Sidling up to difference
American Public Media featured a proposal for dealing with diversity and difference - especially among and between groups that have mutual suspicion and even hostility:
Tom Ehrich on the Grand Rapids LipDub
Tom Ehrich reflects on the viral video of Grand Rapids,
Introverts need care, too
How do we care for introverts? Jonathan Rauch writes about this "little-undertood group" in The Atlantic:
Caring for your introvert
The habits and needs of a little-understood group
From The Atlantic online
The south is rising
Mallory McDuff writes:
Dallas church hosts photo shoot for NO H8
Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration in Dallas hosted a photo shoot for the NO H8 campaign:
There are no barriers to God's love
Mark Pinsky discusses accessibility and churches at Alban Institute this week:
First gathering of Episcopal "ethnic" ministries
Due to a long time desire for a consultation, missioners working with predominantly Latino/Hispanic, Native American, Asian and Black congregations were able to come together in Oklahoma City to study the Bible, and share experiences of mission, leadership and theological training in their settings. Lelanda Lee of Executive Council reports some findings at a Facebook group:
Why we need diversity
An old Candid Camera video, using the Asch experiment, shows the power of "group-think" but Brain Pickings reports that having just one colleague express a different opinion made others eager to share their opinions.
Having just one peer contravene the group made subjects eager to express their true thoughts. Surowiecki concludes:
Breaking: Washington state approves marriage equality
UPDATED: see below
The Washington state House of Representatives "voted to approve gay marriage Wednesday, setting the stage for the state to become the seventh in the nation to allow same-sex couples to wed" according to USAToday
How does a nation of individuals collectively care for itself?
A member of the House of Bishops/Deputies list points to a New York Times column by David Brooks in which he tries to sketch out some major differences between life a few generations back in our history versus today, and what the implications might be.
Presiding Bishop on Doctrine of Discovery, Indigenous Peoples
Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori today issued a pastoral letter.
On May 7, Jefferts Schori joined other religious voices in repudiating the Doctrine of Discovery at the 11th session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII). The theme for the UNPFII meeting is “The Doctrine of Discovery: its enduring impact on indigenous peoples and the right to redress for past conquests (articles 28 and 37 of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples).” In 2009, General Convention repudiated the Doctrine of Discovery.
The text of the letter follows.
