Presiding Bishop’s Christmas message
December 8, 2008
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Annual Christmas message from The Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori, Presiding Bishop of The Episcopal Church.
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Shock: evangelical leader is honest about evangelical voting trends
December 8, 2008
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Affinity-group politics took second place to competence for Chief Lobbyist and Vice President for Governmental Affairs for the National Association of Evangelicals (NAE) Richard Cizik when he walked into the voting booth this year. What he has to say shows the shift in thinking (and possible split) among politically active evangelicals.
In case you missed these reports
December 8, 2008
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If you were away this weekend, you may have missed some big stories on the Cafe. Here is a round up.
ONE Sabbath
December 7, 2008
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While the vast majority of clergy — 90 percent — said political leaders should talk about how the country can address international poverty and health matters, the typical Christian leader may only preach about poverty issues once a year.
Culture wars and healthcare workers
December 7, 2008
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What does it tell us about the state of the abortion wars today that battles once waged over the dignity and autonomy of pregnant women have morphed into disputes over the dignity and autonomy of their health care providers instead? Two of the most pitched battles over reproductive rights in America right now turn on whether health workers can be forced to provide medical services or information to which they ethically or professionally object. But as we learn from these fights, our solicitude for the beliefs of medical workers is selective: Abortion opponents will soon enjoy broader legal protections than ever.
The changing nature of ritual
December 7, 2008
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In the 18th and 19th centuries, celebrations often consisted primarily of shooting off guns and athletic competitions. I don’t know about your family, but our Thanksgiving tradition does not involve firearms.
God Bless Newsweek
December 7, 2008
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Given the history of the making of the Scriptures and the millennia of critical attention scholars and others have given to the stories and injunctions in the Hebrew Bible and the Christian New Testament, to argue that something is so because it is in the Bible is more than intellectually bankrupt—it is unserious, and unworthy of the great Judeo-Christian tradition
Iker says he has not renounced his orders
December 7, 2008
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Bishop Jack Iker of Forth Worth says that Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori is wrong. He has not renounced his orders, and therefore should not
Akinola interview centers on homosexuality
December 6, 2008
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The Sunday Tribune (Nigeria) interviewed Archbishop Peter Akinola “on how pro-homosexual Europeans are buying over weak churches in Africa to keep quiet, GAFCON and how
The Christmas Story in 30 seconds
December 6, 2008
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Can you tell the Christmas story for radio or video in under 30 seconds? That’s was the challenge the Church Advertising Network gave churches, youth groups and individuals this Christmas. The winning radio was set to a YouTube video below.
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