Archive for February, 2005
Friday, February 25th, 2005
Nice Quote
It is impossible to go through life without trust: that is to be imprisoned in the worst cell of all, oneself. -Graham Greene
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Friday, February 25th, 2005
You Go, Girl!
Friday, February 25, 2005 Religion should unify, not divide, says Albright by Mary Frances Schjonberg ENS 022505-3 [ENS] The people of the world can longer afford to allow religion and religious leaders to divide them, former Secretary of State and U.N. Representative Madeleine Korbel Albright told the annual gathering of the Consortium of Endowed Episcopal […]
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Friday, February 25th, 2005
This Sounds A Little Better
I grieve for Christianity - while millions die in poverty and illness, while unjust wars rage, while people are oppressed and rot in jail, when children in our own labnd are homeless, and so forth, all Denominations, not juat my own, seem obsessed with who does what to whom and when: Friday, February 25, 2005 […]
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Friday, February 25th, 2005
Good Idea
Boost Women to Bust Poverty - Researchers Thu Feb 24,11:32 AM ET Abid Aslam, OneWorld US WASHINGTON, D.C., Feb 24 (OneWorld) - Global policymakers scheduled to hold special U.N. talks starting next week must boost women’s share of resources and political standing in the developing world if they hope to make a significant dent in […]
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Friday, February 25th, 2005
Rats!, Part 2
Archbishop: Anglicans Could Face Division 2 hours, 3 minutes ago By ROBERT BARR, Associated Press Writer NEWRY, Northern Ireland - The rift over homosexuality that threatens to split the 77 million-member Anglican Communion cannot be resolved without someone admitting they’re wrong, the church’s spiritual leader warned Friday — a day after leaders asked the U.S. […]
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Friday, February 25th, 2005
Rats!
News Home - Help Anglican Church Divisions Over Gays Widen 2 hours, 33 minutes ago By Alex Richardson NEWRY, Northern Ireland (Reuters) - The worldwide Anglican church headed further down the road toward possible schism on Friday after U.S. and Canadian clerics were asked to withdraw from a key council in a deepening row over […]
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Thursday, February 24th, 2005
Oh, Swell!
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Thursday, February 24th, 2005
Well, This Will Probably Please No One
ACNS 3948 | ACO | 24 FEBRUARY 2005 The Anglican Communion Primates’ Meeting Communiqué, February 2005 1. As Primates of the Anglican Communion and Moderators of the United Churches, we gathered at the Dromantine Retreat and Conference Centre, Newry, in Northern Ireland, between 20th and 25th February, 2005, at the invitation of the Archbishop of […]
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Thursday, February 24th, 2005
This Made Me Laugh
Single Woman’s Prayer Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray for a man who’s not a creep. One who’s handsome, smart and strong, Who’s not afraid to admit when he is wrong. One who thinks before he speaks. When he promises to call, he doesn’t wait six weeks. I pray that he is […]
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Thursday, February 24th, 2005
Boys, Girls Are Faring Equally, Study Finds
Wed Feb 23,12:00 AM ET By Rob Stein, Washington Post Staff Writer Contradicting both sides in the long-running debate on whether boys or girls have it better in America, the most comprehensive examination of the overall well-being of male and female children has found that the sexes are faring about equally. Although boys have the […]