Carpenters help feeding ministry
July 15, 2010
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“Jesus was a carpenter, so that always had some kind of meaning to me”
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Radical homemaking & stewardship of creation
July 15, 2010
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If we intentionally carry with us the idea that 6 million children die every year because they do not have enough to eat and that U.S. citizens waste more food than some countries ever see, it makes it a bit more difficult to buy that extra pair of shoes or cute little blouse if these are not really necessary.
British public would support women bishops
July 15, 2010
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“63% would allow the appointment of women bishops and only 10% would not”
Being a post-modern clergy spouse
July 15, 2010
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Dana’s in the radiance business. Literally—she’s an Episcopal priest. And while she’s been radiating throughout the three years of our courtship and the 11 of our marriage, something’s changed in the last nine months.
Fort Worth Episcopal statement on Hood County case
July 15, 2010
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“We have experienced some procedural setbacks in our litigation both in Tarrant and Hood counties but we remain firmly optimistic…. Remember that more than a third of the many cases The Episcopal Church has won across the nation are won on appeal. We have always assumed these cases would be appealed no matter which side prevailed at the trial level,” Bishop Ohl said.
Primate of Nigeria speaks on homosexuality and border crossing
July 14, 2010
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Our church is said to have crossed borders in its pastoral work in the USA. We reject being put in the same category with churches conducting gay ordination and same sex marriage, and the equating of our evangelical initiative (for which we should be commended) with those who are doing things unbiblical. But for the Nigerian initiative and others like her, many of our faithful Anglican American friends who cannot tolerate the unbiblical practices of the Episcopal Church in America could have gone away to other faiths.
It takes an opposable mind to live the gospel
July 14, 2010
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Roger Martin introduced to business world readers the idea of an “opposable mind.” As a human thumb allows us to pick up stuff, so leaders must hold together the irreconcilable until some new possibility emerges. Others have written about how much Martin’s description sounds like the gospel. Christians have to affirm things in tandem that the world prefers to pull apart. Does any wing of today’s Anglican Communion have an opposable mind?
The dilemma of euthanasia
July 14, 2010
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I would submit that the worship of biological life can take on a form of idolatry, substituting human existence for something more intimate and divine. ~The Rev. Dr. Michael Attas
Teenagers’ faith practices changing
July 14, 2010
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Barna Group reports, “Teenagers are consistently among the most religiously active Americans, with nearly six out of every 10 teens engaged in some type of
GTS press release:
“Financial Crisis Eased”
July 14, 2010
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The General Theological Seminary has reached agreement in principle with its chief lending institution on terms for a $5.3 million short term loan that will provide working capital for the upcoming school year. “After we complete the very complex sale of the Chelsea units we will be required to retire the $5.3 million short term loan. The remaining proceeds will be used to further reduce the Seminary’s debt,” said the Rev. Lang Lowrey, GTS Interim President.
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