Bishop Beckwith on scarcity and abundance
August 10, 2011
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The scarcity is real. But so is the abundance. You just have to dig down a bit harder to find it; and a bit further to trust it.
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High court awards church properties to excommunicated bishop
August 10, 2011
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“I am hopeful that common sense will prevail,” . . . “how can he [Dr Kunonga] be given custodianship of properties of an organisation or which he is not a member?” The excommunicated bishop left the Church of the Province of Central Africa (CPCA) in 2007 to set up a rival church.
Churches respond to riots
August 10, 2011
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It was amazingly heartening to return and find all this already in progress – it was the natural response for the congregation. It also meant I could walk round the parish and be with people elsewhere.
Army to host atheism-themed event
August 7, 2011
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U.S. Army officials have agreed to host “Rock Beyond Belief” – an event centered around the theme of non belief – at North Carolina’s Fort Bragg early next year.
Assorted links: tacky Christian consumerism edition
August 7, 2011
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Would Jesus prefer to have his name on a yoga DVD or a very long roll of strawberry flavored gum?
In New York, LGBT wedding planning apace
August 7, 2011
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“We had a coffee hour in front of the church, and there was this huge cheer from people. The church, the parish, they’re all very excited.”
Cast out of Eden, if only as a beginning
August 7, 2011
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After Paradise is lost, its job is done, and the incubator is no longer needed, author Brook Wilensky-Lanford says.
Dutch reform, 2011-style
August 7, 2011
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“Nor does [pastor] Klaas Hendrikse believe that God exists at all as a supernatural thing.”
Evaluating pastors and priests
August 3, 2011
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It is an intriguing idea— www.hirtenbarometer.de allows users to rate priests for their performance in church, with youth, with the elderly, etc. There’s even a category for whether or not your priest is “up-to-date.”
Meetings are death!
August 3, 2011
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If meetings aren’t work, what are they? They are soul-suckers. They extinguish original thought. They turn a job into a marathon, a career into nothing but chair-warming.
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