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Your Anglican Church Body Affiliation (CofE, TEC, AMiA...) - Leave blank if not applicable: The Episcopal Church

Your Diocese: Indianapolis

Your City: Richmond

Your Parish: I worship with the residents of Richmond State Hospital

Your Anglican 'Species': Priest

Your 'Day Job': mental health and addictions RN

What you do for fun and re-creation?: read, exercise, classical music, cook, garden, love my animals!, enjoy pottery and art glass

What do you see as some of the biggest challenges facing Anglicans today?: Recovering our focus on Jesus and service through Scripture, Reason and Tradition

What do you see as some of the biggest opportunities for Anglicans today?: Recovering our focus on Jesus and service through Scripture, Tradition and Reason

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Charlie Rose, et al

I just finished watching the Thursday night edition of "Charlie Rose." For those who may not know him, his talk show is literate and his guests are truly interesting drawn from, generally, the serious pursuits of the arts, science, literature, politics, etc. and even, occasionally, religion.

Tonight's first topic was the judicial overturning of California's Propostion 8. All three guests were in favor of the ruling and welcomed it as another significant advance in the history…

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Posted on August 5, 2010 at 9:29pm

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At 8:02am on September 13, 2010, Lorraine Cusick said…: It's great that you recognize that it's "the kind of work deacons were originally intended to do." Thankfully, our Bishop (Larry Provenzano) also recognizes that and is beginning to re-assign deacons in a more creative way that is more faithful to our ministry and charism. Keep the Diocese of Long Island in your prayers!

At 8:32am on August 31, 2010, Lorraine Cusick said…: It's pretty "simple" actually. I administer the Diocesan Episcopal Charities Grant Program for Archdeaconries and Parishes. We have seed money grants available to start/expand ministries. We also provide training for grantees in seeking other sources of funding. I also work to assist parishes, deaneries, archdeaconries (or the Diocese) in discerning what the needs of the "community" are, and how we can respond. This also involves providing training for groups in discerning what gifts they bring to ministry. It's challenging, but energizing!