A crane has collapsed at the National Cathedral, falling into two different buildings on the grounds and crushing several vehicles. [Story updated with links to images and video]
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, talks about September 11th when he was in a building just 100 yards from the Twin Towers
Yes, there’s some work being done on the Instruments of Communion, but not for the reasons cited by Goddard. And there are no foreseen implications for the proposed Anglican Covenant.
“While it seems many of our church buildings are intact, there are many, many people in our congregations and communities with significant property damage and/or stranded by wash-out roads.” Diocese of Vermont’s Canon to the Ordinary Lynn Bates
There is open rebellion among the clergy of Austria’s Catholic Church. One highly placed man of the cloth has even warned about the risk of a coming schism as significant numbers of priests are refusing obedience to the Pope and bishops for the first time in memory.
“This has been the coolest bonding experience I’ve ever seen,” Borden said Tuesday morning via cellphone on the small town green. “You wouldn’t believe it.”
When confronted with a new idea, do you:
Consider the cost of switching before you consider the benefits?
Highlight the pain to a few instead of the benefits for the many?
Exaggerate how good things are now in order to reduce your fear of change?…
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“Call it democracy, or call it democratic socialism, but there must be a better distribution of wealth within this country for all God’s children.”
Members of the congregation you serve have been through an earthquake and a hurricane in less than a week’s time. Everyone’s wondering if bad things really come in threes, and if so, when the hail of frogs might begin. What do you say when you step into the pulpit?