The Gospel according to William Stringfellow
November 16, 2013
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The writing of Episcopal lay theologian and activist William Stringfellow is featured in a new collection published this week
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Counting martyrs
November 16, 2013
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Religious persecution happens all over the world and in some places in the world proclaiming the Gospel out loud can result in death, but is it really true that over 100,000 Christians are martyred every year and that over a million people have been killed for their faith in the last decade?
Olympia votes to divest fossil fuel stocks
November 15, 2013
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The Convention of the Diocese of Olympia voted last week to divest within five years all of its holdings in the world’s top fossil fuel companies.
Welby’s practical moral conscience
November 15, 2013
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Archbishop Justin Welby has become the practical conscience of the UK, speaking out about the moral consequences of the banking industry in the UK and the consumer culture in the west.
Live web forum “Fifty Years Later: The State of Racism in America” today
November 15, 2013
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The Episcopal Church and the Diocese of Mississippi will host a 90-minute forum, Fifty Years Later: The State of Racism in America, live-streamed from St. Andrew’s Episcopal Cathedral in Jackson, Mississippi, on November 15, at 2 p.m. (EST).
The Bible re-tweeted.
November 15, 2013
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Blogger Jana Riess tweeted every book of the Old and New Testaments. The Mormon author of “Flunking Sainthood” spent four years summarizing each book in 140 characters or less. These tweets have been complied into a book called “The Twible” (rhymes with Bible).
What will become of work?
November 9, 2013
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Bishop Nick Knisely wonders what will become of work–and our human need to be creative and productive– in a world where more and more stuff is made by fewer and fewer people.
An historic election for World Council of Churches
November 8, 2013
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Dr Agnes Abuom, from the Anglican Church of Kenya, has been elected as the first woman and the first African to serve as the moderator of the highest World Council of Churches governing body.
Porvoo Communion expands
November 8, 2013
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Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby preached at the most recent gathering of the Churches of the Porvoo Communion.
Up in arms
November 8, 2013
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Colin Woodward, writing in Tufts Magazine, says that there’s never been “an America,” but rather eleven Americas—each a distinct nation–each viewing violence, as well as everything else, in its own way.
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