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Tuesday, March 18, 2014

A conversation with a panel of smart people who don't go to church April 20, 2014 Lutheran Theological Seminary of Philadelphia

Exploring questions of Life and Faith: a conversation with a panel of smart people who don't go to church

http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2014/03/a-conversation-with-panel-of-smart.html Labels: Religion church unchurched, Religion Grace Lutheran Church, Religion Lutheran

Hat Tip: The Delaware Maryland Synod E-Letter for March 18, 2014:

Featuring the Rev. Dr. James Hazelwood, Bishop of the ELCA New England Synod - You can read more of Bishop Hazelwood's thoughts on the Bishop on a Bike website, http://www.bishoponabike.com/ and follow him on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pastorjimhazelwood

Thursday, April 10, 2014

6:30 pm - walk in registration

7:00 pm - program begins

On campus and Online

Live on the LTSP campus or Live-streamed to your computer!

Free with registration!

Audience participation!

Light snacks will be served to the campus audience.

For more details, to register for the campus or online event, and to learn more about Bishop Hazelwood, go online today. On campus attendees can also register by calling 215-248-7302.

From The Lutheran Theological Seminary of Philadelphia website, http://ltsp.edu/ExploringSeries?utm_source=Exploring+Series+initial+email+03102014&utm_campaign=Exploring+live+event+1&utm_medium=email

The Exploring series at LTSP - Exploring Series: Exploring Questions of Life and Faith

Concerned with the decline in church membership?...

Then join the conversation - Live on campus and Live streamed online - at the inaugural event of the "EXPLORING" series - presented by The Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia.

Exploring questions of Life and Faith: a conversation with a panel of smart people who don't go to church

Featuring the Rev. James Hazelwood, Bishop of the ELCA New England Synod

Thursday, April 10, 2014

• 6:30 pm - walk in registration

• 7:00 pm - program begins

• On campus and Online

Live on the LTSP campus or Live-streamed to your computer!

Free with registration!

Audience participation!

Light snacks will be served to the campus audience.

To see the live-streamed event, return to this page on Thursday, April 10 at 7 pm EDT! Be sure to register for the event, either to attend on campus or online, so you can receive updates and attendee information before the event!

More about Bishop Hazelwood

Bishop on a Bike

The Rev. James Hazelwood was elected bishop of the New England Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America at the synod's assembly in June 2012. Long time pastor of St. Andrew Lutheran Church in Charlestown, MA., he told the South Kingstown Independent in a story after his election that he didn't start out to be a religious leader after college - in fact, he was mostly interested in music and basketball. Born in Concord, MA, Bishop Hazelwood will be the first native New Englander and the first parish pastor to serve as bishop of the New England Synod since the ELCA was founded in 1987. His wife, the Rev. Lisa Stoen Hazelwood, serves as senior pastor at St. Andrew.

Bishop Hazelwood explained his interest in advancing the church in the 21st century in an entry on his "Bishop on a Bile" blog written after he was elected. The entry started with part of what he told the assembly before voting was held:

"'...I have a great gig going on in Charlestown at St. Andrew. I am not looking for a new call.'” I meant it, I still mean it. St. Andrew has been the best community of faith, the best laboratory for 21st century mission, the most flexible and willing people I have ever experienced. Why would I want to leave it? “'But, if you,'” I said to the assembly, “'want to go on an adventure or experimentation, of trying to figure out where God is pulling us, and seek to ask questions about what it means to do and be church in New England in this time. That’s a different story.'” Those may not be the exact words I said, but that was the essence of what I said.

"I do not know the workings of the Holy Spirit, but here is my more rational understanding of what happened in Spring-field. Our church in New England, and across North America, is experiencing a seismic shift. Whether it’s declining participation in congregational life, shift in where people go for spiritual understanding, economic dislocation or just plain old general angst, you can easily see these are strange and un-understandable times. I think most everyone in the church, and certainly those at the Assembly in Springfield understood this to be the case. That was one line going through the place on June 8, 9 & 10 [the dates of the assembly]."

