Weekend Roundup for Oct 19
October 19, 2019
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#SundaySelfie, woodpeckers in church, and ghosts – it’s our weekend roundup!
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Year: 2019
Bishop Curry to Preach in Fond du Lac
October 18, 2019
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The FDL Reporter notes that Presiding Bishop Michael Curry is coming to Wisconsin as part of the Way of Love series of revivals this weekend.
Running on Idle
October 18, 2019
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“Another option, instead of replaying chosen memories, is to use intentional prayer as a focus. That turns my attention away from the tapes my brain wants to run and towards thinking about God and ways that my relationship with God can help me work in the world.”
Prayer Changes Things
October 17, 2019
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“Prayer changes things – starting with the person who does the praying. Prayer changes things by giving the one who prays a chance to both speak and listen to the presence and support of God in that person’s life.”
An autumn prayer
October 16, 2019
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There may be a fever of prayerful activity, “raging against the dying of the light,” trying to stave off the coldness to come. They are symptoms of the southerning sun. Soon, some of us know, our prayers will be those of sleepwalkers, slow to respond to the promptings and proddings of the Spirit, fumbling and in danger of falling.
Episcopal Churches in Germany respond to Yom Kippur attack
October 15, 2019
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“We are … keenly aware of the long and grievous history of the church in denying its historic connection to the Jewish people, and in failing to speak with moral clarity when Jewish communities have been singled out for discrimination and violence. … We will not fail to remind our communities of the profound errors of the past, when the church made easy alliance with the evils of white supremacy and nationalism.”
Joyful Worship
October 15, 2019
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“I have a snapshot of my children dancing and twirling in the aisles of the church. The organ and piano were playing and the congregation was singing. The kids didn’t know the words to the song but they used their bodies to share in the good news it proclaimed. Both of them had smiles that lit up the room; so palpable was their joy.”
Sydney Archbishop addresses Synod for final time
October 14, 2019
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Glenn Davies lauds breakaway group in neighboring New Zealand, while decrying those who would breach fellowship in favor of marriage equality
Hitting the Road for Jesus
October 14, 2019
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“I find it a hard truth that not everybody is going to like me, and what I find most painful is the periodic insight that people whom I have loved and trusted don’t know me at all and I feel like a projection of their reality, thus diminishing my own.”
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