Episcopal Life Online Daybook -- Today is Tuesday, July 10, 2007.
* 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 1863, Clement C. Moore died. He established the General Theological Seminary in 1819, where he taught Greek and Hebrew Literature for 28 years. He also authored "A Visit from St. Nicholas" ('Twas the Night Before Christmas...) in 1823. _____________________
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Seminary theologians join in celebration of Episcopal Church history San Joaquin gathering puts current tensions in context
[Episcopal News Service] The diverse and sometimes contentious nature of all Christianity and the Episcopal tradition was the subject of a recent gathering sponsored by Remain Episcopal (http://www.remainepiscopal.org) in the Diocese of San Joaquin (http://sanjoaquin.anglican.org).
"Common Prayer, Uncommon People: The Episcopal Church," held June 23 at Holy Family Episcopal Church (http://www.holyfamilychurchfresno.org) in Fresno, California, explored the 400-year history of Anglicanism in North America from Jamestown to California.
About 90 people attended the second large event Remain Episcopal has offered this year. In February, the group sponsored a day-long gathering (http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_82657_ENG_HTM.htm) with House of Deputies President Bonnie Anderson.
Remain Episcopal is a network of Episcopalians from the Diocese of San Joaquin who don't agree with the diocesan leadership, which is disaffected with the Episcopal Church. Episcopalians from the dioceses of Pittsburgh, Fort Worth, and Dallas also attended the gathering, according to a news release from Church Divinity School of the Pacific (http://cdsp.edu) (CDSP).
Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_88020_ENG_HTM.htm
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Catalyst: "Ending Hunger Now" from Augsburg Fortress, by George McGovern, Bob Dole, and Donald E. Messer, Foreword by Bill Clinton, 114 pages, paperback, c. 2005, $12
[Source: Augsburg Fortress] Veteran statesmen George McGovern and Robert Dole here find common cause with theologian and activist Donald Messer in this powerful testimony and appeal to people of faith. They are each convinced we can overcome global hunger now, and their informed, strategic, impassioned thoughts encourage and equip. This book brings together their disparate yet powerful voices behind a shared conviction: that helping the millions who lack basic provision for food has become a religious imperative and human priority. Writing for congregations and individuals of faith, McGovern, Dole, and Messer appeal to the biblical, theological, and ethical foundations of action against hunger.
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