Day: November 30, 2007

ECVA Advent exhibition mirrored in Second Life

Last year’s Advent exhibition from Episcopal Church and the Visual Arts is getting its own second life — in the virtual environment of Second Life. The Anglicans of Epiphany Island, a parcel of virtual land which contains a cathedral and parish house, as well as a meditation garden and other scenic venues, are hosting the art show, which will be staged in the south courtyard of the cathedral.

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Starving the food banks

Food banks are an important hunger ministry, but according to a story in the New York Times, they are facing food shortages caused by shifts in supply and demand, and the way food markets handle their surpluses are wreaking havoc on their ability to feed the hungry. The market forces creating the shortages are being wrought by rising energy prices and housing costs.

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The teacher and the teddy bear

The Archbishop of Canterbury has released a statement on the predicament of Gillian Gibbons, the schoolteacher who allowed a class of children in Khartoum to name a Teddy Bear Mohammed, only to face prosecution and conviction for doing so.

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“State of the Church” interim report

Identity. Mission. Organization. These are the three things that Episcopal News Service is reporting are being addressed in an interim report issued by the House of Deputies Committee on the State of the Church. The report addresses concerns about the decline in attendance and participation in the church, a trend that is affecting all the mainline denominations in one form or another.

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Advent Calendar 2.0

This is the fourth year that the Episcopal Diocese of Washington has offered its online Advent Calendar. Each day starting tomorrow, a new link becomes available, each featuring a daily meditation, giving opportunity or pieces from the National Cathedral’s crèche exhibit. This year, however, there’s a new kind of file hiding under the windows: podcasts.

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Advent podcasts

The Rev. Lonnie Lacy: “These podcasts are an attempt to integrate the holy into our daily lives and activities. Driving to Walmart isn’t in itself a holy experience. But to invite God with you, to try to shape your perspective in a way that is absolutely contrary to the way Walmart shapes our perspective, IS a holy exercise.

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Call to friendship

One common element in the gospel narratives is the story of Jesus’ call of the disciples. By the sea of Galilee he meets and calls brothers Simon Peter and Andrew, fishermen who are invited to ply their skills in new ways and new “waters.”

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