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Year: 2008

How far we have come

June 7, 2008 1 Comment

Colbert I. King, an op-ed columnist for the Washington Post, writes today about what he considers a remarkable week, imagining how mid-19th century Episcopal priest Alexander Crummell might view Obama’s nomination. But that’s perhaps the most visible development that would please Crummell, who, as an African American, founded two Episcopal parishes in the District of Columbia in the 19th century that continue to this day, nearly 150 years later.

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Looking back at a life well lived

June 7, 2008 1 Comment

A few short statements summed up the intellectual struggle that ended in a decision to offer myself to the ministry. One found in a Forward Movement publication was the idea that although I can’t do everything, I’m not going to let that get in the way of things I can do. Another was that life has a real meaning if all things that religion claims are true; if not true, life has no real meaning.

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Wisdom from the desert

June 7, 2008 No Comments

A brother said to a hermit, “How does the fear of God come into the soul?” He said, “If there is humility and poverty, and no judgment of others, the fear of God will be present there.”

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Muslim-Christian dialogue

June 6, 2008 No Comments

Over the last couple of days there’s been a series of statements issued by groups in London, Rome and Mecca from representatives of Christian churches and denominations and representatives of the Muslim World League.

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Obama, rhetoric and civil religion

June 6, 2008 1 Comment

Andrea Useem thinks she may have identified the wellspring of Barack Obama’s broadly acknowledged rhetorical brilliance. It isn’t so much that he is superb speaker but rather that he seems to have an instinctive ability to speak the patois of American Civil religion.

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Covenant Week at the Café

June 6, 2008 No Comments

Over this past week, we’ve been running articles written by different deputies to this coming General Convention about the proposed Anglican Covenant that is to be part of the discussion at the coming Lambeth Conference and, most likely, the next General Convention. We’ve collected all the links into a single post for your convenience.

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Bishop Shaw visit to Zimbabwe

June 6, 2008 No Comments

Bishop Tom Shaw, of the Diocese of Massachusetts has issued a statement of deep concern as a result of his unpublicized recent visit to Zimbabwe and the Anglicans worshiping in that part of the world. The concerns are urgent enough that Bishop Shaw is calling on Congress to ask the UN to intervene.

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