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["Matthew Davies" <mdavies@episcopalchurch.org>]

>Episcopal Life Daily
>July 29, 2008

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>Today's Episcopal Life Daily includes:

* TOP STORY - Lambeth Digest, Day 8

* TOP STORY - Bishops, spouses discuss power abuses in joint session
* TOP STORY - Lambeth Conference Daily Account: Bishop Suffragan Dena
Harrison of Texas, Bishop Henry Parsley of Alabama
* TOP STORY - Archbishop of Canterbury's second presidential address to  the
Lambeth Conference
* TOP STORY - Volunteer corps keeps Lambeth running
* MULTIMEDIA - Video: Jane Williams addresses media at Lambeth News
Conference
* MULTIMEDIA - Video: Dr. Jenny Plane Te Paa addresses media at Lambeth  News
Conference
* MULTIMEDIA - Video: Dr. Maria Akrofi addresses media at Lambeth News
Conference
* MULTIMEDIA - Video: Lambeth Conference Daily Account: Bishop Suffragan
Dena Harrison of Texas, Bishop Henry Parsley of Alabama
* FEATURE - New look for 'Sermons That Work'
* FEATURE - Teaching tools: Website's lesson plans offer  lectionary-based
studies for all
* OPINION - Not obsolete: Human embryonic stem cell research still  needed
* DAYBOOK - July 30, 2008: Today in Scripture, Prayer, History
* CATALYST - Evil and the Justice of God

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>TOP STORIES

>Lambeth Digest, Day 8

[Episcopal News Service, Canterbury] Much happens each day at the  Lambeth
Conference (http://www.lambethconference.org/index.cfm). In addition to
Episcopal Life Media's other coverage
(http://episcopalchurch.org/97360_ENG_HTM.htm), here's some of what else
happened on July 29, the eighth day of the conference.

Lambeth Digest:

http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_99517_ENG_HTM.htm_ENG_HTM.htm

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Bishops, spouses discuss power abuses in joint session

Theatre group dramatizes Jesus' attitude toward women

>By Solange De Santis

[Episcopal News Service, Canterbury] Bishops and spouses attending the
Lambeth Conference (http://www.lambethconference.org/index.cfm) had  their
only joint session on July 29, discussing abuses of power such as  domestic
violence and the church's response.

Considering the theme "Equal in God's sight: when power is abused," the
session, which was closed to the public, saw a dramatization by the  Riding
Lights Theatre Company of Jesus' attitude toward women, Dr. Jenny Plane  Te
Paa, principal of the College of St. John the Evangelist in Auckland,  New
Zealand, told a July 29 media briefing. The drama "saw people in tears,"  she
said.

The group then heard a dramatic reading of 2 Samuel 13:1-22, in which  one of
David's sons, Amnon, rapes his sister, Tamar. The passage "opened up  major
questions of how men behave, how women behave," said Te Paa. The  audience
was divided along gender lines and reorganized into small groups so both  men
and women could speak freely.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_99516_ENG_HTM.htm

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Lambeth Conference Daily Account: Bishop Suffragan Dena Harrison of  Texas,
Bishop Henry Parsley of Alabama

[Episcopal News Service, Canterbury] Bishop Suffragan Dena Harrison of  Texas
and Bishop Henry Parsley of Alabama offer the following Daily Account  for
July 29 at the 2008 Lambeth Conference in Canterbury.

Daily Account: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_99505_ENG_HTM.htm

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Archbishop of Canterbury's second presidential address to the Lambeth
Conference

[Episcopal News Service, Canterbury] Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan  Williams
delivered his second presidential address to the 2008 Lambeth Conference
during a July 29 plenary session at the University of Kent in  Canterbury.
The full text of Williams' address is available at
http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_99498_ENG_HTM.htm

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>Volunteer corps keeps Lambeth running

Canterbury diocese members on call for conference needs

>By Solange De Santis

[Episcopal News Service, Canterbury] They are everywhere on the  University
of Kent campus -- middle-aged to elderly men and women wearing gold  sashes
bearing the purple Lambeth Conference logo, ready to welcome visitors,  give
directions, answer questions.

Throughout the conference, which runs from July 16 to August 3, 300
volunteers from the Diocese of Canterbury are helping bishops and  spouses
attending the conference negotiate the campus and the historic city.

They represent a broad spectrum of congregations in southeast England,
people who normally are on the usher team or the altar guild, now  meeting
Anglicans from around the world.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_99481_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>MULTIMEDIA

Multimedia files available at

http://www.episcopalchurch.org/89878_97371_ENG_HTM.htm

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Video: Jane Williams addresses media at Lambeth News Conference

[Episcopal News Service] Jane Williams, convenor of the Spouses  Conference
and wife of Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, speaks at the July  29
news conference at the 2008 Lambeth Conference.

