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>Episcopal Life Daily
>July 21, 2008

Episcopal Life Online is available at  http://www.episcopalchurch.org/elife.

>Today's Episcopal Life Daily includes:

* TOP STORY - Lambeth panel explores questions of Anglican identity,
postcolonialism
* TOP STORY - Lambeth Conference Daily Account: Bishops J. Neil  Alexander of
Atlanta, Don Johnson of West Tennessee, Cate Waynick of Indianapolis
* TOP STORY - Lambeth Peace Project hopes to tell Korea's story to  Anglicans
* DIOCESAN DIGEST - CALIFORNIA: Grace Cathedral set to become solar  powered
* PEOPLE - Bishop Gonzalez, formerly of Cuba, dies at 94
* EDUCATION - Parish's confirmation program goes national
* MULTIMEDIA - Video: Presiding Bishop on the Lambeth Conference
* MULTIMEDIA - Video: Lambeth Conference Daily Account: Bishops Neil
Alexander of Atlanta, Don Johnson of West Tennessee, Cate Waynick of
Indianapolis
* MULTIMEDIA - Video: Archbishop of Canterbury addresses media at the
Lambeth Conference
* MULTIMEDIA - Video: Melinda Whalon on the Lambeth Spouses Conference
* MULTIMEDIA - Video: Episcopal youth send message of support to U.S.
bishops attending Lambeth
* MULTIMEDIA - Video: Lambeth Conference Opening Eucharist
* MULTIMEDIA - Video: Pittsburgh Bishop Robert Duncan
* FEATURE - DVD discusses creative models of sacramental leadership in  small
congregations
* DAYBOOK - July 21, 2008: Today in Scripture, Prayer, History
* CATALYST - Disciples of All Nations

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>TOP STORIES

Lambeth panel explores questions of Anglican identity, postcolonialism

Listening, conversations beginning in indaba groups, bishops say

>By Pat McCaughan

[Episcopal News Service, Canterbury] Colonialism's legacy is apparent,  from
the current controversy within the Anglican Communion, to global  hotspots
like Zimbabwe, and in the "very clear, very haunting ruins of Anglican
churches in nearly every western Ireland town" which document its  history of
British rule, experts said during a July 21 Lambeth Conference panel
discussion.

A postcolonial conversation, a critique of colonialism involving patient
listening and that includes everyone equally, is long overdue, yet most
Anglicans tend to avoid the discussion, said the Rev. Joe Duggan, an
Episcopal priest from the Diocese of Los Angeles and a doctoral  researcher
at the University of Manchester's Lincoln Theological Institute (LTI).

LTI, along with the Journal of Anglican Studies, co-sponsored the panel
discussion, "Anglican Identities and the Postcolonial," a Lambeth  Conference
"fringe event" held at the University of Kent's Darwin Hall. Featured
speakers included: Robert Young, author and a professor of English and
Comparative Literature at New York University; Bishop James Tengatenga  of
Southern Malawi; Bishop Mano Rumalshah of Pakistan; and Bishop Assistant
Stephen Pickard of Adelaide in the Anglican Province of Australia.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_99217_ENG_HTM.htm

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Lambeth Conference Daily Account: Bishops J. Neil Alexander of Atlanta,  Don
Johnson of West Tennessee, Cate Waynick of Indianapolis

[Episcopal News Service, Canterbury] Bishops J. Neil Alexander of  Atlanta,
Don Johnson of West Tennessee, Cate Waynick of Indianapolis offer the
following Daily Account for July 21.

Daily Account: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_99211_ENG_HTM.htm

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Lambeth Peace Project hopes to tell Korea's story to Anglicans

[Episcopal News Service, Canterbury] The main venue of the 2008 Lambeth
Spouses Conference at the University of Kent was filled on the evening  of
July 20 with the sound of peace.

The sponsors of the Lambeth Peace Project hope that the July 20 "Singing  for
Peace in Our Land" concert began to raise awareness of the need for  peace on
the Korean peninsula and in all of northeast Asia.

