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Day: January 15, 2008

Review committee says Bishop Duncan has abandoned communion

January 15, 2008 1 Comment

The Episcopal Church’s Title IV Review Committee has certified that Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh Bishop Robert Duncan has abandoned the communion of the church but the three senior bishops have not agreed to his inhibition. By canon, with or without an inhibition, the House of Bishops acts on the abandonment charge at their next regular or special meeting after the 60 days for recanting has elapsed.

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Spiritual life without church

January 15, 2008 No Comments

According to a recent survey adults who do not attend church are cultivating their spiritual life through retreats, prayer, meditation and other spiritual practices. USAToday

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Reconciliation Village in Rwanda

January 15, 2008 No Comments

The village is the brainchild of Pastor Steven Gahigi, an Anglican clergyman who survived the genocide by fleeing to Burundi with his wife and two children. His mother, father and siblings all died and Gahigi thought he had lost his ability to forgive.

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Faith and the Supremes

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Ruth Bader Ginsburg said that while being a Jew does not affect her view of the law, “being part of a minority, I know what it is like to be an outsider, what it’s like to be the victim of prejudice.”

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Lambeth to launch on Monday

January 15, 2008 2 Comments

The Lambeth Conference is underway with the first event to be held next week. The media received the following invitation for January 21. Official Launch

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Who is the faithiest of them all?

January 15, 2008 No Comments

Will the uneasy merger of church and state known as faith-based initiatives survive into the next administration? A Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life examination of the candidates says yes. Every major candidate is in favor of some version of the program. But others say there are signs the program is weakening.

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The second-to-last supper

January 15, 2008 3 Comments

At stake in many of the debates in the church and culture is the question of whether a woman can represent humanity. That issue lies behind the question, “Is America ready for a Woman President?” It hovers over many of the discussions around the still-contested issue of women in the priesthood and the episcopate.

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Martin Luther King, Jr.

January 15, 2008 No Comments

It was not until I became part of the leadership of the Montgomery bus protest that I was actually confronted with the trials of life. Almost immediately after the protest had been undertaken, we began to receive threatening telephone calls and letters in our home.

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