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>Episcopal Life Daily
>October 28, 2008

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>Today's Episcopal Life Daily includes:

* TOP STORY - Presiding Bishop calls Episcopal Church to remember all
the saints
* DIOCESAN DIGEST - CONNECTICUT: Convention calls for allowing clergy to
perform same-gender marriages, hears bishop announce retirement date
* WORLD REPORT - CANADA: Montreal bishop will work out rite for same-sex
blessing
* WORLD REPORT - ENGLAND: Archbishop of Canterbury sends greeting to
Hindu community for Diwali festival
* MISSION - National council visit highlights churches' relationships,
challenges
* MISSION - United Methodist-Episcopal dialogue addresses racism,
continues ongoing reconciliation work
* OPINION - Eternal verities
* DAYBOOK - October 29, 2008: Today in Scripture, Prayer, History
* CATALYST - 40-Day Journey with Julian of Norwich

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>TOP STORIES

Presiding Bishop calls Episcopal Church to remember all the saints

[Episcopal News Service] In her message to the Episcopal Church marking
All Saints' Day, Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori suggests
that Episcopalians look for the saints who minister all around them
every day.

"In your neighborhood, who is the saint who picks up trash?" she asks.
"Who looks out for school children on their way to and from school? Who
looks after an elderly or frail neighbor, running errands or checking to
be sure that person has what is needed? In your community, what saints
labor on behalf of the voiceless?"

Saints, Jefferts Schori reminded the church, "come in all shapes, ages,
colors, and theological stripes."

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_102001_ENG_HTM.htm

More Top Stories: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/elife

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>DIOCESAN DIGEST

CONNECTICUT: Convention calls for allowing clergy to perform same-gender
marriages, hears bishop announce retirement date
http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_102002_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>WORLD REPORT

CANADA: Montreal bishop will work out rite for same-sex blessing
http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_102005_ENG_HTM.htm

ENGLAND: Archbishop of Canterbury sends greeting to Hindu community for
Diwali festival
http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_101975_ENG_HTM.htm

More World news: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_ENG_HTM.htm

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>MISSION

National council visit highlights churches' relationships, challenges

>By Solange De Santis

[Episcopal News Service] Stressing that the National Council of Churches
(NCC) is not an agency that works for churches, but an organization that
reflects churches' commitment to each other, General Secretary Michael
Kinnamon on October 27 brought members of the ecumenical group to the
Episcopal Church Center in New York on a "getting to know you" visit.

It was the fourth such event since Kinnamon, who is an ordained member
of the Disciples of Christ, took office ten months ago, and it brought
together leaders of the Episcopal Church, Armenian Orthodox Church,
International Council of Community Churches, United Methodist Church and
Macedonia African Methodist Episcopal Church.

Such efforts to build relationships are especially important today, when
"churches are more and more tempted to focus on survival and society
seems fractured," said Kinnamon in introductory remarks.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81799_102007_ENG_HTM.htm

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United Methodist-Episcopal dialogue addresses racism, continues ongoing
reconciliation work

>By ENS Staff

[Episcopal News Service] The United Methodist-Episcopal bilateral
dialogue recently examined ways in which race and racism have functioned
as church-dividing issues and worked towards drafting an agreed
theological statement, summarizing areas of convergence between the two
denominations. 

"Historically ecumenical dialogues have focused on matters such as
sacramental theology, historic episcopate, and ecclesiology," said Dr.
Thomas Ferguson, the Presiding Bishop's associate for ecumenical
relations and staff support for the dialogue, which met October 15-17 at
the Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University in
Dallas, Texas.

"Given the unique aspects of the relationship between United Methodists,
Episcopalians, and the historically African-American Methodist Episcopal
Churches, the dialogue team felt that we needed to address broader
issues," he added.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81799_101955_ENG_HTM.htm

More Mission: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81799_ENG_HTM.htm

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>OPINION

>Eternal verities

>By Solange De Santis

[Episcopal Life] November is an awfully serious month. In northern
climes, the last of the golden leaves departs and the possibility of a
warm autumn sun yields to the certainty of chill and rain. The return to
standard time brings daylight to an uncomfortably early end. 

As the month opens, even the special days are solemn. This year, we'll
elect a new president and vice president in times that include two
foreign wars and economic turmoil. It is not the business of this
newspaper to endorse candidates for public office, although the question
of how involved individual churches and denominations should be in the
political process remains open.

Often, it boils down to whether an individual agrees with a church's
stand on a particular issue. If the answer is yes, then that individual
believes it is right, proper and probably biblically justified for
clergy to get into the political arena. If no, then the church should
stay the heck out of politics. The Internal Revenue Service has its own
rules for religious groups that want to maintain their tax-exempt status
-- rules that some churches are challenging.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/80050_101976_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>DAYBOOK

On October 29, 2008, the Church calendar remembers James Hannington,
Bishop of Eastern Equatorial Africa, and his companions, martyrs, 1885.

* 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 29, 1704, John Locke, English
philosopher, died in Essex, England.

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>CATALYST

"40-Day Journey with Julian of Norwich" from Augsburg Fortress, edited
by Lisa E. Dahill, 109 pages, paperback, c. 2008, $11.99

[Augsburg Fortress] The volumes in the 40-Day Journey series invite
readers to take a spiritual journey with a great spiritual guide from
the past or the present. In this volume, readers will be inspired by
Julian, a celebrated English mystic from the fourteenth century and a
recluse at St. Julian's Church in Norwich, whose writings were the first
works in English known to be written by a woman.

Drawing from her published writings, editor Lisa Dahill here selects
forty inspiring passages from Julian's work that help illustrate God's
love and compassion for all. A medieval Catholic, Julian was seen as a
precursor to Martin Luther and other Reformation writers. Much of what
she wrote speaks of the most profound mysteries of the Christian faith,
and her Sixteen Revelations of Divine Love (circa 1393) is considered to
be one of the most remarkable documents of medieval religious
experience. In it she speaks of the great love of God for God's people
and how sin stands in the way. It is Jesus, however, who assures her,
"that all would be well, and all manner of things would be well." 

40-Day Journey with Julian of Norwich begins with a short introduction
to the life of Julian and then offers forty chapters, each of which
includes a reading from her writings, related Scripture passages,
questions to ponder, journal-reflection exercises, and a prayer. The
book also includes helps on how to use the book and hints on keeping a
journal along with ideas for further reading. Each chapter in the book
includes space for notes.

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