Resources (all groups)

A Call To Action for strong health care reform

Web link: Interfaith Worker Justice; Resource type: Web site

Interfaith Worker Justice has issued a Call To Action which urges us all to call our Senators and Representatives to let them know that it is critical that health care reform be affordable and effective:

My reason for health care reform. [ read more ]

An Invitation to an Inclusive Church

An essay by the Rev. Paul Bresnahan, Salem, MA

We have now received an invitation from Catholicism to return to the Mother Church. For those unhappy over The Anglican/Episcopal Church’s “liberal” stance on the ordination of gays and their inclusion in our leadership and membership, there is room in Rome. [ read more ]

Episcopal Disability Network

Web link: http://www.disability99.org; E-mail: disability99@earthlink.net; Phone: (888) 738-3636;

EDN's mission is to enable each child of God regardless of the severity of his or her disability to be an integral member of the Body of Christ, to participate in the sacraments of the church, and to discern and live out his or her calling as a Christian. EDN has links to many disability-related groups. These can be accessed by clicking on links in the left-hand column. The Rev. [ read more ]

Essay: And grace will lead me home

Web link: Essay: And grace will lead me home; Resource type: Web site

[ read more ]Mark Achtemeier is a Presbyterian pastor and a seminary professor. He's also a man who has been open about how he has changed his mind on the question of the full inclusion of LGBT Christians into the church. He details the process that led to his re-thinking in an essay that was delivered to a group of Presbyterians who are working, among other things, for full inclusion in that denomination.

Growing Hope, an Amazing Resource for Organic Growers

Headquartered in Ypsilanti, MI, Growing Hope seeks to eradicate hunger and food insecurity by teaching people how to grow their vegetables organically in home and community gardens. Founded by Amanda Edmonds, Growing Hope is an amazing resource for all aspects of gardening.

The URL is www.growinghope.net

Grow, don't just mow!

National office of the Episcopal Peace Fellowship

Web link: Episcopal Peace Fellowship; E-mail: epfnational@ameritech.net; Phone: (312) 922-8628;

Visit the website of the Episcopal Peace Fellowship for more information about the EPF, to find out how to connect with an EPF chapter in your area, to apply for membership in the EPF, and to receive the spring and fall newsletters as well as monthly email updates.

Powerful Speech from President Mohammed Nasheed, President of the Maldives

Web link: Climate Vulnerable Forum; Resource type: Web site

Address by His Excellency Mohamed Nasheed, President of the Republic of Maldives, at the Climate Vulnerable Forum on November 9, 2009.

We gather in this hall today, as some of the most climate-vulnerable nations on Earth. We are vulnerable because climate change threatens to hit us first; and hit us hardest. And we are vulnerable because we have modest means with which to protect ourselves from the coming disaster. [ read more ]