Episcopal Life Online Daybook -- Today is Thursday, July 26, 2007. The Church calendar remembers the Parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
* 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 1833, Britain's House of Commons banned slavery. (The House of Commons banned the slave trade in 1807.) When William Wilberforce, who had spent most of his life crusading against slavery, heard the news, he said, "Thank God I have lived to witness [this] day." He died three days later.
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PEOPLE
Robert Satcher, Sr. named president of Saint Paul's College http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81831_88475_ENG_HTM.htm
Feminist theologian pioneer Letty Russell dies at 77 http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81831_88524_ENG_HTM.htm
More People: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81831_ENG_HTM.htm
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Catalyst: "What is the Point of Being a Christian?" from the Continuum International Publishing Group, by Timothy Radcliffe, 218 pages, paperback, c. 2006, $18.95
[Source: Continuum International Publishing Group] What is the Point of being a Christian? One is pointed to God, who is the point of everything. If one thinks of religion as just 'useful' then one has reduced it to another consumer product. But if we are pointed to God, then this should make a difference to how we live. This is not a moral superiority. Christians are usually no better than anyone else. But the lives of Christians should be marked by some form of hope, freedom, happiness and courage. If they are not then why should anyone believe a word they say?
In this new book, Timothy Radcliffe is at his best, writing with a prophetic edge. His argument for Christian belief is profoundly Catholic and profoundly human. Radcliffe's argument for and interpretation of Christian Gospel is couched in a deep understanding of human nature and the problems and anxieties of modern men and women. Radcliffe is far distant from the theologian's ivory tower and yet his understanding of the Gospel is profoundly theological. The frame of reference for this book is wide, and it is based amongst other things on Fr. Radcliffe's pastoral experience of dealing with people with problematic marriages, those struggling with celibacy, those trying to understand the nature of religious authority and those trying to remain loyal to the Church that finds their sexual orientation "irregular."
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