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Four Immortal Chaplains
A Moment of Ecumenical Grace The story of the “Four Immortal Chaplains” By Eileen Wilson Fielding “As the Dorchester sank God held out His hand” Early on the morning of February 3, 1943, survivors from the torpedoed U.S. troopship “Dorchester” shivered in lifeboats as they watched their ship slide slowly in to the nerve-deadening cold […]
Columbia Crew’s Faith And Courage Remembered At National Cathedral
Cathedral February 7, 2003 2003-027 Columbia crew’s faith and courage remembered at National Cathedral by Dwight Zscheile (ENS) Vice President Dick Cheney, NASA Administrator Sean O’Keefe, Bishop John Chane, a local Episcopal priest and a rabbi were among those who paid solemn tribute to the crew of the Space Shuttle Columbia at a memorial service […]
G D James – A Memorable Evangelist
WORLDWIDE PHOTOS LTD The Religious Media Agency MEDIA RELEASE July 31, 2003 A MEMORABLE SERVICE FOR A MEMORABLE EVANGELIST The Memorial Service held in the Epping Gospel Chapel in Sydney, on Wednesday for Dr Gnanamuthu Dixon James, known simply as “Dr G.D. James”, was a memorable occasion for a very memorable evangelist. As the supporters, […]
Spong (Again)
A netfriend wrote about… the Diocese of Newark, New Jersey during the Bishop’s Episcopacy… I quote: “The loss of members was about 25% demographic changes – the influx of Asians, Hispanics and Africans in the metropolitan area and the exodus of Anglo-Saxons from the core cities in New Jersey. Seventy-five percent resulted from churches being […]
Guinness… The Missional Drink
Guiness… the missional drink! From the files of things Christians were never meant to find out: In the time of revival, at the turn of the last century in Britain, it was as if God poured out an entrepreneurial gift on his church and people started doing things that were unheard of. These are the […]
Paul Tillich: On The Boundary
From a netfriend: from Paul Tillich – ‘On The Boundary: An Autobiographical Sketch’ ( Collins; London:1967) p.13 The boundary is the best place for acquiring knowledge. p. 15 … the theory of dynamic truth … holds that truth is found in the midst of struggle and destiny … p. 18 … the substance of religion […]
Sir Alan Walker, World Methodist Evangelist
Sir Alan Walker, World Methodist evangelist, dies at 91 Jan. 30, 2003 News media contact: Linda Bloom.(202)870-3803.New York 10-71BPI{041} NOTE: A photograph of Sir Alan Walker is available. By United Methodist News Service* Sir Alan Walker, whose ministry spanned most of the 20th century, died Jan. 29 in Sydney, Australia, at the age of 91. […]
J I Packer Appreciates The Many Facets Of C S Lewis
Among today’s Christians the name of the Anglican Clive Staples Lewis of Ulster (born in Belfast, 1898), of Oxford (fellow of Magdalen College 1925-54), and of Cambridge (professor of Medieval and Renaissance Literature 1954-63), is a household word. Countless copies of his Mere Christianity and Screwtape Letters have resourced the past half-century’s evangelism and nurture; […]
My Fellow Lepers!
Back about 150 years ago Father Damien, the Belgian missionary to Hawaii, began to plant churches on the island of Molokai. He planted several churches on the main part of the island, but there is another part that nobody ever went to willingly. It’s a small peninsula that juts out north from the island and […]
Billy Graham: Correction (Or Spoiling A Good Story)
Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list Bulletin No. 3-001 — Fri 24 Jan 2003 Item: CORRECTION (or SPOILING A GOOD STORY WITH FACTS!) – CLM-3-013: THE RIPPLE EFFECT ——————————————————————– We apologise for having been less than diligent in not ensuring that the above recent posting was fully factual. We thank a list member for drawing our attention to our […]
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