Music of the season on the Web
March 20, 2008
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Saint Thomas’ Church on Fifth Avenue in New York City is Web casting audio files of its Holy Week services.
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Race, faith and the campaign
March 20, 2008
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Reflecting on the Obama-Wright controversy, the Right Rev. Greg Rickel, Episcopal Bishop of Olympia, noted that the “tragic past” remains personal for many. “We’re going to bring all the baggage of our lives into the conversation,” Rickel said. “A preacher brings life experiences to the pulpit. If we don’t deepen the dialogue, and be honest with each other, we’ll never get anywhere.”
A shoe shine from the bishop
March 20, 2008
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Bishops in England are getting down on their knees this Maundy Thursday to shine the shoes of office workers and shoppers in towns and cities across the country. The free act is inspired by the night of the Last Supper when Jesus washed his disciples’ feet before his trial and crucifixion on Good Friday.
The meaning of maundy
March 20, 2008
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The word maundy is an English corruption of the Latin mandatum, from the ‘new commandment’ that Jesus gives his disciples after washing their feet.
The war in Iraq and the ministry of The Episcopal Church
March 19, 2008
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Episcopal News Service observes the fifth anniversay of the war in Iraq by looking at the many ways in which The Episcopal Church remains active
More thoughts on that Pew survey of religious affiliation
March 19, 2008
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At least two more good essays have appeared since the initial reactions in blogs and in the media to the Pew Forum on Religion and
African Anglican bishop speaks out for striking workers
March 19, 2008
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IRIN reports: In a statement, the Swaziland Coalition of Concerned Civic Organisations (SCCCO) condemned the “continued abuse of the Royal Swazi Police and Umbutfo Swaziland
Whose morality comes first; the doctor’s or the patient’s?
March 19, 2008
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“American religious and secular values hold that medical professionals have a responsibility to provide timely and adequate medical care and that, while an individual’s conscientious objection must be protected, it cannot be at the cost of good patient care and it cannot control or restrict the legal and moral decisions of the patient.” – The Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice
Who’s afraid of schism?
March 19, 2008
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“I am not afraid of schism. I am afraid of a church in which leaders voted to listen to the experience of homosexual persons, but show little evidence of having acted on that promise. I am afraid of a church in which righteousness is understood to be the enforcement of a small number of biblical texts, forgetting that in the bible righteousness is realized in the practice of justice.” – Paul Gibson
Reports from the Global South: Lambeth acceptances confirmed
March 19, 2008
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Bishop Mouneer Anis of Egypt has issued a statement on the meeting of the Joint Standing Committee of the Anglican Consultative Council held February 29
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