YouTube, WeTube and ?
December 26, 2007
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If you missed it, the Queen’s Christmas message is available at the Royal Channel on YouTube, also known as WeTube. YouTube has also become a
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Pay that latte forward
December 26, 2007
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People like to give. Example: At the Starbucks on 116th Street NE in Marysville, Washington, a chain of more than 350 people bought coffee for
Mystery worshippers coming to a church near you
December 26, 2007
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Christian Research (UK) wants non-Christians to assess the churches because, in common with increasing numbers of church leaders, the organisation wishes to find out what does and does not work for the reluctant churchgoer. Christian Research is working with ShipofFools to promote the project.
People ignore the noble aims of festivals
December 26, 2007
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(Updated) The movement of the Muslim lunar calendar placed the festival of Eid al Adha (??? ??????) in the week before Christmas this year. In
The Advent Letter we’ve all been awaiting
December 14, 2007
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The view that has been expressed by all the Instruments of Communion in recent years is that interventions are not to be sanctioned. … [T]he risk is magnified of smaller and smaller groups taking to themselves the authority to decide on the adequacy of a neighbour’s ministerial life or spiritual authenticity. The gospels and the epistles of Paul alike warn us against a hasty final judgement on the spiritual state of our neighbours.
Rowan Williams on the message of Christmas
December 13, 2007
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God thought humans were worth spending a lifetime with and all that spills over into how we see all kinds of human beings; the ones we don’t like or the ones we don’t reckon very much, the ones we don’t take very seriously.
– The Archbishop of Canterbury
It’s not just good for you, it makes you good
December 12, 2007
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The most recent entry in this niche is Spiritual Water. The Virgin Mary bottle, for example, has the Hail Mary prayer printed on the back in English and Spanish. Spiritual Water helps people to “stay focused, believe in yourself and believe in God,” says Elicko Taieb, the Florida-based company’s founder who was formerly in the pest-control business.
Church of England publishes protocol on child protection
December 12, 2007
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Following public criticism, several embarrassing cases resurfacing from the past and a painstaking subsequent review of procedure, the Church of England has published its “model protocol” for handling child protection cases.
The Chicago Consultation
December 12, 2007
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Meeting at Seabury-Western Theological Seminary in Chicago, Dec 5-7, the 50-member group known as the Chicago Consultation urged leaders of the Episcopal Church to permit the blessing of same-gender relationships and to remove barriers that keep gay candidates from being elected as bishops, according to a news release from the group.
Lodi church did not vote
December 12, 2007
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They were forbidden from voting because St. John’s vestry decided last week to not pay its dues to the Diocese of San Joaquin. “We didn’t want the money going to some group other than the Episcopal Church.”
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