He also noted in the entry:

"The other line was my personal autobiography of not having grown up in the faith, living and breathing life as an unchurched kid in the post-Wategate era of the 1970’s in Southern California. My story of baptism at a Lutheran Bible camp, and the understanding I have of how those outside the church think. This was another line going through the Mass Mutual Center [where the synod assembly was held].

"Somehow these two lines intersected at a particular point in time, and/or the Holy Spirit brought them together. If this event had been held any number of years ago, I’m not so sure the results would be the same. In an earlier era, it’s possible I might have been seen as an entertaining fringe candidate. But, the times and the person were brought together.

"Now what?"

You can read more of Bishop Hazelwood's thoughts on the Bishop on a Bike website, http://www.bishoponabike.com/ and follow him on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pastorjimhazelwood

Don't miss these next events in the "Exploring Series":

Prospective Student Day: Exploring Theological Education, April 26, 2014

Ministry Day: Exploring Ministry Opportunities, June 14, 2014

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Monday, March 17, 2014

The man suspected of shooting a Baltimore City police officer on Friday turned himself in to police on Sunday evening - baltimoresun.com

The man suspected of shooting a Baltimore City police officer on Friday turned himself in to police on Sunday evening - baltimoresun.com:

"Man accused of shooting Baltimore City officer turns himself into police

By Colin Campbell and Tim Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun
7:42 a.m. EDT, March 17, 2014

The man Baltimore Police Commissioner Anthony Batts termed "Public Enemy No. 1" Sunday afternoon turned himself in at police headquarters less than an hour later, ending a two-day manhunt following the Friday night shooting of a well-liked sergeant.

Gregg Thomas, 34, was arrested Sunday evening in the shooting of off-duty Sgt. Keith Mcneill, after police spent the weekend serving six search warrants and fielding tips from the public.

Thomas was being held without bail at the Baltimore City Detention Center after seeing a court commissioner Monday morning."

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LA Times Fires Reporter for Inappropriate Relationship And Big Error (LA Times)

Hat Tip: Mediabistro's Morning Media Newsfeed

The Los Angeles Times dismissed an investigative reporter Friday after discovering he had an inappropriate relationship with someone who was a source for a front-page story that the newspaper says contained an error.

The editor's note read, "A front-page article in the Los Angeles Times on Dec. 7, 2013, was incorrect in reporting that Occidental College failed to disclose 27 alleged sexual assaults that occurred in 2012."

Separately, as they began looking into the complaint, Times editors learned from the author of the articles, staff writer Jason Felch, that he had engaged in an inappropriate relationship with someone who was a source for the Dec. 7 story and others.

Poynter / MediaWire The college approached the paper for a correction and the Times reviewed documents showing the 27 cases did not fall under the disclosure requirement, the paper said. Some were sexual harassment cases or inappropriate text messages, which are not covered by the act.

The Los Angeles Times fired investigative reporter Jason Felch after he disclosed he had “engaged in an inappropriate relationship” with someone who was a source for a Dec. 7 story on Occidental College’s handling of sexual assault allegations.

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The Associated Press said Felch issued a statement in which the reporter asserted the Dec. 7 story ran weeks before the relationship began and that he stopped using the source during their relationship.

While he issued a mea culpa: “I accept full responsibility for what I did and regret the damage it has done to my family and my colleagues at one of the nation’s great newspapers,” he also said he thought he was fired for the appearance of a conflict of interest.

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NYT Felch was dismissed Friday, March 14. Felch, 40, said by email on Sunday that Occidental had declined opportunities to comment on the initial article before publication, or to make officials available to be interviewed.

The first article was published before the relationship with the source began, Felch said. He said he did not rely on the person, who was not named by him or the newspaper, as a source after that. He did not describe the nature of the relationship. He was fired, he said, "for creating the appearance of a conflict of interest."

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Sunday, March 16, 2014

News from The Hill Exit polls show lopsided results in Crimea referendum

News from The Hill

Exit polls show lopsided results in Crimea referendum

By Peter Schroeder

The White House on Sunday was quick to dismiss a referendum that showed overwhelming support in Crimea for seceding from Ukraine and joining Russia.

Exit polls showed a vast majority of voters Sunday backed secession, but the Obama administration reiterated that it and the global community viewed the results as illegitimate, and the result of Russian intimidation.

