Episcopal Life Online Daybook -- Today is Wednesday, May 2 in Easter. The Church calendar remembers Athanasius, Bishop of Alexandria (293-373). * 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 this day in 2001, Pope Shenouda III, pope of Alexandria of the Coptic Orthodox Church, made a visit to Nashotah House to deliver a lecture and to receive an honorary degree.
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WEEKS AHEAD
Full calendar: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/78650_1669_ENG_HTM.htm
Events
5/3/2007
>> FORT WASHINGTON, Pennsylvania: Gottlieb presents The Spirit of Parenting >> CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts: 2007 Kellogg Lecture Series
5/4/2007
>> MACKINAN ISLAND, Michigan: Province V ECW Annual Meeting >> HUNT VALLEY, Maryland: Diocese of Maryland to meet in convention
5/5/2007
>> GROSSE POINTE, Michigan: Diocesan Ministry Fair
5/6/2007
>> HENDERSONVILLE, North Carolina: Inaugural Lansing Lee Conference >> NEWBURGH, New York: Deirdre Good to discuss new book >> WASHINGTON, D.C.: Churches for Middle East Peace conference
5/8/2007 >> GARDEN CITY, New York: Clergy formation >> HOUSTON, Texas: David M. Weekley to address Leadership and Faith Luncheon
5/12/2007
>> SEATTLE, Washington: Diocese of Olympia to meet in special convention >> NEW MILFORD, Connecticut: Tea and conversation
5/17/2007
>> NEW HAVEN, Connecticut: Faith as a Way of Life conference for pastoral leadership
5/18/2007
>> GROSSE POINTE, Michigan: Tribute to Fred DeHaven
5/19/2007
>> ERIE, Pennsylvania: Diocese of Northwestern Pennsylvania to elect new bishop
5/20/2007
>> WASHINGTON, D.C.: Cathedral celebrates the state of California
5/21/2007
>> NEW YORK CITY: Group Spiritual Guidance offered at GTS
5/22/2007
>> LOS ANGELES, California: Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice
5/23/2007
>> LOS ANGELES, California: National reconciliation seminar
5/28/2007
>> QUEENS, New York: Caribbean Anglican Consultation (CAC) Caribbean Clergy Conference
Music
5/3/2007 >> NEW YORK CITY: Concerts at One
5/4/2007
>> BEVERLY HILLS, California: Evensong at All Saints' Parish >> SEATTLE, Washington: Annual Bach Concert
5/8/2007
>> ORLANDO, Florida: Young Musicians in Concert
5/11/2007
>> HOUSTON, Texas: Benefit concert at Christ Church Cathedral
5/20/2007
>> MANASSAS, Virginia: Choral Evensong for the Feast of the Ascension >> SANTA BARBARA, California: Pipings at Trinity Church
Full calendar: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/78650_1669_ENG_HTM.htm
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Catalyst: "Leaving Church: A Memoir of Faith" from HarperCollins Publishers, by Barbara Brown Taylor, 251 pages, paperback, c. 2006, $14.95
[Source: HarperCollins Publishers] Annie Dillard has said that Barbara Brown Taylor's writing is "wonderfully intelligent, moving, and direct." Now, in the tradition of the writings of Kathleen Norris and Anne Lamott, Taylor gives an account of her journey. From city to country, from full-time parish minister to college professor, from urban dweller to part-time farmer, Taylor discovers that life with God entails "a wondrous uncertainty" despite our best laid plans. After ten years in a big urban church, Taylor arrives in Clarkesville (population 1,500) thinking her dream has come true. And it has. But five and a half years later, Taylor realizes that in order to keep her faith she must now leave the church--that, in fact, God is leading her into a new direction, one she could not have imagined when she was first ordained. Anyone who has experienced doubts about his or her chosen vocation, or those drawn to worship God in a community but who have a hard time finding their place in church, will find a kindred spirit in Taylor.
"I cannot overstate how liberating and transforming I have found Leaving Church to be." --Frederick Buechner, author of Beyond Words
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