Three Rivers Episcopal
Thoughts and postings from an Episcopal priest in the Diocese of Pittsburgh.
Saturday, May 14, 2011
Infighting rocks Anglican church
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From Swaziland- A standoff between a reverend and the administration of the Anglican Church in Swaziland is threatening to sow seeds of divi...
China's Christians need clergy, says government minister
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From Christian Century- Christians in China need qualified clergy who can contribute to the development of society, China's Minister of ...
Presbyterians begin to make sense of new policy
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From San Antonio- In the wake of the decision this week to allow partnered and non-celibate gays and lesbians to serve as clergy in the Pres...
The painful price of peace
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From Boston- The Society of St. Margaret’s roots in Roxbury go back to the late 19th century, when the small Episcopal order of nuns establi...
Episcopal members to join in walk to know their neighbors
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From Idaho- Jesus taught, “love thy neighbour as thyself.” In an effort to better know who their neighbors are, members of the Episcopal Chu...
Friday, May 13, 2011
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Pittsburghers understand-
The Anglican church in bin Laden’s neighborhood
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From Houston- The Episcopal Church is urging parishioners to pray for Christians living in Abbottabad, Pakistan—the city where Osama bin Lad...
Marcia Morrison testifies about alleged shoving incident at St. Luke's Episcopal Church
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From Kalamazoo- A 74-year-old parishioner at St. Luke's Episcopal Church testified today that her pastor forcefully shoved her down the ...
Two provinces align with Anglican Covenant
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From ENS- Two Anglican Communion provinces have aligned with the Anglican Covenant, albeit using different terms to define that decision. Th...
Blogger Down
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The Blogger website I use was down for most of the morning. We're back in business now.
Thursday, May 12, 2011
Legendary evangelist Billy Graham, 92, treated for pneumonia at North Carolina hospital
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From The New York Daily News- Evangelist Billy Graham was resting comfortably in a North Carolina hospital Wednesday night where doctors wer...
Uganda's anti-gay bill is far from dead
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From The London Guardian- The infamous Ugandan anti-homosexuality bill, which earlier this week was thought likely to be voted upon on Wedne...
Marathon Bible Reading with Renovations the Goal
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From New York- For many of Americans finding time to read a book can become a burden. But for the parishioners of St. John’s Episcopal Churc...
An Act of Judgment?
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From The Living Church- The week before the raid that killed Osama bin Laden at Abbottabad in Pakistan, NATO air forces came close to hittin...
National Cathedral re-envisions its 'ministry at the heart of the nation'
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From ENS- The people who formulated Washington National Cathedral's new strategic plan, its dean says, had to wear at least three differ...
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Stadium vendor's style captivated fans
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From Pittsburgh (In our family he was known as the "Lemonade Guy") Kenny Geidel's distinctive, high-pitched cries at Pittsburg...
CofE clergy make switch to Catholicism
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From The UK- SOUTH West clergy have been ordained into the Roman Catholic Church following their move from the Church of England. Four of th...
East Tennessee bishop-elect receives church's consent
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From ENS- Bishop-elect George D. Young III has received the required majority of consents from the wider Episcopal Church to his consecratio...
Growing jobs, gardens Workforce plan aims to keep yoth busy
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From CT- Two years ago, members of St. John's Episcopal Church borrowed an idea from Sharon and began a community garden to supply veget...
Presbyterian Church votes to allow gay ordination
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From Los Angeles- A debate that has raged within the Presbyterian Church for more than three decades culminated Tuesday with ratification of...
First woman Episcopal deacon dies
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From Alaska- The Rev. Virginia C. Thomas, one of the first women to be ordained a deacon of the Episcopal Church in America, died April 30, ...
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Death by Tabloid
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From The Atlantic Monthly- IT’S MID-AFTERNOON when Giles Muhame, 23, finally arrives at the canteen of Kampala’s Makerere University. He fir...
An Episcopal Double Standard?
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From New Jersey- On Monday, April 25th, former New Jersey governor Jim McGreevey, who admitted his homosexuality and marital infidelity and ...
Breakaway Episcopalian parish gets its day in court to defend property
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From California- The California Supreme Court on May 5 held that St. James Anglican Church can defend its property rights against the claims...
Christ Church case heard in Georgia Supreme Court
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From Georgia- Georgia’s top court is trying to sort out who gets to own Christ Church, the state’s oldest church, in a contest that grew out...
Monday, May 9, 2011
Dangerous Christians Who Teach Us To Live Like Jesus
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From Huffington- Systems resist change. The old joke, "How many _____________ does it take to change a lightbulb? -- What, change!...
Hell, Bell and Heresy – A Caution
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From Christian Post- You may not have thought about it before, but no matter who you are or what you believe, you are a heretic! Or, at leas...
Kids just can't be kids, says archbishop
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From Australia- THERE is a crisis in childhood so alarming, it is no longer an enjoyable time for many kids, one of Australia's top chur...
Finding God In Cyberspace: PW Talks with Adam Thomas
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From Publishers Weekly In his first book, Adam Thomas asks, can God be found in computer games? On Facebook? Is God with us when we tweet? I...
We need to establish a South Sudan with the fear of God, says ECS Archbishop
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From Sudan (via Uganda) The archbishop of the Episcopal Church of the Sudan (ECS) Canon Daniel Deng said that the soon-to-be-independent Rep...
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