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+Canterbury ' s missing press release

"Silence in the face of proposed anti-homosexuality legistlation in Uganda, including execution of those convicted of “aggravated homosexuality,” raises very serious questions not just for the Anglican Church in Uganda and it’s place in the Anglican Communion, but for the Communion as a whole. The legislative process is only part complete. Archbishop Orombi could choose to speak against the legislation at any time. The decision not to will have very important implications. The bishops of the Communion have collectively acknowledged that Anglicans are to assure gay and lesbian Christians that they are loved by God and that all baptised, believing and faithful persons, regardless of sexual orientation, are full members of the Body of Christ and calls on all our people to condemn irrational fear of homosexuals (Lambeth 1.10.c,d) and therefore condemnation of such legislation, which is contrary to the mind of the Communion, is necessary if our bonds of mutual affection are to hold."

(Read the LA statement here.)

Update: The Facebook version.

New Year ' s Resolution

For Christians, Advent is the start of the new year.  So, here's my resolution: ...to start blogging again.  I hope to add sermons here, though since I don't really write them out, that's hard to do.  You'll get outlines/abstracts of some sort.  You'll probably get some art, science, and media also, since all of that is tied up together in my brain.  I'm still working on integrating tumblr as well, since I love that platform and I find the community there very interesting and challenging.  I've always felt called to live a bit on the edge of the church, even while being completely in love with it.  There's lots to both tell--and hear! Happy New Year, MoAmy+

Guidelines for use of electronic devices on the floor of the House

From President Anderson on June 4th, 2009: • Deputies may use personal computers on the floor of the HOD provided the volume is turned off. • In order to give full attention to the work of the House, The President of the House of Deputies requests that electronic devices not be used for communication purposes. • There will be times during the course of our work that the President of the House of Deputies will ask that electronic devices be closed. These times will include, but not be limited to, prayer and meditation, and during messages from the president and special guests. • Cell phone use is prohibited.

Packing!

I'm still trying to get myself organized for the 2 week trip to General Convention, but I think I'm almost ready to go. I've been reading a lot and making a list of all the last minute things I need to remember to put in my suitcase.  I was glad to find out the first leg of my flight to CA has internet access, it will be fun to try that out--I'll be sure to blog about the airplane food :) . I did make one important decision:  I will take full advantage of my new MacBook's power and go as digital as possible during the convention.  As Deputy Knisely has noted, many of the documents we'll be using are available as PDFs, so there's no reason to lug both the hard copy and the digital copy.  We were told we won't have power available on the floor, but the MacBook should make it through most of the day.  I also hope that the more people use laptops on the floor, the more the planners will look more closely at alternatives to printing everything, for everybody, all the time.   Our first impulse now needs to be online publishing.  I would have much preferred a power outlet (or wifi!) to a printed & mailed Blue Book. I'll try to post things here, and you can follow me and lots of other deputies & visitors on twitter. My handle there is MoAmy, or you can just peruse all the 'tweets' coming from General Convention that have been marked with the tag #ecgc.  You could even sign up and join in on the conversation!

Rewriting the history of August 29th: A Prayer

Thank you for letting me understand
homelessness, living without power,
without television , without cool air in the heat.

Thank you for letting me understand
hunger, the pleasure of dry clean clothes and
the relief of place to sleep.

Thank you for letting me understand
the deep and overwhelming sadness
when forces, beyond our personal control,
take the loved, the familiar, the usual.

Thank you for my needfulness and
Thank you for my new found empathy
for those were homeless before the storm
and homeless now, for those hungry
anywhere, for those in need everywhere.

Thank you for the opportunity you provided
to help my neighbor, to be my brother’s keeper,
to serve food, to patch roofs, to clear yards,
and to start mending that which was broken.

Thank you for the chance to change ourselves,
from a reprieve from the normal commercial day,
for teaching us to make do, to get by, to improvise,
for drowning our conceit, complacency, callousness
for silencing the noise, for stopping the clock,
and for the chance to act our best when the worst occurred.

Thank you for the people who reached in
pulled out the living, cradled the dead,
comforted the broken and torn apart,
wept for the splintered and uprooted.

Thank you for the people who didn’t wait
who came right away, who opened their homes,
who emptied their shelves, their closets,
who cleaned, fed , healed, held us,
who told us our spirit was amazing,
and who keep on coming.

Thank you for people who measure
their faith by their actions, and measure
their action by its consistency with their faith.

Thank you for all the people we have met,
who are new friends, new loved ones,
new brothers and sisters, new neighbors.

Thank you for Katrina. Not for wind,
not for water, but for the appreciation
of the things no storm can shatter,
no water can wash away,
no wind can move.

—-Written by R. and Mr. C as found on St. Casserole

via MoAmy.

SPRING BREAK OH NINE!

I spent last week doing some post-Katrina rebuilding work in Waveland, MS with a group of 41 students, staff, and friends from UofL's Interfaith Center. You can catch up with us on our blog or by following us on twitter.

Oh hai.

Yeah, seems as though this blogging takes a bit of time. Which I do. not. have. I'm working on it. :)

Wish You Were Here

Busy life elsewhere lately.

• Lots of making flair.
• The NYT's David Brooks wrote this story about us today.
• While I'm off working too much, take a few minutes to laugh with John Hodgman.
  
• Or Ricky Gervais.
• Need something arty + nerdy? This will make you drool.
• And, don't forget we land on Mars again tomorrow. Yay!

THAT IS ALL.

TEAM Report Released

FROM the TEAM website:

In March 2007, nearly 400 members of the worldwide Anglican Communion convened in South Africa for a gathering entitled: “Towards Effective Anglican Mission, an International Conference on Prophetic Witness, Social Development and HIV and AIDS”. Represented in this assembly were all sectors of the Anglican Communion, namely young people, seasoned development practitioners, archbishops, bishops, clergy, lay people, Anglican Communion networks, Anglican development organisations, donor partners, ecumenical partners, guests from government and business, representatives from both poor and rich nations, HIV infected people and those who look after the sick. We came together in an effort to explore the work and witness of our Communion in addressing poverty and injustice in the world. In short, we convened to critically examine and rearticulate the mission of the Church.

To access the report click here.

James Lemler on TEAM

From the Episcopal News Service