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The changing face of stability

August 28, 2012 2 Comments

And I began to realize that if I could make myself – well, not disappear so much as fade out a little in this way, it might be that perhaps the representation of stability could be massively diffused from one dude in a collar (who could go back to working a little harder at preaching, teaching, and administering the sacraments) to a whole rank of leaders prepared to step forward and be the public face of our congregation.

Joplin rallies to support Muslims in wake of suspected mosque arson

August 27, 2012 No Comments

A rally for Muslims in Joplin, Missouri, drew hundreds of people on Saturday night, nearly three weeks after a local mosque was destroyed by a fire which members of the Islamic community suspect was a hate crime, the organizer of the event said.

The next Archbishop of Canterbury: surveying the field

August 27, 2012 No Comments

We don’t know who is going to be the next Archbishop of Canterbury, and we know little about several of the most frequently mentioned names. That’s why we find Laura Sykes’ ongoing evaluation of the field so helpful. Visit Lay Anglicana and have a look.

Gene Robinson’s Straight Talk about Gay Marriage

August 26, 2012 15 Comments

Opponents of gay marriage have to be able to argue that it undermines stability. But all the studies show, and reason shows, that gay marriage supports stability in the culture.

The pervasive influence of the Book of Common Prayer

August 26, 2012 12 Comments

The Book of Common Prayer “has seeped into the collective consciousness more profoundly than that of any other book written in English, even the Bible.” … [I]t shaped the inner life and branded the tongue of the English-speaking peoples. Its phrases and rhythms did not merely enter the language. They largely defined the language.

Faith, politics and Washington National Cathedral

August 26, 2012 1 Comment

The Rev. Frank Wade, interim dean of Washington National Cathedral, talks with Deborah Potter of Religion and Ethics Newsweekly about the cathedral’s recent $5 million

Sitting and being

August 26, 2012 2 Comments

Psalm 146, 147 (Morning) Psalm 111, 112, 113 (Evening) Job 4:1-6, 12-21 Revelation 4:1-11 Mark 6:1-6a Job 4:1-6, 12-21 (NRSV): Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered:

The particular gifts of high school youth

August 25, 2012 5 Comments

Sr. High youth are the church’s best bellwether. They have just learned to think critically and have neither the patience nor the filter to be very kind in their critique. Help your parish both listen to their voice and lead those young people toward adulthood as committed Christians in the Anglican tradition.

Why church?

August 25, 2012 44 Comments

by Kathleen Staudt A recent NPR story about Americans’ widespread claim that they believe in God but not “institutional religion” has left me feeling impatient

Facing a challenge

August 25, 2012 No Comments

Now there was a disciple in Damascus named Ananias. The Lord said to him in a vision, ‘Ananias.’ He answered, ‘Here I am, Lord.’ The

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