Tanzania mourns death of Bishop Godfrey Mdimi Mhogolo
March 28, 2014
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Bishop Godfrey Mdimi Mhogolo of the Diocese of Central Tanganyika died yesterday at a hospital in Johannesburg.
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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.
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?
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.
CofE Bishops quizzing gay clergy about planned marriages
March 21, 2014
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While trying not to incarnate “behaviour that many see akin to racism,” some Church of England bishops are meeting with gay clergy and encouraging them not to marry when marriage equality arrives in the UK but to remain in “quiet” civil unions.
Mourning the death of a church
March 14, 2014
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Everyday nine churches in the US close their doors for good. With that statistic ringing in her ears, the Rev. Angie Mabry-Nauta, a Minister of Word and Sacrament in the Reformed Church in America, went to worship on her congregation’s last day.
An example of local re-invention
March 14, 2014
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We hear a lot about how our congregations are not museums, but congregations can learn from some small local history museums near Boston have reinvented themselves, creating sustainable institutions that are going against two decades of decline for museums nationwide.
Kentucky children’s charity blacklisted for hiring gays
March 14, 2014
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Sunrise Children’s Services, which shelters and feeds more than 2,000 abused and neglected children every year, is facing a $7 million budget shortfall caused by the Kentucky Baptist Convention in order to prevent Sunrise from hiring gay people.
Presiding Bishop at Jewish forum for peace
March 14, 2014
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Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori spoke at the JCPA Plenum about the prospects for peace in the middle east
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