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Wednesday, May 27, 2015

Looking Ahead to General Convention


As we approach our 78th General Convention in a few weeks time, I wanted to be sure that you have some resources with which to prepare and follow the action!

Our Canon for Communications and Media, Karin Hamilton, does a fabulous job of keeping the folks in CT informed about the happenings at General Convention. Be sure to sign up for the ECCT General Convention E-News: https://www.episcopalct.org/News-and-Events/Electronic-Newsletters/

Karin also maintains a great page of resources on the ECCT website: https://www.episcopalct.org/GeneralConvention2015/

Some other sites that may be useful:

 The central clearing house of all things GC:
http://www.generalconvention.org/

 Hashtag to follow on Twitter: #GC78

Episcopal News Service: http://episcopaldigitalnetwork.com/ens/

Updates from Episcopal Church Public Affairs: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/blog/PublicAffairs 

Some Sites and Blogs to watch: 

Memorial to the Church mentioned in recent E-News:
http://www.episcopalresurrection.org/memorial/

Scott Gunn (Forward Movement) blogs the Blue Book:
http://www.sevenwholedays.org/category/general-convention/

Tom Furgeson on the Memorial:
http://crustyoldean.blogspot.com/

Keith Voets (member of COM) on Marriage:
http://theyoungcurmudgeonpriest.blogspot.com/

On Marriage:
http://fullyalive.squarespace.com/

Blog from Deputy Don Reed:
http://opensourcetheology.blogspot.com/
 

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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

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Friday, June 27, 2014

Marriage Prepartion, Same Sex Marriage, Divestment, Refugees, Ministry at Disney World and other items of note

 A recent conversation among an ecumenical clergy group generated a whole variety of tools for marriage preparation, so I thought I would pass the list along:




And a reflection on marriage
Rhapsody in Realism - NYTimes.com

Religion in the Headlines 
Methodists Reinstate Pastor, Deepening Church’s Rift Over Gays - NYTimes.com

Rev. Cameron Partridge, Transgender Priest, Shares Message Of Acceptance At Washington National Cathedral
Four Spiritual Opportunities of Facebook
Presbyterians vote to divest in companies doing business in Israel-Palestine
The Gospel According to 'Game of Thrones' 
Rite of the Sitting Dead: Funeral Poses Mimic Life - NYTimes.com  
Presbyterian Church Votes To Allow Gay Marriage 
Sweden's first female archbishop sworn in - The Local
Meriam Ibrahim: Sudan 'apostasy' woman freed again
World Cup and Faith Can Conflict, Too
Inspiring LGBT Religious Leaders
 Creationism Banned From UK Schools
 In Face Of ISIS Advance, Many Iraqi Christians Insist On Staying Put
 
 
Items from around The Episcopal Church and the Anglican Communion
Presiding Bishop’s 2014 World Refugee Day message
Bible Society Malaysia tells authorities: "Bibles not subversive"Anglican priest takes environmental activism to the streetsSecond Church of England priest marries his same sex partnerEpiscopal parties file petition for review by U.S. Supreme CourtCelebrating World Refugee DayEngland’s Synod agenda built around women bishop questionThe Lead: War and Capitalism  
Monastic community at Walt Disney World 
Presbyterian Assembly allows pastors to perform same-gender marriage
 
Parenting and Family Life (and ministry with children)
It's not the family dinner that's important; it's the time together | The Splendid Table
 Pediatrics Group to Recommend Reading Aloud to Children From Birth - NYTimes.com
Why Free Play Is the Best Summer School - Atlantic Mobile
 Wherever You Are | Practicing Families
Storypath
Cool at 13, Adrift at 23 - NYTimes.com
7 things all American mothers should want right now | New York Post
What I Learned From My Daughter's Deadly Brain Tumor Diagnosis | St. Baldrick's Blog | Childhood Cancer Stories & Research 
 
Reflections on Church and MinistryAn excerpt from Cryptomnesia - NEXT Church
In the face of fear, God holds us while nudging us into the world | Round Maine with Bishop Lane
12 Steps for Clergy Recovery 
Corpus Christi 2014 | Saint Mark's Church 
The Seminary Class of 2014 | Trusted consultants for your congregation 
Compost? Secret Sauce to Cultivating New Leadership and Ministry | Hyepin Im | Red Letter Christians : Red Letter Christians 
Three things that pastors are not | The Christian Century 
revrachelrambles.wordpress.com/2014/06/20/thoughts-from-the-train/ 
m.thetimesnews.com/opinion/guest-columns/new-insights-into-the-same-world-1.335671 
When Hipsters Go to Church - Aleteia
www.ministrymatters.com/all/entry/5134/5-reasons-we-worship-in-the-afternoon
Jesus Is the Worst Thing to Happen to Christianity in Awhile
Seven Reasons the Pastor’s Salary Can Be a Source of Tension - ThomRainer.com 
Decently Writ, XVII: A Sermon by the Rt. Rev. Eugene Taylor Sutton | Sed Angli. 
 
Women in Ministry
For Women in Midlife, Career Gains Slip Away - NYTimes.com
Faithful Women and the Presence of Christ | The Sub-Dean's Stall

Independence Day resources
a litany for independence day | rick morley
 
Leadership and Work/Life Balance
25 Signs You’re Succeeding At Life (Even If It Doesn’t Feel Like It) |
Shawn Achor: The happy secret to better work | Talk Video | TED.com
www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/books/2014/05/26/140526crbo_books_kolbert?currentPage=all&mobify=
Autopsy of a Burned Out Pastor: 13 Lessons - ThomRainer.com
https://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140313205730-5711504-the-science-behind-ted-s-18-minute-rule?_mSplash=1 

 
 



 



 
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Friday, March 28, 2014

Marriage

MARRIAGE
16 Ways I Blew My Marriage - Part 3
Marriage Isn’t For You | Seth Adam Smith
http://sethadamsmith.com/2013/11/02/marriage-isnt-for-you/
Young Singles, Seth Adam Smith's Marriage Advice Isn't for You | Wayne Self
Mistakes in Marriage

A Dad's Letter to His Son (About the Only Good Reason to Get Married)


Disagreeing about Marriage – and Gender | kai euthus

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