Executive Council tours 815
June 12, 2007
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Episcopal Life Online reports on the second day of the Executive Council meeting, which they spent touring the newly renovated Church Center at 815 Second
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Division among the apostles
June 12, 2007
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In her lectionary blog, Dylan Breuer poses the following question: “If Peter and Paul can disagree passionately about something that Paul and perhaps even both of them thought was about the very “truth of the gospel,” and if we can celebrate them both as apostles of Christ and heroes of the faith, why does it seem to happen so often in our churches today that any serious disagreement about an important matter of faith becomes an occasion to condemn one party as not only completely wrong, but outside the bounds of Christianity itself?”
Becoming ONE
June 12, 2007
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Coverage in the major media today on the launch of ONE Vote ’08 focuses on politicians reaching across the aisle and Bono’s increasing influence on
Howard Dean, Scripture scholar
June 12, 2007
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Democratic Party chairman Howard Dean, who left the Episcopal Church in a dispute over the route of a bike path, and who once identified Job
Executive Council holds private conversation
June 12, 2007
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Executive Council members held a private conversation yesterday on the Draft Report of the Response to the Primates’ Communique.
Mac-Iyalla speaks to Executive Council
June 11, 2007
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Nigerian Anglican Davis Mac-Iyalla, founder of his country’s only gay-rights organization, Changing Attitude Nigeria, spoke with the Executive Council’s International Concerns (INC) and National Concerns
Putting poverty in the presidential race
June 11, 2007
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The ONE Campaign’s commitment to make poverty history was stepped up June 11 when a mass media and mobilization effort to make global poverty a
Digital Images, Real Controversy
June 11, 2007
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Is it ethical to digitally scan a private space open to the public and then use it to make a video game or a movie without the permission of the owners? Especially when the use of those images is antithetical to the mission and values of the owners, in this case the church? And how should the church react when popular culture uses, comments or intrudes on the church’s sacred spaces?
While running for President, cradle Episcopalian worships Baptist style
June 11, 2007
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He says little about the current role of religion in his life. “I think it’s something between me and my creator,” McCain said in an interview with McClatchy Newspapers. “It’s primarily a private issue rather than a public one. … When I’m asked about it, I’ll be glad to discuss it. I just don’t bring it up.” He says he attends the Southern Baptist North Phoenix Church because they are “strong on redemption and so am I.” McCain still identifies himself as Episcopalian.
Cuba’s First Woman Bishop
June 11, 2007
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The Episcopal Church broke new ground in Cuba yesterday by ordaining its first female bishop in the developing world at a ceremony that mixed incense with Caribbean music. The Rev. Nerva Cot said she will bring a feminine touch to leadership of her church’s small but growing congregation in communist Cuba, where religious worship was freed a decade ago.
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