The Living Church

5 days ago | livingchurch.org | Caleb Maglaya Galaraga

On the first day of June, in a city with diverse faith traditions, a young Roman Catholic who attends a Presbyterian church was commissioned by an Episcopal priest during Evensong with a group of people he calls “siblings in Christ.”“By the grace of God, you have lived the life to which you have been called,” said the Very Rev. Dr. Patrick Malloy, dean of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in Manhattan.

1 week ago | livingchurch.org | Caleb Maglaya Galaraga

The Rev. Canon Dr. Christian Brady, an Episcopal priest and scholar of ancient Hebrew and Jewish literature, takes the helm of Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio, on June 1. Brady, dean of the Lewis Honors College at the University of Kentucky since 2017, will become the 16th president of the Lutheran institution, founded in 1845. “Dr. Brady exemplifies the innovative, mission-driven leadership Wittenberg needs to thrive in today’s challenging higher education landscape,” said William D.

1 week ago | livingchurch.org | Caleb Maglaya Galaraga

Despite its image as a vacation paradise, Hawaii has the highest homelessness rate in the United States, and the figure doubled between 2019 and 2024, rising from 40 to 80 per 10,000 residents. “Is homelessness a significant issue in Hawaii? Yes, it has been,” Dr. Sara Yuan, a specialist at the Center for Family Life at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, told The Living Church. The islands’ favorable weather—attractive to tourists—also contributes to homelessness.

2 weeks ago | livingchurch.org | David Baumann

Daily Devotional • May 24A Reading from Luke 9:1-171 Then Jesus called the twelve together and gave them power and authority over all demons and to cure diseases, 2 and he sent them out to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal the sick. 3 He said to them, “Take nothing for your journey: no staff, nor bag, nor bread, nor money—not even an extra tunic. 4 Whatever house you enter, stay there, and leave from there.

2 weeks ago | livingchurch.org | Caleb Maglaya Galaraga

The two young Jewish professionals who were shot at close range after leaving the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., on the evening of May 21 were “exploring their faith as regular worshippers at Ascension & St. Agnes Episcopal Church near Logan Circle,” Bishop Marian Edgar Budde of Washington said in a statement on May 22. The parish, steeped in the Anglo-Catholic tradition and led by its rector, the Rev. Dominique Peridans, is a mile away from the scene of the crime.