Imitation leading to Creation
November 16, 2008
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“Picasso et les maitres” at the Grand Palais
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Author: Jim Naughton
Parable of the talents
November 16, 2008
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Now we need to look at the shadow side of this parable [of the talents]: the third slave who was given only one talent and did not do anything with it. Here is a somber warning without doubt. There are two ways of being unfaithful.
2 percent – UPDATE on Ft Worth vote
November 15, 2008
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The four dioceses that have voted to leave the Episcopal Church have received an incredible amount of attention from the media, including front page stories in major newspapers. Lost is all this is the fact that these four dioceses account for a tiny portion of the Church. (Updated.)
Blue Christmas–reprise
November 15, 2008
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Many churches have begun to recognize that Festivals of Lessons and Carols, celebrations of Christmas, and children’s pageants do not meet everyone’s needs. To fill this gap churches offer a Blue Christmas service, a Service of Solace or Longest Night. People who are not having a very merry Christmas and friends who support them are invited to come and sit with one another in a liturgy that speaks of the love of God for the grieving.
Work as pilgrimage
November 15, 2008
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In work, it has always taken courage to follow a unique and individual path exactly, because making our own path takes us off the path, in directions which seem profoundly unsafe. A pilgrimage into the night and the night wind.
Frequent communion
November 14, 2008
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Parish worship on the whole continued along pre-Revolutionary lines once the Episcopal Church had organized itself and adopted a Prayer Book. Regional variations persisted. Connecticut’s Bishop Seabury devoted himself energetically to his episcopal ministry, ordaining clergy for New England,
Can private virtue be public vice?
November 14, 2008
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God knows, I am not against wealth but it is worth asking what it consists of. If you Google the richest man in the world, you get names like Bill Gates, Warren Buffet and Carlos Slim. Here are some other answers. An anonymous rabbi said, “The richest man in the world is the one who is content with what he has.” But can the auto industry survive my contentment with my car?
“The defense of liberal theology”
November 13, 2008
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Bishop Trevor Mwamba of Botswana spoke of “delusions of grandeur” among some of the African primates and noted that many church members throughout the continent had not been consulted about issues of human sexuality, and were “frankly not bothered with the debate.”
Credit where it is due
November 13, 2008
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Speaking at a charity dinner, President Bush called the work done for Africa by his administration and family “a labor of love.” Before his remarks, he accepted the Bishop John T. Walker Distinguished Humanitarian Service Award, which pays tribute to leaders in humanitarian fields for Africa.
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