Category: The Lead

Keeping cool

A brief profile of Katharine Jefferts Schori describes how she keeps her cool in a very stressful job. Daniel Burke of Religious News Service says

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We are one in Jesus

Last Saturday, Episcopalian in the Diocese of Albany prayed together, listened to each other, and reached across the divide that afflicts the church these days/

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I am the rich

It’s struck me over the last few weeks: I am “the rich” that the Bible talks about. If you and I have sufficient food, decent clothes, live in a house or apartment and have a reasonably reliable means of transportation, we’re among the top 15 percent of the world’s wealthy. That challenges my perspective. After all, I had all those things when I considered myself a “poor as a church mouse” college student.

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Congressional food and indulgences

The Democratic majority has changed the food at the Congressional cafeteria, and the Republican minority is very unhappy. “I like real food,” proclaimed Republican leader John Boehner when asked about the new menu by a producer for another cable news outfit. “Food that I can pronounce the name of.”

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Schofield fires most of San Joaquin Standing Committee

No resignations were given. … The members of the committee at this morning’s meeting were quite clear on this point, we did not resign, we were declared unqualified to hold office. The Bishop’s decision affects up to 6 of the 8 elected members of the Committee including all of the clergy members.

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Digging the Bible

David Plotz, the Slate author who blogged the books of the Hebrew Bble last year is now digging the Bible–he is reporting his experiences at various archeological sites in the Holy Land.

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