Episcopal Life Online Newslink August 1, 2007
Episcopal Life Online is available at http://www.episcopalchurch.org/elife.
Today's ELO Newslink includes:
* TOP STORY - Network delegates seek end to property litigation * DIOCESAN DIGEST - COLORADO: Evidence presented against former Colorado Springs rector * WORLD REPORT - CANADA: Primate says farewell to Nova Scotia * WORLD REPORT - MIDDLE EAST: Mothers' Union Baghdad addresses humanitarian crisis * SPIRITUAL REFLECTION - Tenth Sunday After Pentecost (Proper 13) - Year C [RCL]
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TOP STORIES
Network delegates seek end to property litigation Moderator Duncan's remarks prompt a founder's resignation
By Jan Nunley
[Episcopal News Service] Delegates to the Annual Council of the dissident Network of Anglican Communion Dioceses and Parishes (NACDP) -- also known as the Anglican Communion Network (ACN) -- have resolved "unconditional commitment" to the Anglican Primates' February request that litigation between the Episcopal Church (TEC) and those who have attempted to leave with its property be suspended.
Recent decisions in California appellate courts have favored the Episcopal Church and its dioceses over breakaway congregations, reversing a trend of the past few decades. Courts in other states have consistently favored the Episcopal Church.
The resolution passed unanimously during the council's fourth yearly meeting at St. Vincent's Cathedral Church in Bedford, Texas, in the Diocese of Fort Worth, held July 30-31, 2007.
Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_88734_ENG_HTM.htm
More Top Stories: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/elife
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DIOCESAN DIGEST
COLORADO: Evidence presented against former Colorado Springs rector Accused cleric refuses to face ecclesiastical court in financial misconduct case http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_88735_ENG_HTM.htm
More Diocesan news: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_ENG_HTM.htm
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WORLD REPORT
CANADA: Primate says farewell to Nova Scotia
http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_88739_ENG_HTM.htm
MIDDLE EAST: Mothers' Union Baghdad addresses humanitarian crisis http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_88738_ENG_HTM.htm
More World news: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_ENG_HTM.htm
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SPIRITUAL REFLECTIONS
Tenth Sunday After Pentecost (Proper 13) - Year C [RCL] Hosea 11:1-11 or Ecclesiastes 1:2, 12-14; 2:18-23; Psalm 107:1-9, 43 or 49:1-12; Colossians 3:1-11; Luke 12:13-21
By J. Barry Vaughn
[Sermons That Work] Jesus had just said, "When they bring you before the synagogues, the rulers, and the authorities, do not worry about how you are to defend yourselves or what you are to say." Then suddenly, out of the blue, someone in the crowd shouted to Jesus, "Teacher, tell my brother to divide the family inheritance with me."
Someone had not been paying attention. Someone's mind had been somewhere else. Someone in the crowd was very worried - worried about money.
Jesus' story of the rich and foolish farmer is framed by the commandment "Do not worry." Just before the story of the farmer, Jesus told his listeners not to worry about what they would say when they were brought to trial for his sake. Just after the story, he said, "Do not worry about your life, what you will eat, or about your body, what you will wear." And in between, he told a story about one of the things we worry about most: money.
Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/82457_88596_ENG_HTM.htm
More Spiritual Reflections: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/82457_ENG_HTM.htm