Day: February 25, 2011

Digital Sabbath

It’s late Friday afternoon. Lent is a bit more than a week away. It’s an excellent time to start thinking about Sabbath; what we might

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Religious and political leaders reflect on shifts in marriage law this week

It’s been a whirlwind week of good news for people in the religious community who have been fighting to make same-sex marriage legal in the United States. Episcopal priest Canon Susan Russell was on NPR yesterday along with Southern Baptist Convention leader Richard Land and host Barbara Bradley Hagerty, among others, to talk about what is happening.

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Minns gets reassurance from Okoh

Bishop Minns heard from both Archbishop Nicholas Okoh and Registrar Abraham Yisa who were surprised to see a recent report in the Nigerian media that Okoh said that CANA is no longer part of the Church of Nigeria. Bishop Minns is not said to be surprised.

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Update from New Zealand

There’s more news of the recovery efforts in New Zealand following the series of earthquakes in Christchurch. Early reports that there may have been as many as 22 people killed in the collapse of the city’s Anglican cathedral have sadly been confirmed.

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The class of the reunion

Our high school graduating class of 1960 voted Twink and Tommy “best dancers.” He has spent the ensuing decades dancing around the law on death row as a convicted criminal for two murders. More than once, he has been within hours of execution only to have the execution delayed by appeals.

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In our own language

John Roberts soon settled to a very primitive way of life. The Indians were very poor and he was kept very busy with the two tribes on the Reservation. The Shoshones were Mountain Indians and the Arapahoe were Plains Indians and they were not very friendly towards each other. Fort Washakie was about 20 miles from where the Arapahoes lived. The Shoshones were settled around Fort Washakie.

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