Read the story here.

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New York Times Breaking News: General Accused of Sexual Assault Pleads Guilty to Lesser Charge

BREAKING NEWS Sunday, March 16, 2014 3:02 PM EDT

General Accused of Sexual Assault Pleads Guilty to Lesser Charges

Brig. Gen. Jeffrey A. Sinclair, the Army general prosecuted in the military’s most significant sexual assault case, has agreed to plead guilty to lesser charges in exchange for the dismissal of accusations that he twice forced his longtime mistress into oral sex, threatened to kill her and her family, and performed consensual sexual acts with her in a parked car in Germany and on a hotel balcony in Tucson.

The new guilty pleas, outlined in a document obtained by The New York Times, are expected to be entered by General Sinclair in military court at Fort Bragg, N.C., as soon as Monday morning.

The pleas would end a two-year-old case against one of the military’s rising stars that was derailed after setbacks, including a judge’s ruling last week that cleared the way for a plea deal.

The general’s punishment will not be determined until a judge finishes holding a sentencing hearing; prosecutors are expected to argue for prison time, while defense lawyers will contend that officers in similar cases have not faced jail time and have been allowed to retire at reduced rank.

READ MORE: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/17/us/army-general-in-sexual-assault-case-to-plead-guilty-to-lesser-charges.html?emc=edit_na_20140316

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Pastor Kevin Clementson makes a point on today' s Gospel lesson at the pastors' study at Grace Lutheran Church in Westminster, MD, Sunday, March 16, 2014

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Sunday, March 16, 2014

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Saturday, March 15, 2014

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The Sun sets on Red Maryland By Jeff Quinton on March 11, 2014

http://www.quintonreport.com/2014/03/11/the-sun-sets-on-red-maryland/

Over the weekend I wrote about the evolving situation that started off when Joe Steffen wrote about Red Maryland the previous Sunday. Joe Steffen went after Red Maryland. He accused them of running a protection racket in the way they were soliciting advertising for their radio shows.

He also criticized them for Mark Newgent, a Red Maryland contributor, and Jackie Wellfonder, a Red Maryland Network host, doing consulting work. Additionally, Wellfonder’s and Red Maryland’s early support for Larry Hogan was mentioned. Later that week, Michael Swartz inserted himself into the situation and then Red Maryland responded to Steffen’s claims and denied his allegations of a “protection racket” while seemingly implying that they might pursue legal action.

As I noted in my Saturday piece, it appeared to me that Red Maryland’s early Friday response was a result of The Baltimore Sun saying something to them. I received a no comment from a Red Maryland contributor late Friday when I asked if the Sun had contacted them. As it turns out, there was a good reason for that.

Yesterday, Media Matters reported on the events of March 7:

[…]

One veteran politico noted that the marketing email was “just dumb” and a “questionable” decision. This same politico noted that:

Those guys were still thinking and behaving like bloggers. The Sun relationship required that they change their thinking.

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Baltimore Sun reports on Lollar’s campaign woes, website issues

Charles Lollar stuffs the virtual ballot box

Seeing Red in the Darkness

Why is the MD GOP still searching for an Attorney General candidate?

Hough-Brinkley Bloodbath Update

Categories: Maryland, News, Politics

Tags : 2014, Baltimore Sun, Brian Griffiths, Charles Lollar, Greg Kline, Joe Steffen, Julie Brewington, Karen Winterling, KO Public Affairs, Mark Newgent, MD Dems, MD GOP, Media Matters, Red Maryland

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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia: Malaysian official says missing plane hijacked | World | ADN.com

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia: Malaysian official says missing plane hijacked | World | ADN.com:

Malaysian official says missing plane hijacked BY EILEEN NG AND JOAN LOWY The Associated PressMarch 13, 2014

Read more here: http://www.adn.com/2014/03/13/3373862/vietnam-downgrades-search-for.html#emlnl=Breaking_News

"KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA — A Malaysian investigation into the missing flight 370 has concluded that one or more people with flying experience switched off communications devices and deliberately steered the airliner off-course, a Malaysian government official involved in the investigation said Saturday. The official called the disappearance a hijacking, though he said no motive has been established and no demands have been made known. It's not yet clear where the plane ended up, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to brief the media." Read more here: http://www.adn.com/2014/03/13/3373862/vietnam-downgrades-search-for.html#emlnl=Breaking_News

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Friday, March 14, 2014

"Liberals With Guns!"

