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

>Episcopal Life Daily
>August 7, 2009

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

>Today's Episcopal Life Daily includes:

* DIOCESAN DIGEST - OREGON: Diocese announces three candidates for bishop
* DAYBOOK - August 10: 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

OREGON: Diocese announces three candidates for bishop

>By Mary Frances Schjonberg

[Episcopal New Service] Three priests have been nominated to stand for
election as the tenth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Oregon.

>They are

* the Rev. Michael Joseph Hanley, 54, rector, St. Christopher's
Episcopal Church, Roseville, Minnesota (Diocese of Minnesota);

* the Rev. Andrew Jeffrey MacBeth, 60, rector, Calvary Church,
Memphis, Tennessee (Diocese of West Tennessee) and

* the Rev. Canon Britt Elaine Olson, 49, canon to the ordinary,
Diocese of Northern California.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_113101_ENG_HTM.htm

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

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>DAYBOOK

On August 10, 2009, the church calendar remembers Laurence, deacon and
martyr at Rome.

* 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 August 10, 1855, F. J. (Frederick John)
Foakes-Jackson, Anglican theologian, was born in Ipswich, England.

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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.

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