October 2, 2007 – Episcopal Cafe

African Anglican hierarchy should repent

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What the African Anglican bishops have essentially said is that African citizens are “right” in their prejudices and stereotypes about African gay communities. It is thus the African Anglican hierarchy that should “repent.” If we do not stop and check ourselves, we can rest assured that the damage ultimately caused will not just be to the Anglican family worldwide. The damage will be to our own.

Fair Trade crops increasing

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The International Fair Trade Association, an umbrella group of organizations in more than 70 countries, defines fair trade as reflecting “concern for the social, economic and environmental well-being of marginalized small producers” and does “not maximize profit at their expense. The New York Times writes on the increasing market share of Fair Trade items.

Fallibilism

October 2, 2007 9 Comments

Fallibilism is the idea that our knowledge is imperfect, provisional, subject to revision in the face of new evidence. Fallibilism says: Here’s what I know to a moral certainty, know well enough to live by. But I could be wrong.

Sheltering the homeless

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Youth minister Shaun Ellis believes serving the homeless is the duty of churches. “In my understanding of Scripture, that’s a mandate we’ve been given. If churches are not involved in that we’re missing the call.”

Monks of Burma

October 2, 2007 13 Comments

Updating our story on the protests by the Buddhist monks in Burma (also known as Myanmar). Several Anglican commentators have contrasted the bold Buddhist monks

Prayers for Camila

October 2, 2007 No Comments

Raids, detention and deportation have been lurking around the Misa Alegría for many months now—nephews, daughters-in-law, friends—but until recently nobody from our immediate family had been affected by our broken immigration system. Late in August, we felt the impact. Sunday, Aug. 19, we bid a sad farewell to two of our own, a farewell that will mean long years of separation to a young family.

No Dove, no church

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The Holy Ghost is a Dove, and he makes Christ’s Spouse, the church, a Dove, a term so oft iterate in the Canticles, and so much stood on by Saint Augustine and the Fathers, as they make no question. No Dove, no church.

Interfaith fast for end to Iraq war

October 2, 2007 1 Comment

Religious leaders representing tens of millions of Americans stood in the shadow of the U.S. Capitol to call religious communities of various traditions to a

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African Anglican hierarchy should repent

Fair Trade crops increasing

Fallibilism

Sheltering the homeless

Monks of Burma

Prayers for Camila

No Dove, no church

Interfaith fast for end to Iraq war

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