The Archive
Year: 2010
2010: top 10 stories
from Episcopal Café
The end of the year is the time to list top 10 news stories, so your Lead team has come to a consensus on what we see as our top 10. We also have the stats for what our readers read and which stories gathered the most comments. What do you think?
Bibles: Ancient and Modern
UPDATED
…early editions [of the King James Bible] were vast tomes, to be placed on a lectern – unlike the tiny Tyndale Bible, made pocket-sized because it was contraband, banned by the church. When it comes to Bibles, size matters.
Holy Night of the Navajo
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Out of season
We are accustomed to a natural order of things, with seasons that follow each other in turn, with chores for each season, and beauty different to each season. We know that to do then; we know how to be summer people and how to be winter people.
Here is Where We Meet
“The dog down there is on too short a chain. Change it, lengthen it. Then he’ll be able to reach the shade, and he’ll lie down and he’ll stop barking. And the silence will remind the mother she wanted a canary in a cage in the kitchen. And when the canary sings, she’ll do more ironing. And the father’s shoulders in a freshly ironed shirt will ache less when he goes to work.”
The pastor as detective
Any clergy out there interested in sharing their initial experiences in their first post-seminary assignments? Any lay folks interested in sharing their experiences with newbie priests?
RPPI’s Top Ten for 2010
Americans are about 5 times more likely to give an “F” (24%) than an “A” (5%) to churches for their handling of homosexuality. Two-thirds see connections between messages coming from America’s churches and higher rates of suicide among gay and lesbian youth.
Help Matt’s Trees
Grandmere Mimi has called our attention to a deeply moving story, and challenged us to do something about it.
A few Bible-based info-graphics
Graphing out one epistle and three gospel readings.