“The answer from now on could not be clearer. No extra funding for a university that appoints anti-gay figures to prominent positions. I hope other alumni will keep their hands firmly in their pockets and when the call comes for money, just say no.”
This week on the Social Hour: Revisiting our Facebook ad, search committees and Google, and the USA Today on social media and church.
A growing number of companies are offering the services of chaplains in the workplace. Managers say many employees who wouldn’t think of calling a therapist or an employee-assistance program will willingly turn to a chaplain. Executives at Tyson Foods Inc., which employs 120 chaplains serving a work force of 117,000, say they believe the service reduces turnover.
“This post has a genuine occupational requirement and therefore has an exemption under the Employment Equality (Religion or Belief) Regulations 2003.” Translation from CoE-ese to English: gays need not apply.
According to our Webalizer 2.0 statistics, Episcopal Cafe has received more than 2 million visits in the last 12 months. That’s a first for us. Visits are up by more than 17 percent over the previous year. Thanks to everybody who visits, and everybody who comes back.
Don’t forget, Episcopal Cafe is asking for your help in writing a Facebook ad, and we are also trying to help the folks at Jericho Road bring a fruit orchard to Central City, New Orleans. The first task requires some creativity, but the second just involves clicking on your mouse. And, hey, you’re doing that anyway.
On the Anglican Communion Covenant, the House agreed (a) to commend it for adoption by the Church of England; (b) to invite the [Synod] Business Committee to schedule the beginning of the adoption process for the inaugural Synod in November 2010, with a view to final approval in February 2012; (c) not to propose special majorities for its adoption.
While 67 percent of churchgoing Protestants have a specific denominational preference, 70 percent have a preferred soft drink brand, 64 percent have a preferred brand of grocery store, 64 percent have a preferred brand of toothpaste, and 64 percent have a preferred brand of vehicle.
“I just really want everyone to know, there is no ‘us or them,’ no throwaway people. Nobody is beyond the grasp of God’s grace. And that we are simply there to love people.”