Leveraging Lambeth
November 7, 2007
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Is the agenda for Lambeth in play? Archbishop Rowan Williams has said Lambeth 2008 will not be a business meeting, but a gathering to build
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Year: 2007
Just in time for Christmas
November 7, 2007
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A gift for the religious geek who has everything…
What has the Bible to do
with sexuality?
November 7, 2007
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If sexuality is marginal in biblical tradition and if a Christian theology of marriage is patristic and medieval, what might be the consequences for our contemporary debates about sexuality in the church and elsewhere? One is that since sexuality seems to be of no great concern to either God or Jesus according to the biblical record, we need to recognize this gap before we rush to fill it.
St. Willibrord
November 7, 2007
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Many miracles were also wrought by divine power through His servant Willibrord. Whilst the ministry of preaching the Gospel is to be preferred to the working of miracles and the showing of signs, yet, because such miracles are recorded as having been performed, I think mention of them ought not to be suppressed;
Sexual abuse is a crime, not an affair
November 6, 2007
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I’m speaking from sad experience when I say that the children may never be able to free themselves from the terrible sense that somehow they must have made a choice, that somehow they had to have invited it, that somehow they should have been able to prevent it or stop it, until we are willing to call it what is — child sexual abuse.
To et or not to et
November 6, 2007
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No one can say, “It says in the Scripture,” to ground any policy, all we can say is, “My community says this,” says Rabbi Steven Greenburg, who tackles the most common religious rationales forbidding same-sex relationships.
Fears of Christians in Pakistan
November 6, 2007
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Churches now fear that the state of emergency declared in Pakistan will be exploited by those who wish to carry out more attacks on the minority Christian community
Outsiders and insiders
November 6, 2007
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Joel Connelly, of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer and a member of St. Augustine’s in the Woods on Whidbey Island in Washington state, writes about being a delegate to the convention of the Diocese of Olympia (western Washington). He raises the issue of the voting power of large cities in a diocese of small towns.
Finding the key to unity in South Carolina
November 6, 2007
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South Carolina Bishop Ed Salmon spoke during the day-long gathering and participated in a question-and-answer panel that closed the day. Forum President Lynn Pagliaro read the letter of greeting from Lawrence in which the bishop-elect said in part that it was his “firm conviction that in Christ’s reconciling work we shall find the key to our unity.”
Botswana and West Missouri: companions in mission
November 6, 2007
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When I can face you face-to-face, I know you,” Mwamba said. “This will strengthen the bonds of affection within God’s … family, fellow Christians in the faith.
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