Hope for the first 100 days
December 16, 2008
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The PBS program Religion and Ethics Weekly is asking a range of religious leaders what they most hope for in the first 100 days of
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Bishop Ely interviewed on Vermont Public Radio
December 16, 2008
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Bishop of Vermont, The Rt. Rev. Tom Ely, was on Vermont Public Radio, Monday, December 15, where he spoke about current events in the Anglican Communion, various initiatives of the diocese of Vermont such as the Millennium Development Goals, support for the church and people in El Salvador and the Sudan, and environmental activism.
PB to address National Press Club today
December 16, 2008
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The Most Rev. Dr. Katharine Jefferts Schori, Presiding Bishop and Primate of the Episcopal Church, will address the National Press Club today at noon on
Christmas message from the ABC
December 16, 2008
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Human beings, left to themselves, have imagined God in all sorts of shapes; but – although there were one or two instances, in Ancient Greece and Ancient Egypt, of gods being pictured as boys – it took Christianity to introduce the world to the idea of God in the form of a baby…. If you stop to think about it, it is still shocking. And it is also deeply challenging.
Mass-produced madness
December 16, 2008
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These products generally come from far away lands, and often look better, and “more real” than their hand-made and unique predecessors. Nevertheless, they do not point to any real past, and are the mere sub-product of industrial plants built only a few years ago. Human rights concerns, and the depletion of local companies, which cannot compete against the cheaper imports, are also issues that must be addressed, especially by people of faith.
Mystery unsearchable
December 16, 2008
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It surpasses all thought, it amazes, it confounds, to think of God becoming man; the Infinite enshrined within the finite, the Lord of all blended with His servant, the Creator with His creature! It is a depth of mystery unsearchable. We must shrink with awe when we pronounce it.
The invention of Christmas
December 15, 2008
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“Age-old” Christmas traditions that we take for granted grew out the invention of rapid and reliable transportation, improvements in printing and postal technologies, mass marketing, the rise of the middle class. It also had the help of some inventive writers like Charles Dickens, Washington Irving and Clement Clarke Moore.
GPS finds fugitive figurines
December 15, 2008
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Not long ago, someone took the baby Jesus from a public nativity display and replaced him with a pumpkin. Instead of tying the Christ child’s wrist to a manger with a bicycle chain, churches and synagogues are using GPS chips to track down stolen religious ornaments.
Amazing grace all over the place
December 15, 2008
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What started as an orientation exercise for a national communications committee has turned into an unprecedented display of unity and generosity by thousands of members of the Anglican Church of Canada in congregations right across the country.
Pittsburgh and Quincy reorganize
December 15, 2008
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Lionel Deimel shares a personal account of the special convention in Pittsburgh last weekend and The Diocese of Quincy has formed a steering committee to plan for their future and are planning a special synod (convention) for February.
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