Live long and prosper
February 27, 2015
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Leonard Nimoy has died and we shall miss him. His best known character would say “Live long and prosper.” We would say “Rest in peace
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Why nationalizing American Christianity would be bad for Christians
February 27, 2015
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A significant number of Americans appear to believe that Christianity should be our national religion. Maybe they think that will be like having a state bird or a state song…but probably not.
Religious America…in maps
February 27, 2015
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Once upon a time, the baseline for American religious life was white and Protestant. Today things are more complex.
Prayers for The Rev. Canon Malcolm Boyd
February 27, 2015
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UPDATE: Malcolm Boyd has died
From Bishop Bruno: It is with a full heart that I write to notify you of the death this afternoon of the Rev. Canon Malcolm Boyd, writer-in-residence of the Diocese of Los Angeles, as a result of severe complications of pneumonia.
New ways to minister to new kinds of students
February 20, 2015
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The way students earn university degrees in the United States is changing and Episcopal Church campus ministries are responding creatively. Episcopal News Service: Examples of
Keeping up with evolution of marriage
February 20, 2015
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Brian Tammaus says that all churches should do as the Episcopal Church is doing: study, think, pray, and talk about marriage and sexuality in real-life
A teacher and student remembered
February 13, 2015
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StoryCorps on NPR shared a conversation between Yusor Abu-Salha, one of the students killed in Tuesday’s shooting in Chapel Hill, N.C., and her former third grade teacher, Mussarut
The “pay-what-you-want” synagogue
February 6, 2015
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Some synagogues are turning away from dues as their main source of funding and towards voluntary pledges. While this might not sound very radical to
Humanity in the dock
February 6, 2015
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Giles Frasier reflects on the death Jordanian pilot Lieutenant Muadh al-Kasasbeh at the hands of the Islamic State and recalls how saints like Thomas More once sent men
Oscar Romero, martyr
February 6, 2015
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Canon C. K. Robertson says that Vatican recognition of Oscar Romero a holy martyr is significant for Episcopalians as well as Roman Catholics. Huffington Post: It
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