Episcopal Life Online Daybook -- Today is Tuesday, April 17 in Easter.
* 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 this day in 1923, Alexander Charles Garrett became the fourteenth Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church.
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Teaching: National reconciliation seminar set for Los Angeles, May 23-25
[ENS] In compliance with resolution A039 from the 75th General Convention of the Episcopal Church which urged all bishops and their dioceses to take formal training in the skills and methods of faith-based reconciliation, the Diocese of Los Angeles' reconciliation ministry, Reconcilers.net, will host a seminar May 23-25 at St. James' Church, in Los Angeles, California.
'Reconcilers.net' is a growing movement of Episcopalians working to impart faith-based reconciliation as both a spirituality and a moral vision for living together in the Episcopal Church.
Themed "Finding the Third Way: A National Training Event in Reconciliation," the conference will use the present conflicts in the Episcopal Church and the Anglican Communion as raw material, and introduce to the eight core principles of faith-based reconciliation: Pluralism; Forgiveness; Inclusion; Healing; Peacemaking; God's Sovereignty; Social justice; and Finding Peace with God.
Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_84980_ENG_HTM.htm
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Catalyst: "Practicing What We Preach: Proclamation and Moral Discernment" from Morehouse Publishing, by Timothy F. Sedgwick and David J. Schlafer, 176 pages, paperback, c. 2007, $19.95
[Source: Morehouse Publishing] From the terrorist attacks of September 11, through the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, through issues including stem cell research, abortion, and euthanasia, contemporary Christians are faced almost daily with the need for moral discernment. This book offers background as well as practical strategies for preachers to address such issues. It examines how preachers can help listeners cope with these and other challenges, and even welcome such questions as people of faith.
To order: Episcopal Books and Resources, online at http://www.episcopalbookstore.org or call 800-903-5544.
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