Day: August 21, 2007

Wales bill to allow ordination of women bishops criticized

The safeguards for those opposed to women priests were unclear. “While we could no doubt expect sincere expressions of goodwill, sympathy, etc. at the time of the Bill being passed, nothing would be spelt out about provision for us until a woman was actually on the point of being consecrated,” he said.

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Lambeth library goes online

Lambeth library will join COPAC, which gives free access to the merged online catalogues of major University and National Libraries in the UK and Ireland, including the British Library.

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Hard Gospel on TV in Ireland

Hard Gospel is a commitment by the Church of Ireland to examine not only the challenges of faith which arise for Christians in the “vertical” relationship in loving God but also the practical implications for the outworking of faith in “horizontal” relationships as expressed in Christ’s command to “love your neighbour”.

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Diocese of Maine uses online interview videos

The Diocese of Maine is using an innovative method of communicating information about the candidates for their next bishop. Besides the standard question and answer essays, the diocese has provided online interview videos of each candidate.

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Feeling the vibe

God calls the whole person and all of their experiences – so that one can have a life of meaning and service at same time.

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Prompted by God

To love one’s neighbor with perfect love it is necessary to be prompted by God. How can you love your neighbor with purity if you do not love him in God? But he who does not love God cannot love in God. You must love God, so that in Him you can love your neighbor too.

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Let us play

A friend of mine, a Lutheran pastor, said “You Episcopalians seem very earnest and dedicated in your worship, but you don’t seem to take yourselves so darn seriously.” But he went on to say, “You guys are the only denomination that can laugh at yourselves often enough to keep conversation going to be able to make decisions. But lately, you have seemed to get all serioused up.”

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