A Paradoxy Church
November 15, 2014
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Churches are always insufficient for the formation of faith: they are also all we’ve got. Faith is both mundane and transcendent.
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Electing Mercy
November 15, 2014
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When Jesus spoke the parable of the lost sheep, I don’t think he had in mind that the one sheep represented the rich while the ninety-nine were the poor and even middle-class. But then, maybe that one lost sheep needs the shepherding because it is determined to go its own way while the ninety-nine stay together for mutual help and support.
Hooray for the Scottish Episcopal Church!
November 14, 2014
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Because the Scots said “yes” the Episcopal Church in the USA got our first bishop, Samuel Seabury. And through the Scots, our Church is set abalze whenever we invoke the Holy Spirit.
As goes the middle class, so goes Christianity?
November 14, 2014
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Dave Albertson says that the from the time of St. Paul down to the present, the church is a bourgeois institution. So the decline of the church is tied directly to the decline of the middle class.
Priest sues city over law to stop feeding the hungry in public
November 14, 2014
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The Rev. Canon Mark H. Sims, rector of St. Mary Magdalene Episcopal Church in Coral Springs, Florida, is suing the city of Fort Lauderdale for the right to continue to feed the homeless on city streets.
Welby praised for his leadership
November 14, 2014
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In a lead article, the Spectator praises Archbishop Justin Welby for his leadership, especially in leading the charge to reform payday lending in the UK, and likening his style and temperament with “his Catholic opposite number, Pope Francis.”
Worship God or idolize the gun?
November 14, 2014
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Greater personal faith predicts lower attachment to guns and lower levels of gun ownership and that may indicate that religion may promote the kind of conversations about gun control that move beyond the slogans and partisan divides that has made practical solutions impossible.
What’s Your Religion?
November 14, 2014
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Friday, November 14, 2014 – Proper 27, Year Two [Go to Mission St Clare for an online version of the Daily Office including today’s scripture
#Pointergate: to some people, anything a black man does with his hands is a gang sign
November 13, 2014
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You can find a depressing tale about the state of race relations in the United States any day just by Googling the right terms. But
Churches to offer spaces of prayer, safety after Ferguson grand jury speaks
November 13, 2014
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In the not-too-distant future, a grand jury in Missouri will announce whether it has indicted Darren Wilson, the Ferguson police officer who shot and killed
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