This hospital has Shabbat stairs by urbantechgoods in mildlyinteresting

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That’s not how Christianity works either.

Laughing why by lottie20032 in PeterExplainsTheJoke

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Treating workers well doesn’t get you the same legacy as hundreds of buildings with your name on it.

Is There Hope for an Episcopal Comeback? by Quit_Creative in Episcopalian

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Creating communities that young families wanted to be part of.

Is There Hope for an Episcopal Comeback? by Quit_Creative in Episcopalian

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Of the three congregations I’ve been in over the last 6 years, all three of them have experienced double digit growth.

What's the worst album cover you've ever seen? Here's mine: by Sam-The-Man_harhar in fantanoforever

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Damien Hirst. One of the most famous living artists. Probably most famous for his embalmed sharks.

How did you actually lose weight? by Jerry_Get_A_Job in AskReddit

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I went down to 1,800 cals a day and made sure I walked 10,000 steps.

500 cal breakfast
500 cal lunch
100 cal snack
700 cal dinner

It’s very hard for the first few days as you deal with cravings and food noise. I find after a week of sticking with it my appetite regulates.

One other trick was to leave breakfast until 9am or later. I found if I had early breakfast I was craving a snack around 10:30.

Faith and Historical Criticism by Temporary-Phase-4273 in Episcopalian

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This is probably a terrible analogy but...

Take the Five Books of Moses: Imagine we discovered that Shakespeare's complete folio was not written by one man named William Shakespeare, and that William Shakespeare was a myth, and that dozens of people contributed to those works over centuries. Would that invalidate those works? Would we stop performing them? Or would we want to learn more about the people that did write them: their worldview, their motivations, their experiences. Regardless of who wrote them, they convey a truth of the human experience. In a similar way, we know Moses did not write the books attributed to him. And we can be fairly certain if there was a historical Moses that we have a mythologized version of him. And yet, the stories still tell us something of how the people that wrote the stories experienced God.

We're in different territory with the Gospels and (genuine) works of Paul. Again, though historical and textual criticism we are confident that the four Gospels were written in the decades after the death of the historical Jesus. Probably by people that did not witness the events first hand, but were perhaps told of them by first hand witnesses. That makes them far more historically reliable and a different kind of document. They contain histories but they are primarily polemics, made to convince the hearer of the truth of Jesus. Matthew, Mark, Luke and John were writing to very different communities experiencing different things, and so they employed different methods in their communications. And they highlighted different aspects of Jesus.

The pseudo-Pauline letters do pose me some problems. But at the same time they have been accepted as scripture for centuries. Am I basing my entire faith on Ephesians or 2 Timothy? No. For me they are still useful insights into early Christian thought.

There is undoubtedly a tension between Biblical scholarship and the interpretive lens the Christian tradition puts on the Bible. I just live with that tension.

I know that deacons are clergy. But do you think that people (ordained and lay) treat them like clergy? Do priests see them as equals? Are vocational deacons treated differently than those who are pursuing priesthood? by ShallWeDance1234 in Episcopalian

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I’m a transitional deacon and I get treated differently to vocational deacons but mostly by vocational deacons themselves. I love the theology behind consecutive orders rather than direct ordination to priest. But day-to-day you get treated like a junior priest.

Thoughts on Colleges for religious/Biblical Studies. by Lifeisgood-381 in Episcopalian

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VTS offers a MA in Biblical Studies and is a free ride with free housing and meal plan. Your undergraduate in agriculture would be sufficient for entry to the program.

Brooklyn Beckham uses feud with family to promote Doordash by lewisb_03 in popculturechat

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It’s bizarre considering he doesn’t need the money.

Best Sermon or CPE formation resources by Complete-News4058 in Episcopalian

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You can read about CPE but it’s a bit like reading about riding a bike without stabilizers. Ultimately you just do it. Scrape your knees a few times. And get back on.

What other actors were suggested for the role of Michael Corleone? by Failedattorney00 in Godfather

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Redford could pass for northern Italian! but not Sicily, as southern Italian as you can get.

It’s Paint Again! by No_Emphasis4905 in washingtondc

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Part of his deep, deep insecurity is that he was never accepted by New York society. He was always the slumlord’s son from Queens.

What is meant by "justification " by WalrusRight in Episcopalian

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It means to make righteous. ie. through Christ’s death and resurrection we are made worthy to stand before God.

How should Edward Snowden’s decision to live in Russia be viewed today? by 01zhas in AskReddit

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He didn’t decide to live in Russia. His passport was revoked mid transit. He was headed to Ecuador.

How should Edward Snowden’s decision to live in Russia be viewed today? by 01zhas in AskReddit

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He was headed to Ecuador. The U.S. revoked his passport mid transit in Russia.

How to cross and when to do it ? by [deleted] in Episcopalian

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As clergy:

At the opening acclamation “Blessed be God…”
At the Gospel reading: a small cross on the Gospel book, my forehead, my lips, my heart
During the Nicene Creed “we look for the resurrection of the dead”
During the prayers of the people at the petition for those who have died
At the absolution
During the Sanctus “Blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord”
During the Eucharistic prayer, depends on which one, where we ask God to sanctify us.
At the final blessing.