Day: November 10, 2010

Bishop Gene Robinson on NPR

In the seven years since he became a bishop, Robinson added, he has had cause to remember that “life is a gift and we are meant to be good stewards of that gift.

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40 years of women deputies at GC

Lueta E. Bailey, a resident of Griffin, Georgia, will be honored by Dr. Bonnie Anderson . . . In 1970, Bailey was one of the first women allowed a seat and a vote at a General Convention.

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Fighting about fighting poverty

“Proponents of the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD) say it exemplifies Jesus’ preference for the poor and downtrodden; opponents, including several bishops, say it funds left-wing activists, some of whom undermine church doctrine on homosexuality and abortion.”

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Unpaving a parking lot

St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, in Des Moines, began a renovation in October that will transform a parking area into a green space reminiscent of its original look.

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Veterans’ Day: Dad’s silence

My father was a Forward Observer for the 590th Field Artillery Battalion, a unit of the 106th ‘Golden Lions’ which fought in the WWII Battle of the Bulge. In dad’s war journal, written after he returned, are the following entries: December 16, 1944: All hell breaks loose. The next entry is dated April 4, 1945: We are freed.

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Bearing Christ

There is no doubt that the Son of God took our human nature into so close a union with himself that one and the same Christ is present, not only in the firstborn of all creation, but in all his saints as well. And so all that the Son of God did and taught for the world’s reconciliation is not for us simply a matter of past history. Here and now we experience his power at work among us.

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