Episcopal Life Online Daybook -- Today is Wednesday, August 1, 2007. The Church calendar remembers Joseph of Arimathaea.
* 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 1714, the "Schism Bill," which intended to reestablish Roman Catholicism in England, died with its chief supporter, Queen Anne.
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WEEKS AHEAD
Full calendar: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/78650_1669_ENG_HTM.htm
Events 8/3/2007 >> WEST CORNWALL, Connecticut: Trinity Institute Retreat
8/6/2007
>> BRISTOL, Virginia: Catechesis of the Good Shepherd
8/14/2007
>> GURNEE, Illinois: Episcopal Day at Six Flags Great America
8/23/2007
>> MEMPHIS, Tennessee: Haiti Partnership dinner
8/24/2007
>> SAN FRANCISCO, California: Grace Cathedral to host first annual writers conference
9/1/2007
>> JACKSON, Mississippi: Benefit to aid rebuilding after Katrina
9/7/2007
>> SAN FRANCISCO, California: Grace Cathedral to host sculptures by David Baughan
9/14/2007
>> ST. LOUIS, Missouri: Making Disciples Conference
Music 8/21/2007 >> HOPKINTON, New Hampshire: Village harmony
8/25/2007
>> NORTH CONWAY, New Hampshire: Bach festival chorus
8/26/2007
>> YORK HARBOR, Maine: U2charist to benefit the MDGs
8/31/2007
>> HENDERSONVILLE, North Carolina: Solo Flight conference for single adults
9/6/2007 >> WATERBURY, Connecticut: LYRA to perform
9/9/2007 >> BENNINGTON, Vermont: Rap for Wrappers
9/16/2007
>> NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey: Sunday Vespers Series
9/23/2007
>> POUGHKEEPSIE, New York: Organ Recital and Choral Evensong
9/28/2007 >> BIRMINGHAM, Alabama: Musical Menu
9/30/2007
>> BENNINGTON, Vermont: Festival Choral Eucharist
Full calendar: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/78650_1669_ENG_HTM.htm
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Catalyst: "Anglican and Evangelical?" from the Continuum International Publishing Group, by Richard Turnbull, 178 pages, paperback, c. 2007, $19.95
[Source: Continuum International Publishing Group] This new assessment of the historic Anglican and Evangelical traditions comes at a crucial time for the Anglican Church. Instead of dialogue, there is often a stubborn adherence to entrenched views. Instead of debate, there is acrimony. The resulting division and insecurity not only damage the church itself but undermine its influence in the world.
Yet, argues Richard Turnbull, there is much that the traditions of Anglicanism and Evangelicalism have in common. Indeed, when the roots of both are examined, much of the confusion that dominates the modern Anglican agenda can be swept aside. This is not to fudge the genuine differences, but by looking at the past, the present is illuminated and mutual understanding and cooperation encouraged. The Anglican Evangelical, asserts the author, is a distinctive that can be recovered with confidence.
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