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• ALERT: Custer killed! Wild Bill Hickok shot in Deadwood! And...

  —Northern Plains Anglicans

  And in that same pile of breaking news, I found that back in March, The Standing Committee of the Diocese of South Dakota voted "no" on consent for the consecration of K.T. Forrester as Bishop of Northern Michigan. (Scroll down to p. 16 at the link).
  
  Thank you [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 11:32am EST
  

• Do you follow THE King, or just some wannabee?

  —Northern Plains Anglicans

  

  It's Christ the King Sunday!

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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 9:45am EST
  

• Leadership on Heaven's Terms

  —Northern Plains Anglicans

  "Our Lord said to his disciples, See, I am sending you out like lambs among wolves. Many, when they are put in a position of authority, are eager to tear their subordinates to pieces, showing only the alarming side of power, and hurting those they are called to serve. So" [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 2:00am EST
  

• Lord's Prayer and Last Things

  —Northern Plains Anglicans

  The first half of the Church worship year looks back in thankful celebration for God's action in human history, in particular the life and earthly ministry of Jesus Christ. The second half emphasizes the Church's continuation of Jesus' work, by the power of the Holy Spirit.
  
  This coming Sunday,' [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 6:40am EST
  

• Rosebud Mission has a Facebook group...

  —Northern Plains Anglicans

  If you use Facebook, this will be a good place to learn more about the Reservation ministry in South Dakota. The Spruhan family have put in years of faithful service on the Rosebud, and Fr. Webster Two Hawk is the senior priest in the Diocese, ordained a Deacon in 1957 [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 9:50pm EST
  

• Are boomers and young adults all that different, spiritually?

  —Northern Plains Anglicans

  I am fortunate to have a college campus minister in my congregation. She keeps me up on fresh research and perspective. Last week, she shared insights from Lost in Transition, Christian Smith's look at the spirituality of young adults.
  
  One of the author's statements in an interview reveals [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 7:21am EST
  

• Happy news to share on the family front...

  —Northern Plains Anglicans

  Our older son just got a phone call of acceptance from the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology. His field of interest is Metallurgy, and "Mines" is an excellent school with high quality faculty, low teacher-student ratio, and excellent career placement. They just received a multimillion dollar [...]
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  Posted: November 15, 2009, 5:00pm EST
  

• Gregory the Great's exhortation to pray for your preachers

  —Northern Plains Anglicans

  Beloved brothers, our Lord and Savior sometimes gives us instruction by words and sometimes by actions. His very deeds are our commands; and whenever he acts silently he is teaching us what we should do. For example, he sends his disciples out to preach two by two, because the precept [...]
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  Posted: November 14, 2009, 1:42pm EST
  

• Religion’s biggest critic…

  —Northern Plains Anglicans

  …has been sounding off on Sundays lately. How rude.
  
  He criticized our clergy and lay pillars of the church:
  
  Teaching in the temple, Jesus said, "Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes, and to be greeted with respect in the marketplaces, and to" [...]
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  Posted: November 14, 2009, 8:32am EST
  

• Pregnant Pause

  —Northern Plains Anglicans

  Many of us are still getting used to the Revised Common Lectionary (RCL), especially some of the Old Testament selections that set up as didactic lesson plans instead of sermon inspiration, and some instances of tone deafness toward the melodies of the liturgical church year.
  
  But I've' [...]
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  Posted: November 13, 2009, 6:34am EST
  

• Celebrating an Anglican who resisted our "all-consuming interest in self-esteem...self-assertiveness...self-enhancement and self-realization"

  —Northern Plains Anglicans

  No, he wasn't here on the Northern Plains. Charles Simeon, commemorated on the Episcopal Church and other Anglican calendars this week, ministered in the University town of Cambridge, England in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
  
  But a Baptist in Minneapolis (!?!?), John' [...]
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  Posted: November 12, 2009, 2:00am EST
  

• Just in case you're flying over...

  —Northern Plains Anglicans

  Anglican blogs around the U.S. and abroad have been lit up by Pope Benedict's recent "Apostolic Constitution."
  
  To give some idea of the disconnect between coastal/urban and "flyover" Episcopalians, let me just say that not a single parishioner has asked about this. Not a single coffee hour question.[...]
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  Posted: November 11, 2009, 3:46pm EST