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Day: October 11, 2008

Remembering Matthew Shepard

October 11, 2008 1 Comment

Tomorrow marks the 10th anniversary of the death of Matthew Shepard, a young gay man from Casper, Wyoming, who was severely beaten, tied to a fence and left to die in a remote area east of Laramie, where he was attending college. The Rev. Susan Russell points us to a remembrance and reflection from her colleague the Rev. Michael Hopkins, who knew Shepard personally and was president of IntegrityUSA at the time of Shepard’s death.

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The culture war and politics

October 11, 2008 No Comments

The Pew Forum features Yuval Levin and Todd Gitlin exploring the idea that there is always a cultural war behind US politics. Although with slightly different descriptions of the “war” both see it as longstanding and foundational in the US.

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It’s actually rather pleasant

October 11, 2008 1 Comment

“Has Rowan Williams actually been to a service in an Episcopal church since he became Arch­bishop?” a friend asked me re­cently. Perhaps he has, but I could not think of an occasion.

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“Christian-Muslim” priest to be defrocked

October 11, 2008 6 Comments

In a letter mailed last week to national and local church leaders, Bishop Geralyn Wolf of Rhode Island, who has disciplinary authority over the Seattle priest, said a church committee had determined that the Rev. Ann Holmes Redding “abandoned the Communion of the Episcopal Church by formal admission into a religious body not in communion with the Episcopal Church.”

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Beyond “fair”

October 11, 2008 1 Comment

The love of God is not fair. No, the love of God is not fair. It’s more than that, it’s enormous, it’s gracious, it’s true, no matter what. Paul knows this. He writes about the love of God from prison, and while he knows that neither life nor the love of God are fair, they are indeed much more important than that.

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Evangelism: a spiritual practice

October 11, 2008 1 Comment

Evangelism is fundamentally a spiritual practice, as important to our spiritual health as prayer, worship, fellowship, and study. As such, evangelism is not simply an act or a set of Christian techniques. It is not a programmatic effort or a formulaic recitation of a memorized speech.

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