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Wednesday, March 12, 2014

Mid-week Lenten Worship Service at Grace Lutheran Church in Westminster

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Tuesday, March 11, 2014

Sharyl Attkisson resigns from CBS News - POLITICO.com

Sharyl Attkisson resigns from CBS News - POLITICO.com:

By DYLAN BYERS | 3/10/14 http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2014/03/sharyl-attkisson-to-leave-cbs-news-184836.html?hp=f3

CBS News investigative correspondent Sharyl Attkisson has reached an agreement to resign from CBS News ahead of contract, bringing an end to months of hard-fought negotiations, sources familiar with her departure told POLITICO on Monday.

Attkisson, who has been with CBS News for two decades, had grown frustrated with what she saw as the network’s liberal bias, an outsize influence by the network’s corporate partners and a lack of dedication to investigative reporting, several sources said. She increasingly felt that her work was no longer supported and that it was a struggle to get her reporting on air.

At the same time, Attkisson’s reporting on the Obama administration, which some staffers characterized as agenda-driven, had led network executives to doubt the impartiality of her reporting. She is currently at work on a book — tentatively titled “Stonewalled: One Reporter’s Fight for Truth in Obama’s Washington” — that addresses the challenges of reporting critically on the administration.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2014/03/sharyl-attkisson-to-leave-cbs-news-184836.html?hp=f3

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Sharyl Attkisson Resigns From CBS News (Politico / Dylan Byers on Media)

CBS News investigative correspondent Sharyl Attkisson has reached an agreement to resign from CBS News ahead of contract, bringing an end to months of hard-fought negotiations, sources said. Attkisson, who has been with CBS News for two decades, had grown frustrated with what she saw as the network's liberal bias, an outsized influence by the network's corporate partners and a lack of dedication to investigative reporting, several sources said. She increasingly felt like her work was no longer supported and that it was a struggle to get her reporting on air.

The Washington Post / Erik Wemple Rumors of Attkisson's stormy relations with her superiors at CBS News have made the rounds for months. In conversations from last year, CBS News sources said that Attkisson was frustrated that more of her reporting on Benghazi and other investigative pieces didn't make The CBS Evening News with greater frequency.

HuffPost The Emmy-winning reporter also made headlines in 2013 after CBS News confirmed that her computers had been hacked. Attkisson had suggested that "there could be some relationship" between the suspicious activity and the government's probes into the Associated Press and Fox News' James Rosen.

The Department of Justice denied that possibility, and the network also addressed it in a statement in August, saying, "To be clear, the federal government has not been accused in the intrusion of Attkisson's computer; CBS News is continuing to work to identify the responsible party."

The Washington Times Attkisson began negotiating with CBS News president David Rhodes as early as last April about getting out of her contract. She announced her resignation to her 41,000 Twitter followers Monday with the simple message: "I have resigned from CBS." TVNewser Attkisson, a Washington-based investigative correspondent, called her time at CBS News "one of life's great privileges" and said she is "grateful for the many opportunities I've had."

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Washington Post: Affordable Care Act enrollment drops off in February

BY JASON MILLMAN March 11, 2014

About 4.2 million people have signed up for health plans on Obamacare exchanges through the end of February. That makes it unlikely that the Obama administration will hit the estimate of 6 million enrollees by the end of March.

Whatever momentum was building in January appeared to drop off in February. The numbers -- which were released a day before Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius testifies on the Hill -- also show young people aren't enrolling at rates officials had predicted. That group is key because they are generally presumed to be healthier and less costly.

Read more at:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/03/11/obamacare-bummer-enrollment-drops-off-in-february/

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Monday, March 10, 2014

Taxing Marylanders until they flee - By Ellen Sauerbrey and Dee Hodges Friday, March 7, 2014

SAUERBREY: Taxing Marylanders until they flee

Squeezing high earners to fill state coffers has opposite effect

By Ellen Sauerbrey and Dee Hodges Friday, March 7, 2014

Maryland, one of the bluest of blue states, is the poster child demonstrating that taxing the rich fails to balance the state budget.

