Episcopal Life Online Daybook -- Today is Tuesday, May 22, 2007, in Easter.
* 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, Edwyn Hoskyns, Anglican bishop and social reformer, was born at Aston-Tirrold, Berkshire. _ _ _
TEACHING
'Energizing the Grass Roots' theme of Global Episcopal Mission Network June gathering
[Episcopal News Service] The 11th annual Global Episcopal Mission Network (GEM) Education Institute will gather June 20-23 in Monteagle, Tennessee, at the Dubose Conference Center to focus on grassroots mission.
Meeting under the theme "Energizing the Grass Roots: Models for Mission," the conference will feature plenary sessions, workshops, worship and opportunities for networking with other mission leaders from around the Episcopal Church.
Plenary speakers will include Dr. Don Armentrout, professor of church history of the School of Theology at Sewanee, Tennessee; the Rev. Dr. Ian Douglas, Angus Dun professor of World Mission and Global Christianity at Episcopal Divinity School in Cambridge, Massachusetts; and Bishop Lloyd Allen of the Diocese of Honduras.
Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_86174_ENG_HTM.htm
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EDUCATION
Latino theologians gather to produce Spanish-language education resource
[Episcopal News Service] Theologians from five of the seven dioceses in Province IX and one from the Diocese of Atlanta gathered in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, April 16-20 to write basic materials that will form a comprehensive Spanish-language Christian education resource for the Episcopal Church.
The project responds to a continuing need to develop educational resources that address the specific demands of the Episcopal Church, both in Province IX and Spanish-speaking congregations in the U.S. Most Christian resources available in Spanish are produced by the Roman Catholic Church or evangelical churches. While there have been a number of Spanish-language educational resources developed by individual dioceses and offices at the Episcopal Church Center, this is the first joint effort since a lectionary-based curriculum was developed in Province IX more then 20 years ago.
Rather than beginning with translation or adaptation of English-language materials, the theologians brought their own collections of materials together and wrote new essays in Spanish rendered in an accessible, non-academic style. The idea for the project was conceived at a meeting in 2004 of the Episcopal Council for Christian Education, the church's network of provincial education leaders.
Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/78650_86173_ENG_HTM.htm
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Catalyst: "Sunday: A History of the First Day from Babylonia to the Super Bowl" from Random House, Inc., by Craig Harline, 450 pages, hardcover, c. 2007, $26
[Source: Random House, Inc.] The mere mention of "Sunday" will immediately conjure up a rich mix of memories, associations, and ideas for almost anyone of any age. Whatever we think of -- be it attending church, reading a bulky newspaper, eating brunch, or watching football -- Sunday occupies a unique place in Western civilization. But how did we come to have a day with such a singular set of traditions?
Here, historian Craig Harline examines Sunday from its ancient beginnings to recent America in a fascinating blend of facts and anecdotes. For early Christians, the first day of the week was a time to celebrate the liturgy and observe the Resurrection. But over time, Sunday in the Western world took on still other meanings and rituals, especially in the addition of both rest and recreation to the day's activities. Harline illuminates these changes in enlightening profiles of Sunday in medieval Catholic England, Sunday in the Reformation, and Sunday in 19th-century France -- home of the most envied and sometimes despised Sunday of the modern world. He continues with moving portraits of soldiers and civilians observing Sunday during World War I, examines the quiet Sunday of England in the 1930s, and concludes with the convergence of various European traditions in the American Sunday, which also adds some distinctly original habits of its own, including in the realms of commerce and professional sports.
With engaging prose and scholarly integrity, Sunday is an entertaining and long-overdue look at a significant hallmark of Western culture.
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