Episcopal Life Online Newslink August 8, 2007
Episcopal Life Online is available at http://www.episcopalchurch.org/elife.
Today's ELO Newslink includes:
* DIOCESAN DIGEST - COLORADO: Former rector Don Armstrong found guilty of financial misconduct * DIOCESAN DIGEST - NEW YORK: Commemoration of British slave trade abolition set for September 30 * WORLD REPORT - ANGOLA: Anglican Church to hold Synod, discuss five-year strategic plan * WORLD REPORT - ROMANIA: Ecumenical Assembly to explore churches' vision and hopes for Europe * WORLD REPORT - SCOTLAND: Church commends Prime Minister's call to step up MDG efforts * SPIRITUAL REFLECTION - Eleventh Sunday After Pentecost (Proper 14) - Year C [RCL]
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DIOCESAN DIGEST
COLORADO: Former rector Don Armstrong found guilty of financial misconduct http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_88955_ENG_HTM.htm
NEW YORK: Commemoration of British slave trade abolition set for September 30 http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_88954_ENG_HTM.htm
More Diocesan news: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_ENG_HTM.htm
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WORLD REPORT
ANGOLA: Anglican Church to hold Synod, discuss five-year strategic plan http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_88922_ENG_HTM.htm
ROMANIA: Ecumenical Assembly to explore churches' vision and hopes for Europe http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_88923_ENG_HTM.htm
SCOTLAND: Church commends Prime Minister's call to step up MDG efforts http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_88949_ENG_HTM.htm
More World news: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_ENG_HTM.htm
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SPIRITUAL REFLECTIONS
Eleventh Sunday After Pentecost (Proper 14) - Year C [RCL] Isaiah 1:1, 10-20 or Genesis 15:1-6; Psalm 50:1-8, 22-23 or 33:12-22; Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16; Luke 12:32-40
By Mary K. Morrison
[Sermons That Work] As it says in today's reading from Hebrews: "Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen."
Have you ever noticed that so many of the words Christianity uses are little words? Little words packed with big meanings. Words like God, Christ, love, sin, and the word for today: faith.
Words like faith often have a "churchy" sound to them; maybe they even sound boring or irrelevant. But in reality, they are rich words that point to vital realities. While even everyday words can have a spiritual dimension, just as the ordinary events of our lives can speak to us of holy things, a word like "faith" points to the realm of mystery and depth that lies beyond our ordinary experience, perhaps in the land of "beyond-words." Words alone cannot convey their power.
Full reflection: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/82457_88917_ENG_HTM.htm
More Spiritual Reflections: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/82457_ENG_HTM.htm