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This page last updated 17 November 2002
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What's New This Week

ALL THE NEW URLS we receive each week are here. We list two (sometimes three) weeks’ worth, cycling the old ones off each week. As they disappear from this page, you'll find the links moved to their natural home categories in our resource pages.

If you can't find something that was once here, you can look in our archives or try the AO search engine. It searches our entire site, and it can also search all of the sites to which we link.


Week of 17 November 2002

Basics
www.rejesus.co.uk: 'A new place to explore the story of Jesus, pray, discuss, be entertained and discover how Jesus is understood, followed, interpreted and worshipped is available on the internet. Rejesus.co.uk has been designed for people who are curious about Jesus or interested in exploring faith (but who are not keen to attend a church or a course). It is a resource for churches and Christians to use in their witness, contacts and publicity—using the Internet to connect people with issues of faith and spirituality.The site has five main sections, designed to offer a variety of ways of exploring Jesus and Christian faith and life'. (Cross-listed under Theological Resources.)

Discussions, mailing lists, etc.
The Anglican-L mailing list: 'The Anglican-L mailing list is devoted to informal discussion of topics related to the worldwide Anglican Communion and other Christian bodies. To subscribe, send an email to majordomo@lists.io.com containing only one of the following messages: subscribe anglican-l [to receive list messages individually. Note: The last character in the command is a lowercase L.] Or subscribe anglican-l-digest [to receive a daily digest of messages]. You will receive a message asking you to confirm your subscription. Reply to the message, deleting everything but the confirmation command (including > and other characters). We look forward to hearing from you!'

England
Great Ilford, St Mary the Virgin (Chelmsford)

Essays
AO columnist Bishop Pierre Whalon's article 'Is It Just War?' was published in the International Herald Tribune on 14 November in a shortened version, titled 'A Moral Justification for Going to War'. You can read the original longer essay here at Anglicans Online or have a look at the IHT version.

News Centre
Bishops meet in Malta. More Jensens. Church and state in Kenya. Ecumenical success in NSW. Freemasons and Christianity. Synod in England, various results therefrom. European Parliament votes on English vicar. Row over letter to Rowan. Vancouver rector resigns over same-sex issues. English bishops to get job interviews. Dressing down? Not in my church. Bellringer shortage in Australia. All this, and more, in the News Centre.

Odds and Ends
Anglican Cathedrals of the World's National Capitals: 'A concise guide for the traveller, the pilgrim, or the simply curious'.

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Theological resources
www.rejesus.co.uk: 'A new place to explore the story of Jesus, pray, discuss, be entertained and discover how Jesus is understood, followed, interpreted and worshipped is available on the internet. Rejesus.co.uk has been designed for people who are curious about Jesus or interested in exploring faith (but who are not keen to attend a church or a course). It is a resource for churches and Christians to use in their witness, contacts and publicity - using the Internet to connect people with issues of faith and spirituality.The site has five main sections, designed to offer a variety of ways of exploring Jesus and Christian faith and life'. (Cross-listed under Basics.)

USA
Virginia: Ashland, St James the Less (Virginia)

Vacancies Centre
Have a post to fill in your parish? A vacancy on your diocesan staff? Advertise beyond your own national church. List your opening for one full month at AO for free. Looking for a position? Check out vacancies on diocesan web sites throughout the communion.

World
Iglesia Anglicana de Chile—chile.anglican.org (La Iglesia Anglicana del Cono Sud de las Americas)

Parishes
Chile: Santiago (Las Condes), Iglesia La Trinidad (Chile)

Chile: Santiago (La Reina), Iglesia San Andrés (Chile)

Worth Noting

Wired magazine tackles Science and Religion in its December issue (we rather like the graphic):

The New Convergence: 'After centuries of battle, scientists and theologians are finally forging a grand unified theory. Think Eternity = mc2'. Gregg Easterbroook takes a look at the new rapprochement between two old sparring partners.

The Pope's Astrophysicist: 'Meet the Vatican Priest who scans the heavens for the origins of the universe. (Hey, Galileo — Want a job?)'. By Margaret Wertheim.

