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The Cloud Of Nada Nada
Making sense where it makes no sense By Michael Spyker Here I am, sitting at home trying to get my house all stilled. The birds outside are chirping, I can hear the train and the garbage truck. Inside our home it’s actually quiet. Jeanne has gone to work. But my house, the one St John […]
Solidarity for a Change
*April 1, 2007* ** ** *Solidarity for a Change* ** ** *By Harry T. Cook* The first time someone called me a “Communist” was 41 years ago when I was involved with the fledgling Pentwater (Mich.) Education Association in what turned out to be a hopeless enterprise of trying to obtain modest salary increases for […]
The Cost and Promise of Being Vulnerable
*April 1, 2007* *//* ** *The Cost and Promise of Being Vulnerable* ** *By Harry T. Cook* /**/ /*Luke’s Passion Narrative*/ /* */ Supposing you knew that either a warrant was out for your arrest or that an ambush awaited you just up the road. Would you go there, right into the teeth of trouble? […]
Pope says hell and damnation are real and eternal
By Richard Owen in Rome March 28, 2007 12:00am *HELL is a place where sinners really do burn in an everlasting fire, and not just a religious symbol designed to galvanise the faithful, Pope Benedict XVI has said.* Addressing a parish gathering in a northern suburb of Rome, the Pope said that in the modern […]
Casino Debate
ACNS 4274 | ENGLAND | 29 MARCH 2006 Archbishop of Canterbury – contribution to House of Lords casino debate The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, spoke yesterday in the debate on gambling and super casinos in the House of Lords. The Archbishop of Canterbury, along with the Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham and the […]
Russia; Turkmenistan; Uzbekistan
FORUM 18 NEWS SERVICE, Oslo, Norway http://www.forum18.org/ The right to believe, to worship and witness The right to change one’s belief or religion The right to join together and express one’s belief ================================================= 29 March 2007 RUSSIA: WILL MOSCOW SALVATION ARMY’S RIGHTS BE RESTORED? http://www.forum18.org/Archive.php?article_id=937 Although the Russian government seems set to pay the Moscow […]
Secular Muslims are creating signs of hope
A Breath of Islamic Fresh Air Secular Muslims are creating signs of hope: don’t knock them, says Peter Riddell From the Church Times In a striking example of self-analysis, about 500 delegates, including both practising and nominal Muslims, attended an inaugural “Secular Islam Summit” this month in St Petersburg, Florida. The summit culminated in a […]
Archbishop of Canterbury – Church must be ‘safe place’ for gay and,lesbian people
ACNS 4272 | LAMBETH | 28 MARCH 2007 Archbishop of Canterbury – Church must be ‘safe place’ for gay and lesbian people The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, has said that the churches of the Anglican Communion must be safe places for gay and lesbian people. His comments come in a welcome to an […]
Same-sex,blessings
ACNS 4273 | CANADA | 29 MARCH 2007 Anglican Theological Commission clarifies provenance of same-sex blessings resolutions The Primate’s Theological Commission, a group appointed by the Anglican Primate to consult on theological matters, has released a clarification concerning resolutions on the blessing of same-sex unions approved earlier this month by the church’s governing council. The […]
Abolitionists Remembered
ACNS 4271 | ACO | 28 MARCH 2007 Abolitionists Remembered in Westminster Abbey Ceremony International congregation gathers to pray – “set all free” By the editor Historic Westminster Abbey hosted a service today to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the Slave Trade Act. The occasion spoke of the reality of how Britain […]
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