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Sunday, July 13, 2014

EYE, Immigration, Social Media Sunday, World Council of Churches, Church Jargon and some thought provoking items from around the internet . . .


Items from around the Episcopal Church and Anglican Communion
The Lead: Inspiring Eucharist at EYE
Compassionate Response | in the Diocese of the Rio Grande
The Lead: Theology & Modern Detectives
The Lead: Presiding Bishop & GC Officers
Strange Language: Jargon, Tradition, and Essence | The Sub-Dean's Stall
EYE14 participants summoned to bring their gifts to the world
Five Questions with Episcopal priest, fighter of human trafficking | Tampa Bay Times
Scholar-Priest Initiative offer free videos on Eucharist, Scripture
It’s here! EYE14 kicks off
Daily Episcopalian
Speaking to the Soul
RIP: The Venerable Anthony Turney
Welby braced for 'difficulty' with Rome as Church of England prepares to approve women bishops - Telegraph
Brett & Matt's gothic clergy cemetery wedding
You Can Confess to an Anglican Priest – But Don’t Take My Word For It | The Conciliar Anglican
Anglican spiritual head, the Archbishop of Canterbury in Mauritius
These Religions Were Born In The U.S.A.
'Showing that we care': Teen volunteers put faith in action with Raise the Roof ministry | AL.com
George Takei: Why I love a country that once betrayed me | Talk Video | TED.com
Fresh ways of being Church excite, inspire Anglicans
St. Pete's Rock: Responding to Texas Border Crisis
The Moral Failure Of Immigration Reform: Are We Really Afraid Of Children?
EpiscopalShare: Social Media Sunday
Church jargon jettisoned for better communication
The Young Curmudgeon Priest: "Now you are called to work as pastor, priest, and teacher..."
Anglican mass service at the rugby ground
Are Church leaders the world's most active peacemakers? | Anglican Communion News Service
“No renewal of the Church without renewal of prayer,” - Abp of Canterbury | Anglican Communion News Service
WCC announces September Interfaith Summit on Climate Change
Anglicans, Episcopalians from five continents on WCC’s governing body
2,000 Christians gather in South Africa for Anglicans Ablaze
Columbia Theological Seminary - Women as Equals: the Need for Continuing Change
#Episcopal 'Social Media Sunday' a digital invitation
VTS's Center for Anglican Communion Studies held a Christian-Muslim conference in Tanzania
Marriage task force releases study guide, discussion resources
Pittsburgh Bishop McConnell reflects on the lessons of faith in illness
Diocese of Peshawar helps to meet needs of displaced people
West Texas: San Marcos church rekindles passion for God’s creation
Los Angeles: Religious leaders call for prayer for migrant children
Presiding Bishop on the crisis of unaccompanied children at US border
EYE14 participants summoned to bring their gifts to the world
Religious Leaders Petition Congress To Provide Legal Assistance To Immigrant Children
Members of Anglican laity can now be officially recognised as an order

Religion in the Headlines: Israel, Palestine, the Pope and Chinese Ramadan
CNN Belief Blog
From the Director: Together In Pain & Hope | Ways to Help | Kids4Peace Blog
The Danger of Broken Hearts | Fr. Josh Thomas
Pope Asks Forgiveness From Victims of Sex Abuse - NYTimes.com
China bans Ramadan fast in Muslim northwest - The Washington Post

Poverty
Three Steps We Can Take to Solve Poverty, From Someone Who Knows Firsthand | Perspectives | BillMoyers.com
Let Them Eat Cash - NYTimes.com
This is what happened when I drove my Mercedes to pick up food stamps - The Washington Post
The opposite of homelessness: Carol Howard Merritt on Love Wins Ministries | The Christian Century


Reflections on Culture, Religion and Ministry
Thank You, Disney, for Awakening My Spirituality | OnFaith
COMMENTARY: Christians worship a child who fled violence in his home country | Religion News Service
On Grief and Growing Up | Practicing Families
Baptist pastor on why the Bible supports LGBT equality
We Are All Missionaries on Vimeo
liberal church nerd: When You Stop Walking on Water
The Creative Climate - NYTimes.com
The Friends of Jake: Fear and the Religious Right: a role for liturgical practice?
Hobby Lobby, Megachurches, and the Trouble With Corporate Christianity
Of Kingdom and Empire: Celebrating the Fourth of July as Christians | The Sub-Dean's Stall
The Problem of Contempt in Christianity | The American Conservative
Priests Recieves Last

Local Items of Note (including the blog of our own Audrey Scanlan)
Completing Joy
Newtown Victim's Animal Sanctuary Dream Becomes A Reality

Death & Funerals
Please Don’t Say These Six Things at My Funeral |
BBC World Service - More or Less, Will we Die Before our Parents?

Parenting
A British Nanny's 5 Reasons Why Modern Parenting Is In Crisis
Here Are The Worst States For Working Parents

Leadership & Insights from the Business World
MANAGEMENT: Soothing Savage Structures; A Leaderless Orchestra Offers Lessons for Business - New York Times
Organisation Development, Coaching, Facilitation Change Management & Training - Kinharvie Institute
Women and Leadership: Moving Forward | Wharton Magazine
Ecumenical Resources
Welcome to the Frontpage: Churches Together in Cumbria
Disciples News Service
Open Space Guidelines | Presbytery of San Francisco Open Space Guidelines | Serving PCUSA churches and members in the Bay Area

Sunday, May 18, 2014

Sudan, Bishops, Preaching, popular culture, parenting and reflections on ministry in the 21st century . . .


