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Dr. Livingstone, I Presume? Missionary Icon Turns 200 Originally Posted: 03/19/2013 - 4:06pm | Type: Blog: When journalist Henry Morton Stanley found the world’s most famous missionary barely alive at the tiny village of Ujiji on the shores of Lake Tanganyika on Nov. 10, 1871, he gave the English language one of it ...
Is the British Monarch the ‘Defender of the Faith’ or ‘Faiths’? Originally Posted: 10/10/2012 - 11:29am | Type: Blog: As Britain awaits the appointment of the next archbishop of Canterbury to lead both the Church of England and the far-flung Anglican Communion, there's renewed attention on the woman who officially gets t ...
Why the "War on Christmas" Doesn't Translate Across the Pond Originally Posted: 12/23/2011 - 11:20am | Type: Blog: Christmas matters. It changes people. For some, it is what brings them to Jesus. Throughout history, we British have had our fair share of wars. You guys are probably still mad ...
Hit the Hallelujah Button: The Silent Monks/Boy Scouts of Richfordshire, UK Originally Posted: 12/01/2011 - 5:11pm | Type: Blog: The German Baroque master composer George Frideric Handel wrote his most famous piece, the English oratorio Messiah, in 1741 and it was performed for the first time publicly on April 13, 1742 in Dublin, Irelan ...
Could the Riots in England Have Been Averted? Originally Posted: 09/24/2011 - 5:14pm | Type: Blog: The rioting and rampages that spread across English cities last week have caused severe property destruction and raised public alarm. The rioting and rampages that spread across E ...
Bringing the Church Together for Justice Originally Posted: 09/24/2011 - 5:14pm | Type: Blog: After having spoken at the Greenbelt Festival in England a number of times now, we at the Center for Action and Contemplation always hoped and planned that we create a similar festival for spiritualit ...
A Grassroots Call to Tackle Corporate Tax Dodging Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:35am | Type: Blog: Across the United States, there is a new movement emerging to dramatize the immorality of corporate tax dodging in the face of drastic budget cuts.</p> Across the United Sta ...
The World Cup, BBC, and Corruption Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:35am | Type: Blog: As an Australian with great love for my adopted home in London, I have been following with interest the <a href="http://www.england2018bid.com/" target="_blank">bid by England to host ...
History is on the Side of the Immigrant Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:34am | Type: Blog: "What part of illegal don't you understand?"</p> "What part of illegal don't you understand?" This question -- usually launched by immigrat ...
U.K. Catholic Bishops Address Abuse Scandal 'Directly and Unambiguously' Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:34am | Type: Blog: Late last week, the Catholic Bishops of England and Wales released an <a href="http://www.catholic-ew.org.uk/catholic_church/media_centre/press_releases/press_releases_2010/statement_by_the_catholi ...
Why the Tea Party Movement Should be Anti-War Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:34am | Type: Blog: What is the Tea Party position on war?</p> What is the Tea Party position on war? While we witness crowds gathering in the name of the Boston Tea Party protest against t ...
Turning My Travels into Pilgrimages Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:39pm | Type: Blog: <p>Recently, I've begun to think how I can reconnect with God by turning all my travels (including my everyday errands) into pilgrimages. In this quest, I am greatly aided by the Rev. Kurt Neilson, ...
Stop this Malicious E-mail Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:18am | Type: Blog: An <a href="http://www.factcheck.org/askfactcheck/is_it_true_that_persons_older_than.html">e-mail is circulating that, like most scary e-mails, is entirely false</a>. ...