Episcopal Life Online Newslink March 23, 2007
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TOP STORIES
Middle East concerns, resolution of Palestinian/Israeli crisis raised Executive Council resolution calls for four-step action
By Staff
[Episcopal News Service] Concerns about the continuing war in Iraq, increasing regional tensions in the Middle East and the need for more regional diplomacy are being raised by The Episcopal Church. Also of concern is the progress of a two-state solution for Palestinians and Israelis as essential to reducing those tensions.
Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_84302_ENG_HTM.htm _____________________
DIOCESAN DIGEST
LOS ANGELES: Bishop decries health care crisis, supermarket conditions in underserved areas http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_84269_ENG_HTM.htm
More Diocesan news: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_ENG_HTM.htm _____________________
WORLD REPORT
ENGLAND: Archbishops' challenge to consider the lessons of the slave trade's legacies http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_84307_ENG_HTM.htm
SOMALIA: East African church leaders call for African Union action http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_84315_ENG_HTM.htm
More World news: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_ENG_HTM.htm _____________________
FEATURES
Scorpions no deterrent
Long-time missionary baptizes hundreds of Kenyans
By Todd McGregor
[Episcopal Life] My finger throbbed in excruciating pain, and a plastic bag functioned as a tourniquet. The northern Kenya medical treatment for a scorpion bite consisted of gasoline and some type of traditional ointment that my students had just applied to the infected area.
Just minutes earlier, I was checking to make sure I had enough film in my camera for the upcoming baptismal service - our first in this new village. I knew it was going to be a long service, as 400 came to faith in Christ over the past few Days and approximately 200 had decided to be baptized on that Sunday morning. In that camera case also awaited a sleeping scorpion, until I disturbed it.
Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81834_83679_ENG_HTM.htm
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OPINION
The chorus expands More are singing the unemployment blues
[Episcopal Life] Editor's note: A number of letters arrived in response to the First person column "Singing the Unemployment blues" in January. Several of those letters are printed online at http://www.episcopalchurch.org/80050_74614_ENG_HTM.htm. We have withheld some names at the authors' requests.
The original article is available at:
http://www.episcopalchurch.org/80050_81882_ENG_HTM.htm
More Opinion: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/80050_ENG_HTM.htm _____________________
ARTS
How sweet the sight
Despite flaws, Amazing Grace offers valuable look at abolition movement
[Episcopal Life] Michael Apted's film, Amazing Grace, presents the 19 years William Wilberforce (1759-1833) campaigned against slavery. The film is rich in purpose and detail, including horrifying displays of slave irons. Although imperfect, it is a worthy vehicle for understanding political and clerical history.
As a young man in London, Wilberforce struggled between becoming an Anglican priest or a member of Parliament; he decided finally that, as a politician, he could practice his faith actively in social justice. One of Wilberforce's minor mentors was John Newton, the former slave-ship captain and Anglican priest who wrote the words for Amazing Grace, among many beloved hymns.
Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81827_84197_ENG_HTM.htm
More Arts: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81827_ENG_HTM.htm
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