Saturday, January 13, 2007
A question about liability insurance for the clergy
Today I read a posting on my Seminary School's Yahoo Group for their Ordained Ministers. It was about the need and availability of liability insurance for pastors, ministers, etc. Please post a comment if you have and info on this topic. I'll re-post it for all to share. In the web search I did today, I came up with tons of questions but no specific answers! Help!
Thursday, January 11, 2007
This was written by a cloister-mate of mine from the Order of Mary Magdalene
Poem for Mary Magdalene
I was lost in a fog-
What is real?
Her voice came to me-
a whisper on the wind.
She is the secret-
She is the key-
She is the wisdom-
She is the tower divine.
(Written in a style to pay homage to Emily Dickenson)
Gössel
I was lost in a fog-
What is real?
Her voice came to me-
a whisper on the wind.
She is the secret-
She is the key-
She is the wisdom-
She is the tower divine.
(Written in a style to pay homage to Emily Dickenson)
Gössel
Thursday, January 4, 2007
Woman Presiding Bishop
Just recently Katharine Jefferts Schori of Nevada was elected as Presiding Bishop of the Episcopalian Church USA. Thirty years ago at another Episcopal Convention, the U.S. introduced the ordination of female priests. Schori's election to this office puts her on a par with the Communion's 37 other national primates, including the Arch-Bishop of Canterbury. Just imagine, a female Arch-Bishop of Canterbury! Only ten years ago the idea would have never even been imagined! Of course there are many male Arch-Bishops adamantly opposed to such an unspeakable idea and these fearful men are threating to mutiny en masse. In my humble opinion, let them go! We all know they aren’t going anywhere. They are just posturing and hoping by doing so that women in the Church will just disappear. That’s not going to happen.
Wednesday, January 3, 2007
You've Come Along Way Baby!
LONDON (Reuters) - The guardians of Britain's historic Tower of London are enlisting girl power for the first time in their 522-year history.
The Tower's Yeoman Warders, commonly known as Beefeaters -- whose ceremonial dress is a distinctive scarlet and gold tunic, white ruff, red stockings and black patent shoes -- have appointed the first female member to their ranks.
"There were six candidates -- five were male and she was the only female," spokeswoman Natasha Woollard said. "She was the best candidate for the job."
Woollard said the woman, whose name has not yet been made public, was serving in the armed forces and "will join her new colleagues in the Yeoman Body at the Tower of London in summer 2007."
The new Beefeater's full job title will be "Yeoman Warder of Her Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress the Tower of London, and Members of the Sovereign's Body Guard of the Yeoman Guard Extraordinary."
Beefeaters, believed to have earned their nickname from their daily ration of meat, date from 1485 when King Henry VII formed a bodyguard.
Historically their duty was to guard "the Tower of London and all things within it" -- a role which included the supervision and care of state prisoners.
Now there are just 35 of them, plus the Chief Yeoman Warder and Yeoman Gaoler, and one of their main tasks is to give tours to the two million visitors from around the world who come to the Tower each year.
They are also responsible for the Tower's ravens -- six coal-black birds which, according to legend, must always reside in the fortress on the banks of the River Thames to ensure the future of the Kingdom of England.
The Tower of London was first built in 1078 by William the Conqueror. Its primary functions were as a fortress, royal palace and a prison, but it has served as a place of execution, an armory, a treasury, a zoo, a mint and -- since 1303 -- the home of the Crown Jewels.
To apply to become a Beefeater, candidates must have a minimum of 22 years' service in Britain's armed
The Tower's Yeoman Warders, commonly known as Beefeaters -- whose ceremonial dress is a distinctive scarlet and gold tunic, white ruff, red stockings and black patent shoes -- have appointed the first female member to their ranks.
"There were six candidates -- five were male and she was the only female," spokeswoman Natasha Woollard said. "She was the best candidate for the job."
Woollard said the woman, whose name has not yet been made public, was serving in the armed forces and "will join her new colleagues in the Yeoman Body at the Tower of London in summer 2007."
The new Beefeater's full job title will be "Yeoman Warder of Her Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress the Tower of London, and Members of the Sovereign's Body Guard of the Yeoman Guard Extraordinary."
Beefeaters, believed to have earned their nickname from their daily ration of meat, date from 1485 when King Henry VII formed a bodyguard.
Historically their duty was to guard "the Tower of London and all things within it" -- a role which included the supervision and care of state prisoners.
Now there are just 35 of them, plus the Chief Yeoman Warder and Yeoman Gaoler, and one of their main tasks is to give tours to the two million visitors from around the world who come to the Tower each year.
They are also responsible for the Tower's ravens -- six coal-black birds which, according to legend, must always reside in the fortress on the banks of the River Thames to ensure the future of the Kingdom of England.
The Tower of London was first built in 1078 by William the Conqueror. Its primary functions were as a fortress, royal palace and a prison, but it has served as a place of execution, an armory, a treasury, a zoo, a mint and -- since 1303 -- the home of the Crown Jewels.
To apply to become a Beefeater, candidates must have a minimum of 22 years' service in Britain's armed
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