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

>Episcopal Life Daily
>October 15, 2008

>Episcopal Life Online is available at
>http://www.episcopalchurch.org/elife.

>Today's Episcopal Life Daily includes:

* TOP STORY - Muslim, Christian leaders take up global issues at
high-level London meeting
* DIOCESAN DIGEST - MICHIGAN: Plan proposed to revitalize diocese
* WORLD REPORT - MIDDLE EAST: Churches urge Iraqi government to protect
Christians
* WORLD REPORT - SRI LANKA: Churches lament civilian hardship in
country's raging war
* MULTIMEDIA - Video: Archbishop of Canterbury, Grand Mufti of Egypt
address media at Lambeth Palace
* WEEKS AHEAD - Upcoming special events and services
* SPIRITUAL REFLECTION - Twenty-Third Sunday After Pentecost, Proper 24
- Year A [RCL]
* DAYBOOK - October 16, 2008: Today in Scripture, Prayer, History
* CATALYST - War in the Garden of Eden: A Military Chaplain's Memoir
from Baghdad

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>TOP STORIES

Muslim, Christian leaders take up global issues at high-level London
meeting

>By Matthew Davies

[Episcopal News Service] A multi-national group of Christian and Muslim
leaders, including the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Grand Mufti of
Egypt, concluded a three-day meeting at Lambeth Palace October 15 with a
firm recognition of the need for deeper understanding and mutual respect
as they increasingly find themselves drawn together by globalization and
interdependence.

During the meeting, titled "A Common Word and Future of Christian-Muslim
engagement," the leaders addressed issues such as the global economic
crisis and the persecution of minorities in Iraq, and identified
education as a priority for both faiths. 

The group, which included 17 Muslims and 19 Christian participants, also
discussed other topics, including different understandings of scripture,
shared moral values, respect for foundational figures in the respective
faiths, religious freedom and religiously motivated violence.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_101593_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>DIOCESAN DIGEST

MICHIGAN: Plan proposed to revitalize diocese

http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_101596_ENG_HTM.htm

More Diocesan news: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_ENG_HTM.htm

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>WORLD REPORT

MIDDLE EAST: Churches urge Iraqi government to protect Christians
http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_101592_ENG_HTM.htm

SRI LANKA: Churches lament civilian hardship in country's raging war
http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_101591_ENG_HTM.htm

More World news: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_ENG_HTM.htm

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>MULTIMEDIA

Video: Archbishop of Canterbury, Grand Mufti of Egypt address media at
Lambeth Palace

[Episcopal News Service] Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams and the
Grand Mufti of Egypt, Sheik Ali Gomaa, address the media October 15 at
Lambeth Palace, London, at the conclusion of a three-day meeting of
international Christian and Muslim leaders. The meeting, titled "A
Common Word and Future of Christian-Muslim engagement," brought together
17 Muslim and 19 Christian participants who addressed issues such as the
global economic crisis and the persecution of minorities in Iraq, as
well as identifying education as a priority among the two faiths.

Video: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81231_ENG_HTM.htm

More Multimedia: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/80056_ENG_HTM.htm

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>WEEKS AHEAD

A round-up of upcoming special events, services, concerts and diocesan
conventions taking place throughout the Episcopal Church is available at
http://www.episcopalchurch.org/78650_1669_ENG_HTM.htm

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>SPIRITUAL REFLECTIONS

Twenty-Third Sunday After Pentecost, Proper 24 - Year A [RCL]

Exodus 33:12-23, Psalm 99; or Isaiah 45:1-7, Psalm 96:1-9, (10-13); 1
Thessalonians 1:1-10; Matthew 22:15-22

>By the Rev. Dr. J. Barry Vaughn

[Sermons That Work] The Pharisees despised the Herodians with good
reason. Like their namesake, Herod, the Herodians cooperated with the
Roman occupiers and oppressors. The Pharisees, though not advocates of
violent revolution, were loyal to Judaism and its God. The Herodians put
political expedience first; the Pharisees put the Jewish faith first.

So, it must have come as a surprise to Jesus to see both Pharisees and
Herodians coming to him as a group and saying, "Teacher, we know that
you are true, and teach the way of God truthfully, and care for no one,
for you do not regard the position of human beings."

You know you are in trouble when your enemies begin to flatter you, so
Jesus must have been instantly on his guard. Then after the kinds words
came the punch line: "Now, tell us, Jesus," they asked, "is it lawful to
pay taxes to Caesar, or not?"

Full reflection:

http://www.episcopalchurch.org/sermons_that_work_101222_ENG_HTM.htm

More Spiritual Reflections:

http://www.episcopalchurch.org/82457_ENG_HTM.htm

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>DAYBOOK

On October 16, 2008, the Church calendar remembers Hugh Latimer and
Nicholas Ridley, bishops, 1555 and Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of
Canterbury, 1556

* 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 October 16, 1812, Henry Martyn, Anglican
missionary and Bible translator in India, died in Tokat, Asia Minor.

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>CATALYST

"War in the Garden of Eden: A Military Chaplain's Memoir from Baghdad"
from Church Publishing, Inc., by the Rev. Frank E. Wismer, III, 184
pages, paperback, c. 2008, $22

[Church Publishing, Inc.] A behind-the-scenes look at life in Baghdad,
Iraq, during the months following the invasion in 2003. Wismer, a
recently retired Army colonel and chaplain, has spent many years in the
Middle East, beginning with Operation Desert Storm. His memoir not only
reveals the daily drama of war, it also raises salient questions about
U.S. strategy regarding the "war on terror." This book also looks at the
dynamic interaction of major faith groups within Iraq, and the religious
heritage of the "cradle of civilization" as applied to the strategic
implication of global terrorism. The author's views are insightfully
recorded and influenced by his many calls to duty, which have also taken
him to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Haiti, Bosnia, and Kuwait. More than a
first-hand account of military life during the turbulent period
immediately after the assault by coalition forces, War in the Garden of
Eden also explores the inner workings of the Coalition Provisional
Authority (CPA) from a soldier's perspective, the daily life of
personnel assigned to the CPA, and some of the many decisions made,
under constant life-threatening situations, to establish peace and
stability in the country during the ground war.

To order: Episcopal Books and Resources, online at
http://www.episcopalbookstore.org, or call 800-903-5544 -- or visit your
local Episcopal bookseller, http://www.episcopalbooksellers.org

More Catalyst: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/83842_ENG_HTM.htm