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>Episcopal Life Daily
>October 21, 2009

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

>Today's Episcopal Life Daily includes:

* TOP STORY - Counting down to Copenhagen: Congregations to join
International Day of Climate Action
* CALENDAR - Upcoming special events and services
* SPIRITUAL REFLECTION - October 25, 2009 - Twenty-First Sunday After
Pentecost, Proper 25 - Year B
* DAYBOOK - October 22: Today in Scripture, Prayer, History
* CATALYST - The Inklings of Oxford - C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien,
and Their Friends

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>TOP STORIES

>Counting down to Copenhagen

Congregations to join International Day of Climate Action

>By Phina Borgeson

[Episcopal News Service] Bell ringing, postcard campaigns and
community connections will point the way to Copenhagen when
congregations join in the International Day of Climate Action this
Saturday, October 24.

Organized by the 350.org campaign, this year's annual celebration will
call for a fair climate treaty when world leaders gather in Copenhagen
in December. Three hundred fifty parts per million is considered to be
the safe upper limit for carbon dioxide in earth's atmosphere.

Episcopal congregations have marked the day in previous years by
ringing steeple bells 350 times. This year, Bill McKibben, founder of
350.org, and Mary Evelyn Tucker of the Forum on Religion and Ecology
are urging greater participation by religious congregations.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_115723_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>CALENDAR

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/calendar.htm

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>SPIRITUAL REFLECTIONS

October 25, 2009 - Twenty-First Sunday After Pentecost, Proper 25 - Year  B

(RCL) Job 42:1-6, 10-17 and Psalm 34:1-8 (19-22) (Track 2: Jeremiah
31:7-9 and Psalm 126); Hebrews 7:23-28; Mark 10:46-52

>By the Rev. Debbie Royals

[Sermons That Work] Recipe for success: one part awareness, one part
knowledge, one part motivation, one part action. Slowly add one
ingredient at a time, gradually and with care. Then begin again. Note:
you may be inspired to start over at any point in the process.

One might place knowledge before awareness, but without awareness how
does knowledge develop? Once we are aware and know, it takes
motivation to produce action.

Full reflection:

http://www.episcopalchurch.org/sermons_that_work_115474_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>DAYBOOK

>On October 22, 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 October 22, 1990, the diocesan synod of the
Anglican Diocese of Cape Town, South Africa, voted overwhelmingly in
favor of the ordination of women to the priesthood.

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>CATALYST

"The Inklings of Oxford - C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, and Their
Friends" from Zondervan, written by Harry Lee Poe, photography by
James Ray Veneman, 171 pages, paperback, c. 2009, $24.99

[Zondervan] Oxford's fabled streets echo with the names of such key
figures in English history as Edmund Halley, John Wycliffe, and John
and Charles Wesley. Of more recent times are those of C. S. Lewis, J.
R. R. Tolkien, and the other members of the renowned literary circle
to which they belonged, the Inklings.

What would it be like to walk this medieval city's narrow lanes in the
company of such giants of Christian literature, to visit Magdalen
College, where Lewis and Tolkien read aloud their works-in-progress to
their friends, or the Eagle and Child pub, the Inklings' favorite
gathering place?

The lavish photography of this book will introduce you to the
fascinating world of the Inklings, matching their words to the places
where these friends discussed -- and argued over -- theology,
philosophy, ancient Norse myth, and Old Icelandic, while writing
stories that were to become classics of the faith.

The Inklings of Oxford will deepen your knowledge of and appreciation
for this unique set of personalities. The book also features a helpful
map section for taking walking tours of Oxford University and its
environs.

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