Illinois General Assembly – Representative Biography I went to my state legislature's website to verify my local state Senate and House reps so that I could drop them an email in support of a new Illinois "gay marriage bill" and was surprised (and not in a good way) to discover that NONE of the Illinois state legislators' email addresses are listed. So, I mailed a letter to my local state rep, but it's annoying that there's NO way to send an email also. [tags]Illinois, Politics, gay marriage[/tags]
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Chicago Diocese — Bishop Persell responds to the Primates Meeting communique Bishop William Persell has responded to the communique of the recent Primates Meeting in Tanzania with a statement to the clergy and laity of the diocese, and the larger church. In his statement, Bishop Persell pledges to continue his support for a fully inclusive church, one that is characterized by "compassion, shared authority, mutual ministry, justice and respect for the dignity of every human being." Excerpt: "Patience is appropriate on matters affecting the fundamental nature of a faith community's identity, but we should not allow such concern to unduly…
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Taize workshops (tags: Taize) Same-sex edict worries Bay Area Episcopalians (tags: Episcopal GayClergy GayRights GayMarriage Fasting Discernment)
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Chicago Diocese — Presiding Bishop offers reflection on the Primates Meeting Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori has invited Episcopalians to a season of fasting regarding action on rites of blessing for same gender unions, and confirming candidates for episcopal ministry who are living in same gender partnerships. Returning from the biennial meeting of Anglican Communion Primates held Feb. 15-19 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, the presiding bishop offered her reflection on the recommendations in the Primates Communique addressing the Episcopal Churchs response to the Windsor Report. Still waiting to see what Bishop Pursell's and Bishop Scantlebury's response will be to…
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The Episcopals Under Fire Over Gays (tags: Episcopal)
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Aragorn's Studio, Original Caribbean Art, T-Shirts and Copper Sculpture, British Virgin Islands I'd like to visit this studio on our upcoming trip.
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Awesome Video about things on the ground in Iraq! « Hardliner Blog BBC4 documentary about the "reality" of Iraq, and how little of that reality is translated into images on the evening news. Contains graphic scenes, but they must be faced without blinking or flinching, because to turn away is to deny the truth. Via OneUtah.org
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Texas Time Warp by Katie Sherrod (tags: Episcopal FtWorth)
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It’s that show again, and David’s doing his best to hunker down and ignore the hollering from my end of the couch. Rileycat has run into the other room, looking for invisible Martian cats (owing to the “meowing” sound effects .wav David found the other night) so it’s time to watch the season premiere of Amazing Race, featuring a bunch of “All Stars” from seasons past. Kevin and Drew! Rob and Ambuh. BoOOOOOOO!!!111!!! Uchenna and Joyce. Meh. They won before, and I’m not into them. Dustin and Kandice MEH!!! They don’t deserve this. NOT All-Star material. Joe and Bill. Gentlemen,…
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daily episcopalian: Dear Archbishop, Please stay home The post at DE is an email now making the rounds, from the Bishop of Maryland to the Archbishop of West Africa, disinviting him from a planned visit over Palm Sunday and Holy Week. Far from being the happy and uplifting news of someone standing up and courageously confronting a bully, it is a sad and heartbreaking "final notice" of the end of a personal and spiritual friendship that obviously goes back many years. It was sent because ++Akrofi was one of the seven primates who refused to attend Eucharist with all the…