New Episcopal Church Advertising and Marketing Sr. Manager
May 10, 2011
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The Episcopal Church has hired The Rev. Deacon Jake Dell as the new Advertising and Marketing Senior Manager.
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Navy to allow same-sex weddings
May 10, 2011
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According to the Navy Times, the new policy of allowing openly gay and lesbian to serve in the military has caused the Navy Chaplain Corp to issue a memo allowing for Naval Chaplains to perform same-sex marriages on navy bases. Naval facilities may be used for the reception.
Georgia Surpreme Court hearings begin
May 10, 2011
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Christ Church, Savannah, the “mother church” of Georgia, had a majority of its parishioners vote to leave the Episcopal Church in 2007. The ensuing court case has finally arrived in the state Supreme Court and oral arguments began yesterday. According to reports the courtroom pews were packed with people from both sides.
What sort of victory?
May 10, 2011
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The twin towers flaming, their haunting shells rising from the rubble broke through America’s collective psychological defenses with the bewildering news that some people hate us, that not everyone shares our confidence in capitalism, that the hearts of many do not warm to the slogan “Truth, Justice, and the American way.” 9/11 was an attack on our national integrity.
With one accord
May 10, 2011
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Jesus, great High Priest of our profession,
We in confidence draw near;
Condescend, in mercy, the confession
Of our grateful hearts to hear;
The church as “movement” vs. the church as “institution”
May 9, 2011
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The real job of the laity is to reconcile the world. Out there. The congregation is where our Christian community thrives—it is where we live, pray, worship, become renewed. It is our proving ground, where we practice resurrection, where we learn about ourselves and how to become whole human beings.
Presbyterians on the verge of approving LGBT ordination
May 9, 2011
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The nation’s largest Presbyterian denomination is on the brink of removing its longstanding ban on ordaining non-celibate gays and lesbians. The decisive vote could come as early as tomorrow at a meeting of the Presbytery of the Twin Cities Area in Minnesota. That presbytery approved a similar resolution
The Church Pension Fund & the College for Bishops: questions that need answers
May 9, 2011
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The Episcopal Church’s pension fund is currently funded at 1.26 of future obligations. The industry average is about .85. Even implying conservative standards, the fund has a significant surplus.
Religious denominations face a looming financial crisis
May 9, 2011
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Most congregations know the financial squeeze of recent years from the economic recession. What is more striking is that the financial downturn for denominations is even more pronounced and perhaps more long lasting. The practice of depending on fewer people to provide more money is unsustainable in the face of the coming “death tsunami.”
What should progressive Christians do about Jim Wallis?
May 9, 2011
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The big tent collapsed this weekend, and it was Sojourners who yanked out the tent poles. So I am wondering how we alert official Washington that Jim Wallis and his minions no longer speak for us?
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