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• We Don’t Help People –– We Help Them Help Themselves

  
  DioBeth newSpin — Authority: 132
  The Theory and Practice of Ministry We Don’t Help People –– We Help Them Help Themselves By Howard Stringfellow, Archdeacon, Diocese of Bethlehem 16 December 2009 Some weeks ago the Daughters of the King invited me to become theirChaplain. This development was not anticipated, but I ...
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• Against Abortion: A Way from a Mother’s Womb

  
  DesertFishing... — Authority: 116
  For this 4th Sunday of Advent , i am sharing to you something very personal. This was originally shared to a clinical group 5 years ago and given the title Culture, Spirituality, and Transformation: A Way from a Mother’s Womb. With a little pruning, I am giving it a different title however for 2 reasons and in ...
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• Grief as the surprising companion of cancer

  
  Confessions of a Small-Church Pastor — Authority: 117
  As cancers go, it was the best kind to have, the doctor said.   Basal cell carcinoma , a type of skin cancer, that lives at the base layer of the skin, but rarely metastasizes to other parts of the body.  The bad news, he said, was that it was in the worst place it could be — in the middle of Debbie’s upper lip. ...
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• Archbishop of Canterbury makes first public statement on Ugandas anti-gay law

  
  PinkNews.co.uk — Authority: 682
  The Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams has made his first public statement on the proposed anti-gay bill passing through Ugandas parliament.
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• My Farthest Pastoral Visit

  
  Random Musings from a Doctor's Chair — Authority: 129
  Memories of New Zealand #4: Old Friends, New Country Late last month, I made my farthest pastoral visit- 8,371 km (5,202 miles)! That is the distance between Singapore and Auckland, New Zealand. That did not include the distance I have to travel from Johor Bahru, Malaysia to get to Changi Airport in Singapore. ...
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• At The Corner of Mercy and Grace

  
  Kevin Stilley Dot Com — Authority: 143
  . Sometimes a combination of ideas or events come together to effect us in a way that they would not have on their own. I recently received the picture at left from a co-worker. Her husband works as an appraiser and had snapped the photo while out performing his job. The image has continued to be present in my ...
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• Baptism of Repentance: A Prayer for the Massacre Perpetrators

  
  DesertFishing... — Authority: 116
  Gracious God, You called John the Baptist to preach a baptism of repentance on Your people. i hear the words, but not often the message. For we do not always understand wisely that the immersion into the baptismal water is an invitation into our own dying to our self-centeredness, a crossing of the River Jordan ...
  2 weeks ago

• In New Survey, Moms Say Dads Can Do Better

  
  Confessions of a Small-Church Pastor — Authority: 117
  What do the mothers of America think of the fathers of their children?  The National Fatherhood Initiative released a survey this week that asked 1,533 mothers with at least one child under 18, “ How are fathers doing? ”  Their responses might surprise you. Here are 10 of the top 14 responses from the ...
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• Small church mentality?

  
  Confessions of a Small-Church Pastor — Authority: 117
  There is an idea floating around out there that small churches are inherently resistant to change.  This is often called a “small church mentality” because the conventional wisdom is that every church will be growing numerically if it has the right attitude. However, small churches should not be disparaged ...
  3 weeks ago

• Promoting Marriage As Community Care

  
  Confessions of a Small-Church Pastor — Authority: 117
  Churches can care for their communities by providing resources to encourage and strengthen marriage. The Brookings Institute’s Ron Haskins writes — “Higher marriage rates among the poor would benefit poor adults themselves, their children, and the nation.”  Haskins believes that churches and other ...
  3 weeks ago

• Baby Boy (Davies Tales #4)

  
  CCBlogs — Authority: 111
  Adam Thomass blog During the summer between his first and second years of seminary, Aidan Davies grew up all at once. The summer began with a breakup and ended with a baptism, but those are pieces of a larger story. This story is about a baby boy. Davies was a chaplain only because his badge said he was. For that ...
  4 weeks ago

• Homosexuality and the Body of Christ

  
  DesertFishing... — Authority: 116
  “The religious discussion of homosexuality often degenerates into a conversation about “them” — punctuated with fantasies of baths and bars, and studded with stories of promiscuity and perversion. These extravagances distract us from a simple truth, profound in its implications: we are the body of Christ and ...
  4 weeks ago

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