The chapel of Seabury-Western Seminary, which has suspended classes in the current downturn as it searches for its mission in an era which does not favor residential seminaries. The Episcopal Church does not grant funds to its seminaries; they’re on their own. Thus it seems likely Bishop Kemper’s great achievement, the Western Seminary in Evanston, [...]
Archive for January, 2009
Morning Prayer 2.1.09, 4th Sunday after Epiphany; Theological Education Sunday
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Evening Prayer 1.31.09
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All Souls Cathedral at Biltmore Village, North Carolina was built for people who worked on the Biltmore estate, which is now a tourist attraction.
I will give you as a light to the nations, that my salvation may reach to the end of the earth. Isaiah 49:6b
INVITATORY AND PSALTER
O God, make speed to save us.
O Lord, [...]
Morning Prayer 1.31.09
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All Souls’ Church in Biltmore Village near Asheville, North Carolina, built as the house of worship for workers of all stations on the Vanderbilt estate, is now the cathedral of the Diocese of Western North Carolina.
Begin with awareness that you are praying with others around the world; this is the Common Prayer of the Church.
From [...]
Evening Prayer 1.30.09
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AIDS activist Martin Delaney has died. His Project Inform pushed the U.S. government to make experimental AIDS treatments available faster and more widely, to the benefit not only of U.S. consumers but more profoundly in Africa, Asia and other HIV hot spots. Just last week he received a Special Recognition Award from the National Institute [...]
Morning Prayer 1.30.09
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President Obama signed the Lilly Ledbetter Equal Pay Act yesterday, reversing a Supreme Court decision that required victims of sexual discrimination in employment compensation to sue within six months of the first instance of unequal paychecks. Ms. Ledbetter is in the center of the photograph behind the President, flanked by Congressional leaders including, left, Sen. [...]
Evening Prayer 1.29.09, St. Thomas Aquinas
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Benozzo Gazolli, 1471: Aquinas
Begin with awareness that you are praying with others around the world; this is the Common Prayer of the Church.
Nations shall come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising. Isaiah 60:3
INVITATORY & PSALTER
O God, make speed to save us.
O Lord, make haste to help us.
Glory to the Father, [...]
