60% solution defeated
June 23, 2007
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Canadian General Synod has defeated a resolution that would call for 60% to pass the resolutions on same sex blessings.
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Prison ministry cares for “invisible children”
June 23, 2007
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This summer, Episcopalians in at least 20 dioceses are reaching out to them — children under under the radar of government aid — by sending them to summer camp for a week of learning and fun. Read Val Hymes’ report.
Same Sex Blessings not core doctrine
June 23, 2007
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That this General Synod accept the conclusion of the Primate’s Theological Commission’s St. Michael Report that the blessing of same-sex unions is a matter of doctrine, but is not core doctrine in the sense of being credal, and that it should not be a communion-breaking issue.
Global Voices Online
June 23, 2007
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The world may be flat, as Thomas Friedman, argues, but much of the infomation we receive is filtered through a corporatized media, hierarchical institutions, and politically movitaved interest groups. Americans receive little information about other countries directly from the people who live there. But that is changing
Having enough fun?
June 23, 2007
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Experts agree, Ann Hurlbut writes, “that the loss of natural play opportunities in an urbanized world of smaller families and a ‘push-button civilization’ meant that play, alas, could no longer be left to kids. Read her article and on online discussion about the state of (child’s) play.
The Fourth Commandment
June 23, 2007
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There is no Sabbath any longer for so many Christians and Christian families. This is not about taking vacations. This is about taking time for rest, for stopping, for day dreaming, for worshipping God. It’s about taking time for silence and for listening to God.
Living at the edge
June 23, 2007
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This experience of living at the edge is not so extraordinary as it may sound. We have all had it. Perhaps you have sat with someone who was near death, and found yourself drawn into her inner radiance, into a place where pain and fear give way before a lucid awareness of the nearness of life’s source.
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