Yet Democrats, who have complete monopoly control on all branches of state government, continue to think that doing the same thing over and over will lead to a different result.

Because of its proximity to Washington, D.C., Maryland is one of the wealthiest states in America. Still, it is plagued by fiscal woes. In a vain attempt to eliminate Maryland’s structural deficit, the administration of Gov. Martin O'Malley and Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown has raised taxes, tolls and fees more than 80 times since 2007, while increasing overall government spending by $9.6 billion, or 32 percent, over the same period.

This oppressive tax-and-spend climate is hurting Maryland’s families and forcing many of them to leave the state.

Wealthy and middle-class citizens have been fleeing Maryland, thus denying the state the ability to tax any of their income. Small businesses are moving their jobs to friendlier states.

Between 2000 and 2010, 66,000 people left the state, taking $5.5 billion with them. Maryland has also lost at least 6,500 small businesses.

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News from The Hill Rubio warns of UN Internet 'takeover' - By Kate Tummarello

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) plans to introduce legislation to prevent a “takeover” of the Internet by the United Nations or another government regime.

Speaking Monday at Google’s office in Washington, the possible presidential contender said he will introduce legislation to codify U.S. support of an open Internet as other countries attempt to control its growth.

Read the story here.

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Lawmakers respond to ground-rent ruling - Tim Wheeler March 3, 2014

Lawmakers respond to ground-rent ruling - Tim Wheeler March 3, 2014

Legislation aims to address court's decision overturning key reform

Lawmakers in Annapolis moved Monday night to take another look at Maryland's arcane ground-rent system only days after the state's highest court invalidated a key element of sweeping reforms enacted seven years ago.

Emergency ground-rent bills were introduced in both House and Senate to, as one sponsor put it, "resurrect" some of the provisions of the law declared unconstitutional Wednesday by the Court of Appeals.

Since Colonial times, many homes in Baltimore and around the state sit on ground that is owned by a separate leaseholder. Homeowners on those properties are legally required to pay rent, usually twice a year, to the holder of the ground rent. Until 2007, ground-rent owners seeking to collect unpaid rents could seize homes through "ejectment," sell them and keep all the money, regardless of the amount owed.

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Ten States (Including Maryland) With the Most Fraud Complaints By Thomas C. Frohlich

Ten States With the Most Fraud Complaints By Thomas C. Frohlich

http://247wallst.com/special-report/2014/03/07/ten-states-with-the-most-fraud-complaints/?utm_source=247WallStDailyNewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=MAR072014A&utm_campaign=DailyNewsletter

Fraud and scams cost Americans more than $1.6 billion last year. According to a report from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), there were more than 2 million cases of fraud in 2013, down slightly from the previous year...

Read more: Ten States With the Most Fraud Complaints - 24/7 Wall St. http://247wallst.com/special-report/2014/03/07/ten-states-with-the-most-fraud-complaints/#ixzz2vWwJ0Dz0
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6. Maryland http://247wallst.com/special-report/2014/03/07/ten-states-with-the-most-fraud-complaints/2/

> Complaints per 100,000 population: 667.7
> Total complaints: 39,582 (14th most)
> Identity theft complaints per 100,000: 95.5 (6th most)
> 2007-2012 home value change: -19.3% (7th worst)

There were more than 5,660 reports of identity theft in the state last year, 19% of which were categorized as credit card fraud, a higher proportion than in all but a few states.

Residents had the highest student loan debt as of the beginning of this year, with $32,470 on average. Credit card debt was also much higher than in most other states, according to Credit Karma. Also, 14% of all fraud and other complaints were made against banks and lenders, the most of any state in the nation last year. The state’s housing market may be making residents more susceptible to fraud. Home values fell by nearly 20% between 2007 and 2012, more than in all but a handful of states. http://247wallst.com/special-report/2014/03/07/ten-states-with-the-most-fraud-complaints/2/

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