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Casting its lot with the poor

July 17, 2011 No Comments

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Our post-denominational future?

July 16, 2011 2 Comments

It’s pretty common to hear people opine that we are living into a post-denominational future. There are fewer differences between many main-line denominations than there

Bishop Sloan elected bishop of Alabama on first ballot

July 16, 2011 No Comments

The Rt. Rev. John McKee Sloan, the suffragan bishop of Alabama was elected the 11th diocesan bishop of that diocese on the first ballot in special convention today.

Politics and the church

July 16, 2011 2 Comments

How much involvement should clergy have in politics? It depends what you mean by politics.

Church schools as islands of inclusion

July 16, 2011 No Comments

In England the schools run by the Church of England are some of the only places where children can be educated in a climate that represents a true cross-section of their communities.

Make sure the person who handles communication in your church loves social media… Church communication is shifting from handouts and phone trees to online, and the person responsible for communicating what’s going on in your church needs to passionate about both — recognizing it’s not an either/or as much as a both/and.

The problem with preaching

July 15, 2011 1 Comment

Laypeople come to church hoping for a sermon that will make a difference in their hearts and an impact on their lives. Unfortunately too often they spend the sermon passing their time by doling out lifesavers to their children, doodling on the bulletin insert or making a mental “to do” list for the upcoming week

Clear eyes, full hearts, can’t lose.

July 15, 2011 3 Comments

Over at The Awl, Sarah Blackwood has written a perceptive ode to Friday Night Lights, which veteran Cafe readers know is a favorite of ours. The show signs off tonight at 8 p. m., after five under-appreciated seasons as the best show on network television.

A bloggers’ debate: Should Rowan Williams resign?

July 15, 2011 3 Comments

How about the idea, instead, that Rowan Williams is relying on the liberal wing and the LGBT folks on continually turning the other cheek and ‘not excluding him’ so that he can actively build up his vision of a purple-led international Church with a more literalistic reading of the Bible than you would find in most seminaries never mind universities?

Catching up with the Wild Goose Festival

July 15, 2011 7 Comments

We didn’t really know enough about the recent Wild Goose Festival to attempt to make sense of it for you. But on what is likely to be a slow summer Friday sort of news day, we thought we’d let the festival speak for itself.

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