Tuesday, March 04, 2008

Bits & Pieces for a Tuesday Lunch Break

Just a few quick bits and pieces as I take a lunch break on a busy staff-meeting Tuesday at All Saints Church:

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We LOVED getting to meet and hear Dee Dee Myers last night at the book signing for her new book "Why Women Should Run the World."

[Photo credit: Ellen Snortland]

She totally rocked ... and ... BTW ... is a Diocese of Washington Episcopalian. Who knew? Anyway, put her book on your "to order" list and show up at one of her book gigs if you can -- well worth the time!

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A "must read" is Katie Sherrod's "Through the Looking Glass into Canon32Land" -- a VERY illustrative exploration of just how weird things have gotten in the Diocese of Fort Worth. Don't miss it. Really.

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I'm probably a little biased, but my rector, Ed Bacon, preached a particularly great, insightful, challenging & faith-filled sermon on Sunday, entitled: "When God Gives Us Sight" ...


It is tempting to interpret John 3:16-17 as all about being saved from eternal damnation. That all you have to do is believe in Jesus and a set of doctrines about Jesus to be "saved." I believe that interpretation is, at its heart, sinful.

Check out the video here and see what you think for yourself!

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Meanwhile, this morning attorneys for same-sex couples presented arguments to the California Supreme Court in an historic lawsuit seeking to strike down state law that bars lesbians and gay men from marriage. I've gotten a couple of calls from media about the story ... Equality California has some good links on the case ... including a link to a webcast of the arguments. We'll see where it goes from here.

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All for now ... back to Holy Week schedules and the other "business of parish life!"
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