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Scott Gilbreath,
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Archive for March 15th, 2009

Hindu radicals protest statue of “Christian” Charlie Chaplin

Sunday, March 15th, 2009

Charlie Chaplin was not known as a Christian while he was alive, but some Hindu activists in India seem to think he has undergone a post-mortem conversion. Humourless BJP fanatics have blocked installation of a 67-foot statue of the great comic actor because it would offend Hinduism.
The last laugh may be on Charlie Chaplin, [...]

Racial slur found at Calgary Multicultural Centre

Sunday, March 15th, 2009

Anoush Newman, executive director of the Calgary Multicultural Centre, was the apparent target of a racist insult left at her workplace last week. The words “Assasian Pig” were written in red lipstick on her office window.
Someone hasn’t got the multicultural message yet.
Newman, who is half Assyrian and half Armenian, said the message may not [...]

Christ Church, Windsor, goes online

Sunday, March 15th, 2009

The web project I mentioned a few days ago has come to fruition. The Parish of Christ Church, Windsor, Nova Scotia, has gone online with a very spiffy website (if I say so myself).
Actually, it’s a WordPress blog masquerading as a website, but whatever.
Several sermons by our rector, The Rev. David Curry, and other [...]

The Third Sunday in Lent

Sunday, March 15th, 2009

The collect for today, the Third Sunday in Lent, from the 1962 Canadian Book of Common Prayer:
We beseech thee, Almighty God, look upon the hearty desires of thy humble servants, and stretch forth the right hand of thy Majesty, to be our defence against all our enemies; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
The Epistle: Ephesians [...]