John Animasaun is a pharmacist and a member of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Albany. He was born and raised in Nigeria, the eldest of six
The driving force behind TOPIK (Towards Peace in Korea) is The Most Revd Francis Park, Primate of the Anglican Church of Korea (ACK). The conference is divided into three parts, each chaired by the Primate of one of the churches who have cooperated in preparing the Conference. The first element, chaired by the Most Revd Katharine Jefferts Schori, Presiding Bishop of the USA’s Episcopal Church, was a Peace Visit to North Korea – crossing through the demilitarised zone, the world’s most heavily fortified border.
Holy Apostles Episcopal Church in Manhattan “has fed the hungry for 25 years now without missing a single weekday, including the morning after the fire,
The new work shows that the direct reprogramming technique can also produce versatile cells that are genetically matched to a person. But it avoids several problems that have bedeviled the cloning approach. For one thing, it doesn’t require a supply of unfertilized human eggs, which are hard to obtain for research and subjects the women donating them to a surgical procedure. Using eggs also raises the ethical questions of whether women should be paid for them.
After the Pilgrims had endured near-starvation for three winters, Bradford decided to experiment when it came time to plant in the spring of 1623. He set aside a plot of land for each family, that “they should set corne every man for his owne perticuler, and in that regard trust to themselves.”
Lipscomb (Southwest Florida) said he has written to Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori, asking “to be released from my ordination vows and the obligations and responsibilities of a member of the House of Bishops. I have taken this step in order to be received into the Catholic Church.”
While phase one of the process involves the applicability of the 1867 statute, Judge Bellows will also rule on a second phase involving arguments on the constitutionality of the statute itself. The contesting sides submit written briefs to Bellows to argue this question in the next few weeks. A ruling on these two phases is expected January 17, 2008. The third phase will ensue when the claims of each of the 11 defecting congregations will be heard case-by-case.
I have decided this year to thank God in another way. I propose to thank God not for all the things I have. I want to thank God, instead, for all the things I do not have. I want to thank God for all the things I do not need!
Why is it so difficult to acknowledge a gift as a gift? Here is the reason. When I admit that something is a gift, I admit my dependence on the giver. This may not sound that difficult, but there is something within us that bristles at the idea of dependence. We want to get along by ourselves.