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April 17, 2010
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As a nun said to me this week, if a woman had been sitting beside a bishop transferring a priest with a history of abuse, she would have said: “Hey, wait a minute!”
The Archive
Day: April 17, 2010
Many unchurched hurt by church
April 17, 2010
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Barna’s study among unchurched adults shows that nearly four out of every ten non-churchgoing Americans (37%) said they avoid churches because of negative past experiences in churches or with church people.
An update on the Virginia property hearing
April 17, 2010
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There are seven justices on the Virginia Supreme Court. Only five heard the case. For the purposes of declaring 57-9 unconstitutional four of those would have to agree with the diocese. But the diocese also argues the statute does not apply. And the justices were most interested in probing the attorneys for both sides on the facts of the case, and whether the statute was even relevant.
Saturday Collection 04/17/2010
April 17, 2010
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The news on Episcopal parishes some weeks determines the theme: this week that theme is parish decline, transition, survival and recovery — transitions brought on
An occasion for gay bashing and scapegoating.
April 17, 2010
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Ordained while gay — it’s the new driving while black. In a revealing campaign, Anglican Mainstream seeks to persuade you that sex with children reveals
NIH director disturbed by anti gay group’s distortions
April 17, 2010
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“It is disturbing for me to see special interest groups distort my scientific observations to make a point against homosexuality. The American College of Pediatricians pulled language out of context from a book I wrote in 2006 to support an ideology that can cause unnecessary anguish and encourage prejudice. The information they present is misleading and incorrect, and it is particularly troubling that they are distributing it in a way that will confuse school children and their parents.”
Practicing resurrection
April 17, 2010
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I didn’t know where I was going, but I headed south and ended up at the Bosque del Apache. When I got out there, the light was turning to evening. I drove out to one of the dikes, and then pulled over and parked. None of the fancy birds were left: the sandhill cranes were gone as well as the snow geese. But there were red-winged blackbirds, Canada geese, and ducks, making their soft sounds.
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