“You can’t evangelize and antagonize at the same time!”
July 26, 2015
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Pastor Dewey E Smith recently preached about homosexuality at the House of Hope, Greater Travelers Rest Baptist Church in Decatur GA.
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Year: 2015
Understanding Anglicanism is a bit like assembling an IKEA bookcase
July 26, 2015
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Really, our theology is a bit like IKEA furniture, and nowhere is the IKEA-ness expressed best in the American church through General Convention. If you’ve ever put together anything from IKEA, you know that the instructions are short on words, big on pictures, and the expectation is that with these instructions, any of us can “go thou and do likewise.”
General Convention: a panoply of life’s richest experiences
July 26, 2015
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“What I’ve come to understand after attending General Convention three times is that the Episcopal Church is about as diverse a body of faithful people as a denomination can be and still consider itself to be one church.”
Popping Collars episode 22: the Dark Knight of the soul
July 26, 2015
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Betsy, Greg, Kyle, and Mike explore comic book mythology and discuss how it informs our use of biblical narratives in our churches.
Speaking to the Soul: Stormy seas
July 26, 2015
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The feeding of the multitude and Jesus’s path across the stormy seas are told as one story for a reason. On one side of the sea the multitude is fed and on the other side of the sea Jesus is revealed as one who transcends limits. In between is the sea filled with our confusion, our doubt, our insistence that we not be shaken too much in our understanding
Time for liberal religion to seize the moment
July 25, 2015
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The message of the religious right has receded, discredited by a new liberal spirit. And this should present an opening for liberal religion to gain ground among young Americans.
Church of England consecrates first female diocesan bishop
July 25, 2015
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Wednesday, 22 JUL 2015, was a day of historic firsts. The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Revd Justin Welby consecrated the first women to be made bishops from the Church of England’s historic heart, Canterbury Cathedral. He also consecrated the Church of England’s first female diocesan bishop.
Roman Catholic Diocese in Limburg Germany seeks to recoup its losses from the former “bishop of bling”
July 25, 2015
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The Roman diocese in Limburg Germany now has a recently renovated diocesan center which includes a bishop’s residence that secretly cost twice what it was publicly stated to cost. The renovation cost about $11 million. Renovations to the bishop’s residence, the diocesan center and the diocesan seminary in total cost about $34 million.
Speaking to the Soul: St James the Greater
July 25, 2015
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The disciples had no idea where the simple words “Come follow me” could lead them but they followed anyway. The Jesus way was a life changing internal and spiritual journey that would take a lifetime.
Faith Reels: ‘Trainwreck’ …life, love, and its consequences
July 24, 2015
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The film is a simple exploration of primarily white, upper middle class, mainstream “C” generation individual and family values. The only thing that is subtle in this film is God’s appearance in the form of intimacy, developing trust, forgiveness and reconciliation and redemption.
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