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Day: March 26, 2008

Court rules for diocese

March 26, 2008 No Comments

The court noted that St. James petitioned the New York state legislature in 1793 to be allowed to incorporate as a parish of the Episcopal Church. It explicitly rejected the dissidents’ arguments in this case that the Episcopal Church is not really hierarchical. The term hierarchical, in this sense, means that parishes are subject to the constitution, canons, rules and decisions of their dioceses and of the Episcopal Church.

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The God-o-Meter project

March 26, 2008 No Comments

Beliefnet, in partnership with TIME, has created a God-o-Meter (pronounced gah-DOM-meter) for presidential candidates. Said to be a “scientific measure of God-talk in the election”, the meter ranges from 0 (secularist) to 10 (theocrat).

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Diocese of Los Angeles partners with former Broadcom exec

March 26, 2008 No Comments

In addition to the academic centers for low-income students, Nicholas’ foundation in partnership with the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles plans to open “entrepreneurial centers” to provide inner-city businesses in the food services industry with facilities, accounting expertise, training and distribution channels.

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Reality of intolerance continued

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“I thought they were going to kill me there and then. While beating me they were shouting: ‘You notorious homosexual, you think can run away from us for your notorious group to cause more abomination in our land?’ Those who attacked me were well informed about us so I suspect an insider or one of the leaders of our Anglican church have hands in this attack”

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The meetings will continue…

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…until there is an improvement in morale. We’ve not kept up with the various meeting announcements from the Global South steering committee, The Network and

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“To Win the New Asia for Christ”

March 26, 2008 3 Comments

After witnessing the vitality and diversity of religious expressions in Asia, the Global South Anglican advocacy group’s claims to be representative voices of this vast segment of the developing world appear increasingly thin. Nor does the oft-invoked North/South divide hold up under scrutiny. Instead, a careful look at different countries reveals multiple social, ethnic, and religious groups defying easy generalization.

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Each day is Easter

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Easter is not merely an event of long ago. It is not only the celebration of divine desire to be at one with humankind. It is not only the renewal of the cosmos. Nor is it simply our kindled hope for what is promised us.

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