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In Botswana, whether in city, suburb or village, there is the strong sense that all of us — the two-legged, four-legged, and winged ones — are in this together.
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Of the many benefits of traveling, especially to places that don’t look or sound much like the place you’re from, is the reminder of the infinite variety of God’s creation. It’s a good thing to not get too complacent – or smug – about where you and yours are in the scheme of things.
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Whether it’s refugees from countries torn by strike, immigrants seeking better opportunities or a church-sanctioned visitor, Botswana welcomes. It’s a country where an emerging middle class is bookended by great wealth and grinding poverty.
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In Botswana, Juli Hauser found a place big enough to accommodate her dream. It was in 2007 that Juli, a retired teacher and member of Church of the Holy Comforter in Burlington, heard about Duduza (“comfort”) dolls. It seems women in the Diocese of Vermont had organized a project where knitters were invited to use…
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Of the many worship services I’ve attended in Botswana during my visits in 2008 and 2010, one in particular stands out. On a cool August morning (August is a winter month in the Southern Hemisphere) in 2010, 500 or so Anglicans sat shoulder to shoulder and bundled against the wind blowing through the broken windows…
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A tradition at the ECW Triennial is the recognition of one extra special woman from every diocese of The Episcopal Church. In North Carolina this woman is selected by the Diocesan ECW board. This recognition, once known as Honored Women, is now called Distinguished Women. This Triennial the board elected to posthumously recognize Vivian Edwards,…
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The Diocese of North Carolina will host the national Tri-History Conference at the Church of the Good Shepherd in Raleigh on June 21-23, 2010.
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Upon hearing about Duduza dolls, the ECW of St. Paul’s in Winston-Salem requested that the women of Holy Comforter in Burlington make such dolls for children in Sudan’s Renk Diocese, where mission and educational efforts of the Anglican Communion have been supported by Episcopal Church Women. These dolls were blessed by the Rev. David Hodges…
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Some North Carolinians taking care of business in Anaheim: When it all gets to be a bit too much there’s Barnabas with his human, Mike. Every morning Mike offers people heading into the convention center an opportunity to give the big pooch a pat and scratch behind the ears. As the sign says, “it’s therapeutic.”…
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Episcopalians attending General Convention linked arms with hotel workers July 14 to march to the gates of Disneyland to demand economic justice for 2,300 Disney employees protesting a planned hike in the cost of their health insurance.