DADT not a big deal for the troops
October 30, 2010
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News began to leak out during this past week that, when the troops serving the US in the field are asked whether it would matter
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Thoughts on government
October 30, 2010
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Like many scholars of today, Wyclif’s reputation for learning caused him to be called into government service. Popes had long claimed the right to tax clergy anywhere in the Western world. When, however, the papacy moved to France and came under the protection of the French Crown, the English began to feel that such taxes were taking their money to arm their enemies against them.
A center to promote civility in religion and politics
October 29, 2010
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Episcopal priest and former Republican Senator John C. Danforth has launched an academic center on the relationship between religion and politics at Washington University in St. Louis.
Xico elected Bishop for Southwestern Brazil
October 29, 2010
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The Diocese of Southwestern Brazil has elected a new bishop coadjutor.
Finances and the Executive Council
October 29, 2010
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Del Glover, Chair of the Finance Committee of the Executive Council of the Episcopal Church, writes about the recent Executive Council meeting and the 2011 budget just passed. Also, we post two documents that show us diocesan commitments to the Episcopal Church, their progress to date and their reported incomes.
A Deacon bridges cultures and religions
October 29, 2010
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Episcopal Life Online tells the story of the Rev. Fatima Yakubu-Madus, daughter of a Muslim imam, and her recent ordination as a deacon in the Episcopal Diocese of Indianapolis.
United against the Anglican Covenant
October 29, 2010
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Two English church groups have united against passage of the Anglican Covenant during next month’s General Synod. Meanwhile, Bishop Alan asks if anyone, anywhere can
A sacred space lost at VTS
October 29, 2010
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In particular, I have been watching and listening during this past week as students and alumni visited the campus and simply stood, gazing, in sad homage, at the charred beams where the chapel ceiling once was, open to the sky below the cross that still stands on the front of the chapel.
Be swift to love
October 29, 2010
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Life is short,
And we do not have much time
to gladden the hearts of those who
make the journey with us.
Giving to religious charities up, to churches down
October 28, 2010
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The 20th annual study by Empty Tomb Inc. reaffirmed a “long-term turning inward of congregations” exhibited by a dwindling share of church donations spent on benevolence and evangelism. It also found a dip in money given to churches during the 2008 recession, even while donations to religious organizations overall increased.
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