Opting out of the Denominational Health Plan?
January 25, 2012
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Is this something we can expect to see more of, or is it something that’s already happened without our having heard?
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Author: Jim Naughton
‘God wants more Jonahs’: Bill Tully on spiritual community
January 25, 2012
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“I believe God wants more Jonahs—honest, reluctant souls who, when kicked often enough, maybe even thrown up occasionally, will answer the call to stand up and say that God is ‘gracious and merciful, slow to anger, abounding in steadfast love, and ready to relent from punishing.'”
Is that an ad for my church on the side of that school bus?
January 25, 2012
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If you could advertise your church on the side of a school bus, what would you say?
Same-gender blessings: one parish’s progress
January 25, 2012
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St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Fayetteville, Arkansas engaged in deep conversation before deciding to bless same-gender relationships. In this video, members of the congregation reflect
Evangelical C of E bishop withdraws endorsement of controversial book
January 25, 2012
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Rt. Rev. Wallace Benn, Suffragan Bishop of Lewes on the south coast of England, has apparently withdrawn his prior endorsement of a controversial book advocating marital rape.
A Katharine Jefferts Schori doll? Why didn’t we think of that?
January 22, 2012
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“Perhaps, we should give our girls better icons to follow…. Real women with real flaws and active lives contributing to who we are and why we are…these should be our models.”
Megadeth bassist becomes a seminarian
January 22, 2012
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David Ellefson, bassist for the band Megadeth, is entering seminary according to
Religious institutions allowed extra year to comply
January 20, 2012
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The Obama administration will allow religious organizations an additional year to comply with a new rule requiring employers that offer their workers health insurance to include coverage of birth control without out-of-pocket costs, Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius announced Friday.
Blessed are the mean
January 20, 2012
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Christianity Today features this video today:
Sabotage in CoE nominations committee
January 19, 2012
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The more likely source of the leak was someone who believed that it was morally right to protect the church from appointing a partnered (even if celibate) gay priest. That person has to be a permanent member of the CNC and a conservative evangelical layman.
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