Day: May 8, 2008

The perils of the God Beat

If even Jesus could be divisive, what can be expected of the sinners who call themselves his followers? And how about his contemporary American disciples, who sport anonymous Internet handles and spend their days trolling blogs dedicated to the disparagement of other faiths?

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Reaching out to Rwandan women

In today’s Nashville Tennessean, Beverly Keel tells the story of the Rev. Becca Stevens, the Episcopal chaplain at Vanderbilt University, and rector of St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church, who has financed Magdalene, a ministry for women with a history of prostitution and addiction, by founding Thistle Farm, a succesful line of bath and body products

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An invitation

If you are going to be in the Washington D. C. area on June 7, please join us at the Diocese of Washington’s Evangelism Conference, featuring a keynote presentation by Brian McLaren, who gave a preview of his presentation in an interview with the Washington Window. You can register here.

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A gentle reminder

We promise not to go all PBS on you and raise money ’round the clock, but it is the fund raising season, and we ask your support of our work here at the Café. Please make an online contribution here.

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Rethinking Ascension

Perhaps the forty days the risen Jesus spent with his disciples points to an indefinite but considerable period of time following Jesus’ crucifixion in which the disciples experienced Jesus’ presence with them. They experienced Jesus in a new, radically different manner, a manner that the disciples did not know how to describe, a manner that transformed their despair over his death into the hope that built the Church.

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The Lord’s meaning

From the time that it was shown, I desired frequently to know what our Lord’s meaning was. And fifteen years after (and more) I was answered in spiritual understanding, saying thus:

“Wouldst thou know thy Lord’s meaning in this thing?

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