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

>Episcopal Life Daily
>January 28, 2009

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

>Today's Episcopal Life Daily includes:

* TOP STORY - Anglican women to meet in February, Episcopal Life Weekly
bulletin inserts report
* WORLD REPORT - BRAZIL: World Social Forum reflects 'spiritual' search,
mission expert says
* WORLD REPORT - BRAZIL: Churches eye alliances for financial change at
World Social Forum
* MULTIMEDIA - Video: Jim Rosenthal reflects on his ministry of
communication
* CALENDAR - Upcoming special events and services
* SPIRITUAL REFLECTION - February 1 - Fourth Sunday After the Epiphany -
Year B
* DAYBOOK - January 29, 2009: Today in Scripture, Prayer, History
* CATALYST - Windows in the Light: A Lenten Journey of Stories and Art

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>TOP STORIES

Anglican women to meet in February, Episcopal Life Weekly bulletin
inserts report

[Episcopal News Service] Women representatives from throughout the
Anglican Communion will gather in New York in February for the first
formal meeting of the International Anglican Women's Network. Episcopal
Life Weekly bulletin inserts for February 15 outline the purposes and
goals of the meeting, which will take place at General Theological
Seminary.

Bulletin inserts are available at

http://www.episcopalchurch.org/95270_952_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>WORLD REPORT

BRAZIL: World Social Forum reflects 'spiritual' search, mission expert
says

>By Stephen Brown

[Episcopal News Service] The rise of movements such as the World Social
Forum, which aims to promote an alternative to exploitative
globalization, mark a search for spiritual values that can provide a new
agenda for 21st century Christianity, a South Korean mission expert has
said.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_104462_ENG_HTM.htm

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BRAZIL: Churches eye alliances for financial change at World Social
Forum

>By Stephen Brown

[Ecumenical News International, Belem, Brazil] The World Social Forum
offers churches and social movements the opportunity to forge common
cause to change global economic and financial policies, say religious
representatives attending the gathering in Belem, northeastern Brazil.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_104467_ENG_HTM.htm

More World news: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_ENG_HTM.htm

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>MULTIMEDIA

Video: Jim Rosenthal reflects on his ministry of communication

[Episcopal News Service] The Rev. Canon James M. Rosenthal left his post
as director of communications for the Anglican Communion on January 1
after 19 years of service. In an interview with Episcopal Life Media
Correspondent Matthew Davies, Rosenthal reflects on his ministry and
some of the joys and challenges he experienced during his tenure.

Video: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81231_ENG_HTM.htm

An ENS article about Rosenthal is available at
http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81831_104412_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>CALENDAR

A round-up of upcoming special events, services, concerts and diocesan
conventions taking place throughout the Episcopal Church is available at
http://www.episcopalchurch.org/calendar.htm

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>SPIRITUAL REFLECTIONS

February 1 - Fourth Sunday After the Epiphany - Year B

Deuteronomy 18:15-20; Psalm 111; 1 Corinthians 8:1-13; Mark 1:21-28

>By the Rev. Dr. Frank Hegedus

[Sermons That Work] "If I hear the voice of the Lord my God any more, or
ever again see this great fire, I will die."

Tomorrow, February second, is a cross-quarter day, more or less. 

Never heard of it? Well, you are probably not alone. A cross-quarter day
is the mid-point between a solstice and an equinox, the halfway point of
a calendar season. It means we are nearly halfway through winter. And
here you thought tomorrow was just Groundhog Day! 

Full reflection:

http://www.episcopalchurch.org/sermons_that_work_104375_ENG_HTM.htm

More Spiritual Reflections:

http://www.episcopalchurch.org/82457_ENG_HTM.htm

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>DAYBOOK

>On January 29, 2009...

* 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 January 29, 1769, Thomas Middleton, first
Anglican bishop of Calcutta, was born in Kedleston in Derbyshire,
England.

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>CATALYST

"Windows in the Light: A Lenten Journey of Stories and Art" from Church
Publishing, Inc., by Michael Sullivan, 133 pages, paperback, c. 2008,
$18

[Church Publishing, Inc.] Building on the interest generated by
Sullivan's previous art and spirituality title, Windows into the Soul,
this book focuses on the journey from darkness to light inherent in
Lent. By using an easily accessible liturgical format, the book provides
a pathway for those who walk from Ash Wednesday to the empty tomb of
Easter.

Organized around holy days and Sundays in Lent, chapters begin with a
prayer or poetic excerpt, followed by scripture for the day or week. A
narrative then expands on the themes introduced by the prayer and
scripture. Exercises following the narratives are simple -- mostly
collage exercises using differing techniques -- and are accessible to a
wide audience. "Soul Questions," popular with readers, guide the
spiritual exercise following the narrative, and "Thoughts for the
Journey," also popular with Windows readers, complete each chapter with
suggestions for further reflection.

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

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