Episcopal California Vox 2008-06-03T05:04:02Z EpiCal http://edoc.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom tag:vox.com,2006:6p00ccff97e4f06ea5/ Wisdom Christianity -- It's okay to think. Exquisite Faith tag:vox.com,2008-06-02:asset-6a00ccff97e4f06ea500fa967ad5510002 2008-06-02T23:09:04Z 2008-06-03T05:04:02Z EpiCal http://edoc.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Jamkaran mosque Center for Religious Studies Hill mosque

Qom, Iran, is a world apart from the rest of the country. The world center for Shi’a education, Qom is populated by seminarians and clerics; devotion to study of Qur’an is the way of life. The fundamentalist clerics who have ruled Iran since the ...

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Me and the cleric Persian lamps

So, this will be weird. I’ve written tons of stuff to post, but the one thing that I never really understood until half way through the trip is that Iran has mostly 56.6 k dial-up (remember that) and it goes through frequent spats of downtime. I ...

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]]> Day One: Tehran tag:vox.com,2008-05-01:asset-6a00ccff97e4f06ea500f48cf3b83e0002 2008-05-01T10:35:43Z 2008-05-01T10:37:52Z EpiCal http://edoc.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Salaam! Well we made it out of the airport and I think that I finally got to my room at 6 a.m. At about 6:15, there was a really loud crash on the street 14 floors below. I looked out the window and a police car had hit a station wagon. Both were...

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]]> Greetings from Khomeini Airport, Tehran tag:vox.com,2008-04-30:asset-6a00ccff97e4f06ea500f48cf397db0002 2008-04-30T23:26:05Z 2008-04-30T23:26:05Z EpiCal http://edoc.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Okay, this is a weird post, because we are all sitting in the airport in Tehran waiting to get our passports back. Everyone of us got finger printed and i will post a pic of my blue fingers later. No one else going through Iranian customs has been...

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]]> I know, I know... and off to Iran tag:vox.com,2008-04-25:asset-6a00ccff97e4f06ea500f48cf1ec4a0002 2008-04-25T20:37:22Z 2008-04-25T23:35:55Z EpiCal http://edoc.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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It's been a while. I guess I'm not much of a blogger. But I'm going to try to do better. Especially since I leave Tuesday, April 29, for Iran. I will be going with the Fellowship of Reconciliation and the group of citizen diplomats is a really ama...

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]]> Authentic Taizé Worship, Building Community in SF's Mission District tag:vox.com,2007-03-09:asset-6a00ccff97e4f06ea500d414271d923c7f 2007-03-09T17:50:19Z 2007-06-21T20:47:19Z EpiCal http://edoc.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom This from meditatio: We've recently begun a Taizé style worship service on Thursday evenings at my parish. The impetus came from our School for Deacons field education student, Judy Hedin, who has experienced this form of worship at her home pari...

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]]> God Squad on a Mission in New Orleans tag:vox.com,2007-03-07:asset-6a00ccff97e4f06ea500cd971897b14cd5 2007-03-07T19:52:47Z 2007-03-07T19:52:47Z EpiCal http://edoc.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Shining A New Light

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]]> Lenten discipline tag:vox.com,2007-02-28:asset-6a00ccff97e4f06ea500d41424de283c7f 2007-02-28T19:14:40Z 2007-02-28T19:15:33Z EpiCal http://edoc.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Episcopal A-lister and über geek punk monk is one of the most connected info consumers i know, and he's about to get disconnected in a big way. his lenten reflection about what is about to happen to him is a great read for those of us who find tha...

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]]> The history of Episcopal blogs tag:vox.com,2007-02-22:asset-6a00ccff97e4f06ea500d4141cd191685e 2007-02-22T17:57:44Z 2007-03-07T01:27:07Z EpiCal http://edoc.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Brkarekin

In the years following Johannes Guttenberg's invention of movable type, a conservative backlash against press printed books spread across Europe. The mass production of books made them less expensive and more available, and wealthier collectors co...

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Birthday

Well, there you go, cruising along, minding your own business, when ***SLAM***, your life gets changed. For me it happened on Halloween. BOO! Actually, it wasn't a trick, it was a treat. My baby daughter was born at 2:11 p.m., included is a pict...

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