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Card-counting evangelism?

March 10, 2012 6 Comments

A group of young Christians from Seattle formed the nucleus of an organization that worked to raise money by winning casino games of blackjack. Using

A note for churches from their visitors

March 10, 2012 1 Comment

In an “Open Letter to Churches Seeking New Members” blogger Lyda from “See Lyda Run” details her and her husband Brian’s expectations (and reactions) to

Anglican Covenant gathers four more “no” votes

March 10, 2012 No Comments

Four more diocesan synods of the Church of England have rejected the Anglican Covenant in voting today. That makes the total 17 against and 10 in favor. If 22 synods vote against the Covenant it will not be taken up by the Church of England’s General Synod for adoption.

No need for Jesus? Not so fast…

March 3, 2012 6 Comments

There’s a bit of a dust up this week over a tweet by singer Miley Cyrus (also known to my daughter’s generation as Hannah Montana)

Restructuring by de-funding

March 3, 2012 19 Comments

The proposed budget to be presented to General Convention was released late this week. There are people across the church pouring over the details to

Covenant having a bad weekend

March 3, 2012 5 Comments

Last weekend three Church of England dioceses voted to affirm the Anglican Covenant. The week before three voted against. So far this week, including the

Bishop of Alaska endorses marriage equality

March 3, 2012 1 Comment

Mark Lattime, the Episcopal Bishop of Alaska has written publicly of his support for Prop 5, a marriage equality measure for the City of Anchorage

How to respond when a mistake happens

February 28, 2012 8 Comments

St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Richmond Virginia agreed to host an event put on by the Sons of the Confederate Veterans. The event was to be a roundtable discussion on the topic of “Debunking the Myth of the White Confederate Military”. But sometime on Friday, the day of the event, the church canceled.

ABC steps up to defend LGBT people

February 28, 2012 9 Comments

There’s an ongoing dispute at the UN Human Rights Council about the limits to the persecution of LGBT people. In a speech in Geneva this evening, the Archbishop of Canterbury spoke out strongly against any decisions that would countenance laws criminalizing gay and lesbian people.

Revelation reflects Jewish/Christian tension

February 28, 2012 5 Comments

The apocalyptic genre was often used in that day to say what was not safe to say, to speak truth to power. But a new book by Elaine Pagel’s argues that the critique was not of the Roman Empire, but of the Pauline Church’s decision to allow Gentiles to become Christian.

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