Faith leaders condemn Republican budget proposals
March 12, 2013
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Faith leaders condemn Republican 2013 budget proposals.
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Talking God in a coffee shop
March 12, 2013
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A man in a coffee shop asks Bishop Tom Shaw: “Did anybody thank you for getting out of bed yet today, Tom?”
Colorado on verge of allowing same-sex civil unions
March 12, 2013
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The Denver Post reports: The Colorado House voted 39-26 Tuesday to allow gay couples to form civil unions despite protests from Republicans that the issue
Bishop Budde, Dean Hall featured in gun law reform PSA
March 12, 2013
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As Catholic leaders gather in Rome to select a new pope and as the Senate Judiciary Committee resumes its markup of gun bills, leaders of diverse faiths in the U.S. are taking action today to demand that Congress pass common-sense gun law reforms to prevent the gun violence that claims the lives of 33 Americans every day.
“I can will what is right, but I cannot do it”
March 12, 2013
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Confession is not a medicine leading to recovery. If we could recover – if we could say that beginning tomorrow or the week after next we would be well again – why then, all we would need to do would be apologize, not confess.
Jesus meets the women of Jerusalem
March 11, 2013
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The Anglican Church of Canada is producing videos of the Stations of the Cross. Today, the Rev. Scott McLeod reflects on the eighth Station of the Cross: Jesus meets the women of Jerusalem. He shares a story of how God worked through a chance encounter with a suffering woman.
Did funder influence outcome of study being used to fight marriage equality?
March 11, 2013
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The Witherspoon Institute recruited a professor from a major university to carry out a study that was designed to manipulate public policy. In communicating with donors about the research project, Witherspoon’s president clearly expected results unfavorable to the gay-marriage movement.
Bishop Tarrant speaks on ministering among the historically hated
March 11, 2013
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He said that over 50% of Episcopalians in South Dakota are Lakota, 60% of whom live below the poverty line. Unemployment is as high as 85%. He told several stories of contemporary Lakota women and men in his diocese, modern day Holy Women, Holy Men whose courage, perseverance and amazing generosity in such a difficult context are continually inspiring.
Bishop Martins: We are “processing some degree of anger”
March 11, 2013
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We reaffirmed our belief in the assertions of our amicus brief. We continue to believe that the polity of the Episcopal Church as characterized by the 2009 Bishops’ Statement on Polity is true and correct. We have not in any way backed away from this position. Yes, we acknowledged that it is “likely a minority view.” Indeed, it probably is at this time. But this does not make it any less true.
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