music for 25 years, reach is supported by the parishioners, a few more songs before the show wraps L.A. to clubs.” Chase added, “Music is a posted on Soul of a Musician’s Facebook supplemented a couple of seasons by up with the opportunity for audience space for people to find themselves.” page after the April 2 show: “Man, I grant money from the Diocese of Texas. members to thank the artists personally Frank and Jane Baxter Lynn attended had a great time at Merrill Wade’s Soul Iron Cactus North also got into the and to buy CDs or other merchandise. the early Soul Series shows and are now of a Musician Series tonight. Loved the spirit, providing space for the shows and One evening, Los Angeles-based active members of St. Matthew’s and reg- format, and the crowd was actually there free meals for the musicians. singer/songwriter Johanna Chase sang a ular audience members. They also serve to enjoy the music. Thanks to Nikki [a The family-friendly, free shows begin poignant song grounded in “God’s love as greeters of sorts at Iron Cactus North. series newcomer] for buying 25 CDs and giving them out to the rest of the audience. Amazing! Definitely go check out one of the shows if you get a chance. INTERVIEW continued from page 12 interviewed. After the show con- I think you’ll love it!” “We wanted to cluded its local run, the Christine Havens is the communications Because Olson-Walter had no experi- try and make sure we congregation has been coordinator at St. Matthew’s Church, ence with addiction and recovery, Cobb, could show as many in talks to stage the Austin, Texas. who works as associate director of Men- viewpoints as pos- production in the Buf- To learn more about the Soul of a tal Health Association of Chautauqua sible,” Olson-Walter falo area later this year. Musician series, go to www.stmattsaustin. Episcopal County, helped arrange for him to in- said. Excerpts were to be org/Music/4soul-of-a-musician-series. terview local people affected by the drug The play also fea- performed May 16 at html. n | May 2017 epidemic. tures a character based an annual event in the Vol 7 No 5 More than 30 interviews later, “Least on Cobb’s story of ad- Jamestown area called Resistance” was born. The play features diction and recovery. Hope & Healing for oPy | $3.75 PER C N 14 scenes over two acts, a mix of mono- EDITIo “I’ve worked very Chautauqua. Money ournalMoNTHly logues and staged conversations, as well hard to accept my sto- raised through the play CLASSIFIEDS J as a few scenes intended primarily to pro- ry and understand my will be used to support CURRICULUM Trump policies force reduction of vide information on addiction. Twenty- story,” Cobb said. See- United Christian Ad- Explore God’s love with Shine Sunday- refugee-resettlement network one actors brought the characters to life. ing a version of himself vocacy Network City school curriculum! 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The planned closings are a painful but means to follow Jesus. Find sample strategically necessary move, the Rev. Canon life examples, with some dialogue taken that he hoped the play would be helpful Churches in Georgia and Connecti- E. Mark Stevenson, EMM’s director, told sessions, Bible outlines, and more at Episcopal News Service. They follow two other word for word from the experiences and cathartic for other recovering ad- cut also have contacted the congregation recent decisions to shrink EMM’s footprint, www.shinecurriculum.com. one directly related to the government’s Photo/UNICEF/Shehzad Noorani shared by Jamestown residents. changing refugee policy and one not. dicts, some of whom attended the first about staging their own productions of 8 “It’s painful. It’s horrible, but we hope — we Chicago school pray — that we have made the right decisions One character is an Army veteran who, weekend’s performances. “Least Resistance,” Fodor said. 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Feature Feature EMM and the other eight resettlement was prescribed powerful painkillers. happy to know that their story is being ically, with each production incorporat- $13.00 per line these affiliates for the federal fiscal year 2018 (Diocese of New Hampshire); agencies that work under U.S. federal contracts (Oct. 1, 2017-Sept. 30, 2018): Ascentria Care Alliance in Westfield, Mass. When he returned home, he realized he told to the wider community, so that the ing some of its own community’s stories CLASSIFIED DISPLAY AD RATES Refugee One in Chicago (Diocese of to resettle refugees “are looking at structuring (Diocese of Western Massachusetts). ourselves to be the right size for fiscal year Chicago); Following President Donald Trump’s ex- continued on page 6 was addicted. Another scene portrays $74.00 per inch Lutheran Social Services of Northeast 2018,” Stevenson said. community knows of the struggles and of addiction into the work, he said. “My ecutive orders on immigration that more than For more information and/or to submit Florida in Jacksonville (Diocese of Florida); halved the number of refugees able to be reset- grandparents who have taken custody of knows of the hope,” Cobb said. “It seems hope is the play itself becomes a tool, Lutheran Social Services of North Dakota tled annually in the country, the U.S. Depart- ads to Episcopal Journal Advertising in Fargo and Lutheran Social Services of North ment of State issued guidance to the resettle- a granddaughter abandoned by a drug- Dakota in Grand Forks (Diocese of North to be validating to the people in recovery that people can utilize it as a springboard Department contact Dakota); Circus13 artwork Ascentria Care Alliance in Concord, N. H. addicted mother. That scene draws on that the larger community is getting an to launch them in to more research on springs into [email protected] Portland cathedral n [email protected] arts the experiences of multiple grandparents honest and accurate point of view.” the matter.” From Islam to Roman Catholicism,By David Paulsen faith journey Episcopal News Service leads West African native to Episcopalhe Rev. Charles Kamano Church may seem like an unlikely

