Pickles
August 26, 2017
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Prayer, like a good pickle, adds texture and flavor to life, and offers us a chance to balance a life of busy-ness with a bit of tang or even sweetness.
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TEC joins South Carolina trademarks case in federal court
August 25, 2017
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The suit involves a claim of false advertising under the federal Lanham Act. … Bishop Charles vonRosenberg was the only bishop recognized by The Episcopal Church and the Anglican Communion as bishop of the Diocese of South Carolina. By continuing to represent himself as bishop of the diocese, Mark Lawrence is committing false advertising, the lawsuit says.
Reasons to go to church
August 25, 2017
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Distracted, reluctant, confused, or apathetic you may be on any given Sunday, but if you go, something will happen
The Ones Who Stay
August 25, 2017
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Sometimes it is easy to assume that because someone is a stay-at-home or because they can’t do as much as they used to, that somehow they are completely useless.
National Cathedral speeds up decision on Lee and Jackson windows
August 24, 2017
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“Those windows won’t remain in their current place in their current context” – Cathedral spokesperson
The intersection of two heavenly bodies is not rare!
August 24, 2017
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The glory of this week’s total solar eclipse, then, can teach us about our own eclipses and intersections, and overshadowings. It is restorative simply to pause, and to marvel, at the glorious constellation of heavenly bodies among whom we live, and move, and have our being.
Passions rise over name of Lee parish in Virginia
August 24, 2017
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Tensions over the name of the Robert E. Lee Memorial church in Lexington, VA continue to rise in the wake of a white supremacist rally and deadly violence in nearby Charlottesville.
Bless the Lord
August 24, 2017
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I have read dozens of descriptions of this moment of totality. None captures the awe I felt when I saw our star occluded, a disc surrounded by an eerie luminescence. It was white – bluish white – purplish, bluish white – a unnatural, unearthly color – and dumbfounding, breath stopping.
Rabbis cancel annual conference call with Trump
August 23, 2017
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“The president’s words have given succor to those who advocate anti-Semitism, racism, and xenophobia,” write rabbis of three traditions in a statement canceling what became an annual conference call with President Barack Obama.
The woman of color meets the ex-white supremacist
August 23, 2017
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“I understand a lot of the social justice-speak now is that people of color have no obligation, I don’t blame anybody for having those feelings. But that kind of kindness and outreach are wins. That’s really what changes people’s lives.” -Arno Michaelis, former white supremacist
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