Restructuring principles for the church Part 2
February 20, 2013
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by George Clifford Ethical Musings.
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Protesting yoga in school
February 19, 2013
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When is touching your toes just touching your toes and when is it teaching Hinduism, and what about Bible study? Katherine Stewart writes at
But will she wear her mitre?
February 19, 2013
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The Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori will attend the enthronement of the new Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby. From
Deja vu all over again?
February 19, 2013
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Diocese of Sheffield: re ordination in Kenya. “This came as a total surprise as we had no prior knowledge or communication regarding this.”
Save Me From Myself
February 19, 2013
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The way You have laid open before me is an easy way, compared with the hard way of my own will which leads back to Egypt, and to bricks without straw. If you allow people to praise me, I shall worry even less, but be glad. If You send me work I shall embrace it with joy and it will be rest to me, because it is Your will. And if You send me rest, I will rest in You.
A GOP dilemma: how to reach young people without alienating evangelicals
February 19, 2013
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Again and again, Draper quotes conservative twenty-somethings as gung-ho for libertarian economics but wanting no part of GOP moral crusades. As he remarks in a “behind-the-story” interview, “[N]early all of them believe that the party is fighting a losing battle on gay marriage and should adopt a kinder, gentler approach to other incendiary social issues like abortion.” Being anti-science doesn’t help either.
Are nice people killing churches?
February 18, 2013
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Nice people keep people on their teams well after the work has surpassed their capacity. This not only slows the mission but it exposes the weaknesses of and hurts the very person they’re trying to protect.
Why are Episcopalians so fond of Downton Abbey?
February 18, 2013
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Anecodtal evidence, and my twitter stream, suggests that Episcopalians are disproportionately fond of Downtown Abbbey, which ended its third season last night. Why is that?
An opening statement from the Task Force for Re-imagining the Episcopal Church
February 18, 2013
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We have started the process of developing an engagement strategy that will enable us to live into our commitment to transparency while preserving the sanctity of holy conversation. We further aim not only to provide a window into our work, but to provoke a parallel process of dialogue around questions of identity, structure, and culture at all levels of the church.
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