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Tuesday, September 9, 2014

TREC Letter to the Church, Discerning at Lambeth, the Motherhood penalty, Dating as a Priest and other reflections on ministry

TREC Letter and Responses
 
TREC issues a letter to The Episcopal Church suggesting changes
The Lead: TREC recommendations
 Just the Same, Only More So: TREC’s Letter to the Church, September 2014 | A Good and Joyful Thing
The Lead: Responses to TREC Letter
Less Programming, More Networking
Crusty Old Dean: Don't Wal-Mart My Church, Dude: The TREC Open Letter
 
Other items from around the Episcopal Church and Anglican Communion 
Canon Kenneth Kearon elected as bishop of Limerick and Killaloe
Gaza hospital faces a future treating severe injuries, trauma
Christians facing more persecution
Ottawa church responds to graffiti with missional art

It’s time to vote for 2014 Episcopal Church Christmas card
Video: Archbishop of Canterbury on Christians in the Middle East
Archbishop of Canterbury joins multi-faith peace vigil for Iraq
The Lead: What a VTS student saw in Ferguson
The Lead: Food Insecurity
Anglican-Old Catholic International Co-ordinating Council communiqué
Anglicans turn to crowdfunding to tackle slavery, cancer
The Lead: ISIS Videos
Massachusetts Bishop Gayle Harris makes history in Welsh cathedral
"Women must be heard in Church and society" - Melanesia primate
In the News | The Union of Black Episcopalians - National
Liberia’s Cuttington University, diocese at epicenter of Ebola crisis
Same-Sex Covenant Ceremony Held In Historic Falls Church Chapel | Falls Church News-Press Online
Jump Into the Stream | The Living Church

 

Want to live at Lambeth Palace?: 
The Community of St Anselm | A year in God's time


Religion in the Headlines 
Witness Mecca's Dramatic Transformation Over The Past Century In Just 14 Photos
Oklahoma woman claims spaghetti strainer as religious headwear in license picture | KFOR.com
The World Religions Tree - Infographics • Наши разработки • Портфолио • Компания «Фанк і Консалтинг»
Cracks in the ‘stained-glass ceiling’: Women reach prominent pulpits | Religion News Service
God Hears the Cries of #Ferguson: A Burning Bush and a World on Fire
  
The Motherhood Penalty and other parenting items
The Motherhood Penalty vs. the Fatherhood Bonus - NYTimes.com
6 Things White Parents Can Do to Raise Racially Conscious Children — Everyday Feminism
Beverly Beckham: I was the sun and the kids were my planets. - South - The Boston Globe
A Grief Counselor on Talking to Young Children About Death | The Longest Shortest Time
Children and Death | RevGalBlogPals
 
Dating as a priest and other Reflections on Faith and Ministry  
The Lead: single and dating as a priest
Speaking to the Soul: A formula for forgiveness
Speaking to the Soul: Ready to Burst
Why Religious Studies Matters | Harvard Divinity School
Daily Episcopalian: Bible and Ecology
Tall, tattooed and forthright, can Nadia Bolz-Weber save evangelism? | Andrew Brown | Comment is free | The Guardian
The Lead: Finding the Sacred in Silence
The Young Curmudgeon Priest: More Catholic Than Rome: Acts 8 BLOGFORCE Challenge: Why Anglicanism?
Speaking to the Soul: Wasting Emotional Capital
Speaking to the Soul: Humility
7 Things I Wish Someone Would Have Told Me Before Going Into Ministry by Carey Nieuwhof - ChurchLeaders.com - Christian Leadership Blogs, Articles, Videos, How To's, and Free Resources
Audio downloads from the Bishop’s Bible Week 2014 | Down and Dromore
Bridging the gap between saying and doing | Round Maine with Bishop Lane
Speaking to the Soul
Courage Renewal
Speaking to the Soul
Daily Episcopalian
An Underground Railroad for Modern-Day Slaves by Jo Piazza — The Airship
Speaking to the Soul
The Church Is Dying, And It’s the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Us | Roof Crashers and Hem Grabbers
Coverage for End-of-Life Talks Gaining Ground - NYTimes.com
Bishop Dan's Blog: 7th EPISTLE TO THE NEVADANS
PidginPost | Just another WordPress.com site
Speaking to the Soul
Rising Leadership Forum: Trajectory and Program | The Cranmer Institute
A Responsive Reading – Labor Sabbath
How to Snap Pastors Like Breadsticks | Charles Redfern

Worship Planning Calendar
Labor Day Present for you! Downloadable Planning Calendars with Sundays only 2014-2015 or 2015 Alone | Traci Smith
 
Continuing Education
The Daring Way Conference | Episcopal Diocese of Texas
The New England Deacon Network Biennial Conference | Summary | powered by RegOnline

Inspiration 
Isabel Allende: How to live passionately—no matter your age | Talk Video | TED.com

 

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