Encountering the text in jail
November 13, 2011
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“Nothing needs to be added. The text fits that context perfectly. All I need to do is read it. Without embarrassment or commentary.”
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Beckwith: legislature’s job is to prevent child poverty
November 13, 2011
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“[P]overty is violence and … no child deserves the pain that too many now endure. And having arrived at that conclusion, we can act and insist that our elected officials do the same.”
Plate-spinning: Texas panel to entertain crosses on car tags
November 13, 2011
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If the panel approves the plate, will it have crossed a line? Or is this a welcome pairing of a nonprofit entity’s fundraiser in a state that’s sometimes known for religious fervor?
Bishops who tweet
November 9, 2011
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Is your bishop on Twitter? How does she or he use Twitter? If a BIshop tweets, does anyone listen (or retweet)?
Anglican newspaper defends comparison between gays and Nazis
November 9, 2011
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The column, by former east London councillor Alan Craig, appeared in the 28 October edition of the Church of England Newspaper, one of the oldest newspapers in the world. Although it is independent of the institution bearing the same name, it carries adverts for Church of England jobs and is read by its clergy.
Catholics challenging the line on LGBT people
November 9, 2011
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Catholics are challenging the church’s stance on homosexuality and transgender rights. Patrick Hornbeck writes in the CNN BeliefBlog “why good Catholics are challenging church line” and Equally Blessed reports that over “90% of American Catholics support transgender rights”
Penn State and Church abuse scandals
November 9, 2011
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The parallels are too striking to ignore. A suspected predator who exploits his position to take advantage of his young charges. The trusting colleagues who don’t want to believe it — and so don’t.
The Episcopal Church enters the desert time
November 9, 2011
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“To use an image from the Old Testament, maybe this is the desert time,” Griswold said. “The desert was a period of purification and self-knowledge in order that they were prepared to enter the promised land.”
Why we don’t like change
November 9, 2011
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It’s not just that people fear change, though they undoubtedly do. It’s also that they genuinely believe (often on an unconscious level) that when you’ve been doing something a particular way for some time, it must be a good way to do things. And the longer you’ve been doing it that way, the better it is.
In Mississippi, speaking out on the Personhood Amendment as it goes to the polls
November 8, 2011
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“If we allow the government to be responsible for these most intimate decisions and issues, then we people of faith are giving away the opportunity to decide what may be the only merciful option in the sea of bad options.”
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