Stories from around the Episcopal Church and the Anglican Communion
 
Video: Presiding Bishop calls the church to prayer for South Sudan
Pregnant woman faces charge of Apostasy in Sudan:news360.com/article/238957729
Video: Bishop Sauls kicks off ‘Advocacy to Challenge Domestic Poverty’
Summit first step in creating a coalition against trafficking
 CT Bishop Jim Curry & daughter Gretchen involved in effort of Young adults speak truth to power on Capitol Hill
California diocese’s first eco-confirmation hailed a success
"Too few Anglican women involved in decision-making processes"
eNews May 15: South Sudan, Nigerian girls, TREC-CT, Stewardship Resources
Joyous celebration of Frances Perkins’ feast day from Maine to D.C.
Court decision about property in San Joaquin
  
Bishop consecrations and elections
http://www.dioceseny.org/news_items/272-allen-k-shin-consecrated-bishop-suffragan
http://www.ecdio.org/election.html 
 
Another TED Talk - suicide and life 
Kevin Briggs: The bridge between suicide and life | Talk Video | TED.com
 
Preaching Resources
When we make the move (a prayer for pastors) | Reflectionary
Weekly Sermon Illustration: What It Means to be a Christian | Frederick Buechner Center
Announcement: Blogging the Lectionary
 
 
More reflections on Church and Ministry in the 21st century
To the Dying Church: Do What You Came Here to Do - Chris Chatelaine-Samsen | God's Politics Blog | Sojourners
Statement on 'Black Mass' | Harvard University
What This Priest Saw At the Harvard Eucharistic Procession - Aleteia

At Its Depths: The Eucharist and the People of God | The Sub-Dean's Stall
Praying Jane Eyre | The Christian Century
Playing With Fire
Blog - NEXT Church
odes4hg | Conversations with God
The Art Is Not in Forgetting But in Letting Go | On Being

"My Faith, My Way": Youth, Spirituality and Christian Practices | Summer Study at Yale Divinity School
EDOW Blog: That's so...awkward.
The First Sunday After A Loss | Portico Collective
Why a church wedding? | The Christian Century
Acts 8 Moment
Marilynne Robinson Discusses Christianity, Gay Marriage Leading Up To Book Release
Q&A: Marilynne Robinson on guns, gay marriage and Calvinism | Religion News Service
3 Things You Might Not Know About Proverbs 31
Are Sundays Dying? - Pacific Standard: The Science of Society 

We Didn’t Earn This | 50 Days of Fabulous
Would Jesus pray at a city council meeting? | Mercy Not Sacrifice
An open letter to pastors (A non-mom speaks about Mother’s Day) - Time-Warp Wife | Time-Warp Wife
Clergy Confidential: 7 Reasons to Go to Church on Mother's Day
www.patheos.com/blogs/nadiabolzweber/2014/05/stop-saying-the-church-is-dying-a-sermon-for-the-rocky-mountain-synod-assembly/
Reflections on Closing A Church | Imagine an Alternative
a long way from home: A Letter to a Discouraged Christian
Video: Prospects for Pastors | Watch Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly Online | PBS Video
 


A remarkable ministry in TN with women who are survivors of trafficking and prostitution


Welcome to Thistle Farms
 
Lessons from and Reflections on popular culture
Potentially Racist Words and Phrases - The Root
Sara I Writes: Jesus in my Confidence Gap
Five Lessons that a Baseball Park can Teach the Church | buildingfaith
U.S. productivity: Putting in all those hours doesn’t matter - The Washington Post
What If Your Workplace IS Your Mission Field? | The High Calling
23 Photos Of People From All Over The World Next To How Much Food They Eat Per Day - Dose - Your Daily Dose of Amazing
10 Sensory Play Ideas To Pass the Hours (& Save Your Sanity)
15 things youth need to thrive in America Matador
How to Attack the Gender Wage Gap? Speak Up - NYTimes.com
The 9/11 Story Told at Bedrock, Powerful as a Punch to the Gut - NYTimes.com
What happened to Jill Abramson shows everything that sucks about being a woman leader - Vox
The Origins of 'Privilege' : The New Yorker
How Communal Singing Disappeared From American Life - Atlantic Mobile
James Surowiecki: The Startup Mass Extinction : The New Yorker 
10 Things I’ve Learned From Difficult People | RELEVANT Magazine
 
More on Parenting
Once We Become Parents We Don't Want to Hang Out With You Anymore (But Not for the Reasons You Think)What 3 Out Of 10 Homeless Adults Today Had In Common As KidsTo Create a Real Connection, Show Vulnerability - Michael Simmons - Harvard Business Review
Why I Play the Mom Card - NYTimes.com
Why Lone Rangers Always Fail | Trusted consultants for your congregation
The struggles families face to find good mental health services… | Church4EveryChild
The Lutheran | What you don't see: Blessed be those who bring children to worship
Mother's Day Prayers. Poetry, famous quotations, readings and thoughts for the day.


Theology Conference for Graduate Students
Graduate Conference in Theology

And finally a prayer . . .
A Prayer of Oscar Romero

Friday, March 28, 2014

Eucharist

EUCHARIST
Can online Communion be a substitute for the real thing? | Religion News Service
'Ghost Burger' Topped With Communion Wafer Stirs Controversy For Chicago Restaurant