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Daybook -- Today is Wednesday, January 3, 2007, in Christmas.
* Today in Scripture: Daily Office meditation: http://www.forwardmovement.org/todaysreading.cfm * Today in Prayer: Anglican Cycle of Prayer: http://www.anglicancommunion.org/acp/index.cfm * Today in History: On this day in 1989, the House of Bishops consents to the election of Barbara C. Harris, first woman bishop in the Anglican Communion. http://www.episcopalarchives.org/cgi-bin/ENS/ENSpress_release.pl?pr_number=89025A
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Weeks Ahead
Full calendar: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/3577_80862_ENG_HTM.htm
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Events
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January 7, 2007
* FORT WASHINGTON, Pennsylvania: Rector's Forum
January 12, 2007
* SURRY, Virginia: Winter Talk 2007
January 15, 2007
* BRONX, New York: Presiding Bishop Jefferts Schori to celebrate and preach in Annual Bronx wide Dr. Martin Luther King Day Celebration * WASHINGTON, D.C.: Sister Helen Prejean (of Dead Man Walking fame) and Recording Artist Bomani Armah * WASHINGTON, D.C.: Cathedral College of Preachers features Michael Battle
January 20, 2007
* RANDOLPH, New Jersey: Diocese of Newark to meet in convention
January 21, 2007
* NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana: Thinking Outside the Plate, Re-Imagining the Offering
January 22, 2007
* NEW YORK CITY: Trinity Institute's 37th National Theological Conference
January 23, 2007
* BERKELEY, California: Epiphany West 2007: Re-Visioning Anglicanism
January 26, 2007
* GREENSBORO, North Carolina: Diocese of North Carolina to meet in convention * WASHINGTON, D.C.: Diocese of Washington to meet in convention * RICHMOND, Virginia: Diocese of Virginia to meet in convention
January 27, 2007
* ORLANDO, Florida: Diocese of Central Florida to meet in convention
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Music
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January 5, 2007
* BEVERLY HILLS, California: Evensong on the eve of the Epiphany
January 7, 2007
* PLAINS, Virginia: Amahl and the Night Visitors at Grace Church
January 9, 2007
* NEW YORK CITY: Dennis Blackwell featured soloist at St. Bartholomew's Church
Full calendar: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/3577_80862_ENG_HTM.htm
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Catalyst: "The Story of Ruth: Twelve Moments in Every Woman's Life" from Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., by Joan D. Chittister, Art by John August Swanson, 92 pages, hardcover, c. 2000, $28
[Source: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.] -- The biblical story of Ruth is a woman's story about a woman's life. Though written thousands of years ago, it is nonetheless perennial. It calls us to reflect in every generation on what it means to be a whole woman, a spiritual woman. In The Story of Ruth, Joan Chittister and John August Swanson reclaim this powerful biblical story as a model for contemporary women seeking a fully spiritual life.
Through complementary texts and illustrations, Chittister and Swanson explore a series of twelve defining moments in every woman's life--moments of loss, change, transformation, aging, independence, respect, recognition, insight, empowerment, self-definition, invisibility, and fulfillment. Each chapter and each piece of artwork together illuminate the faithful life of Ruth in relation to these formative moments and lend insights into what it means to be a woman of God today.
A lovely combination of art and text, The Story of Ruth provides valuable help for women seeking wholeness in a world still struggling with issues of faith and gender.
To order: Episcopal Books and Resources, online at http://www.episcopalbookstore.org or call 800.903.5544.
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