Episcopal Life Online Newslink October 9, 2007
Episcopal Life Online is available at http://www.episcopalchurch.org/elife.
Today's ELO Newslink includes:
* TOP STORY - TEAM's final report reviews Boksburg work, sets 'strategic framework for action' * DIOCESAN DIGEST - MISSOURI: Parish gives tools to Louisiana diocese * WORLD REPORT - SUDAN: Darfur aid pledge 'not enough,' says Christian leader * OPINION - Hooked by Hooker: Theologian's 400-year-old advice a wake-up call for today
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TOP STORIES
TEAM's final report reviews Boksburg work, sets 'strategic framework for action'
Mission conference report meant to send 'fresh winds of change into the lungs of the Anglican Communion'
[Episcopal News Service] Next steps for addressing global poverty are highlighted in the newly released final report of the "Toward Effective Anglican Mission" (TEAM) conference held earlier this year in Boksburg, South Africa.
Meeting March 7-14 at the Birchwood Conference Centre near Johannesburg, TEAM gathered more than 400 people from 30 of the Anglican Communion's 38 provinces to review the church's response to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
The report is an extensive review of the work of the conference and the conclusions reached by the participants.
Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_90860_ENG_HTM.htm
More Top Stories: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/elife
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DIOCESAN DIGEST
MISSOURI: Parish gives tools to Louisiana diocese http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_90862_ENG_HTM.htm
More Diocesan news: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_ENG_HTM.htm
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WORLD REPORT
SUDAN: Darfur aid pledge 'not enough,' says Christian leader http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_90863_ENG_HTM.htm
More World news: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_ENG_HTM.htm
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OPINION
Hooked by Hooker
Theologian's 400-year-old advice a wake-up call for today
By Ellen Holmes Baer
[Episcopal Life] Richard Hooker woke me up. He jolted me out of my everyday complacency by his very name, which I admit I didn't recognize.
I used to be a whiz at Trivial Pursuit because I remember names so well, but I didn't know this one. It came to me in a special edition of our diocesan newsletter, which calls itself a "Study Document for the Episcopal Church." It offers information supporting the ongoing "global conversation" on the well-known issues that threaten the unity of the Anglican Communion.
At first glance, I see the word conversation as a mere exercise in civility, but then I realize that, like related words converse (both verb and noun) and conversion, it holds within its origin and meaning the idea of turning around.
As an accomplished conflict avoider, I'm reading the document on the lookout for things that might help our fractious church members turn around and come together. (Notice that my emphasis is on other folks, since they are the ones who need help.)
Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/80050_90864_ENG_HTM.htm
More Opinion: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/80050_ENG_HTM.htm