Day: January 25, 2013

A problematic equality

Mary Hunt, writing on Religion Dispatches, reflects on the elimination of the barrier to women serving in combat. She compares the move by the Pentagon with another institution that prevents women from serving in front-line roles–the Roman Catholic Church.

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The Presiding Bishop on South Carolina

When Episcopalians from the 19 South Carolina parishes and six worship groups that have not followed their former bishop gather this weekend, they will have a lot of work to do: re-organize their diocese, elect a provisional bishop, and, it appears, adopt a name or at least a working title.

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How to love a friend who is sick

We are all called to offer pastoral care to sick friends, loved ones and in our parishes, sometimes to folks we don’t know well. It’s important to be positive, not maudlin, and to consider what would really be most appreciated.

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Paul’s Conversion

For Paul, the life of sin is precisely the life-project of trying to make yourself worthy. It only brings anxiety and judgment.

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