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Church Commissioners announce annual results for 2011

The Church Commissioners have today published their full Annual Report and Accounts for 2011, announcing a 2.9 per cent total return on their investments during 2011 and confirming the fund’s strong long-term performance.

Thomas Logan, eldest serving African-American priest, dies at 100

[Episcopal News Service] Services will be held May 11 and 12 for the Rev. Canon Thomas Wilson Stearly Logan, Sr., 100, associate priest of the African Episcopal Church of St. Thomas, Philadelphia, who died May 2.

Ireland: Motion Passed on Human Sexuality in the Context of Christian Belief

The following motion was passed by the General Synod of the Church of Ireland meeting on 12th May at Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin:

Appointment of the Ninth Bishop of the Diocese of Singapore

On Saturday, 12th May 2012, at the 22nd Session of Synod, The Most Revd Bolly Lapok, the Archbishop of the Province of South East Asia announced that The Right Revd Rennis Ponniah has been appointed the Ninth Bishop of the Diocese of Singapore.

Episcopal and Catholic bishops ready to "do all in their power" to realise an end to war

Episcopal and Catholic bishops from South Sudan have said that together they “stand committed to do all in [their] power” to realise an end to war between Sudan and South Sudan.
 

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Hello,     I am writing to you today representing the Church of God of Cleveland TN for Ohio. I have been appointed to a committee by my Administrative Bishiop Bill Issaacs to assist in developing a questionnaire that would allow us to gather data from the ministers and their wives in the church of God in Ohio. The task that we are taking on is answere the fundamental question of what the major issues are that ministers face that cause them to collapse into moral failure.     We are defining…See More
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brian E Wakeman and Daniel Kagaba RYUMUGABE are now friends
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Daniel Kagaba RYUMUGABE replied to Daniel Kagaba RYUMUGABE's discussion In need of partnership
"Hi Brian, Thank you for checking on me! I have been quite busy at the same time praying about which organization to contact. I have a meeting with some Baylor University students and Professors this week and we will be going over the…"
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brian E Wakeman replied to Pamela Ovwigho's discussion Social Media and Ministry
"Hello Pamela,   How is your evaluation of social media effectiveness in ministry progressing? This morning my wife is going to a church Ladies' group on the use of FACEBOOK. It will be interesting to hear what was discussed. Could you…"
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brian E Wakeman commented on Bernard Farr's blog post What is Your 'Power Stage' in your Leadership? Professionalism, Power and Presence
"Stage theories of moral, spiritual, or other aspects of development have been helpful reading in the past.  I've been prompted to look again at these stages of 'power'  and of the exercise of power in  …"
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brian E Wakeman replied to Daniel Kagaba RYUMUGABE's discussion In need of partnership
"Hello Daniel,   How are things going?"
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brian E Wakeman replied to Bill Prevette's discussion Connection between Commercial Surrogacy and Human Trafficking - Bulgaria in the group Forced Labour & Human Trafficking
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Forced Labour & Human Trafficking

Research on forced labour, human trafficking, modern slavery and international labour migration issues. Discussion about sound methodology, reliable and tranparent data and assessment of IO's, NGO's. Discussion on positive and negative issues of faith-based initiatives also welcome.See More
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brian E Wakeman replied to Bill Prevette's discussion Connection between Commercial Surrogacy and Human Trafficking - Bulgaria in the group Forced Labour & Human Trafficking
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Bill Prevette added a discussion to the group Forced Labour & Human Trafficking
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Connection between Commercial Surrogacy and Human Trafficking - Bulgaria

This morning I received this email from on my colleagues working in Bulgaria. I was wondering if anyone has seen any research drawing links between Commercial Surrogacy and Human Trafficking.Feel free to circulate this email - via cut and paste from this post.The European Freedom Network is a coalition of Faith Based Organizations working to prevent trafficking in Eastern and Western Europe see:…See More
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brian E Wakeman replied to Tim Davy's discussion Best Practice for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education: Ideas and Issues
"Thank you Amanda for sharing ideas about what appears to work. Let's have more contributions on the kind of teaching that appears to have some success. How do our students best learn?"
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Jim Harries replied to Tim Davy's discussion Best Practice for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education: Ideas and Issues
"Hi, Amanda seems to be responding to my point also ... and has solved the language problem by suggesting that we not know it. Hmm. This unfortunately puts the 'outsider' in a unique position of missing much that is going on amongst the…"
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Bernard Farr replied to Tim Davy's discussion Best Practice for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education: Ideas and Issues
"John, have you got into reading Paolo Freire? Do you know of his work in Guinea-Bissau? Either way, see these papers and responses HERE While you are at OCMS also look at this thesis Developing an Eclectic Pedagogical Approach for Training…"
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Amanda van der Westhuizen replied to Tim Davy's discussion Best Practice for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education: Ideas and Issues
"I don't know which country you're in but I assume French is the official language which is why you educate in French? I know that there are so many local languages that it's often best to stick to the official language - same in my…"
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Amanda van der Westhuizen and Richard K. Ball are now friends
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Jim Harries replied to Tim Davy's discussion Best Practice for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education: Ideas and Issues
"These ideas on how to go about doing theological education are great. Yet there is something that is missing.  I find the layout of this forum hard to follow, but I recall that the original question related to a specific sub-Saharan African…"
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Stein M. Wivestad replied to Tim Davy's discussion Best Practice for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education: Ideas and Issues
"Guinea Bissau became independent in 1974 after a long struggle of liberation from Portugal. In 1975 Paulo Freire and his team in Genève were asked by the minister of education in Guinea Bissau to help them creating a literacy program. 90% of…"
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Tsung-I Hwang replied to Tim Davy's discussion Best Practice for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education: Ideas and Issues
"How did Jesus make His disciples? I think it will be the key to your question. I think you can find some inspirations from the following webpage. http://www.frame-poythress.org/frame_articles/1978Proposal.htm http://www.leadersource.org/"
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Creativity-based Research: The Process of Designing with Users

Created by Bernard Farr Apr 25, 2012 at 9:32am. Last updated by Bernard Farr Apr 25.

Narrative Techniques in Reflective Practice

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Keyword Searching on Steroids

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Son of Citation Machine (for correctly formatting citations)

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The Insider/Outsider Problem in Research

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Preventing Compassion Fatigue Through Reflective Practice and Writing

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Hegarty's Three-Step Reflective Framework

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Reflective Practice In Journalism: A Literature Review

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PhD Dissertation Writing Made Easy (if that's possible!)

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Reflective Practice for Peacebuilding

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How Do I Cite a Tweet?

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Reflective Writing - How To . . .

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Glossary for Reflective Practice (Education)

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Reflections on the Ethics-Approval Process

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15 Purposes of Reflective Practice

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Overview of Action Research Methodology and Methods

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Action Research and Strategic Analysis: learning from each other

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Action Research - A Self-Study Course

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How to Judge if Research is Trustworthy

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