Where’s the conversation?
August 22, 2007
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Elvis asked for a “little less conversation, a little more action please.” The moderator of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), the Rev. Joan S. Gray, asks
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i don’t pay, i get paid
August 22, 2007
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The Church by the Glades has been in the news lately. First, a few days ago it was running near the top of the Squidoo’s
Nigeria and HIV testing
August 22, 2007
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Different Christian denominations in Nigeria have come to different conclusions about whether to make the test for HIV compulsory as a condition for marriage.
A more personal and interactive giving experience
August 22, 2007
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Social networking tools on the internet are providing new ways of giving and getting involved. “You can donate money to a charity, but it seems like it just goes into a pile and you never know what really goes on there,” says Mr. Alamo. “With Kiva, you just pick someone out and lend to them directly and watch what they do and how they succeed. That was the main appeal.”
How sweet the Lord is
August 22, 2007
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Humanity’s frequent needs make it necessary for us to call upon God often, and to taste by frequent contact, and to discover by tasting how sweet the Lord is. It is in this way that the taste of His own sweetness leads us to love God in purity more than our need alone would prompt us to do.
Time redeemed
August 22, 2007
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Is time really “unredeemable,” as the poet, TS Eliot, appears to suggest? Is the past – our lives, relationships, decisions – lost to us forever? Only in the sense that these things have a fixed and unchanging identity, or only if we allow ourselves to be trapped in them.
Wales bill to allow ordination of women bishops criticized
August 21, 2007
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The safeguards for those opposed to women priests were unclear. “While we could no doubt expect sincere expressions of goodwill, sympathy, etc. at the time of the Bill being passed, nothing would be spelt out about provision for us until a woman was actually on the point of being consecrated,” he said.
Lambeth library goes online
August 21, 2007
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Lambeth library will join COPAC, which gives free access to the merged online catalogues of major University and National Libraries in the UK and Ireland, including the British Library.
Hard Gospel on TV in Ireland
August 21, 2007
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Hard Gospel is a commitment by the Church of Ireland to examine not only the challenges of faith which arise for Christians in the “vertical” relationship in loving God but also the practical implications for the outworking of faith in “horizontal” relationships as expressed in Christ’s command to “love your neighbour”.
Diocese of Maine uses online interview videos
August 21, 2007
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The Diocese of Maine is using an innovative method of communicating information about the candidates for their next bishop. Besides the standard question and answer essays, the diocese has provided online interview videos of each candidate.
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