Petition for a North American province of Gafcon
July 24, 2008
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There’s a pattern developing at Lambeth, and it’s not a pretty one. On the day which was to focus on poverty and violence in Sudan,
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Tutu calls for tough action on climate change
July 24, 2008
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This is a message to people everywhere who challenge the causes of poverty around the world. Climate change is for real. As I speak, famine is increasing; flooding is increasing, as is disease and insecurity globally because of water scarcity. — Desmond Tutu
Live: slacking off and catching up
July 24, 2008
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The question addressed to one of my colleagues was whether a hat pin might be seized as a security threat by Palace Guards. In which case one would not want to wear a hat pin one truly cared about. In which case one’s hat might blow away. I didn’t get to the bottom of this, and I apologize. As you can see, it isn’t all battling bishops here.
Olympic Games bracelets protest human rights abuses
July 24, 2008
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A German church has far exceeded its initial expectations in distributing more than 200,000 black bracelets intended as a symbolic protest against human rights abuses in China during the Olympic Games in Beijing.
Bishops march for MDGs
July 24, 2008
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The walk is a public pledge to redouble the Church’s efforts to work towards total eradication of poverty. With today’s walk we hope to recapture some of the atmosphere of hope and optimism that managed to move world leaders sufficiently to make the historic announcements that they did just a few years ago. —Archbishop of York, John Sentamu
Relief or Development – bringing it home
July 24, 2008
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I never imagined my trip to Africa would raise such troubling questions about ordinary Episcopal Church life in the U.S. The headline controversies of Biblical authority or homosexuality weren’t what shook me there. It was daily conversations with African and Western non-governmental (NGO) workers and church leaders struggling to practice development rather than mere relief.
The cross is everything
July 24, 2008
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Take up your cross, therefore, and follow Jesus, and you will inherit everlasting life. Behold, in the cross is everything, and upon your dying on the cross everything depends. There is no other way to life and to true inward peace than the way and discipline of the cross.
Lambeth, Day 3
July 23, 2008
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Episcopal Life Online has a good summary of the day three, including the Windsor Continuation group, and on American reactions to Archbishop Deng’s statement on
Blogging bishops, July 23
July 23, 2008
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UPDATED: 7 p.m. EDT Tomorrow the bishops are off to London see The Queen, have tea and some will March for the MDGs. Living in
Boycotting bishops nothing new
July 23, 2008
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When the first Lambeth Conference opened in 1867, only 76 of the Anglican Communion’s 144 bishops accepted an invitation by the Archbishop of Canterbury to attend because of disagreement among them about the way the church was shaping-up in British colonies.
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