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Fleming Rutledge is a preacher and teacher known throughout the mainline Protestant denominations of the US, Canada and parts of the UK. She is the author of seven books and has received a grant from the Louisville Foundation to complete a book about the meaning of the Crucifixion.
One of the first women to be ordained to the priesthood of the Episcopal Church, she served for fourteen years on the clergy staff at Grace Church on Lower Broadway at Tenth Street, New York City. Fleming and her husband celebrate their 50th anniversary in 2009 and have two daughters and two grandchildren. She is a native of Franklin, Virginia.
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Discerning God's Work In The World: Tips From The Times For PreachersSunday, August 28, 2005Voices from the "underground" in IraqEarlier this year I noted that there were increasing numbers of reports about military commanders serving in Iraq who, when speaking off the record, expressed serious doubts about the conduct of the war. In addition to written data in news media, I have received three dependable oral reports from parents of officers who say that their sons are privately dismayed by the Administration's policies in carrying out the war. Today comes yet another example (among countless others in recent weeks): In explaining why the US has not allowed the Iraqi forces to upgrade their weapons from the superannuated AK-47 (Kalashnikov) to the more powerful M4 used by the American troops, a senior American officer in Baghdad said, "We're worried about civil war or a coup." He would not agree to be identified because of the sensitivity of the issues. --Craig S. Smith, "Big Guns for Iraq? Not So Fast" NYTimes, News of the Week in Review See also this link: http://www.generousorthodoxy.org/blog/2005/07/on-preaching-in-time-of-war-in-past.aspx
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