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Highlights:
General Convention sermons by: Rona
Harding, Bob Carlson and Frank
Wade
General Convention pastoral letter by Andrew
Sloan
Index:
Sermons:
(top)
8/10: Bob Carlson
8/31: Rona Harding
8/31: Frank Wade
Pastoral
letters: (top)
8/11: Andrew Sloan
Links: (top)
News
analysis: What's Next?
October Meetings will address the actions of General Convention
(by Jim Naughton, for Oct. Washington Window)
A
Bishop's Reflections on Reading the Bible
By the Rt. Rev. Michael B. Curry (Diocese of North Carolina)
Reflecting
on General Convention
[A resource published by St. Nicholas']
Articles on what the Bible says
about homosexuality
(suggested by the Rev. Benjamin Shambaugh, St. John's, Olney)
Tex Sample's "What do the Bible, tradition, say about gay marriage"
http://umns.umc.org/03/aug/402.htm
Walter Taylor's "The New Testament and Homosexuality"
http://www.thelutheran.org/0105/page56.html
Convention
Diary (of a convention deputy from Delaware)
breaking
news coverage
daily
newspaper
daily
Webcast
official
convention site
Episcopal
Diocese of Washington deputation
and attendees to General Convention 2003
Top stories:
(top)
8/10: Seeking the truth,
a sermon by Bishop Eastman [EDOW]
8/7: Church passes $146.3 million
triennial budget [EDOW]
8/7: Resolution on same sex blessings
local option approved [EDOW]
8/7: Presiding bishop nominating committee
elected [ENS]
8/7: Deputies and bishops react
to Robinson election [EDOW]
8/7: Bishops approve revised
same-sex blessing resolution [EDOW]
8/6: Statement from Bishop Chane [EDOW]
8/5: Episcopal Church elects first openly gay
bishop [EDOW]
8/5: Robinson exonerated. Read text of report
[ENS]
8/4: News Briefs [EDOW]
8/4: Statements by Chane and Presiding Bishop Griswold [EDOW]
8/4: Groups express support for
Robinson [ENS]
8/4: Bishops reject direct
ordination to priesthood [Convention Daily]
8/3: New same-sex rites resolution emerges [Convention Daily]
8/3: House of Deputies approves Gene Robinson election [EDOW]
8/3: Bishop Dixon honored by Episcopal Women’s Caucus [EDOW]
8/2: Bishop of Jerusalem appeals to the church [EDOW]
8/2: Same-sex blessing hearing draws hundreds [EDOW]
8/1: Gene Robinson's ratification passes first
hurdle [EDOW]
8/1 and 7/31: News Briefs [EDOW]
7/31: African Anglicans talk poverty, AIDS and homosexuality [EDOW]
7/31: Genetic focus of Social and
Urban Affairs hearing [EDOW]
7/31: Committee passes guidelines for
stem cell research [ENS]
7/30: General Convention kicks off
in Minneapolis [EDOW]
7/28: Integrity/Claiming the Blessing Begin
Convention Work [Integrity]
Press coverage:
(top)
Episcopal
Head Defends Choice of Gay Bishop
Sept. 30; The Associated Press
Local
Episcopal dioceses hit over election of gay N.H. bishop
Aug. 15; The Washington Times
Most
area Episcopalians accepting of gay bishop
Aug. 13; The Gazette
A
priest speaks his mind
Aug. 11; The Washington Times
Episcopal
Vote Allows Blessings of Gay Union: Bishop Group Approves Local Option
in Compromise
Aug. 7; The Washington Post
Area
Episcopalians Voice Approval, Diamay: Congregants Split Over Affirmation
Of Gay Bishop
Aug. 7; The Washington Post
Dispatch:
Bishops Sanction 'Resources,' Not Rites
Aug. 7; Christianity Today
All
God's Children: As Episcopal Leaders Debate Gays and the Church, One Washington
Parish Already Has Its Answer
Aug. 5; The Washington Post
Gay
canon's rise delayed by charge, probe of porn link
Aug. 4; The Washington Times
Episcopal
Debate on Gay Rites Is Polite, Passionate
Aug. 3, The Washington Post
Bishop-Elect:
Relationship Is 'Sacramental': Family Defends Gay Cleric; Episcopal Leaders
Remain Divided on Confirmation
Aug. 2; The Washington Post
Interview
with The Right Rev. John Bryson Chane
Aug. 1; Religion & Ethics Newsweekly, PBS
Church's
Unity Is At Risk: Episcopalians to Face Issue of Gays
July 30; The Washington Post
Editorials:
(top)
When
the Archbishop Calls
Aug. 16; The Washington Post
Courageous:
Church sets good example
Aug. 12; The Charleston (West Virginia) Gazette
Appointment
of gay bishop reflects Christianity's compassion
Aug. 10; The Kansas City Star
Vote
on gay bishop was model of civility
Aug. 8; The (Memphis) Commercial Appeal
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