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Day: August 18, 2010

Asking the folks in the pew about “The Crisis”

August 18, 2010 2 Comments

These expressions of uncertainty gesture towards the relative lack of immediacy that relationships in the Communion (as compared to those in their local parishes or, in some cases, dioceses) held for most respondents. Events in the Communion of course had implications locally, but parishioners rarely engaged with issues at the Communion level as such, with these engagements being seen primarily as an activity for bishops.

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Alaskans say farewells to Senator Stevens

August 18, 2010 No Comments

At 9 a.m., a joint military honor guard was assembled outside All Saints Episcopal Church. Stevens’ widow, Catherine, his six children and some of his 11 grandchildren were paying their respects. By 10 a.m., mourners had formed a line waiting to enter the church.

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Bennison repeats intention to stay

August 18, 2010 14 Comments

Matis, president of the standing committee, declined Tuesday to speculate on future relations between Bennison and the committee. When it became apparent in their meeting that Bennison intended to stay, Matis said, committee members did not broach the question of resignation, but instead “updated him on issues relating to the diocese.”

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Complementary truths

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My own firm conviction is that the variant conceptions of the Gospel in the New Testament, so far from being different gospels, are consistent and mutually completive aspects of the one and only Gospel. In proportion as we conceive the Gospel of God in its entirety and in its immensity, in just that degree do all scriptural,

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