Repentance is hard work
February 19, 2010
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This is probably not what Brit Hume had in mind, but Tiger Woods says he is turning to religion as well as psychotherapy to help rebuild his life.
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Author: John B. Chilton
Chaplains at the winter Olympics
February 19, 2010
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Every Olympics has its small cadre of chaplains whose job is to tend to the spiritual needs of athletes. But rarely does that care confront the big issues — life and death — as it did in Vancouver just hours before the 2010 Opening Ceremony.
Sooner or later, they will have to learn to play nice
February 19, 2010
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Can former English Anglo-Catholics who played the systems in two different churches to get their ordinariate learn to play nice with their new Roman Catholic companions or will they use their perch to continue to meddle in the Church of England?
Ashes on the go
February 19, 2010
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Updated. Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent. The imposition of ashes is a powerful symbol of our “mortality and penitence” and a powerful reminded of our need for God. We have heard of several churches in Chicago and St. Louis who have found ways of bring the ancient rite to busy places where people live and work.
You are how you eat
February 12, 2010
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Gathering around a table for a shared meal is at the heart of what it means to be a faithful person in community. At St. Lydia’s, the meal is everything.
What’s that about context?
February 12, 2010
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The Church of Uganda released a statement today stating categorically that the American churches that were formerly aligned with them are no longer part of their Church. It appears that even as they cut ACNA loose, they are willing to cut them slack that they are not willing to give to the Episcopal Church nor to the Anglican Church in Canada.
Here we go again
February 12, 2010
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What is it about Texas and textbooks? The Texas Board of Education is voting on the question of whether the United States was founded to be a Christian nation in the mold of modern, biblically literal and politically conservative evangelicalism.
Archbishop Bryce of Polynesia dies
February 12, 2010
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Archbishop Jabez Bryce, Bishop of the Diocese of Polynesia, has died. At 75 years old, he led the Diocese of Polynesia for almost 35 years and was, at time of his death, the longest-serving bishop in the Anglican Communion.
Bishop Irish is a “Giant”
February 12, 2010
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The Salt Lake City Chamber of Commerce has honored Episcopal Bishop Carolyn Tanner Irish with a “Giant of Our City” award.
Scam alert
February 12, 2010
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The Rev. Lauren Stanley warns us of a scam artist using the name of Haitian Bishop Duracin to steal money from well-meaning donors.
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