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Faith and Wall Street, continued

September 23, 2008 No Comments

Over the weekend we heard from Christianity Today about the phenomenon of people on Wall Street turning to God because of market volatility. Today we have a piece from Reuters that spotlights Trinity Church Wall Street, the Episcopal church so close to Ground Zero, among others. Observations included more people coming to services, more of them wearing business suits to lunchtime services, and among regular worshippers, “more strained faces” according to a nearby synagogue.

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UN to look at MDG progress Thursday

September 23, 2008 No Comments

On Thursday, the United Nations will convene for a special session to discuss the Millennium Development Goals. The Archbishop of Canterbury has invited all interested parties to attend an Interfaith Service of Recommitment and Witness of the Achievement of the MDGs at the Cathedral of St. John’s the Divine in New York City. While it is not clear whether Archbishop Williams will himself be present as some outlets have reported, Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori will officiate at the service and Archbishop of York John Sentamu will preach.

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The churches of Galveston

September 23, 2008 No Comments

The Houston Chronicle covers the beginnings of cleanup efforts in Galveston with an emphasis on the church buildings there, many of which date back to the 19th century. Workers set about wringing out carpets and turning on fans to exhaust the moisture from the buildings, helping to save them from the secondary damage that can be wrought by mildew and mold. Among those churches is Trinity Episcopal, which also withstood a nasty hurricane that hit the island in 1900.

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Too much of a good thing?

September 23, 2008 No Comments

The New York Times reports about the small town of Roosevelt, New York that has so many churches that locals wonder if so many tax-exempt properties in one town is a good thing.

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Jesus Economics

September 23, 2008 5 Comments

The Church has the authority to preach Jesus economics in the churches of Appalachia.” We also have the authority to preach this economics in our cities and suburbs. We should take it to the streets, and proclaim it, by word and example, in town and country alike. The Reign of God preached by Jesus has social implications. In it, the first are last and the last are first.

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Matthew’s community

September 23, 2008 No Comments

Most of those who listened to Matthew’s Gospel in the late first century experienced tough living conditions. Regular food shortages, squalid conditions, hard work, sickness, and poverty marked the life of these followers of Jesus in one of the largest cities of the Roman Empire. . . . The Gospel offers a frequently contestive vision and alternative identity and way of life, even while enmeshed in and imitating imperial values and practices.

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Communities of intentional practice

September 22, 2008 No Comments

What makes a congregation vital? Is it a common faith? Or a common cause? Does the emotional intensity of the worship or the fervency of the preaching make for a vital congregation? It may be all or none of these because a vital congregation is a community of intentional practice,

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GAFCONs mailbox moved to Sydney?

September 22, 2008 No Comments

The Sydney Morning-Herald reports that GAFCON has moved their mailing address to the diocesan offices of Archbishop of Sydney, Peter Jensen. But, he says, that doesn’t mean he is becoming the home office for a breakaway movement.

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Diocese will forgo voting issue, prepares for appeal

September 22, 2008 No Comments

In its statement the Diocese of Virginia “expressed grave concerns about the validity and fairness of the voting procedures used by the CANA congregations, [but] will forgo judicial review of that process to focus on those issues that will most effectively and quickly return Episcopalians to their church homes and result in the overturning of the 57-9 ‘Division Statute.’ ”

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