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>Episcopal Life Daily
>July 22, 2009

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

>Today's Episcopal Life Daily includes:

* TOP STORY - Presiding Bishop's letter to the church on General  Convention
* WORLD REPORT - ENGLAND: Archbishop of Canterbury awards Lambeth  Degrees
* WORLD REPORT - PAKISTAN: Arrest of human rights leader due to
'anti-Christian bias,' group says
* CALENDAR - Upcoming special events and services
* SPIRITUAL REFLECTION - July 26, 2009 - Eighth Sunday After
Pentecost, Proper 12 - Year B
* DAYBOOK - July 23: Today in Scripture, Prayer, History
* CATALYST - A People's History of Christianity: The Other Side of the  Story

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>TOP STORIES

Presiding Bishop's letter to the church on General Convention

[Episcopal News Service] Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori
has issued a letter to the church about General Convention, which was
held July 8-17 at the Anaheim Convention Center in California. "Above
all else, this Convention claimed God's mission as the heartbeat of
The Episcopal Church," Jefferts Schori says.

The full text of the Presiding Bishop's letter is available at
http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_112789_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>WORLD REPORT

ENGLAND: Archbishop of Canterbury awards Lambeth Degrees

[Lambeth Palace] Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams awarded
Lambeth Degrees to the Rt. Rev. John Hind and the Rev. Canon Vincent
Strudwick, on July 21 in Lambeth Palace, London.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_112787_ENG_HTM.htm

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PAKISTAN: Arrest of human rights leader due to 'anti-Christian bias,'  group
says

>By Anto Akkara

[Ecumenical News International, Bangalore, India] A church-supported
human rights group in Pakistan has said the arrest of its director,
who became embroiled in a complex case involving religious conversion,
is rooted in a bias against Christians.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_112788_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>SPIRITUAL REFLECTIONS

July 26, 2009 - Eighth Sunday After Pentecost, Proper 12 - Year B

(RCL) 2 Samuel 11:1-15 and Psalm 14; or 2 Kings 4:42-44 and Psalm 145:
10-19; Ephesians 3:14-21; John 6:1-21

>By the Rev. Frank S. Logue

The crowd clamors after Jesus for healing. The Great Physician is
healing the sick and there are many in search of his healing touch.
Yet there is something more going on here than a health clinic or even
a faith healing revival. The Gospel of John tells us "A large crowd
kept following him, because they saw the signs that he was doing for
the sick."

Full reflection:

http://www.episcopalchurch.org/sermons_that_work_112048_ENG_HTM.htm

More Spiritual Reflections:  http://www.episcopalchurch.org/82457_ENG_HTM.htm

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>DAYBOOK

>On July 23, 2009...

* 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 July 23, 1978, more than 400 bishops gathered
in Canterbury from all over the Anglican Communion as the eleventh
Lambeth Conference began.

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>CATALYST

"A People's History of Christianity: The Other Side of the Story" from
HarperCollins Publishers, by Diane Butler Bass, 353 pages, hardcover,
c. 2009, $25.99

[HarperCollins Publishers] For too long, the history of Christianity
has been told as the triumph of orthodox doctrine imposed through
power and hierarchy. In A People's History of Christianity, historian
and religion expert Diana Butler Bass reveals an alternate history
that includes a deep social ethic and far-reaching inclusiveness: "the
other side of the story" is not a modern phenomenon, but has always
been practiced within the church. Butler Bass persuasively argues that
corrective -- even subversive -- beliefs and practices have always
been hallmarks of Christianity and are necessary to nourish
communities of faith.

In the same spirit as Howard Zinn's groundbreaking work The People's
History of the United States, Butler Bass's A People's History of
Christianity brings to life the movements, personalities, and
spiritual disciplines that have always informed and ignited Christian
worship and social activism.

A People's History of Christianity authenticates the vital, emerging
Christian movements of our time, providing the historical evidence
that celebrates these movements as thoroughly Christian and faithful
to the mission and message of Jesus.

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