Episcopal Life Online Daybook -- Today is Friday, September 14, 2007. The Church calendar remembers Holy Cross Day.
* 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 1903, Godfrey Thring, English priest and author of hymns such as "Lord, Dismiss Us with Thy Blessing" and verses of "Crown Him with Many Crowns", died in Surrey, England.
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MULTIMEDIA
The House of Bishops
[ENS] Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori offers an overview of the Episcopal Church's House of Bishops and speaks about the upcoming September 20-25 meeting in New Orleans when its members and spouses will have hands-on opportunities to help rebuilding efforts in hurricane-affected areas.
Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, visiting at the bishops' invitation, will participate in a September 20 evening interfaith gathering to rededicate the Morial Convention Center in New Orleans.
Williams will join in dialogue with the bishops on subjects including the recently proposed Anglican covenant and the Primates Meeting communiqué.
An interview with the Presiding Bishop is available at http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81231_ENG_HTM.htm
A bulletin insert, scheduled for use by congregations September 16, is available at http://www.episcopalchurch.org/78650_8852_ENG_HTM.htm
An earlier article about the House of Bishops meeting is available at http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_89558_ENG_HTM.htm
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Catalyst: "Engaging News Media" from Cowley Publications, by Mark Kelley, 168 pages, paperback, c. 2006, $14.95
[Source: Cowley Publications] Long before he left the television news industry, Mark Kelley was concerned about the trends he saw developing in the business. Commercial pressures (exacerbated by the relentless meddling of consultants) were making it increasingly difficult for professional news workers to do a competent job of delivering important information to readers, listeners, and viewers. He conceived the notion of writing a book that analyzed all news media, connecting it to the quest for truth that drives people of faith and spirituality.
Engaging News Media explores the state of the news media and their audiences today, attempting to examine whether or not truth could be found there, and if so, how people of faith and people in general might be more successful in extracting it.
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