Daybook -- Today is Friday, August 25, 2006. The Church calendar remembers Louis, King of France (1214-1270)
* Today in Scripture: Daily Office meditation http://eds.libsyn.com * Today in Prayer: Anglican Cycle of Prayer: http://www.anglicancommunion.org/acp/index.cfm * Today in History: On this day in 1853, six members founded St. Andrew's Episcopal Church in Seguin, the oldest church in continuous mission in the Diocese of West Texas. http://www.standrewseguin.org/history.html
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Remembering Katrina Video Report: Rob Radtke, president of Episcopal Relief and Development
[ENS] As the one-year anniversary approaches of the days when Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast, Dr. Rob Radtke, president of Episcopal Relief and Development, offers an update of the situation and describes the multi-year relief and rehabilitation efforts focused on rebuilding the region and people's lives.
A video stream of Radtke's report is available at: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/3577_77280_ENG_HTM.htm
Full text: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/3577_77392_ENG_HTM.htm _ _ _
Catalyst: "The Heart of Christianity" from HarperCollins Publishers, by Marcus J. Borg, 233 pages, hardcover, $22.95
[Source: HarperCollins Publishers] World-renowned Jesus scholar Marcus J. Borg shows how we can live passionately as Christians in today's world by practicing the vital elements of Christian faith.
For the millions of people who have turned away from many traditional beliefs about God, Jesus, and the Bible, but still long for a relevant, nourishing faith, Borg shows why the Christian life can remain a transforming relationship with God. Emphasizing the critical role of daily practice in living the Christian life, he explores how prayer, worship, Sabbath, pilgrimage, and more can be experienced as authentically life-giving practices.
Borg reclaims terms and ideas once thought to be the sole province of evangelicals and fundamentalists: he shows that terms such as born again have real meaning for all Christians; that the Kingdom of God is not a bulwark against secularism but is a means of transforming society into a world that values justice and love; and that the Christian life is essentially about opening one's heart to God and to others.
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