Chapel at General Convention
July 26, 2009
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Kimmler and Ade Creating Sacred Space
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Mourning a life lost in Uganda
July 26, 2009
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In 1976, the Sabune family lost their idealistic brother to the brutal dictatorship of Idi Amin in Uganda. The Philadelphia Inquirer reports how the family
And that’s the way it was
July 26, 2009
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On May 6, 1974, Cronkite’s newscast featured a segment on gay rights. “Part of the new morality of the ’60s and ’70s is a new attitude toward homosexuality,” Cronkite told his audience. “The homosexual men and women have organized to fight for acceptance and respectability. They’ve succeeded in winning equal rights under the law in many communities. But in the nation’s biggest city, the fight goes on, with the city council due to vote on the matter again this week.”
Icons of Resolve
July 26, 2009
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From Susan Russell’s blog: “A slide show of members of the Episcopal church, … icons of what this church can and will be as it
Thanking God for the C of E
July 26, 2009
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So why do I, who found the Anglican church so boring as a child that I flounced away at 13 never to go back, and who believes that religion is responsible for some of the biggest disasters in human history and some of the biggest threats to our planet, now love the Church of England? (The traditional Church of England, not its evangelical, Alpha-armed wing.) Why do I love it?
How will your church adjust to demographic realities?
July 26, 2009
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Part of what theological educators have to do is challenge the churches not to become imprisoned by a marketing culture. Otherwise, we will only plant new ministries in communities with middle class and upper middle class constituencies, where people can afford nice buildings and professionally trained ministers. We may even perpetuate the re-segregation of the church into ethnic and racial isolation.
Feeding of the multitudes
July 26, 2009
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Five loaves are then set before the multitudes, and broken. While the apostles are dividing them, a succession of newly created portions passes—they cannot tell how—through their hands. The loaf which they are dividing does not grow smaller and yet their hands are continually full of the pieces.
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