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US POSTAGE US When he was received in March by Bishop Ian Douglas as the newest priest in the Diocese of Con- Tnecticut, the ceremony culminated a long and tumultuous spiritual journey that began thousands of miles away in Ka- mano’s native West Africa, where he was raised Muslim and converted to Roman Catholicism as a teenager. Kamano, despite his father’s harsh disapproval, was so com- mitted to his newfound faith that he was ordained as a Roman Catholic priest. He studied in Rome on a church scholarship but gradually became disenchanted with the church’s hierar- chy and left it, immigrating to the United Statescontinued to start on a page new 16 Photo/Kamano, via Facebook life — and a search for a new faith home. He found the latter in Church of the Holy Spirit, an Episcopal church in West Haven, Conn.

The Rev. Charles Kamano, left, stands next to Diocese of Connecticut Bishop Ian Douglas at Kamano’s service of reception as an Episcopal priest on March 16 at Church of the Holy Spirit in West Haven, Conn. Page 16 caption . CORRECT TYPO – in graf 3

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CRUSADE continued from page 12 ‘Jonah’ swims into theaters June 3 I’ve played lots that everyone knew about onah: On Stage!” — a musi- The production is presented in movie it. However, unlike Jim ‘of “complicated” cal production filmed live in a theaters by Fathom Events, which brings Jr., my father did not force “ 2,000-seat theater — will re- live stage productions and classic mov- me to think one way nor turn to movie screens across the ies to cinemas. Sight & Sound, a family- tell me that I was going to and “awful” J country on June 3. owned, family-led organization founded hell if I thought a differ- The show, an adaptation of the Old in 1976, has been creating stage epics ent way. characters. Each Testament Book of Jonah, was produced out of Bible stories for four decades. The Q: The Episcopal by Sight & Sound Theater and filmed in organization describes itself as the larg- Church has been vocal character wants something Lancaster, Pa. The family-friendly show est faith-based live theater company in about LGBT justice, as — Ben Curtis first played in 600 well as gun violence, both ’ cinemas across the themes that the play explores. How did so starkly with your character’s? nation on May 2. being an Episcopalian help shape how A: It’s not hard. I don’t believe in their The film tells you see these issues? “Christian morals” as a person, so it’s the story of the A: I feel blessed to have grown up fairly easy to be disgusted by them on prophet Jonah, in a church very different from the one stage. Furthermore, they’re brilliant ac- who defies God’s that Jim Jr. did, which sounds very op- tors, so the tension on stage is quite pal- order to preach pressive. I have friends who grew up in pable. That, and when your stakes and to the people of churches like that and who were put in intentions are clear as an actor, the rest Nineveh and at- conversion therapy, which of course is tends to work itself out. tempts to flee to never effective. Q: If Dewey told you that you had the port of Tarsh- I am very grateful to have grown up in to play Big Jim tomorrow, could you do ish. When the ship such an accepting environment that al- it? What would you do to get into that he has boarded is lowed me to form my own ideas of God character? tossed by a storm, Photo/courtesy of Sight & Sound Theater and spirituality. I feel sorry for people A: Absolutely! I’ve played lots of the crew throws Jo- A scene from “Jonah: On Stage!” — a musical about the biblical who are told by their church or pas- “complicated” and “awful” characters. story of Jonah and the whale, set to appear in movie theaters June 3. nah overboard (at tor that being a Christian is black-and- Each character wants something. If you his request), where a great fish swallows the country and says it draws millions white: “You’re either saved or you ain’t.” know what yours wants, then that’s your him. In the belly of the fish, he repents, of people each year to its two theaters, I believe our God is a loving God and job on stage: to listen and to get what and God offers him a second chance. in Lancaster and in Branson, Mo. More Jesus was a great prophet. We can learn you want, or at least try. This script is The production features dance, mov- than a million people have seen “Jonah: a lot from his stories and how he treated also well-crafted, so the words guide ing buildings, a ship, live animals and an On Stage!” the company said. other people, especially the outcasts or you. No matter what kind of character “underwater” sequence with a 40-foot For locations, tickets and more in- those “different” from him. I play, I always find and play the truth whale that moves over the stage theater formation, visit JonahOnStageMovie. Q: How do you relate believably to an and the humanity. Even Big Jim is quite audience. com. n on-stage “family” whose values contrast human. n

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