In the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew's Gospel Jesus asks, "Is there any one among you who, if your child asks for bread, will give them a stone? Or if the child asks for a fish will give them a snake?"
25 October 2003
After eighteen months of intense planning, the Halfway to Lambeth conference, organised by the Lesbian and Gay Christian Movement (LGCM), began today (24 October) in Manchester, England.
24 October 2003
A new international journal is released this month concerned with the study of Anglicanism in all its forms. The scholarly journal is published by Continuum Publishers on behalf of the Journal of Anglican Studies Trust and will appear twice a year.
22 October 2003
Thousands of people are expected to pause for prayer at the launch of a new mission started by the Bishop of Oxford.
22 October 2003
Seabury Day will be marked in the Diocese of Aberdeen and Orkney with special services in Peterhead on Friday 14 November, the 219th anniversary of the consecration of Samuel Seabury as the first Bishop in the United States.
16 October 2003
The Primates of the Anglican Communion gathered today for a two-day meeting in Lambeth Palace to listen to provincial perspectives, reflect on the issues raised and explore ways forward.
15 October 2003
The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Revd Dr Rowan Williams, opened the new St Augustine's Library at 12 noon on Saturday 11 October in the Precincts of Canterbury Cathedral.
13 October 2003
More than thirty young Christian theologians came together in Jerusalem last month to explore avenues of dialogue between Christians, Muslims and Jews.
10 October 2003
Not long before the First World War, a French poet, who was to be one of the earliest casualties of that conflict, wrote that 'everything begins with mysticism and ends with politics'. People have argued a good deal over what he meant.
10 October 2003
"Today our main task is simply to pause in the presence of God." These words spoken by the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Revd Dr Rowan Williams, identified the mood of the several thousand people who gathered in St Paul's Cathedral.
10 October 2003