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Some people seem to think so. A writer for the Wall Street Journal dropped by an interfaith gathering in Washington featuring Evensong and Benediction, using Anglican prayers and presided over by a Catholic priest: One former Episcopalian present confessed to having to choke back tears as the first plainsong strains of “Humbly I Adore Thee,”…

Do you know the way to San Jose? Just follow the dancers. That’s how the Rite of Election is done in that California diocese. A blogger for the diocese explains: In our Diocese of San Jose, we have dancing books for the Rite of Election. Now hold on before you start groaning as you imagine…

And now for something a little different: a former Lutheran minister who is now a Catholic priest — in the Eastern Rite. From the Catholic Anchor: A former Lutheran pastor from Northern Michigan now heads St. Nicholas of Myra Byzantine Catholic Church in Anchorage. On Oct. 31, Father James Barrand, 52, succeeded just-retired pastor Father…

“No sudden flash of insight led my return to God. It was the children who ultimately brought me back–the same group of suffering individuals who had caused me to doubt God’s existence. They buffeted me with questions: Why would God let them be so sick? Why didn’t God make them better? Why weren’t their prayers…
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