Black ministers circle the wagons for Senator Burris
March 4, 2009
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Chicago Tribune political columnist Clarence Page says racial interests appear to be outweighing ethical concerns.
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Dobson steps aside
March 4, 2009
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James Dobson is done. Jerry Falwell and D. James Kennedy have passed away. Billy Graham is ailing. Pat Robertson is nearly 80 and has been relegated to sideshow status.The Republican Party isn’t the only far-right institution with a leadership vacuum.
TEC dioceses expanding relationships with Episcopal Church of the Sudan
March 4, 2009
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As was reported here last month, a mission team from the Episcopal Church traveled to Southern Sudan. The purpose of the trip was to do groundwork for the expansion of diocese to diocese relationships. We now have reports on how things went.
Good News for chocolate egg lovers
March 4, 2009
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Cadbury commits to going Fairtrade. Church Times Blog has a roundup of reports.
Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth seeks orderly transfer of assets
March 4, 2009
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The Standing Committee of the Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth along with the Rt. Rev. Edwin F. Gulick Jr., provisional bishop of the diocese, authorized a letter be sent to the attorneys working with the former bishop, the Rt. Rev. Jack L. Iker.
Diocese of Ottawa to write liturgy for same-sex blessings
March 4, 2009
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I am appointing a Doctrine and Worship Committee … to create a liturgy, appropriate protocols and procedures and an evaluative process. This will determine whether or not the blessing of same-gender couples civilly married will become a practice among supportive parishes within the Diocese of Ottawa…. – Bishop John Chapman
Prop 8 to be argued in court tomorrow
March 4, 2009
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Emma Ruby-Sachs gives a preview of what we can expect to hear in the oral arguments before the California Supreme Court concerning Proposition 8:
The wisdom of jailed prophets
March 4, 2009
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Henri Nouwen: Writing about the spiritual life is like taking prints from negatives… Often it is the dark forest that makes us speak about the open field. Frequently it is prison that makes us think about freedom, hunger helps us to appreciate food and war gives us words for peace.”
From the Welsh church
March 4, 2009
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Pilgrim, faint and tempest-beaten,
Lift thy gaze, behold and know
Christ the Lamb, our Mediator,
Robed in vestments trailing low;
Faithfulness his golden girdle;
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