Bonhoeffer and chicken sandwiches
August 1, 2012
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The Christian has to let grace truly be grace enough so that the world does not lose faith in this cheap grace. In being worldly,
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Ignatius of Loyola: Imagination, Action and Trust
July 31, 2012
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Commemoration of Ignatius of Loyola – (1491-1556), Monastic, theologian, founder of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) Psalm 34:1-8 Proverbs 22:1-6 1 Corinthians 10:31 – 11:1
The sad cycle of Evangelical Biblical scholarship
July 30, 2012
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About six weeks ago, Peter Enns wrote a column for Patheos that has been pinging around the Internet ever since. In it, he laments the situation the dilemma that evangelical scholars who do their graduate work at non-evangelical institutions face when they return to evangelical schools.
Israel, Palestine and General Convention
July 30, 2012
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The Episcopal Church has been at this work for 30 years, and our resolutions have been clear in what we support: a two-state solution in which a secure and universally recognized Israel, the homeland for the Jewish people, lives alongside a free, viable, and secure state for the Palestinian people, with a shared Jerusalem as the capital of both states.
Somewhat against our better judgment: a Chick-fil-A story
July 30, 2012
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Billy Graham, the dean of American evangelists, has once again broken his usual silence on hot-button issues, defending the president of the Chick-fil-A restaurant chain for his opposition to same-sex marriage days after issuing a letter decrying what he sees as the nation’s moral decay.
The Anglican Convenant: Where does it go from here?
July 30, 2012
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Canon Alan T. Perry takes a comprehensive look at which provinces have adopted the Anglican Covenant, which have rejected it, and which ones have given qualified and even ambiguous assent. Given that the reception of the document has been lukewarm at best, and the archbishop who was its champion is retiring, what is its future?
Tea set
July 30, 2012
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Way back when, my mother offloaded on me a miscellany of family china, because (she said) I was interested in “old things”. Among the dozens
After the shootings
July 30, 2012
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by Michael Carney Friday morning I got up early to walk the dog and work on my sermon. Since the men’s Bible study earlier in
Celebrating the Philadelphia 11 on their 38th anniversary
July 29, 2012
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Today is the 38th anniversary of the ordinations of the Philadelphia Eleven, the first women ordained in the Episcopal Church. Louie Crew has written a open for the occasion.
Bishop Budde: Rediscovering the reasons for our existence
July 29, 2012
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Contrary to the conservative critique, it isn’t what we’ve changed that is weakening our congregations, but rather what we’ve been unwilling to change. For all our liberal theology and progressive politics, we’ve remained rather stodgy in worship, wedded to unwieldy structures, and resistant to growth. When I ask young people what keeps them from attending church, the answer, predictably, is that it’s boring.
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