Tag: Media

An American press flack at Lambeth

For an American church flak like me, learning to work with the British news media has been similar to learning to drive on British roads. The enterprises are fundamentally similar, and yet one’s reflexes need reconditioning to avoid accidents.

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Rhetoric can kill

Candace Chellew-Hodge, a former co-worker with Sean Hannity of Fox News, has written an open letter to him, and to all in the media, which reflects on the role that rhetoric has played in leading to the shootings in Tennessee this past Sunday.

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Censorship in the name of religion

The World Association of Newspapers and the World Editors Forum have condemned what they say are the Geneva-based UN Human Rights Council’s repeated efforts to undermine freedom of expression in the name of protecting religious sensibilities.

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Amazing Grace Project

The Anglican Church in Canada wants to have a video present wrapped and ready in time for Christmas. Anglican congregations all across Canada are being

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Holy Apostle’s Soup Kitchen

For 14 years, Ian Frazier of The New Yorker has taught a writing workshop at Holy Apostles Episcopal Church in the Chelsea section of New York City. In this issue of the magazine, he writes about the church, its wonderful soup kitchen and the many people he has met through the workshop.

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Faith on the Carrier

Episode 8 of the PBS series Carrier this week focused on faith. The major religious groups on board are Catholic and Protestant, but there also is a coven of Wiccans, as well as a Pentecostal group whose newest member is challenged by the duality of his beliefs and the temptations of liberty as the ship drops anchor in Perth, Australia.

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The Happy List

The Independent, a newspaper in the UK, has decided to counter the media’s obsession with the rich and famous, with a list of those who are happy because they do good.

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Scam alert

Some readers have asked about a company called anglican films that advertises videos for churches. Be aware that it is a scam. The alert sent

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