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Video: Dr. Jenny Plane Te Paa addresses media at Lambeth News Conference

[Episcopal News Service] Dr. Jenny Plane Te Paa, principal of the  College of
St. John the Evangelist in Auckland, New Zealand, speaks at the July 29  news
conference at the 2008 Lambeth Conference.

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Video: Dr. Maria Akrofi addresses media at Lambeth News Conference

[Episcopal News Service] Dr. Maria Akrofi, a member of the Spouses  Planning
Group and wife of Archbishop Justice Akrofi of West Africa, speaks at  the
July 29 news conference at the 2008 Lambeth Conference.

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Lambeth Conference Daily Account: Bishop Suffragan Dena Harrison of  Texas,
Bishop Henry Parsley of Alabama

[Episcopal News Service] Bishop Suffragan Dena Harrison of Texas and  Bishop
Henry Parsley of Alabama offer the Daily Account for July 29 at the 2008
Lambeth Conference in Canterbury.

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Multimedia files available at

http://www.episcopalchurch.org/89878_97371_ENG_HTM.htm

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>FEATURES

>New look for 'Sermons That Work'

>Popular website updated

>By Sarah Johnson

[Episcopal Life] Sermons That Work, a free online series of weekly  sermons
based on each Sunday's lectionary readings, will unveil a new design on  July
1.

Originally intended as a resource for small congregations without  full-time
clergy, "Sermons that Work"'s readership now extends far beyond that,  and
the series is among the most-accessed pages within the Episcopal Church
website.

"This is such a wonderful resource for the Episcopal Church -- and wider
online audience," said Bowie Snodgrass, former web content editor for  the
Episcopal Church Center in New York. She was responsible for the  redesign,
assisted by Art Director Wade Hampton and Web Producer Barry Merer of  the
Episcopal Church Center's digital communication team.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81834_99485_ENG_HTM.htm

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>Teaching tools

Website's lesson plans offer lectionary-based studies for all

[Episcopal Life] One of the most frequently visited areas on the  Episcopal
Church's website is Lesson Plans for Small Congregations. You can access  it
here.

Here, parish educators will find sets of lesson plans that follow the
Revised Common Lectionary for the entire year. There is a set of three
lesson plans for each Sunday: one for young children, one for older  children
and one for adults. Each lesson includes a list of materials and  preparation
needed, a prayer, an activity and discussion opportunities.

Also under development is a series of intergenerational lesson plans for  the
major feast days. These are designed to bring together the entire parish
with a variety of activities. Many of these lesson plans already are
available on the site.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81834_99484_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>OPINION

>Not obsolete

Human embryonic stem cell research still needed

>By Cynthia B. Cohen

[Episcopal Life] Recent news that scientists in Japan and the United  States
have converted skin cells into stem cells that are similar to human
embryonic stem cells surprised the world. Drawing from information  derived
from human embryonic stem cells, these researchers found that they could
reprogram certain genes in these skin cells to produce cells they have
termed "induced pluripotent stem cells."

Their hope is that specific kinds of cells -- for example, bone, muscle,
blood, kidney -- can be developed from such cells and used to treat  patients
with serious diseases.

Does this mean that research on human embryonic stem cells now can be  ended?
Some maintain that this is the case. Stem cell scientists, however,  respond
that the era of human embryonic research cell is not over. They give  several
reasons why it should continue.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/80050_99512_ENG_HTM.htm

More Opinion: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/80050_ENG_HTM.htm

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>DAYBOOK

On July 30, 2008, the Church calendar remembers William Wilberforce
(1759-1833).

* 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: Enlighten the bishops to receive the  gifts of
Holy Scripture with faithful hearts, rational minds and devout spirits,  and
to discern how these truths can be set forth in their communities.

* Today in History: On July 30, 1726, priest and Anglican Divine William
Jones was born in Lowick, Northamptonshire.

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>CATALYST

"Evil and the Justice of God" from InterVarsity Press, by N. T. Wright,  176
pages, hardcover, c. 2006, $18

[InterVarsity Press] With every earthquake and war, understanding the  nature
of evil and our response to it becomes more urgent. Evil is no longer  the
concern just of ministers and theologians but also of politicians and  the
media.

We hear of child abuse, ethnic cleansing, AIDS, torture and terrorism,  and
rightfully we are shocked. But, N. T. Wright says, we should not be
surprised. For too long we have naively believed in the modern idea of  human
progress. In contrast, postmodern thinkers have rightly argued that evil  is
real, powerful and important, but they give no real clue as to what we
should do about it.

In fact, evil is more serious than either our culture or our theology  has
supposed. How then might Jesus' death be the culmination of the Old
Testament solution to evil but on a wider and deeper scale than most
imagine? Can we possibly envision a world in which we are delivered from
evil? How might we work toward such a future through prayer and justice  in
the present?

These are the powerful and pressing themes that N. T. Wright addresses  in
this book that is at once timely and timeless.

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