Integrity gears up for the General Convention
March 17, 2009
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The Rev. Susan Russell: It is critical that the Episcopal Church move beyond B033 and toward marriage equality. Watch the nine-minute video.
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Bishops blogging, March 16 – House of Bishops
March 16, 2009
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The Bishops’ Spring Meeting in Kanuga is settling into business sessions now that the educational segment has been completed. Sunday evening, Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori gave her impressions of the Primates’ meeting. Departing bishops, assessments were discussed, and the election of a bishop for Central Ecuador has begun.
What torture says about America
March 16, 2009
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Andrew Sullivan has a pretty stark way of framing an issue. In the case of the policy of using torture against enemy combatants, he compares the United States’ policy as investigated by the Red Cross to that of the Gestapo’s. It’s pretty sobering.
Church foreclosure rate rising
March 16, 2009
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Young congregations are struggling across this country as their physical plant’s construction debt, created when the economy was booming, is suddenly becoming a major drag on their ability to provide the programs that were fueling their growth.
Redding story still developing
March 16, 2009
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Ann Holmes Redding, a priest argues that her subsequent conversion to Islam should not invalidate either her priestly ministry or her Christianity, is in the news again today.
March Gladness reminder
March 16, 2009
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Just a reminder that the NCAA Men’s Basektball Tournament is about to begin, and Episcopal Cafe is helping to support the March Gladness compeition sponsored by Episcopalians for Global Reconciliation. To participate, all you do is:
Anglicans call for vigilance regarding equal rights in difficult times
March 16, 2009
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The Anglican delegates to the United Nation’s Commission on the Status of Woman have issued a call for the world’s governments and the leadership of the Anglican Churches to be careful to guard against any erosion of women’s status during the global economic crisis.
The culture wars are ending?
March 16, 2009
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Frank Rich points out some interesting implications of the lack of controversy over President Obama’s lifting of President Bush’s stem-cell research ban. He sees an
Bishops blogging, March 15 – House of Bishops
March 15, 2009
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Today the bishops are observing 24 hours of sabbath with their only commitment being to celebrate the Eucharist together. Saturday they heard presentations on the current state of the economy and the activities of the US Congress.
God on the brain
March 15, 2009
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Scientists report in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences this week that they pinpointed where in the brain different types of religious thoughts originate. According to the study, religious musings occur in a variety of regions, confirming previous research showing there is no single “God Spot” in the brain from whence all spiritual thoughts emerge
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