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Year: 2009

Statement of Bishop Suheil Dawani of Jerusalem on the fighting in Gaza

January 7, 2009 No Comments

At a time when great tragedy is occurring in the Holy Land in Gaza, I want to share some insight into what we are experiencing on a moment to moment basis. Our Diocese has one of 11 hospitals serving a population of 1.5 million residents in the Gaza Strip. The Al Ahli Arab (Anglican) Hospital has been in operation for over 100 years and has a very dedicated medical staff of doctors, nurses, technicians and general services personnel.

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Tutu interviewed about the African in Obama

January 7, 2009 No Comments

The African in him is the one who is making him ask, “What is the consensus?” That’s the African way at its best. The good leader in Africa is the leader who keeps quiet and lets others speak and then says at the end, “I have heard you all, and this is our mind.”

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Israeli-Hamas conflict: Just war?

January 7, 2009 1 Comment

The bombing of densely populated areas, however accurate, is certain to cause the deaths of many innocents. How then can it be defended? In what important way is it different from Arab murders of Israeli women and children?

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Practicing my “other religion”

January 7, 2009 13 Comments

Is our church culture too expert-driven and so focused on what we know and what we’ve been taught that it separates us from the learning opportunities (and confusion and frustration) that come with real practice?

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Wise worshipers

January 7, 2009 No Comments

The mysterious “wise men” from the East caught popular Christian fancy earlier and more often then did Luke’s rather pedestrian shepherds-visitors to Bethlehem. In the Protoevangelium of James (second century) only magi come to pay homage at the Bethlehem cave—an interesting mixture of Matthew and Luke.

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Will Church of the Saviour die to be re-born?

January 6, 2009 3 Comments

Things will change, but it’s not clear how. Will the faith communities ultimately become totally separate? Will another leader appear? Will the mission groups remain faith-driven, or will secular nonprofit people eventually take them over? We always say things shouldn’t be maintained just for the sake of history, but this is our biggest transition yet.

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Alert on Gaza from Public Policy Network and ER-D

January 6, 2009 1 Comment

Because of the continuing siege in Gaza and its devastating toll, EPPN is doing a second alert regarding the Middle East. EPPN is asking that you send the Presiding Bishop’s statement of January 5th to your Member of Congress. The 111th Congress has just been seated and it is important that they hear from you now on the situation in the Holy Land.

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The Ten Worst Habits of Preachers

January 6, 2009 2 Comments

Michael Jensen of Sydney, Australia, keeps the “The Blogging Parson” wherein he frequently discusses the art and craft of preaching. In this post, he names ten things preachers often inflict on hearers.

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