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["Matthew Davies" <mdavies@episcopalchurch.org>]

>Episcopal Life Daily
>July 31, 2008

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>Today's Episcopal Life Daily includes:

* TOP STORY - Sexuality discussions bring Lambeth bishops to frank
conversation
* TOP STORY - Lambeth Digest, Day 10
* TOP STORY - 'NetsforLife' a sign of hope in fighting killer disease
* TOP STORY - Lambeth Conference Daily Account: Bishops Jon Bruno of Los
Angeles, Chilton Knudsen of Maine, Michael Smith of North Dakota
* TOP STORY - Triennial Black Ministries Conference focus of August 10
bulletin insert
* MULTIMEDIA - Video: Canon Philip Groves on the Listening Process
* MULTIMEDIA - Video: Indian Ocean Primate Ian Ernest addresses media at
Lambeth News Conference
* MULTIMEDIA - Video: Toronto Bishop Colin Johnson addresses media at
Lambeth News Conference
* MULTIMEDIA - Video: The Rev. Jackie Cray addresses media at Lambeth  News
Conference
* MULTIMEDIA - Video: Springfield Bishop Peter Beckwith addresses media
* MULTIMEDIA - Video: Lambeth Conference Daily Account: Bishops Jon  Bruno of
Los Angeles, Chilton Knudsen of Maine, Michael Smith of North Dakota
* DAYBOOK - August 1, 2008: Today in Scripture, Prayer, History
* CATALYST - C. S. Lewis as Philosopher

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>TOP STORIES

Sexuality discussions bring Lambeth bishops to frank conversation

Bishops given chance to explain context of their positions

>By Mary Frances Schjonberg

[Episcopal News Service, Canterbury] Conversation marked by tears and
apologies, hand holding and embracing, was the order of the day July 31  as
bishops attending the Lambeth Conference formally addressed a portion of  the
Anglican Communion's debate on human sexuality.

The pervading sense was that the mood at the current conference was
"dramatically different" from the tone of sexuality discussions at the  1998
Lambeth Conference during which "people were distressed at some of the
reactions to some of the things that were said," said Archbishop Phillip
Aspinall of Brisbane (http://www.anglicanbrisbane.org.au), the primate  of
Australia and principal spokesman for the bishops. He recalled that in  1998
"there were occasions when bishops actually booed and hissed what other
bishops said in the gathering."

Aspinall said that his indaba group (a collection of 40 bishops from  five
Bible study groups who have been meeting together since the beginning of  the
conference) contained the "same degree of difference in the views held  by
the bishops but at the end of the indaba group, bishops from different  ends
of the spectrum on the issues actually embraced each other and thanked  each
other for helping them understand better what was at stake in these  issues."

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_99622_ENG_HTM.htm

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>Lambeth Digest, Day 10

[Episcopal News Service, Canterbury] Much happens each day at the  Lambeth
Conference. In addition to Episcopal Life Media's other coverage, here's
some of what else happened on July 31, the tenth day of the conference.

Lambeth Digest: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_99617_ENG_HTM.htm

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'NetsforLife' a sign of hope in fighting killer disease

>ERD set to launch 'nets' second phase

>By Pat McCaughan

[Episcopal News Service, Canterbury] For Melito Panzo, the long white
mosquito nets hanging in the Episcopal Relief and Development (ERD)  booth in
the Lambeth Conference marketplace, are signs of hope.

So are bishops, expressing interest in ERD's "NetsforLife" malaria  education
and prevention program, which partners with churches and other agencies  in
16 African countries, including Panzo's homeland, Angola. "So many  people
have visited the booth, taking brochures and cards. They are amazed that  so
many people die from malaria," a preventable and curable disease, Panzo  said
on July 30.

"When I started using the net I realized this is a good program and it  is so
important for us as Africans," says Panzo, who has malaria. "You can't
imagine how many people die . from malaria. This program is really  helping
many families, many lives. Many pregnant females are not having a good  life,
good health, so this is really very important."

