Ash in the air, and the CofE in The New Yorker
April 19, 2010
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Of a stranded girls’ choir and the struggle over female bishops.
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Category: The Lead
Ill fares the land
April 19, 2010
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Something is profoundly wrong with the way we live today. For thirty years we have made a virtue out of the pursuit of material self-interest: indeed, this very pursuit now constitutes whatever remains of our sense of collective purpose. We know what things cost but have no idea what they are worth. We no longer ask of a judicial ruling or a legislative act: Is it good? Is it fair? Is it just?
Death notice: George Paul Reeves, age 91, Georgia’s seventh bishop
April 18, 2010
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“[T]o rubber-stamp the former bishop … as a conservative in a theologically-divided church would fail to capture the gifts he brought to Christianity.”
Convention buttons 2.0
April 18, 2010
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We dare you to sport these goods around the parish hall and see what conversation emerges.
‘Pray for those who persecute you?’ Why? How?
April 18, 2010
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Disagreement and disengagement are not the same; you can still take delight in someone, no matter where you stand on the concerns of the moment.
IARCA elects next primate; is TEC losing a supporter?
April 18, 2010
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With a shift in leadership upcoming in the Anglican Church of the Region of Central America, support for TEC may be imperiled.
Sunday Social Hour
April 18, 2010
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Twitter has been kinda quiet this week. Are you all enjoying the spring weather all of a sudden? But on Facebook, we are rapidly closing in on 3,000 supporters. We’ve had to do more moderation these past two weeks than in the life of the Cafe on Facebook total, but it’s worth it to see the community growing
Tutu blesses Douglas consecration
April 18, 2010
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“Ian, please tell the children of God that each one of them is precious. Each one of them is held in this public embrace, each one of them is a member of God’s family”
Assorted links
April 17, 2010
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As a nun said to me this week, if a woman had been sitting beside a bishop transferring a priest with a history of abuse, she would have said: “Hey, wait a minute!”
Many unchurched hurt by church
April 17, 2010
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Barna’s study among unchurched adults shows that nearly four out of every ten non-churchgoing Americans (37%) said they avoid churches because of negative past experiences in churches or with church people.
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