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Year: 2007

Mother Teresa’s labors of faith

September 2, 2007 2 Comments

To walk into the Home of the Dying Destitutes was like walking into Auschwitz at the end of World War II. All one could see were living skeletons, hollow bodies and pain. For that reason, Mother Teresa had instructed her volunteers to look to a wall that bore a crucifix with the words “I thirst” written beside it. These words reminded us that as we ministered to the dying, we would be ministering to Christ.

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Work and prayer

September 2, 2007 No Comments

If you are at your manual labor in your room and it comes time to pray, do not say: “I will use up my supply of branches or finish weaving the little basket, and then I will rise,” but rise immediately and render to God the prayer that is owed him.

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Eden by Sister Claire Joy

September 1, 2007 No Comments

I’ve always been (and am) intrigued with the story of Eden. I’ve brooded over it and written about it many times, trying to tease out

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Round-up

September 1, 2007 1 Comment

Tobias Haller announces an ambitious project. [W]hat I would like to begin to do in this and succeeding posts to this blog is to begin

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The passion of Sen. Craig

September 1, 2007 No Comments

The Café hasn’t kept up with all of the conversations engendered by the arrest of Sen. Larry Craig (R-Idaho), but Unitarian minister the Rev. Deborah

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Rebuilding New Orleans

September 1, 2007 1 Comment

In this video, Brad Powers, executive director of Jericho Road, speaks about the Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana’s housing initiative that transforms under-used land, rebuilds neighborhoods and empowers communities devastated by Hurricane Katrina.

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God’s image in every person

September 1, 2007 7 Comments

There are two areas in which explicit criticism of Pelagius does begin to emerge: his practice of teaching women to read Scripture and his conviction that in the newborn child the image of God is to be seen. These issues are clearly related, for the desire to educate women was rooted in Pelagius’ conviction that God’s image is to be found in every person, both male and female, and that the goodness of that image is nurtured and freed largely through the grace of wisdom.

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A living wage

August 31, 2007 3 Comments

For Labor Day weekend, a meditation on the spiritual importance of living wage legislation from Archdeacon Michael S. Kendall of the Episcopal Diocese of New York. And a brochure from the Episcopal Network for Economic Justice.

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