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Author: Andrew Gerns

Sunday Social Hour

September 5, 2010 No Comments

One thing we have been able to figure out about Facebook’s recent quirkiness: it’s not “spamming” you when we invariably pipe in 5-6 new items at a time. We know this because whenever the feed updates, we get plenty of comments on the one or two items that DO get posted to your walls, but none of the rest. So just consider the wall update you do see to be a nudge to check the site for new posts, or the Facebook page for new notes.

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Anglicans report in from post-quake Christchurch

September 5, 2010 No Comments

“My prayers go out to all those in the diocese who have been impacted by the earthquake,” the bishop writes. “We praise God that there were no deaths or severe injuries and my thoughts are with those parishes that have received significant damage.”

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The way forward

September 1, 2010 3 Comments

Jesus’ answer was clear, albeit threatening. Love me first, he said. Love your God before all others. Love your neighbor before yourself. Don’t baptize your desired way of life and call it holy . . .

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Jesus to get Bollywood treatment

September 1, 2010 4 Comments

Cecil B DeMille has been there before, of course. As have Pier Paolo Pasolini, Roberto Rossellini, Mel Gibson, Franco Zeffirelli and Martin Scorsese. So maybe it was only a matter of time before Bollywood not only succumbed to the temptation but went one better by making its version in the subject’s native land.

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Avoiding Facebook adultery

September 1, 2010 No Comments

. . . fidelity is breached long before physical acts occur. How about looking at an ex’s profile pictures and imagining the life you could have had together, the children you could have been raising, the house you could have bought?

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Remembering Raimon Panikkar

September 1, 2010 1 Comment

“I left Europe [for India] as a Christian, I discovered I was a Hindu and returned as a Buddhist without ever having ceased to be a Christian.”

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Church of sweat

September 1, 2010 3 Comments

I now consider myself far more faithful with at least as strong an understanding of a higher power than anyone who can quote a passage from Deuteronomy, let alone spell it. Running brought me this.

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