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["Matthew Davies" <mdavies@episcopalchurch.org>]

>Episcopal Life Daily
>October 14, 2008

Episcopal Life Online is available at  http://www.episcopalchurch.org/elife.

>Today's Episcopal Life Daily includes:

* DIOCESAN DIGEST - RHODE ISLAND: Priest inhibited as a result of her
conversion to Islam
* DIOCESAN DIGEST - FORT WORTH: Effort to let parishes join Diocese of
Dallas fails
* OPINION - Dog days: Puppy love opens our eyes to see God's hand in the
world
* DAYBOOK - October 15, 2008: Today in Scripture, Prayer, History
* CATALYST - The Sushi Economy: Globalization and the Making of a Modern
Delicacy

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>DIOCESAN DIGEST

RHODE ISLAND: Priest inhibited as a result of her conversion to Islam

>By Lisa B. Hamilton

[Episcopal News Service] Bishop Geralyn Wolf of the Diocese of Rhode  Island
(http://www.episcopalri.org/) has inhibited the Rev. Ann Holmes Redding  for
publicly professing her adherence to the Muslim faith.

The notice states that the diocesan "Standing Committee has determined  that
Dr. Redding abandoned the Communion of the Episcopal Church by formal
admission into a religious body not in communion with the Episcopal  Church.
The bishop has affirmed that determination."

The inhibition prevents Redding from "exercising the gifts and spiritual
authority conferred on her by ordination and from public ministry" and  is in
force until March 31, 2009.  In accordance with Episcopal canons, unless
Redding "reclaims" her Christian faith, said Wolf in an interview, the
inhibition will automatically lead to a deposition, ending Redding's
priesthood.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_101582_ENG_HTM.htm

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FORT WORTH: Effort to let parishes join Diocese of Dallas fails

>By Mary Frances Schjonberg

[Episcopal News Service] Diocese of Fort Worth  (http://www.fwepiscopal.org)
Bishop Jack Iker has announced
(http://www.fwepiscopal.org/bishop/clergyconsultations.html) that a  group of
priests has not been able to develop a plan for the future of diocesan
congregations that do not want to leave the Episcopal Church.

Iker reported in an October 13 letter posted on the diocese's website  that a
plan suggested by Fort Worth and Diocese of Dallas
(http://www.episcopal-dallas.org) bishops, chancellors, canons to the
ordinary, and presidents of the standing committees had also failed  because
it conflicts with the Episcopal Church's Constitution and Canons. The  plan
would have allowed Fort Worth parishes and clergy wishing to stay in the
Episcopal Church to become "associate" members of neighboring Dallas,
including seat, voice and vote at the Dallas convention. According to  that
plan, those parishes' property would have been placed temporarily in the
name of the Dallas diocese "to be held in trust for their use,"  according to
Iker's letter. 

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_101581_ENG_HTM.htm

More Diocesan news: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_ENG_HTM.htm

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>OPINION

>Dog days

Puppy love opens our eyes to see God's hand in the world

>By Tim Schenck

[Episcopal Life] My wife, Bryna, and I missed the whole online dating  thing.
When we were married in 1995, eharmony.com was not even a gleam in the
Internet's eye. I'm not complaining; I can't imagine a picture of  someone in
a clerical collar gets many hits. But I do feel like I made up for it
recently.

That's because I finally caved in to my boys' incessant lobbying for a  dog.
Knowing next to nothing about pet adoption, we went where else? To the
Internet.

It turns out there are numerous pet adoption sites out there. So we  narrowed
our search to local shelters and rescue agencies and started "shopping."

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/80050_101563_ENG_HTM.htm

More Opinion: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/80050_ENG_HTM.htm

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>DAYBOOK

On October 15, 2008, the Church calendar remembers Teresa of Avila, Nun
(1515-1582).

* 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 October 15, 1881, William Temple, Archbishop of
Canterbury, was born in Exeter, England.

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>CATALYST

"The Sushi Economy: Globalization and the Making of a Modern Delicacy"  from
Penguin Group, by Sasha Issenberg, 323 pages, paperback, c. 2007, $15

[Penguin Group] One generation ago, sushi's narrow reach ensured that  sports
fishermen who caught tuna in most of the world sold the meat for pennies  as
cat food. Today, the fatty cuts of tuna known as toro are among the  planet's
most coveted luxury foods, worth hundreds of dollars a pound and capable  of
losing value more quickly than any other product on earth. So how has  one of
the world's most popular foods gone from being practically unknown in  the
U.S. to being served in towns all across America, and in such a short  span
of time? Sushi aficionados and newcomers alike will be surprised to  learn
the true history, intricate business, and international allure behind  this
fascinating food.

A riveting combination of culinary biography, behind-the-scenes  restaurant
detail, and a unique exploration of globalization's dynamics, journalist
Sasha Issenberg traces sushi's journey from Japanese street snack to  global
delicacy. The Sushi Economy takes you through the stalls of Tokyo's  massive
Tsukiji market, where the auctioneers sell millions of dollars of fish  each
day, and to the birthplace of modern sushi -- in Canada. He then follows
sushi's evolution in America, exploring how it became L.A.'s favorite  food.
You're taken behind the sushi bar with the chef Nobu Matsuhisa, whose
distinctive travels helped to define the flavors of global sushi  cuisine,
and with a unique sushi chef blazing a path in Texas. Issenberg also  delves
into the complex economics of the fish trade, following the ups and  downs of
the hunt for bluefin off New England, the tuna cowboys on the southern  coast
of Australia who invented the art of tuna ranching, and uncovering the
mysterious underworld of pirates, smugglers, and the tuna black market.

Few businesses reveal the complex dynamics of globalization as acutely  as
the tuna's journey from the sea to the sushi bar. After traversing the  pages
of The Sushi Economy, you'll never see the food on your plate - or the  world
around you - quite the same way again.

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