The Archive

Day: August 19, 2010

Learning to speak Christian

August 19, 2010 5 Comments

Dr. Stanley Hauerwas: “In truth, I have only come recently to understand that what I have been doing for many years has been teaching people how to talk.”

Episcopalians’ views on the NYC Islamic Cultural Center

August 19, 2010 4 Comments

The Episcopal Church is a member of the Interfaith Relations Commission of the National Council of Churches which issued a statement defending the right of

20-somethings. What is the church doing?

August 19, 2010 6 Comments

… a young man hangs up his new Ph.D. in his boyhood bedroom, the cardboard box at his feet signaling his plans to move back home now that he’s officially overqualified for a job. In the doorway stand his parents, their expressions a mix of resignation, worry, annoyance and perplexity: how exactly did this happen?

Church building fund responds to new challenges

August 19, 2010 No Comments

To make loans more feasible for small congregations, the building fund said in a press release, it has increased loan amounts to $500,000, and the term may now be extended up to 15 years.

The holiness of spiritual journey

August 19, 2010 5 Comments

Do you need to leave home to experience the holy? The Washington Post’s “On Faith” column takes on the question of leaving home and going on pilgrimage to experience the holy. How does your spiritual tradition take on the practice of pilgrimage, of spiritual journey?

Are human beings outsiders on this earth?

August 19, 2010 6 Comments

“Human beings are the only species in the world which no other species actually needs.” That is to say, the bear needs the fish, the fish need smaller fish, the beaver need the foliage, etc., etc. But no other species actually needs human beings for their existence.

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