From the Welsh church

Pilgrim, faint and tempest-beaten,

Lift thy gaze, behold and know

Christ the Lamb, our Mediator,

Robed in vestments trailing low;

Faithfulness his golden girdle;

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Tutu asks for justice in Sudan

The issuance of an arrest warrant for President Bashir would be an extraordinary moment for the people of Sudan — and for those around the world who have come to doubt that powerful people and governments can be called to account for inhumane acts. African leaders should support this historic occasion, not work to subvert it.

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ABS listing of TEC resolved

UPDATED: 4:30 p.m. ET See below Monday, The Lead reported the story of The Episcopal Church and the American Bible Society listings of denominations on

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Archbishop of Canterbury talks about Lent

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, reflects on Lent as a time to: “Sweep and clean the room of our own minds and hearts so that the new life really may have room to come in and take over and transform us at Easter”.

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Breakfast with Jesus and 30 of his closest friends

Then I picked up the cup of wine. “This is my blood,” I said. Before I could go any further, my little blond-headed boy disgustedly interrupted: “Blood?!?!? I’m not drinking blood!” “It’s a rep-re-sen-ta-tion,” a 5-year-old girl replied, taking special care with her pronunciation. “It’s not really blood,” I said. “It’s wine.” “It’s a rep-re-sen-ta-tion,” the little girl said again. “It’s OK. You don’t have to drink it,” I told the boy. “I’m not drinking blood!” he said again.

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Compelled to preach

[John] Wesley’s friend and fellow preacher George Whitefield had begun preaching in the open air to anyone who would stop to listen, and he appealed to Wesley for assistance. Preaching out of doors was not an idea Wesley took to immediately. “I could scarcely reconcile myself at first to this strange way of preaching in the fields, of which he [Whitefield] set me an example this Sunday,” Wesley wrote on March 29, 1739.

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