The 42-member Mothers' Union choir from the Anglican Diocese of Seoul  sang
Korean folk songs and hymns to a standing-room-only crowd of Lambeth
Conference bishops, spouses and guests. This was only the choir's second
concert outside South Korea.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_99182_ENG_HTM.htm
By Mary Frances Schjonberg

More Top Stories: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/elife

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>DIOCESAN DIGEST

CALIFORNIA: Grace Cathedral set to become solar powered
http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_99221_ENG_HTM.htm

More Diocesan news: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_ENG_HTM.htm

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>PEOPLE

>Bishop Gonzalez, formerly of Cuba, dies at 94

[Episcopal News Service] The Rt. Rev. José A. Gonzalez, former Bishop  of
Cuba (1967-1982) died on July 20 of natural causes. He was 94.

Gonzalez and his wife, Graciela, came to the United States after his
retirement and settled in Union City, New Jersey. He served as an  assisting
bishop in the diocese of Newark from 1982 to 1989. They were also active
parishioners of Grace Church, Union City.

Gonzalez was born in Colon, Cuba on February 19, 1914. He received a
B.A./B.S. degree from La Progresiva in 1940; a certificate from the  DuBose
School in 1942, and a bachelor of divinity degree from Virginia  Theological
Seminary in 1963. He also held an honorary doctor of divinity (1974) and  a
master?s degree (1974) from VTS.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81831_99186_ENG_HTM.htm

More People: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81831_ENG_HTM.htm

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>EDUCATION

>Parish's confirmation program goes national

'Confirm not Conform' encourages youth to question faith, test  commitment

>By Laura Toepfer

[Episcopal News Service] Youth believe something and the church needs to
hear it. That's the radical basis for "Confirm not Conform" (CnC), a
16-session confirmation program developed by St. John's Church in  Oakland,
California, that is now being used in congregations nationwide.

Laurie Brock, associate rector of St. James' Church in Baton Rouge,
Louisiana, heard about CnC at a conference for youth workers at Kanuga,  the
Episcopal conference center in North Carolina. "I went expecting yet  another
'groundbreaking new approach' to Confirmation, like so many others I've  seen
during my ministry," she said. "What a surprise to discover this one  truly
was a new approach that respected teenagers as thinking and reflective
members of our faith community, complete with questions and opinions."

St. John's, Oakland, has offered CnC in its parish for the past decade.
Thanks to the encouragement of the Rev. Rosa Lee Harden and Every Voice
Network, the program went national in 2006. A group of 20 pilot parishes
from across the U.S. tested CnC to see if it would work outside of its  San
Francisco Bay Area birthplace. The response was enthusiastic, even in
congregations that were dubious at first.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/78650_99188_ENG_HTM.htm

More Education: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/80263_93222_ENG_HTM.htm

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>MULTIMEDIA

Multimedia files available at

http://www.episcopalchurch.org/80056_ENG_HTM.htm

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Video: Presiding Bishop on the Lambeth Conference

[Episcopal News Service] Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori  reflects
on the opening days of the 2008 Lambeth Conference.

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Video: Lambeth Conference Daily Account: Bishops Neil Alexander of  Atlanta,
Don Johnson of West Tennessee, Cate Waynick of Indianapolis

[Episcopal News Service] Bishops Neil Alexander of Atlanta, Don Johnson  of
West Tennessee, Cate Waynick of Indianapolis offer the following Daily
Account for July 21 at the 2008 Lambeth Conference.

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Video: Archbishop of Canterbury addresses media at the Lambeth  Conference

[Episcopal News Service] Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams  addresses
media at a July 21 news conference about the 2008 Lambeth Conference.

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Video: Melinda Whalon on the Lambeth Spouses Conference

[Episcopal News Service] Melinda Whalon, wife of Bishop Pierre Whalon of  the
Convocation of American Churches in Europe, speaks at a July 21 news
conference about the Lambeth Spouses Conference.

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Video: Episcopal youth send message of support to U.S. bishops attending
Lambeth

[Episcopal News Service] Participants at the Episcopal Youth Event,  meeting
in San Antonio July 8-13, sent a video greeting and message of support  to
the Episcopal Church bishops attending the 2008 Lambeth Conference. The
video was played to the bishops on July 21.

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>Video: Lambeth Conference Opening Eucharist

[Episcopal News Service] Atlanta Bishop Neil Alexander speaks about the
Opening Eucharist of the 2008 Lambeth Conference, held July 20 in  Canterbury
Cathedral.

