Day: April 30, 2008

Tornado relief fund established

The Episcopal Church in Southern Virginia has set up a fund for immediate relief for victims of the tornado in the Suffolk area. An initial emergency relief fund of $10,000 from the diocese is being administered through St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Suffolk, Virginia.

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Not guilty by reason of nonexistence

A San Rafael minister who presided over several same-sex ceremonies didn’t violate Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) rules, because same-sex marriages don’t exist in the church, a church court ruled Tuesday.

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Asymmetric politics

It is an injustice, a legacy of the racist threads of this nation’s history, but prominent African-Americans are regularly called upon to explain or repudiate what other black Americans have to say, while white public figures are rarely, if ever, handed that burden. Senator John McCain has continued to embrace a prominent white supporter, Pastor John Hagee, whose bigotry matches that of Mr. Wright.

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Episcopal artists as they see themselves

Thirty-one artists contribute works of self-expression to the latest exhibition, Portraits of the Self, launched on the Episcopal Church & Visual Arts website this month. It is the first exhibit of 2008 and the 25th on the Episcopal artists’ website since the organization was inaugurated in 2000.

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Presiding Bishop writes to the House of Bishops

These are indeed difficult decisions that we at times are called to make, and I have no

doubt that all of us would wish things were different. We must respond to the situations

with which we are faced, compassionately but not naively, knowing that we make these

decisions not for ourselves alone but for the people whom we are called to shepherd and

oversee.

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Mother in Heaven

As I contemplated in awe the beauty of the little girl’s innocence, a horrifying thought suddenly came to my mind: “where are her parents?” I was not the only one to wonder where they were; within seconds the little child also realized that she was alone in the midst of strangers. Immediately the smile was erased from her face, and I she began to yell “Mommy, Mommy!”

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