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_99603_ENG_HTM.htm

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Lambeth Conference Daily Account: Bishops Jon Bruno of Los Angeles,  Chilton
Knudsen of Maine, Michael Smith of North Dakota

[Episcopal News Service, Canterbury] Bishops Jon Bruno of Los Angeles,
Chilton Knudsen of Maine and Michael Smith of North Dakota offer the  Daily
Account for July 31 at the 2008 Lambeth Conference.

Daily Account: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_99615_ENG_HTM.htm

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Triennial Black Ministries Conference focus of August 10 bulletin insert

[Episcopal Life Weekly] Bulletin inserts for Sunday, August 10 will  provide
information about the 8th Triennial Black Ministries Conference, "Grant  Us
Wisdom, Grant Us Courage: For the Living of these Days," to be held  October
19-23 in New Orleans. The conference will be open to laypersons as well  as
clergy, and will focus on the development of a strategic plan that will  help
congregations prepare for their role in God's mission in the world.

Bulletin inserts are available at

http://www.episcopalchurch.org/95270_ENG_HTM.htm

More Top Stories: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/elife

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>MULTIMEDIA

Multimedia files available at

http://www.episcopalchurch.org/89878_97371_ENG_HTM.htm

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Video: Canon Philip Groves on the Listening Process

[Episcopal News Service] The Rev. Canon Philip Groves describes his work  as
facilitator of the Anglican Communion Listening Process.

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Video: Indian Ocean Primate Ian Ernest addresses media at Lambeth News
Conference

[Episcopal News Service] The Most Rev. Ian Ernest, primate of the Indian
Ocean, speaks at the July 31 news conference at the 2008 Lambeth  Conference.

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Video: Toronto Bishop Colin Johnson addresses media at Lambeth News
Conference

[Episcopal News Service] The Rt. Rev. Colin Johnson, bishop of Toronto,
speaks at the July 31 news conference at the 2008 Lambeth Conference.

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Video: The Rev. Jackie Cray addresses media at Lambeth News Conference

[Episcopal News Service] The Rev. Jackie Cray, chair of the Spouses
Implementation Group, speaks at the July 31 news conference at the 2008
Lambeth Conference.

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Video: Lambeth Conference Daily Account: Bishops Jon Bruno of Los  Angeles,
Chilton Knudsen of Maine, Michael Smith of North Dakota

[Episcopal News Service] Bishops Jon Bruno of Los Angeles, Chilton  Knudsen
of Maine and Michael Smith of North Dakota offer the Daily Account for  July
31 at the 2008 Lambeth Conference.

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Video: Springfield Bishop Peter Beckwith addresses media

[Episcopal News Service] Bishop Peter Beckwith of the Diocese of
Springfield, Illinois, addresses media July 30 about the interpretation  of
Scripture and issues of human sexuality in the Anglican Communion.  Beckwith
is one of the theologically conservative bishops of the Episcopal Church  and
has been critical of its recent actions.

Multimedia files available at

http://www.episcopalchurch.org/89878_97371_ENG_HTM.htm

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>DAYBOOK

On August 1, 2008, the Church calendar remembers Joseph of Arimathaea.

* 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 Prayer for Lambeth: Enable the bishops in Canterbury to  approach
with humility and mutual respect the complex issues inherent in their
diverse visions of the Communion. Direct their work so that all may  share in
an ongoing development of an Anglican Covenant.

* Today in History: On August 1, 1714, the "Schism Bill," which intended  to
reestablish Roman Catholicism in England, died with its chief supporter,
Queen Anne.

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>CATALYST

"C. S. Lewis as Philosopher" from InterVarsity Press, edited by David
Baggett, Gary R. Habermas and Jerry L. Walls, 268 pages, paperback, c.  2008,
$23

[InterVarsity Press] What did C. S. Lewis think about truth, goodness  and
beauty?

Here are fifteen essays that explore three major philosophical themes  from
the writings of Lewis. David J. Baggett, Gary R. Habermas and Jerry L.  Walls
edit this overview of Lewis's philosophical thinking on arguments for
Christianity, the character of God, theodicy, moral goodness, heaven and
hell, a theory of literature, and the place of the imagination.

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