Day: February 9, 2011

Romania cracks down on witches

There’s more bad news in the cards for Romania’s beleaguered witches. A month after Romanian authorities began taxing them for their trade, the country’s soothsayers and fortune tellers are cursing a new bill that threatens fines or even prison if their predictions don’t come true.

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Students act creatively for the MDGs

Max Bevan, a lifelong Episcopalian from New Jersey, and Kiyo Egashira of Washington state took a development economics class and read Sachs’ book “The End of Poverty” while studying abroad last semester. They began talking about how much Sachs’ book influenced their perception of the “poverty trap” in Africa and how “the way he approached the solution seemed feasible,” Bevan recalled.

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General Seminary to sell property to raise funds

After being battered by the financial downturn and declining enrollment, the General Theological Seminary in Chelsea is attempting a financial turnaround, aiming to eliminate $41 million of debt and to rejuvenate its depleted endowment fund.

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Leveraging Facebook for Churches

“we looked at why it’s important for churches to leverage the power of Facebook’s news feed. There was a lot to discuss and think about, but now that you’ve come to terms with its importance, let’s dive right into ways you can start getting the most out of the news feed.”

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Atlanta Bishop Neil Alexander to step aside in 2012

When Alexander, 57, was elected 10 years ago as the ninth bishop of Atlanta, he left behind an extensive career in theological education, including service at two Episcopal seminaries. “I am richly blessed,” he said. “These years in the Diocese of Atlanta have been a wonderful season in my vocation.”

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The literally life giving power of stories

In “Storytelling,” a team was looking for a way to provide both information and encouragement for changes in behavior for African Americans with hypertension. African Americans are more likely to have high blood pressure, less likely to get it under control, and more likely to have serious complications. The team thought of storytelling.

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Seeking truth

Whether you seek ultimate truth externally (through the propositions of Scriptures you presume to be inerrant) or internally (through the deep spiritual experiences you presume to be universal), whatever you end up with HAS to be a little wrong

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