Episcopal Life Online Daybook -- Today is Friday, July 13, 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 1819, Charles Kingsley, priest and author, was born in Devonshire, England. Kingsley's most famous work is "The Water-Babies, A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby."
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MULTIMEDIA
Botswana Bishop Trevor Mwamba
[Episcopal News Service] The Rt. Rev. Trevor Mwamba, Bishop of Botswana and dean of the Province of Central Africa, speaks about the Anglican Church in his local context and his vision for his diocese, especially in terms of education and empowerment.
A video stream of Mwamba's interview is available at http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81231_ENG_HTM.htm
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Catalyst: "In the Midst of Chaos: Caring for Children as Spiritual Practice" from Jossey-Bass, by Bonnie J. Miller-McLemore, 242 pages, hardcover, c. 2007, $21.95
[Source: Jossey-Bass] Theologian, mother, and writer Bonnie J. Miller-McLemore gives us some answers to this question and shows us how to integrate and strengthen the practice of faith in the everyday (and often mundane) experience of raising children. In the Midst of Chaos reveals what it takes to find the spiritual wisdom in the messy, familial ways of living.
By rethinking parenting as an invitation to discover God in the middle of our busy and overstuffed lives, it relieves parents of the burden of being the all-knowing authority figures who impart spiritual knowledge to children. Finding spirituality in family activities such as reading bedtime stories, dividing household chores, and playing games can empower parents to notice what they are already doing as potentially valuable and to practice it more consciously as part of their own faith journey.
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