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Intentional Christian communities

January 25, 2009 2 Comments

At Simple House, as at other Christian intentional communities, the answer demands devotion and sacrifice. None of the missionaries at Simple House has an outside job. Laura earns just $200 a month to minister to about two dozen families in Southeast, doing everything from delivering food to helping a couple deal with their daughter’s suicide attempt. She and her housemates have taken vows of poverty, obedience and chastity. They pray every morning and evening and attend Mass daily.

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Sir John Mortimer: atheist for Christ

January 25, 2009 1 Comment

“Sir John called himself an atheist for Christ,” the vicar said. “He always came to midnight Mass on Christmas Eve. But he emphatically did not believe in life after death. My hope,” she added, “is that he has had a wonderful surprise.”

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Obama and the Covenant

January 25, 2009 No Comments

Virtually every US president since Washington in 1789 has renewed the covenant in his inaugural address, often in biblical terms. Obama’s was a textbook example. There was the reference to the Exodus, a journey through the wilderness that involved crossing a sea: “They packed up their few worldly possessions and travelled across oceans.” There was the covenant itself: “Our Founding Fathers . . . drafted a charter to assure the rule of law and the rights of man.”

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Pope lifts excommunication on bishop who denies Holocaust

January 25, 2009 16 Comments

Pope Benedict XVI has reinstated a bishop does not believe the Holocaust took place and thinks that the United States government staged the attacks of 9/11. Episcopalians need to keeps this in mind the next time the Vatican lectures us on our grave moral failings, such as permitting women to be priests, and blessing same sex relationships.

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Free to respond

January 25, 2009 No Comments

As you ponder the scene [from Mark’s gospel], you may encounter Jesus taking the initiative and walking into your life, just as he took the initiative and walked into Peter’s life. Jesus always starts the relationship; we respond—or do not respond.

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Diocese of Virginia concludes 214th Annual Council

January 24, 2009 No Comments

The Diocese of Virginia may be the only church council where both the treasurer and the chancellor receive standing ovations. But the longest applause came during the closing remarks of the chaplain for this year’s 214th Annual Council. Archbishop Barry Morgan, Primate of Wales. Bishop Morgan vowed he would resist an alternative North American province with “every fiber of my being.”

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Young Muslims combat extremism

January 24, 2009 No Comments

Young Muslims are leading the world in new ways to live together. Pew Forum reports on a group of 300 who are seeking help with combatting extremism and Religious Dispatches interviews two investigators who are looking into the discussion among Muslims and others in the virtual world.

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“The gay-friendliest Presidency we have ever seen”

January 24, 2009 No Comments

The Washington Post’s On Faith Web site offers two new interviews with Bishop Gene Robinson. If the first, Robinson talks with Sally Quinn about Barack Obama, Rick Warren and his involvement in the “prayer wars” that surrounded Obama’s inauguration.

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Towards a moral diet

January 24, 2009 No Comments

What we eat effects not only our health, but our planet, says Mark Bittman, food columnist for The New York Times. So are you eating morally? Listen to this NPR interview and find out.

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