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December 27, 2013
When I am afraid, I put my trust in you. In God, whose word I praise-in God I trust and am not afraid. What can mere mortals do to me? -Psalm 56:3-4
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Archbishop Glenn Davies, Diocese of Sydney
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The ultimate self-image comes at Christmas
Diocese of Sydney, AustraliaDecember 24, 2013 By Russell Powell The new Archbishop of Sydney, Dr Glenn Davies, has raised the issue of image and the 'selfie' phenomenon in his first Christmas message as Archbishop. Dr Davies was elected Anglican Archbishop in August this year by the Synod, or Parliament of church members. "What is it about our society that 'selfie' is the landmark word for 2013?" Dr Davies asked. Oxford Dictionaries declared 'selfie' word of the year, saying its use had increased by 17,000 percent in the last 12 months. The Archbishop compared the social trend with the fact that Christmas celebrates the Son of God coming to earth. "At Christmas time we should remember that there is an ultimate self-image, the image of God, which far outweighs the supercilious picture of a face filling our screen" he said. "We are all stamped with the image of God and it is this image that makes us precious in his sight."... Read more.
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Retired Archbishop Peter Akinola Released by Kidnappers
December 25, 2013 By Dimeji Kayode-Adedeji A former President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Peter Akinola, who was kidnapped by gunmen on Tuesday, and freed later that day by a search party led by the Ogun state Governor, Ibikunle Amosun, has narrated his ordeal in the hands of his abductors. Speaking exclusively to PREMIUM TIMES at his Abeokuta residence on Wednesday morning, shortly before he headed out to church for Christmas service, the retired primate of the Anglican Church said the gunmen pounced on him and his driver as he was leaving this foundation's office along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. He said the four-men gang blocked his car, and pulled him and his driver out at gun point. One of the bandits then took over the steering wheel while another member pinned down the cleric and his driver at the back. Two other gang members followed behind in a Toyota Primera car they brought for the operation... Read more.
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Retired Archbishop of Nigeria, Peter Akinola
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South Sudan bishop calls for peace at cathedral that has become refugeDecember 25, 2013 By Daniel Howden
Christmas mass in Juba, the capital of embattled South Sudan, began with a passage from Isaiah, with the bishop Santo Pio inveighing against the "kingdom of violence" that caused the destruction of Jerusalem. The congregation, which included the staunchly Catholic president, Salva Kiir, was told how tribalism had divided the peoples of Judah and Israel, just as it is now doing in the world's youngest country.
The cathedral has been transformed into a refugee camp in the past week with as many as 7,000 people seeking shelter from the violence that has unravelled South Sudan. The fighting, which began with a dispute between rival factions in the presidential guard on 15 December and has since spread to half of South Sudan's 10 states, has forced more than 100,000 people to flee their homes.
At least 50,000 civilians have sought protection inside a handful of UN bases, while others have streamed out of towns and into rural areas. An unknown number have fled into neighbouring Uganda, or to the north of Kenya, where refugee camps that remain from Sudan's 20-year civil war are beginning to see new arrivals... Read more.
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A Christmas Message from Archbishop Duncan
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