ACC meeting begins Saturday
May 1, 2009
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Updated. The 14th meeting of the Anglican Consultative Council in Kingston, Jamaica tomorrow and ends on May 13th.
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Social media and the Church
May 1, 2009
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One of our favorite blogging bishops, the Rt. Rev. Alan Wilson, describes the Diocese of Oxford’s Social Media Day which he recently chaired. He says that “the aim was to gather people working for the Church with an interest in communications, to scope the scene and its possibilities.”
Hate Crimes Bill and the Pulpit
May 1, 2009
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Would the passage of a federal hate crimes bill restrict the freedom of preachers to preach? That is the meme of some conservative Christians and right-wing politicians as the bill, named for Matthew Shepard, passed the House of Representatives yesterday.
Support for torture among the religious
May 1, 2009
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The Pew Research Center surveyed 742 Americans including white evangelicals, white non-Hispanic Catholics, white mainline Protestants and the religiously unaffiliated during the week of April 14-21 and found that 60% of evangelical churchgoers favored torture while only 40% of the unaffiliated agreed with them.
Poll finds more favor of gay marriage than oppose
May 1, 2009
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An ABC News-Washington Post poll shows that 49 percent support gay marriage in the US and 53 percent of those polled think that gay marriages held in other states should be honored in their own.
In search of justice in Kingston
May 1, 2009
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Savitiri Hensman notes that the Anglican Consultative Council meets to decide the future of the communion in one of the world’s most homophobic cities.
Ordinary people
May 1, 2009
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The disciples were simple people. They were ordinary folks who worked for a living, paid bills, and had to fulfill all the mundane responsibilities of life. Some were married and had to take care of those relationships properly. A few certainly must have had children. They had all the ingredients for the recipe of ordinary, everyday people. Just like us.
Power trip
May 1, 2009
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They claim that the Episcopal Church is nothing but a “voluntary association of equal dioceses.” They claim that dioceses are independent, and that bishops hold all of the power. They claim that the Presiding Bishop has no authority. In essence, what they are saying is that they do not belong to the greater community but rather are entities unto themselves, with all authority given to them.
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