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November 18, 2009
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Day: November 18, 2009
Canada speaks while others are silent
November 18, 2009
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The Anglican Church of Canada is, to our knowledge, the first province of the Anglican Communion to express its opposition to draconian anti-gay law under consideration by the Ugandan Parliament. The provincial secretary of the Church of Uganda has expressed support for the legislation, while suggesting that executing people for having sex was perhaps going a bit far.
How the U. S. right promotes homophobia in Africa
November 18, 2009
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Sexual minorities in Africa have become collateral damage to our domestic conflicts and culture wars as U.S. conservative evangelicals and those opposing gay pastors and bishops within mainline Protestant denominations woo Africans in their American fight, a groundbreaking investigation by Political Research Associates (PRA) discovered.
Come for Christmas, an advertisement with an edge
November 18, 2009
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If you are in a room with 99 other randomly selected people, you are the Episcopalian. To double the size of the church, you need to lead one other person out of that room with you. Is the best strategy to offer a generalized message aimed at appealing, if mildly, to as many people as possible? Or is it better to differentiate yourself as clearly as possible from other churches?
Homosexuality no factor in abusive priests
November 18, 2009
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AP reports: A preliminary report commissioned by the nation’s Roman Catholic bishops to investigate the clergy sex abuse scandal has found no evidence that gay priests are more likely than heterosexual clergy to molest children, the lead authors of the study said Tuesday.
Seminary of the Southwest to cut 12 staff positions
November 18, 2009
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Twelve staff positions will be cut as the Seminary of the Southwest attempts to trim $1 million from its operating budget. A source close to those in the restructuring effort said no faculty members are losing their jobs, and the curriculum would not be affected.
Encountering The Examen
November 18, 2009
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That same session, my director handed me a sheet of paper entitled “Ignatius’ 5 Step Daily Consciousness or ‘Awareness’ Examen.” “Pray these steps every night for the next month,” she said, “and write them down if writing makes you focus better.” This was a prescription for soul medicine, and, in my desperation, I saw it as a cure.
Matter matters
November 18, 2009
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This question of the Benedictine and the Celtic traditions is a fascinating subject to explore, for it would seem at first glance so apparent that here we have two traditions that are extremely unalike. We have the Benedictine tradition, nurtured within the confines of the Roman Empire—
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