Do we need some laughs?
August 29, 2007
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Scott Gunn at Inclusive Church writes: “Here’s my idea. Let’s talk about rumors, but only for humor and jest. We could use a few laughs in the Communion.”
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David Aikman on the attack dogs of Christendom
August 29, 2007
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David Aikman writing in Christianity Today What disturbs me … is the extent to which some Christians have turned themselves into the self-appointed attack dogs
What can and should we all do about the national disconnect between citizen and soldier?
August 29, 2007
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Most of us have gone on with our lives with minimal interruption because we are fighting with an all-volunteer force. Only a relatively small slice of American society has any real connection to the men and women in uniform. Fewer have any idea what their families are going through as they wait for their service members to come home.
Canterbury Cross
August 29, 2007
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Click here (The Archbishop of Canterbury Official site Welcome page) and hover your mouse pointer over the TIME cover of the Archbishop. What do you
The Very Rev. Tracey Lind and the morning papers
August 29, 2007
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A roundup of news coverage of the announcement yesterday that the Very Rev. Tracey Lind — an openly gay priest and dean at Trinity Cathedral in Cleveland — is on the slate of candidates for Bishop of Chicago.
San Joaquin pushes back convention; in ‘wait-and-see’ mode
August 29, 2007
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The change in date was primarily made to give the voting members of convention time for prayer and careful consideration of the unusually large number of important events scheduled this fall. Last year diocesan clergy and lay delegates approved the first reading of controversial changes to remove language acknowledging the diocese as a constituent part of The Episcopal Church from its constitution and canons.
Methodists denounce the Institute for Religion and Democracy
August 28, 2007
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The Desert Southwest Conference of the United Methodist Church is proposing a resolution, to be considered by their General Conference in 2008, condemning the tactics of the Institute for Religion and Democracy and calling for all Methodists to cease working with this organization.
Using economics to improve your faith life
August 28, 2007
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Who has not yawned their way through a sermon or prayer at one time or another? How do you keep your mind from wandering from the divine service to thoughts about grocery shopping later in the day or your next work assignment?
Nominees for bishop of Chicago
August 28, 2007
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Five nominees, including one lesbian candidate, for the 12th Bishop of Chicago were received from the Bishop Search Committee and announced Aug. 28, 2007 by the Episcopal Diocese of Chicago’s governing body, the Standing Committee, subject to completion of background checks.
Churches failed in Rwanda’s genocide
August 28, 2007
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Rwandans used to be very proud of their country’s trust in God. There was a saying about wherever a person travels, he or she should “make sure to come to sleep in Rwanda,” because of the perception of safety. That all changed in 2004. “God went and left and never came back.”
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