Episcopal Life Daily April 22, 2008
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Today's Episcopal Life Daily includes:
* TOP STORY - On Earth Day, Presiding Bishop challenges to 'be green' * DIOCESAN DIGEST - OHIO and SOUTHERN OHIO: Bishops Support Legislation Protecting Civil Rights of Gay and Lesbian Persons * DIOCESAN DIGEST - Ohio Bishop comments on lawsuit filed against breakaway congregations * WORLD REPORT - SOUTH AFRICA: Archbishop Njongo Ndungane is honored with national award * MISSION - Earth-honoring, Earth-healing are topics of ecumenical meeting on climate change * PEOPLE - Priest to take new role as dean of Rockefeller Chapel at University of Chicago * MULTIMEDIA - Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori celebrates Earth Day * OPINION - A different kind of truth: College student falls in love with Anglicanism * DAYBOOK - April 23, 2008: Today in Scripture, Prayer, History * CATALYST - This Moment on Earth: Today's New Environmentalists and Their Vision for the Future
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TOP STORIES
On Earth Day, Presiding Bishop challenges to 'be green'
By Neva Rae Fox
[Episcopal News Service] Challenging everyone to "Be green," Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori led the Earth Day 2008 observance at the Episcopal Church Center in New York City.
Joining the country in observing Earth Day, Daily Eucharist at the Church Center in New York City began with drums and the chanting of a Dakota Indian song which honors the Creator:
"Many and great O God are thy works Maker of earth and sky"
Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_96605_ENG_HTM.htm
More Top Stories: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/elife
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DIOCESAN DIGEST
OHIO and SOUTHERN OHIO: Bishops Support Legislation Protecting Civil Rights of Gay and Lesbian Persons http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_96599_ENG_HTM.htm
Ohio Bishop comments on lawsuit filed against breakaway congregations http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_96608_ENG_HTM.htm
More Diocesan news: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_ENG_HTM.htm
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WORLD REPORT
SOUTH AFRICA: Archbishop Njongo Ndungane is honored with national award http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_96609_ENG_HTM.htm
More World news: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_ENG_HTM.htm
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PEOPLE
Priest to take new role as dean of Rockefeller Chapel at University of Chicago
[Episcopal News Service] An Episcopal priest from the University of Southern California has been named the new dean of Rockefeller Memorial Chapel at the University of Chicago. The Rev. Dr. Elizabeth Davenport, senior associate dean of religious life at the University of Southern California, will begin her new ministry as dean of Rockefeller Memorial Chapel on July 1. She succeeds the Rev. Alison Boden who resigned the end of July 2007 to accept a call to serve as dean of religious life at Princeton University.
"Elizabeth has a broad range of exceptional skills," said Kim Goff-Crews, vice president and dean of students in the University. "She understands the role of spirituality at universities today and how to engage the campus community."
Davenport, who was selected after a seven-month search, met with more than 70 students, staff, faculty and members of the Rockefeller Chapel congregation during the interview process, Goff-Crews said. "It was a group that was representative of the community. And we came away thinking that she would be a great choice to lead Rockefeller Chapel. We're really thrilled to have her."
Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81831_96610_ENG_HTM.htm
More People: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81831_ENG_HTM.htm
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MISSION
Earth-honoring, Earth-healing are topics of ecumenical meeting on climate change
[Episcopal News Service] When the Ecumenical Roundtable on Science, Technology and the Church assembled at Ghost Ranch, Abiquiu, New Mexico, April 11 and 12, Larry Rasmussen, Reinhold Niebuhr Professor Emeritus, Union Theological Seminary, New York City, challenged representatives of the five denominations gathered to develop new practices and new thinking in response to climate change.
Rasmussen stressed that as we experience change of a magnitude we have not seen - the consequence of accelerated and extreme climate change - we are entering Christianity's ecological age. "The simple retrieval of themes and practices from earth honoring traditions in Christian faith is wonderful, but insufficient, because we've landed in a place we've never been before - it's territory that faith has not mapped," he said.
Rasmussen reviewed three revolutions in earth-human relations: the agricultural revolution, the industrial revolution, and the current transition. The industrial revolution was dependent on compact, stored energy, primarily in the form of fossil fuels, he noted, and we are now called to develop new approaches to energy sources and practices.
Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81799_96612_ENG_HTM.htm
More Mission: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81799_ENG_HTM.htm
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MULTIMEDIA
Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori celebrates Earth Day
Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori preaches in the Chapel of Christ the Lord at the Episcopal Church Center to celebrate Earth Day.
A video of her sermon is available here:
http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81231_ENG_HTM.htm
More Multimedia: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/80056_ENG_HTM.htm
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OPINION
A different kind of truth
College student falls in love with Anglicanism
By Emily Garcia
[Episcopal Life] I first met Steve White in the doorway of a pantry, in a big shambly church in Trenton. I was there for Community Action, working with the Crisis Ministry, and he was there for our Professors' Night, to discuss Tracy Kidder's Mountains Beyond Mountains about Dr. Paul Farmer's work in Haiti.
During the discussion, we had been mulling over Farmer's exhortation to help the world in what way you can. I brought up the passage from the New Testament where Paul speaks about the church as a body, saying of course the eye cannot take the place of the hand and so forth, and in this same way, how we act out our social responsibility is not heterogeneous, but we must find our place in the whole world working towards social justice.
After our dinner, I was sneaking away to grab a glass of water, and at the doorway to the pantry I almost ran into Steve, who was dressed formally, in black with a white collar, with his clean rimless glasses and neatly cut hair. I don't remember exactly what he said, but I do remember my first impression was something like, "Oh gosh, not a priest! I've got enough guilt already!"
Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81840_96613_ENG_HTM.htm
More Opinion: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/80050_ENG_HTM.htm
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DAYBOOK
On April 23, 2008...
* Today in Scripture: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/82457_ENG_HTM.htm * Today in Prayer: Anglican Cycle of Prayer: http://www.anglicancommunion.org/acp/index.cfm * Today in History: On April 23, 1942, William Temple was appointed Archbishop of Canterbury. A renowned teacher and preacher, Temple is best known for his 1942 book Christianity and Social Order.
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CATALYST
"This Moment on Earth: Today's New Environmentalists and Their Vision for the Future" from Perseus Book Group, by John Kerry & Teresa Heinz Kerry, 254 pages, hardcover, c. 2007, $25
[Source: Perseus Book Group] The environment, and the movement that grew up to protect it, is under attack-concerted and purposeful. Yet the need for solutions to pressing environmental problems grows more urgent each day. Teresa Heinz Kerry and Senator John Kerry describe how these issues unite people across party and ideological lines. From the San Juan Basin to the Gulf of Mexico to the South Bronx, from mothers on Cape Cod to Colorado ranchers, they found a vibrant coalition of people and communities deploying ingenuity, technology, and sheer will power to save the world they know and love. Now, in this passionate and personal book, Senator John Kerry and Teresa Heinz Kerry shine the spotlight on an inspiring cross section of these new environmental pioneers.
The book combines intensive research with keenly observed personal experiences to present a portrait of Americans devoted to the natural diversity and spectacular uniqueness of our country. It also includes an extensive guide on where and how readers can get involved.
To order: Episcopal Books and Resources, online at http://www.episcopalbookstore.org, or call 800-903-5544 -- or visit your local Episcopal bookseller, http://www.episcopalbooksellers.org
More Catalyst: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/83842_ENG_HTM.htm