Remembering Archbishop Oscar Romero’s life, and assassination
March 24, 2010
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Today, March 24th, marks the 30th anniversary of the assassination of El Salvadoran Catholic Archbishop Oscar Romero.
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Assorted links
March 24, 2010
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There’s a common thread — lying, cheating, moral superiority.
Voice for progressive clergy
re-activated in Nashville
March 23, 2010
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Covenant Association, Nashville, TN was an alternative to the Religious Right and pursued a social justice agenda of desegregating the schools, advocating for the Metro Human Rights Commission and trying to end Christians’ attempts to convert Jews.
House of Bishops meeting update
March 23, 2010
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The bishops of the Episcopal Church are meeting at Camp Allen, TX. The spring meeting is more of a retreat for bishops.
Water week celebrated
March 23, 2010
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…it’s not just water — it’s increased income, it’s time free from collecting water, it’s the chance for children to attend school, it’s improved health, safety, privacy, and security. It’s a life saved. It’s a family preserved. Its an entirely simple act — some might say, a human right — that triggers a restoration of dignity and a triumph of possibility.
Is there religion in heaven?
March 23, 2010
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The book explores ideas of heaven: Heaven as a real place, heaven as an idea of something beautiful and perfect but unattainable, heaven as a location somewhere, heaven as a process, heaven as a galvanizing or corrupting influence or an incentive for good behavior.
Sunday school teacher oversees bank bailout
March 23, 2010
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Senators hear literally every day, from bank lobbyists, a plausible story for why we need to stay with the status quo. It’s water that wears on a rock, even for committed senators. They need to hear, on a personal level, what’s happening to families. They need to be held to account.
In prison and you visited me
March 22, 2010
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“We all know people who have done wrong and blame someone else,” said Kirk Duffy, a Savannah businessman and a deacon at St. Thomas Episcopal Church on the Isle of Hope, who has been active in Kairos for 10 years. “But by the time they land in prison, it’s reality time. They have time to think about what got them there.”
Wyoming’s internet sensation
March 22, 2010
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Without plan, preparation or promotion, the Election of Wyoming’s 9th Bishop was broadcast over the internet using a laptop, cellphone and cheapie web camera.
A stray thought about the Covenant
March 22, 2010
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Does the Covenant look any better if you can perform the mental feat of forgetting the history of the document when you read the current text?
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