A Prayer Before Dying: 'The astonishing story of a doctor who subjected faith to the rigors of science — and then became a test subject herself'. By Po Bronson [AO note: For more on the fascinating and talented Elisabeth Targ, see www.etarg.org.]

'The Young and the Angstless: A new book about GenX Christians shows just how damn happy they really are'. Over at Killing the Buddha, editor Peter Manseau reviews how Colleen Carroll's book rather lost the plot.


Week of 10 November 2002

Australia
South Australia: Adelaide, Christchurch North Adelaide (Adelaide)

Canada
Ontario: Lansing, All Souls (Toronto)
Ontario: London, St Martin in the Fields (Huron)

Resources
Integrity Canada: General information about all Canadian Integrity chapters, with contact information.

Episcopal Elections or Announcements
Church of Ireland: The Very Revd Peter Barrett, Dean of Waterford, has been elected (by electoral college) Bishop of Cashel and Ossory to succeed the Most Revd John Neill, now Archbishop of Dublin. More information here.

Exchanges
CANADA -> ENGLAND or SCOTLAND
Canadian priest, Diocese of Ottawa, willing to do Sunday services in England or Southern Scotland in exchange for a place to stay. Available from June 28 to July 17, 2003. Contact Canon Jim Stevenson.

WESTERN AUSTRALIA -> ANYWHERE
Single priest, 50, looking for exchange 3 months or so later in 2003. Friendly, quiet inner-city parish in Perth. Modern aircon rectory and car ... family welcome. Five minutes from city centre, buses and trains close by. 20 minutes from beach, 10 minutes from airport. Liberal theology, multicultural congregation. Happy to consider exchange to any English-speaking country. Contact tonymurrayfeist@perth.anglican.org

News Centre
Remembrance day. Barbara Harris retires. Secret Sydney Society asks archbishop to retire. Don't confuse taboo with morality. Diocese of Canterbury chooses Rowan Williams. Lincoln Cathedral feud ends. Various items about women clergy. Continuing rumours of diocesan merger. Some obituaries. Bishops to debate 'rift' fears with Rowan Williams. Clergy trade unions. War in Iraq. AIDS in Kenya.
All this, and more, in the News Centre.

Odds and Ends

First Person:
 A monthly US-based 'public radio' programme on faith issues. Real Audio archive available, as well as web-based discussion, etc. The presenter is Krista Tippett, journalist, Anglican theologian, one-time diplomat, and the spouse of an Anglican priest.

Scotland
Portobello, St Mark (Edinburgh)

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USA
Alabama: Heflin, Church of the Messiah (Alabama)
Connecticut: Madison, St Andrew (Connecticut)
Illinois: Lockport, St John (Chicago)
Missouri: Kirkwood, Grace (Missouri)
New Jersey: Cherry Hill, St Bartholomew (New Jersey)
New Jersey; Galloway, St Mark and All Saints (New Jersey)

Resources
Cross Roads Outdoor Ministries: A joint Lutheran and Episcopal Camp and Conference Center in New Jersey.

Vacancies Centre
Have a post to fill in your parish? A vacancy on your diocesan staff? Advertise beyond your own national church. List your opening for one full month at AO for free. Looking for a position? Check out vacancies on diocesan web sites throughout the communion. Visit the Vacancies Centre for more.

Worth Noting
The Anglican communion is not a single, monolithic structure: The Rt Revd David Crawley, Archbishop of British Columbia and Yukon, wrote this for his diocesan newspaper.

Archbishop George Carey: a sermon delivered at St Peter Nottingham by the Revd Andrew Deuchar, who was Dr Carey's Secretary for Anglican Communion Affairs from 1994 until 2000.

Do This: The shape, style and meaning of the eucharist, by Kenneth Stevenson, reviewed in the Church Times by the Very Revd Christopher Campling.

How I learnt to love atheists: John Ward writes in The Guardian about atheism, religion, and what they have in common.

If I were Archbishop... Part one: Bob Libby writes in the Church of England Newspaper.

Turning the Diamond: Exploring George Herbert’s images of prayer, by Dennis Lennon. A review in the Church Times, by Ronald Blythe.

Vestments and mission: Michael Lawson writes in the Church of England Newspaper about spending time discussing clothing for English clergy.


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