Episcopal Life Online Daybook -- Today is Friday, May 4 in Easter. The Church calendar remembers Monnica, Mother of Augustine of Hippo (332-387).
* 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 1851, Arthur J. Mason, hymn translator, was born in England.
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Stephen Dzisi on ERD's primary health care initiatives in Africa
[Episcopal News Service] Stephen Dzisi, program officer for Africa, speaks about Episcopal Relief and Development's primary health care initiatives in Africa, including the NetsforLife program, a one-year-old initiative of ERD, carried out in partnership with the Anglican Churches of Africa, to distribute one million insecticide-treated malaria-prevention bed nets in 16 sub-Saharan African countries by the end of 2008.
A video stream of Dzisi's interview is available at http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81231_ENG_HTM.htm
For further information about Episcopal Relief and Development, visit http://www.er-d.org.
To learn more about NetsForLife, visit http://www.er-d.org/malaria.
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Catalyst: "The Gathering: City Prayers, City Hopes" from Church Publishing, Inc., by Jeannine Otis, 112 pages, paperback, c. 2007, $10
[Source: Church Publishing, Inc.] This collection of prayers and reflections from rappers, both known and unknown, and inner city and incarcerated youth, is a powerful, unconventional expression of spirituality. Of great relevance for those speaking to the hip hop culture and experience ("Prayer for the DJs"), it cuts across boundaries.
"I've did some bad things in my life, from getting high to bad fights. Plus lying, stealing & getting nice. I knew that all those things weren't right. But now I have Jesus to make things tight. Even though the devil still tempts us to cuss, I just block him out & think about Judas. I will never betray God for the devil ever again. Well, I can't say never, but I'll strive not to sin." -- Incarcerated Youth, USA
To order: Episcopal Books and Resources, online at http://www.episcopalbookstore.org or call 800-903-5544.
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