Also: Philip Yancey on John Donne, Kids Don’t Get Anything Out of Church

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** Dr. Catherine Meeks and Bishop Rob Wright
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** Harsh Leadership Dispute at Racial Healing Center
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By Kirk Petersen
The former director of Atlanta’s Absalom Jones Center for Racial Healing, accuses her bishop of abusing his power and derailing the search for her successor. Read on ([link removed]) .


** Archbishops Criticize U.K.’s Extremism Revisions
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By Doug LeBlanc
They are concerned that new definitions of extremist political activity, drawn up in response to pro-Palestinian demonstrations endanger freedom of speech and religion, especially for Muslims. Read on ([link removed]) .


** Podcast: Phillip Yancey on John Donne, Undone
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A conversation with one of evangelicalism’s top spiritual writers about his new adaptation of an Anglican classic on God’s presence in suffering. Listen here (A%20conversation%20with%20Philip%20Yancey%20about%20suffering,%20the%20presence%20of%20God,%20and%20his%20new%20book%20on%20poet-priest%20John%20Donne) .
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** Kids Don't Get Anything Out of Church
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By Barbara White
“The trouble with looking to ‘get something out of’ worship is that it is fundamentally mis-ordered; it places us, and not God, at the center of our worship.” Read on ([link removed]) .


** Rome & Canterbury
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By John Bauerschmidt
January’s joint pilgrimage between 50 Anglican and Roman Catholic bishop brought helpful reflections on synodality, surprising news of rising secularism in the Global South, and a reaffirmation of the value of symbolic action. Read on ([link removed]) .


** Mary, Mother of Unity for the 21st Century
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By Christopher Cocksworth
"Anglicanism’s restrained but real recognition of the place of Mary in the purposes of God and the life of the Church provides the seeds for an approach to Mary that brings Christians together and heals our divisions." Read on ([link removed]) .

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