A six year old’s letter to God was sent by her parents to a number of religious leaders, including the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams.

Lulu wrote: To God, how did you get invented? From Lulu.

You can read the Archbishop’s reply (click on the image, right) and the full story here.

The Cathedral Children made an Easter Garden

“Without equivocation or hesitation I fully and completely admit that I deny the resurrection of Christ.  This is something that anyone who knows me could tell you, and I am not afraid to say it publicly, no matter what some people may think…  I deny the resurrection of Christ every time I do not serve at the feet of the oppressed, each day that I turn my back on the poor; I deny the resurrection of Christ when I close my ears to the cries of the downtrodden and lend my support to an unjust and corrupt system.

“However there are moments when I affirm that resurrection, few and far between as they are.  I affirm it when I stand up for those who are forced to live on their knees, when I speak for those who have had their tongues torn out, when I cry for those who have no more tears left to shed” (Rollins 2009).

Pete Rollins, Orthodox Heretic quoted in the Dean’s Easter sermon.

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If scholars are right—or even in the ballpark– by 2050, emergence Christianity will be the largest group among church cultures, says Phyllis Tickle in an interview with ThinkFwd host, Spencer Burke. That means larger than any particular denomination, and this change is occurring fast. Phyllis says she became aware of the “emergence church” only about two years ago, and the phenomena of emergence-, emergent-, emerging-church has only been around about four years. But Tickle believes that traditional churches have only about 18 months before the window of opportunity to reach out to emergence churches changes into a door of urgent, mandatory response to the changing paradigm of church as we know it.

The Archbishop of Canterbury

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Join us as we celebrate the gift of unconditional love and forgiveness this Christmas.

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