Orombi living in the tension
April 21, 2010
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Waylaid by volcanic ash, Archbishop Orombi’s address to the Global South conference was read for him. We don’t want a state church, but we do
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Dismay and anger in Central Africa over cost of Global South meeting
April 20, 2010
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Dean Albert Chama, who is now in Singapore, is accompanied by Bishops William Mchama of Eastern Zambia and Godfrey Tawonzi of Masvingo, Zimbabwe, also with travelling them is the Rev’d Christopher Mwawa of Malawi. The cost of first class flights and accommodation for the four of them amounts to the value of approximately a whole year’s pay for all the currently unpaid priests in Zimbabwe and Lake Malawi!
First woman elected to head Christian Conference of Asia
April 20, 2010
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Hutabarat-Lebang said poverty, migration, the build up of armaments, violence, human rights violations and the impact of globalisation persist as the challenges to which her leadership, along with the churches in Asia, seeks to address.
Reports from Global South Encounter in Singapore
April 20, 2010
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… fighting corruptions, poverty, despotic and greedy Government, polygamy in Africa as well as serial monogamy elsewhere, some of whom make profession of Faith. It also can help to transform the stay-in-one-place movement attitude of the West to climate change. And not less relevant is transformation to the crushing problem of refugees, hunger, disease and population explosion. ~~++Okoh
Lutheran Church embraces LGBTQ community
April 20, 2010
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A great truth has been realized today that Jesus Christ demonstrated throughout His ministry 2000 years ago. It is not blasphemous to include and embrace the prayers and relationships and service of those outside society’s gate. In fact, it’s a blessing.
ABC to Global South: there are no quick solutions
April 20, 2010
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In all your minds there will be questions around the election and consecration of Mary Glasspool in Los Angeles. All of us share the concern that in this decision and action the Episcopal Church has deepened the divide between itself and the rest of the Anglican family. And as I speak to you now, I am in discussion with a number of people around the world about what consequences might follow from that decision, and how we express the sense that most Anglicans will want to express, that this decision cannot speak for our common mind.
Why partnerships are the future of the American congregation
April 19, 2010
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Wayne Floyd: Why are church gatherings so likely to be homogenous—meetings of the like-minded, celebrations of sameness? Why are churches so often the poster children of the post-modern epidemic of sandbox-intolerance and bad manners? I got a look last week at how it might be different, when I helped to host a one-day workshop in Philadelphia.
Five myths about the child rape scandal in the Catholic Church
April 19, 2010
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David Gibson, one of the best journalists on the Catholic beat wrote a perceptive essay for The Washington Post’s Outlook section yesterday enumerating five myths about the child rape scandal in the church. These include that Pope Benedict XVI is the primary culprit, that gay priests are to blame and that journalists are biased against the church.
Making the argument for Earth Day in spiritual terms
April 19, 2010
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The lifestyles of rich nations are harming poor people in other parts of the world; the harms are catastrophic (drought, floods, fresh water loss); and the victims have no recourse, said Penn State professor Donald Brown. “We can’t think about it as a matter of self economic interest,” he said
A new Rwandan primate- corrected
April 19, 2010
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Do you suppose he will continue to support the border-crossing Anglican Mission in America?
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