Also: Welby Laments Sins of Slavery, Episcopal Jenga

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Former Episcopal priests Kerlin Richter, Colin Chapman, and Sara Lynn Shisler Goff conduct a discussion on polyamory.


** Is There Room for Polyamorous Priests?
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By Kirk Petersen
Three former priests spoke online about the consequences they faced for their nonconforming family structures. Read on ([link removed]) .


** HBCU Retains Accreditation, but Financial Woes Continue
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By Kirk Petersen
A decision to reverse the termination of accreditation was good news for Saint Augustine’s University, but the college still owes $10 million to the IRS. Read on ([link removed]) .


** Welby Laments Church's Sins of Slavery
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By Douglas LeBlanc
The Archbishop of Canterbury preached on repentance, suffering, and the church’s acts of mercy during a bicentennial celebration of the Diocese of Jamaica and the Cayman Islands. Read on ([link removed]) .


** Church Camp, Ministry Conferences & VBS 100 Years Ago
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July 1924 brought the Diocese of Georgia’s first summer camp, a vocations conference for 200 boys in New Hampshire, and 47,000 children in New York City’s vacation Bible schools. Read on ([link removed]) .


** Wycliffe College & the Character of Anglicanism
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By Stephen Andrews
Wycliffe, Toronto’s outgoing principal reflects on seven hallmarks of Anglican identity that have kept it faithful to the Reformation heritage and responsive to a changing world. Read on ([link removed]) .


** Profiles in Power
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By Jean Meade
The Bible’s accounts of Darius, Herod, and Pontius Pilate show powerful men being trapped into foolish decisions that violate their consciences and good sense, a warning to us about the danger of earthy rule. Read on ([link removed]) .


** Episcopal Jenga
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By Andrew Goddard
The Church of England is like “a tower of Jenga bricks: falling attendance, giving, and vocations, a massive trust deficit, multiple safeguarding failures,” and the bishops’ push for same-sex blessings threatens to send the whole thing toppling to the ground. Read on ([link removed]) .
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