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>Video: Pittsburgh Bishop Robert Duncan

[Episcopal News Service] Bishop Robert Duncan of the Diocese of  Pittsburgh,
one of the leading critics of the Episcopal Church, speaks following the
July 20 opening Eucharist of the 2008 Lambeth Conference about the  liturgy,
parts of which he found troubling, and his concerns for the Anglican
Communion.

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Multimedia files available at

http://www.episcopalchurch.org/80056_ENG_HTM.htm

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>FEATURES

DVD discusses creative models of sacramental leadership in small
congregations

>By Suzanne E. Watson

[Episcopal Life] The traditional model of one priest serving at one  altar
can be difficult to sustain financially for congregations of the nearly  half
of all Episcopal congregations that can be considered "small."

In October 2007, Episcopal Church leaders from dioceses, provinces and  three
Anglican provinces gathered to discuss sacramental leadership in these
congregations with average Sunday attendance of 70 or less. The summit  was
called so leaders could share their stories of alternative models that  have
worked in their contexts.

The gathering expanded to become a celebration of the many ways small
congregations creatively live their part in God's unfolding mission.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81834_99216_ENG_HTM.htm

More Features: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/78936_ENG_HTM.htm

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>DAYBOOK

On July 22, the Church calendar remembers Saint Mary Magdalene.

* 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 Prayer for Lambeth: Awaken the hearts and minds of  participants
in this Lambeth Conference to proclaim the good news of Christ's
resurrection and of eternal life in you, that all people may hear God's
invitation to faith and fellowship.

* Today in History: On July 22, 1604, King James I wrote to Bishop  Bancroft
that he had "appointed certain learned men to the number of four and  fifty
for the translating of the Bible." This translation later became the  King
James version of the Bible.

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>CATALYST

"Disciples of All Nations" from Oxford University Press, by Lamin, 362
pages, paperback, c. 2008, $19.95

[Oxford University Press] Long the dominant religion of the West,
Christianity is now rapidly becoming the principal faith in much of the
postcolonial world -- a development that marks a momentous shift in the
religion's very center of gravity. In this eye-opening book, Lamin  Sanneh
examines the roots of this "post-Western awakening" and the unparalleled
richness and diversity, as well as the tension and conflict, it has  brought
to World Christianity.

Tracing Christianity's rise from its birth on the edge of the Roman  empire
-- when it proclaimed itself to be a religion for the entire world, not  just
for one people, one time, and one place -- to its key role in Europe's
maritime and colonial expansion, Sanneh sheds new light on the ways in  which
post-Western societies in Africa, Asia, and Latin America were drawn  into
the Christian orbit. Ultimately, he shows, these societies outgrew
Christianity's colonial forms and restructured it through their own
languages and idioms--a process that often occurred outside, and  sometimes
against, the lines of denominational control. The effect of such  changes,
Sanneh contends, has been profound, transforming not only worship,  prayer,
and the interpretation of Scripture, but also art, aesthetics, and music
associated with the church. In exploring this story of Christianity's  global
expansion and its current resurgence in the non-Western world, Sanneh  pays
close attention to such issues as the faith's encounters with Islam and
indigenous religions, as well as with secular ideologies such as Marxism  and
nationalism. He also considers the challenges that conservative,  non-Western
forms of Christianity pose to Western liberal values and Enlightenment
ideas.

Here then is a groundbreaking study of Christianity's role in cultural
innovation and historical change -- and must reading for all who are
concerned with the present and future of the faith.

"I am lost in admiration for Lamin Sanneh's magnificent study of world
Christianity, for the work's geographical scope and historical sweep,  and
for the breadth of the author's learning. Throughout, Sanneh asks the
critical question: how can we reconceive Christianity in a way that  frees it
from its European and imperial contexts, permitting the faith to adapt  to
the kaleidoscopic realities of different societies around the globe.  This is
a splendid achievement." -- Philip Jenkins, author of The Next  Christendom

To order: Episcopal Books and Resources, online at
http://www.episcopalbookstore.org, or call 800-903-5544 -- or visit your
local Episcopal bookseller, http://www.episcopalbooksellers.org

More Catalyst: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/83842_ENG_HTM.htm