Purity Balls and Christian formation
March 23, 2014
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For head pastor Ron Wilson of the Living Stones Church, purity balls, a ritual in which a father and teenage daughter pledge their commitment in
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Should guns be allowed in church?
March 22, 2014
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Does your parish have a policy regarding guns at church? Congregations in Georgia are grappling with this issue after passage of a state measure allowing
HIV/AIDS and the notion of divine retribution
March 22, 2014
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Fewer Americans believe AIDS might be God’s punishment for immoral sexual behavior.
Bishops applaud federal ruling on Michigan gay marriage ban
March 22, 2014
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Michigan’s Episcopal bishops are unanimous in applauding yesterday’s federal ruling overturning their state’s gay marriage ban. Their statement:
Demons
March 22, 2014
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For Christians, Jesus is almost always the answer yet we tend to forget where to find him. We don’t realize that he is as far away as the whitened tombs of our fractured egos, unfulfilled desires and frustrated dreams will keep him and yet as close as our next breath and one unuttered word, “Help.”
Marginalizing the abused
March 21, 2014
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Boz Tchividjian lists six ways the church marginalizes sexual abuse survivors.
The most SBNR state in the Union
March 21, 2014
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It’s the first full day of spring and so it’s the start of “mud season” in Vermont. To celebrate we note that once again, the Gallup Poll has declared Vermont as the least religious in the nation. But might that make it be the most spiritual state in the country?
Presiding Bishop joins letters promoting two-state framework in Middle East
March 21, 2014
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Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori has in recent weeks signed on to two letters to Secretary of State John Kerry that seek to support the
Archbishop Welby to attend Episcopal Church event in April
March 21, 2014
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From the Episcopal Church’s Office of Public Affairs:
Growth and gardening at The Falls Church
March 21, 2014
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Friends of Episcopal Relief and Development share the story of how The Falls Church Episcopal in Falls Church, Virginia is growing both a revitalized congregation and bok choy.
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