Church versus strippers
August 13, 2010
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The strange case of the Ohio church that picketed a local strip club and the exotic dancers picketing the church.
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Church reduces carbon footprint
August 12, 2010
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St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, located in midtown Atlanta, has reduced its carbon footprint by a third over the past four years.
Religious Freedom at Ground Zero?
August 12, 2010
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. . . while religious pluralism was a founding ideal of the United States implicit in the 1st Amendment’s guarantee of religious freedom, Americans historically have edged toward it kicking and screaming
Ban lifted: Same-sex couples in California may marry
August 12, 2010
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Cheers of “Free to marry!” greeted news Thursday that U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker had declared same-sex couples in California may be married immediately in accordance with the recent ruling of Proposition 8 as unconstitutional. At least for the moment.
75 years of “Day by Day”
August 12, 2010
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The little booklets get tucked into purses, suit pockets and back pockets. They get taken out when their readers have a quiet moment to spend in prayer. For 75 years the Forward Day By Day booklets have been giving Episcopalians and others a page-a-day way to reflect on their faith.
Remembering Judy Peabody
August 12, 2010
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Legend has it that we got our first government funding for AIDS research because Judy had lunch with Mrs. Pat Buckley and Mrs. Buckley had lunch with Mrs. Nancy Reagan and Mrs. Reagan put a note on someone’s desk and we got our first $15 million.
Christian family values (are rotten?)
August 12, 2010
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Many of his followers left behind — abandoned — their families to become His followers. Children left behind parents (James and John), and fathers left behind spouses and children (Peter). They believed that their world was in its last days, and that the business of raising new generations didn’t matter much.
What constitutes religious progress?
August 11, 2010
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Journalist Robert Wright says treating others well is a sign of evolution of thought in the practice of faith.
Ordained into the abstract: what does “Anglican” mean?
August 11, 2010
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Likewise, similar designations need to be applied to those Anglican clergy who belong to organizations and individuals who might call themselves Anglican but chose to cut themselves off from the Anglican Communion. Depicting those evangelical and traditionalists as Anglicans whitewashes centuries of church history by replacing the work of Anglican giants such as Richard Hooker with evangelical heavyweights like John Stott.
Tweeting the Bible: one chapter at a time
August 11, 2010
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Ethel Ware Carter is tweeting the Bible 140 characters at a time
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