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    Australia pledges $20 million to help child refugees fleeing war in Syria

    But you have boomerangs, koala bears, and great beeches. And lots of venomous snakes, like taipans, tiger snakes, and death adders. So you have that going for you.
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    Reasons You Like Being Anglican/Episcopalian or Old Catholic

    And in many other places, alas. I had hoped that STR had gotten over the obsession with homosexuality- which is why I dared stick my toe back in. Alas, no such luck.
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    Incense in TEC

    Precisely because many people are sensitive to fragrances, my parish uses incense only on special occasions and only at services which are targeted primarily at adults rather than families. For instance, we use incense at the Easter Vigil, but not at the morning Easter Eucharist.
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    Reasons You Like Being Anglican/Episcopalian or Old Catholic

    So can we get back to the things we like about being Anglican/Episcopalian or Old Catholic now?
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    Reasons You Like Being Anglican/Episcopalian or Old Catholic

    Here are my personal reasons for loving the Episcopal Church. Feel free to add your own. 1. I can be fully Catholic and fully Methodist at the same time. 2. No bishop is infallible, and we don't claim that any of ours are. :priest: 3. Because requiring priests and bishops to be celibate comes...
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    Gonna join

    Wonderful news! The Episcopal Church has been a wonderful church home for many seekers, including me.
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    The (historic) Lutheran church

    Apparently, in the 1600s and early 1700s, Lutheran churches in Germany used vestments and ceremonial identical to that of the Catholic church. The differences would have been that the Lutheran service was in German (though with some parts sung in Latin before being said in German) and the laity...
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    Living Descendents of Martin and Katie Luther?

    I have been wondering, somewhat idly, if there were any living descendants of Martin Luther and his wife. I did a little googling, and found out that while the Luthers are extinct in the male line, there are many descendants of the Luther's daughters. as well as descendants of Martin's knightly...
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    Cross or Crucifix?

    My parish church has a plain brass cross over the tabernacle and high altar in the main sanctuary and a wooden crucifix of the Christus Victor type over the altar in the Christ Chapel. In my home I have a Celtic cross and a crucifix in my living room, a crucifix in my bedroom, and I wear a...
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    German Bier

    My ususal everyday beer is Yuengling Lager. When I want something fancier I usually go for an English, Irish, Scottish, or Belgan ale. Not that supprising given that I'm an Episcopalian of (partial) Scots-Irish descent, right? What is surprising is my love for German wine, particularly...
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    Some of these comments I saw - WOW!

    I think Borg is just as heterodox as Spong, just better at hiding it, and more gracious to those who disagree with him. Ultimately Borg does not affirm that the physical resurrection is an essential part of the Christian faith, and he explicitly denies that Jesus is the only way to the Father...
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    devotions to Our Lady

    I'm a (very recent) former Methodist in a diocese that was historically very low church, and in a church that was historically low. While the Daily Office from the book of Common Prayer has been the core of my spirituality for a long time, and I prefer a liturgical style of worship and weekly...
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    What is a Methodist?

    I Am A Methodist I know that the UMC has 11 million members worldwide (8 million in the US)
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    An Open Table?

    Methodists have had a completely open table for quite a while now- at least for as long as the UMC has exsisted. I think we're the only denomination to have both an officially open table and an official belief in the Real Presence. Unfortunately, some conservative UMCs have taken to inviting...
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    Baptist School Censors Starbucks Cups.

    It wasn't Starbucks that censored the cups it was Aramark. Probably Starbucks doesn't like a 3rd party caterer censoring their message.
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