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>Episcopal Life Daily
>June 11, 2009

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

>Today's Episcopal Life Daily includes:

* DIOCESAN DIGEST - TEXAS: Downtown Austin set to house future
Episcopal archives
* WORLD REPORT - PAKISTAN: Peshawar diocese continues support of
displaced persons following terrorist surge
* MISSION - Awe and advocacy in a Tennessee forest
* DAYBOOK - June 12: Today in Scripture, Prayer, History
* CATALYST - How to Read a Church - A Guide to Symbols and Images in
Churches and Cathedrals

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>DIOCESAN DIGEST

TEXAS: Downtown Austin set to house future Episcopal archives

>By Pat McCaughan

[Episcopal News Service] The future home of the Episcopal Church
archives -- an "irreplaceable" collection that includes
colonial-period artifacts and material dating to the 10th century --
is planned for a recently acquired block in downtown Austin, Texas.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_109731_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>WORLD REPORT

PAKISTAN: Peshawar diocese continues support of displaced persons
following terrorist surge

>By Matthew Davies

[Episcopal News Service] The Diocese of Peshawar's ongoing relief
efforts in Pakistan continued this week with a coordinated evacuation
of Christian families from Malakand following a surge in terrorist
activity and the intense military operation against the Taliban in the
Swat valley and neighboring districts.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_109721_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>MISSION

>Awe and advocacy in a Tennessee forest

>By Phina Borgeson

[Episcopal News Service] When Congress acts to designate new National
Forest areas as wilderness, local economic, political and ecological
issues come into play. But what if spiritual values also influenced
advocacy and decision making? That is what a small group of
Episcopalians asked themselves as they set out on a wilderness retreat
held June 4 to 7 in the Upper Bald River Wilderness Study Area of the
Cherokee National Forest in southeast Tennessee, just south of Great
Smoky Mountains National Park.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81799_109680_ENG_HTM.htm

More Mission: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81799_ENG_HTM.htm

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>DAYBOOK

On June 12, 2009, the church calendar remembers Enmegahbowh, priest
and missionary (c. 1807-1902).

* 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 June 12, 1458, The College of Saint Mary
Magdalene was founded at Oxford University in England by William of
Waynflete, bishop of Winchester.

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>CATALYST

"How to Read a Church - A Guide to Symbols and Images in Churches and
Cathedrals" from HiddenSpring, by Richard Taylor, 246 pages,
paperback, c. 2005, $18

[HiddenSpring] Churches and cathedrals were originally built to be
read. They are alive with images and symbols -- all of which are
packed with meaning. But today few people, from regular visitors to
tourists, truly understand the wealth of meaning in what they find
there.

How to Read a Church is must reading for anybody who wants to know
more about what they see in a church or cathedral. It explores the
principal features of churches and what each represents. It also
explains: "the significance of church layout, the importance of such
details as the use of colors or letters, the identity and significance
of people and scenes, and the symbolism of animals, plants, colors,
numbers, and letters."

In addition to exploring these brick-and-mortar motifs, the author
also reveals fascinating and unexpected details such as how to 'read'
the priest and the congregation, and he shows the varied ways that
church architecture and appointments reflect the Christian year. From
major themes to small but vital details, How to Read a Church will
serve as a fascinating guide to the history, meanings, and messages of
these beautiful buildings and the treasures they contain.

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

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