Also: Election Season and Cardinal Virtues

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Anglican Church Women gather at St. Mark's Cathedral, Bluefields, Nicaragua. | St. Mark’s Cathedral


** Nicaraguan Diocese Dissolved by Repressive Government
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By Mark Michael

The Episcopal Diocese of Nicaragua, along with 92 other churches and religious groups, was formally dissolved by the Nicaraguan government on August 29, and its assets are subject to confiscation. Since 2018, 5,552 organizations have arbitrarily lost their legal status in Nicaragua. Read on ([link removed]) .


** Jerome Berryman of Godly Play Dies at 87
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By Douglas LeBlanc
The global Christian education movement applied insights from Montessori education to children’s formation, but it became more than Montessori for churches. Read on ([link removed]) .


** ACNA Priest Elected Bishop in Madagascar
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By Mark Michael
The Ven. Darrell Critch's new diocese is part of an Anglican church in communion with the See of Canterbury, unlike the ACNA. Read on ([link removed]) .


** USPG Begins Distributing £7 Million in Barbados
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By TLC Staff
The United Society Partners in the Gospel is disbursing the funds to descendants of enslaved peoples, an effort to embody an apology offered by Rowan Williams in 2006, when he served as Archbishop of Canterbury. Read on ([link removed]) .


** Book Review: On Retreat with Rowan Williams
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By Julia Gatta
Rowan Williams reflects on early Eastern monastics’ teaching about the principal interior obstacles to spiritual growth. Read on ([link removed]) .


** Podcast: Election Season and Cardinal Virtues with Elisabeth Rain Kincaid
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How do humans share life across divides? Host Amber Noel speaks with Dr. Elisabeth Rain Kincaid, Director of the Institute for Faith and Learning at Baylor University. L ([link removed]) isten here ([link removed]) .


** Are We an LGBT-Affirming Parish?
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By Dominique Peridans
Fr. Dominique Peridans, who serves a diverse congregation, responds to an inquiry from a seminarian in a progressive evangelical church interested in the Episcopal Church. Read ([link removed]) on ([link removed]) .


** An Orthodox Challenge to Systemic Homophobia
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By Pieter Valk
In the second of a two-part series on parish ministry and sexuality, Pieter Valk argues churches need to reassess patterns of homophobia from an orthodox perspective. Read on ([link removed]) .


** AI — Not Made in the Image & Likeness of God
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By Christopher Cocksworth
Anthropomorphizing machines can distract us from what they are and deceive us into thinking that they have the same capacities we have, and better. Read on ([link removed]) .


** God Is Not on the Ballot
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By Daniel Martins
How can Christians think "Christianly" about the political and cultural territory we are navigating? As resident aliens, how do we approach this election and its aftermath? Read on ([link removed]) .
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