Boy Scouts sticking to their anti-gay guns
October 7, 2012
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A longtime Boy Scout claims he’s being denied the organization’s highest honor because he’s gay.
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Praying to an impersonal God
October 7, 2012
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I do not see prayer as a dialogue or conversation at all, but rather as the chance to transcend myself.
New National Cathedral Dean speaks on religion, politics
October 7, 2012
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I have much more in common with progressive Jews, Muslims, Hindus and Buddhists than I do with certain people in my own tradition, with fundamentalist Christians. The part of Christianity I stand with is the part in which we can live with ambiguity and with pluralism.
Chesed
October 7, 2012
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Psalm 118 (Morning) Psalm 145 (Evening) Hosea 13:4-14 1 Corinthians 2:6-16 Matthew 14:1-12 Psalm 118 (NRSV:) O give thanks to the Lord, for he is
Man, Movement, Machine, Monument
October 6, 2012
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It seems to be human nature, to mechanize – structure, organize, routinize – what up until then had been a dynamic, free, unstructured movement…to build a machine that ensures that X is done at Y time.
Matthew Shephard: Fourteen years ago tomorrow
October 6, 2012
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Aaron spotted what he initially thought was a scarecrow next to a fence. Then he noticed a glisten of blood. The sun sparkled on what he barely recognized as a face. What Aaron had discovered was the 22 year-old Matthew Shepard, clinging to life.
Church Times: Archbishop of Canterbury’s job is too demanding
October 6, 2012
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The abilities of Dr Williams have disguised, to a degree, some of these impossibilities. The cost is incalculable, being paid in decisions made too hastily, consultations unsought, mission opportunities declined, and, of course, personal wear and tear.
Paying it forward: Jesus style
October 6, 2012
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‘But I say to you that listen, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those
An undecided Catholic voter
October 5, 2012
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She says she’s also bothered by the way conservatives often talk about the poor: as if they deserve to be just that. She doesn’t buy the assertion that the government should stay out of people’s lives, at least financially. Or that unfettered competition between corporations will allow Americans who work hard enough to share in this country’s riches.
The undecided Evangelical voter
October 5, 2012
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Dan Gilgoff takes an insightful look at the dilemma faced by some evangelical Christians in this presidential election. he focuses on Rob Seyler who has
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