Pushing Daisies
October 20, 2007
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It’s a romantic comedy. About death. And the romantic leads can’t actually touch one another, or else she dies. This cute–maybe too cute, whimsical–maybe too
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Make your own Sunday
October 20, 2007
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Don Lawrence preaches three times a week to an appreciative congregation at Life Baptist church. His sermon tapes often sell out, and this year he is leading the people through a study of Matthew’s gospel. But Lawrence is not a real person. He is a virtual, on-screen pastor whose sermon topics, personality, even mannerisms are chosen collectively by his congregation. “We’ve never been happier,” says head elder Louie Francesca. “We finally got the pastor we all want.”
Montreal synod affirms same-sex blessing option
October 20, 2007
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As a follow up to our story yesterday, the Diocese of Montreal has passed the motion requesting that clergy have the option to bless civil marriages, including marriages between same-sex couples, where at least one party is baptized. The bishop has responded, saying that he wants time to think about the discussions and that he wants to consult with other bishops at the Anglican Church of Canada’s House of Bishops meeting next week before changing any policy.
The cost of bearing witness
October 20, 2007
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In February of 1920 – as Turks were massacring thousands of Armenian Christians in the city of Marash – my great-grandfather, another American, and two Arab Christians drove toward the city in a relief truck filled with supplies to help the victims and survivors. They were slain by Turks with orders to kill any Christians on the road.
The prayer of power
October 20, 2007
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A reading from Vida Dutton Scudder, the daughter of a Congregational missionary India who found in the Anglo-Catholicism of the Episcopal Church a vision of the world that offered hope. She wrote, “Social intercession may be the mightiest force in the world.”
UCC church barred from Angel Tree project
October 19, 2007
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Friends Congregational UCC in College Station, Texas, learned this summer that the church was disqualified from Prison Fellowship’s Angel Tree program, which encourages churches to buy Christmas presents for the children of inmates.
Kunonga must go, say provincial leaders
October 19, 2007
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(Continued from yesterday’s coverage, here.) The Living Church Foundation reports that leaders of the Anglican Province of Central Africa have told Rt. Rev. Norbert Kunonga,
Some Central Fla. parishes exploring disaffiliation scenarioes
October 19, 2007
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A news release from the Diocese of Central Florida reports that yesterday, the rectors and senior wardens of seven parishes of the Diocese of Central Florida and two church planters met with Bishop John W. Howe and representatives of the Diocese to discuss the possible scenarios by which all or part of the congregations may disaffiliate from The Episcopal Churc
Montreal synod to examine same-sex blessing issue
October 19, 2007
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The 148th Synod of the Diocese of Montreal convenes today, and it opens hot on the heels of Ottawa’s recent approval of a same-sex blessing option, as reported here. The issue is on the table for Montreal as well, as the Montreal Anglican notes.
Bishop candidates in Chicago
October 19, 2007
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The Chicago Tribune has bio capsules and information about regional appearances of the eight final candidates for Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Chicago: “The slate of nominees reflects the changing face of the nation’s Episcopal church, with three women and two Africans among those running. Before this election, no woman had been nominated for Episcopal bishop of Chicago.”
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