Media aversion
December 15, 2007
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Peter Akinola flees Julia Duin of The Washington Times.
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Church shopping
December 15, 2007
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Church shopping has been rightfully attacked as a consumerist, individualistic approach to faith—as a shopper, I do what “works for me” on a Sunday morning, and I can change churches as fast as my preferences change. All the same, we’ve nearly all done it to some degree or another, writes Amy Frykholm on Theolog, the blog of The Christian Century.
“I made a difference”
December 15, 2007
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On Sept. 28, 77-year-old Hilda Shilliday arrived for a two-month stint in Kampala, and got down to work, easing pressure on the overworked staff. On busy days, the clinic can see over 125 patients, with only three clinicians, six nurses, and five counsellors.
Give!
December 15, 2007
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“‘At this festive season of the year, Mr Scrooge,’ said the gentleman, taking up a pen, ‘it is more than usually desirable that we should make some slight provision for the poor and destitute, who suffer greatly at the present time. … We choose this time, because it is a time, of all others, when Want is keenly felt, and Abundance rejoices.'”
The meaning of Advent
December 15, 2007
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Sapientia-tide: The Great O Antiphons
December 15, 2007
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The verses we now know as “O Come, O Come Emmanuel” are versions of the antiphons traditionally sung on the seven nights leading up to Christmas Eve. These antiphons are worthy of our attention as we enter this time before Christmas for both their spiritual riches and for their place in our Anglican heritage.
The press reads The Letter
December 15, 2007
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Reporters had their hands full yesterday trying to figure out how to pull a “lede” out of the Archbishop of Canterbury’s Advent Letter about the state of the Anglican Communion. He dumped cold water on everybody, so how to determine which side was wetter?
The Great “O’s”
December 15, 2007
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The Advent antiphons are known as ‘the great “O’s’, from the initial ‘O’ of each one, which conveys our longing for the coming of the Lord. The longings of the human heart are part of the glory of humanity.
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