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1 The objective of THELIVING CHURCHmagazine is to build up the body of Christ, [1\1NG CHURCH by describing how God is moving in his Church; by reporting news of the An independent weekly serving Church in an unbiased manner; and by presenting diverse points of view. Episcopalians since 1878 David A. Kalvelage J·,'n·r·11fl/1r1 f:'di/1J/' THIS WEEK l:lr·tty Glatzel (,'1·111 ntl .Honm;,,,· Jnh11Schuessler Mo11n!Ji11yL'riit(), Opinion Steve Waring 1V1°11's. J·,'ditot" 11 Editor's Column Patricia C. Nakanmra Hail to the Undie King [fool." o 11rl.l/11si{' /:'rl itn, Am);Grnu 12 Editorials U,n11/iic Artist Tom Parker Un-Anglican Independence .idn',·t1Si11(J Jlu11ot11'!' Thais .Jackson 13 Reader's Viewpoint Fu/(1ll1111'Ji! Mu!!11_{J1'J The Body in Balance Renee Weber -\lo 1-/;"l'fi 11qlfJrcJ11toliu11Di t'f't/(11 BY AMYE. KERR 14 Letters BOARDOF DIRECTORS Thr Rev.Thomas A. Fraser It's Not So Plain Ri\'l'rsicle,Ill. (Presidr'nl) Miriam K. Stauff 6 \\\rnwatosa, \\"is. 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Here Luke tells Second , he names prayer as the of the 70 whom he thrust out to the strategy of recruiting. What a brilliant towns and villages where he would move. Prayer links our desire with mis later go. This demonstrates the pri sionaries sent. The more we love God mary calling of the Church. and value his kingdom, and the more The Lord gives explicit directions for we love our neighbors who haven 't with FIBRE RUSH SEAT the path of obedience in missions. heard of that kingdom, the more we Since 1877 First , he states a relationship of will pray. That love will translate to workers to fields. If we make that a how many are sent. Conversely, if we R.Geissler-2 Inc. ratio and put in statistics and names, are lukewarm about God and neighbor, P.O. Box 432 we find cause for reflection. Take we won't pray and they won't go. Old Greenwich, CT 06870 Brazil and Algeria for comparison. The Third, he spells out the opening Phone: (203) 637-5115 ratio of workers to population in Brazil strategy and follow-up. Find a house of shows 880 workers per million people, peace and make it a base. Not neces SHRINE OF OUR LADY but the same ratio in Algeria is 20 work sarily that of a follower of Jesus, but a OF CLEMENCY ers per million. Same goes for a com welcome place, a receptive home, a person who will extend favor and influ Continuous Novena daily at 5.45pm parison of Tanzania and Yemen, or Send your prayer requests to South Africa and Uzbekistan. ence. Then expect signs that the king Canon Gordon Reid Then there is the accompanying dom of God has come near that place. S.Clement's Church ratio of believers to population. Guess Prayer for healing, confronting evil 2013 Appletree St. which countries have a higher percent spirits, and the message of forgiveness Philadelphia, PA 19103 age of believers? Brazil's believers will make the presence of God noticed. www.s-clements.org number 90 percent of the country while And fourth, he tells us to expect to Algeria's believers only amount to .03 see a defeated Satan. If the Lord comes THE MISSION BOOKSTORE percent . Are we surprised? Why should with fire, sword, anger, and a whirl OF NASHOTAH HOUSE we be when we recall the ratio of work wind against his enemies (Isaiah AN EPISCOPAL SEMINARY 2777 MISSION ROAD ers to population? 66:15,16), then we should not wonder NASHOTAH , WI 53058-9793 If the Lord loves the sinners of that we see demons expelled and other Algiers as much as those in Rio, then we signs of his triumphant rule. Most books seenin The Living Church are available. Askab out clergyand church d iscounts. (262) 646-6529 LookIt Up Times of prayer and missionary expansion - Acts 4:23-31;times of lukewarm love Order your and missionary reluctance - Jonah 4. copy today! 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She reflects on her encounters with distractions of everyday busyness . the Holy in the shape of scorpions, a Winters writes in an engaging, accessi I became aware years ago that St. face in a tree, saguaro cactus mothers, ble style that makes the reader want Paul is one of the more problematic losing and finding her path in the dry to sign up for a retreat as soon as pos Christian figures when I came across ness of the desert , times of contem sible. an unpublished manu plative meditation, and singing the (The Rev.) Ann Fontaine script in the British chants of Morning Prayer and the Lander, Wyo. Library written by the early 19th-century gadfly Jeremy Ben tham. Titled "Jesus Not Paul," the long dissertation argued for a Christianity untainted by the anogant and tortured ARTmstrates Paul who, Bentham claimed, had sub stituted his own bad ideas (for instance, regarding sex) for the good ideas of Jesus. 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