News Updates

News Updates

2/13/2003

• Christianity on the Rise

  In his recent book, The Next Christendom: The Coming of Global Christianity, Philip Jenkins identifies a surge of passion for Christianity underway in the Global South, which is experiencing rapid population growth. Steve Waring interviews the author.

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• Psalms for the Insomniac

  I have trouble with prayer, " writes W.G. Sayres, "because my thoughts perversely turn inward to my afflictions instead of blessings. And in this perversity I recognized a kinship with the wailing, the whining, of the psalmists."

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• At the End of a Journey

  The Rev. Anne E. Kelsey writes about a moment of grace with her father near the end of his life.

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• Rector and Vestry Resign at St. John's, San Francisco

  The entire vestry of the Church of St. John the Evangelist in San Francisco has resigned, the Rev. Kevin Pearson has agreed to resign as rector, and the Rhythm Society has vacated the parish.

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• Conference Center Under Consideration for Campus of General Seminary

  The Board of Trustees for the General Theological Seminary has approved in principle a $21 million capital campaign, part of which would be used to create a 60-room, three-star hotel and conference center.

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• Lives and Faith of Astronauts Remembered

  Episcopal churches nationwide observed memorial services for the seven Columbia space shuttle astronauts. One of the most poignant occurred at St. Thomas the Apostle Church, also home to a school, where astronaut Laurel Clark’s son Iain is a second grader.

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• San Diego Sends Words of Caution to General Convention

  Clergy and lay deputies to convention in the Diocese of San Diego cautioned General Convention against acting unilaterally in opposition to the rest of the Anglican Communion.

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• Stem Cell Research Supported

  The Diocese of Mississippi, at convention Feb. 7-9, overwhelmingly called on the Episcopal Church to join with it in advocating wider availability of embryonic stem cells for medical research.

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