Love, the guest is on the way
December 24, 2009
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Today I will clean clutter out of rooms
Push sofas up against the wall
Begin the preparations for a feast.
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Divine descent
December 24, 2009
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The “good news of great joy” of which the angels sang is that God is not aloof or remote. In that single word, Immanuel, resides the essence of what Christians believe happened at the birth of Jesus. In a divine descent,
Pope Pius XII moves closer to sainthood
December 23, 2009
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The Vatican said Wednesday that Pope Benedict XVI’s decision moving the wartime pope Pius XII closer to sainthood was not a “hostile act” against those who believe Pius did not do enough to stop the Holocaust.
Naughty or nice?
December 23, 2009
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The alternatives explain 99.5% of the difference in per capita income between the U.S. and Somalia.
Bishop Sisk on the Ugandan bill
December 23, 2009
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For a Christian, no matter how many carefully culled Bible passages might be cited, no matter how lofty the spokesperson, there are no circumstances whatsoever that justify such oppression. The Anglican Communion is clearly on record supporting this view. Among others, I make reference to the actions of several Lambeth Conferences as well as to statements from the Primates Meetings, most recently their Dromantine Communiqué of 2005.
That didn’t last long
December 23, 2009
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Ugandans at an anti-gay protest in Kampala held up “Barack Omaba Back Off” signs. Ssempa said: “They (the task force) have condemned the efforts of the American president, Barrack Obama, and Hilary Clinton, for using the pulpit of the White House to preach a gospel of sodomy.”
Views on the covenant
December 23, 2009
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Go forward in your time machine to a few years from now and imagine seeing on eBay or Trade Me: “For Sale, one partly used Anglican Covenant – owner hoping to recoup at least some of the significant amount of money and hope invested in it. – Bosco Peters
Diocese of Virginia and friends file briefs
December 23, 2009
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Joining in supporting the diocese in its case before the Virginia Supreme Court are its sister dioceses, the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty, the African Methodist Episcopal Church, the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, the United Methodist Church, the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, the Presbyterian Church (USA), the Church of Brethren, and the Seventh-Day Adventists.
Revisiting the Family and Uganda
December 23, 2009
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A member of The Family in the U.S. says that members of The Family in Uganda were against the anti-homosexuals bill even before it was introduced.
Transfigured in robes of white
December 23, 2009
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The snow of last week blanketed the Cathedral Shrine of the Transfiguration in white.
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