Also: Diocese of Florida 'Not Ready' for Bishop Search; The Shift to Part-Time Clergy

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** General Seminary to Lease Campus to Vanderbilt University
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By Lauren Anderson-Cripps

Nearly two years after General announced the discontinuation of its residential Master of Divinity program, president Ian Markham says the seminary has found a "mission-compatible tenant" for its underutilized New York City campus. Read on ([link removed]) .


** Diocese of Florida ‘Not Ready’ for Bishop Search
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By Lauren Anderson-Cripps

At the conclusion of a convention that included extensive discussion of Florida’s efforts to heal from its contentious 2022 bishop elections, delegates ultimately voted to further postpone the search for a new bishop. Read on ([link removed]) .


** Anti-Abuse Conference Challenges a Culture of Silence
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By Tyler Hummel
Responding to longstanding concerns about unclear safeguarding measures in the global south and reeling from highly publicized abuse cases, the Anglican Communion has renewed its commitment to safety. A recent anti-abuse conference, hosted by the Church of the Province of Central Africa, drew 220 clergy and laypeople from 30 countries and 28 provinces. Read on ([link removed]) .


** Navigating a Massive Shift to Part-Time Clergy
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By G. Jeffrey MacDonald
The widespread, cost-lowering shift away from full-time clergy is having far-reaching ripple effects on congregational leadership, including who practices it, how leaders train, and what forms leadership takes. Read on ([link removed]) .


** Brotherhood Elects Second Minister General
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By Richard Mammana
One of the Episcopal Church’s first dispersed religious communities has elected its second minister general in 55 years. Read on ([link removed]) .


** Podcast: Angels and Demons (but Mostly Angels) with Fr. James Brent
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By TLC Staff
Christians have always been concerned with angels, because angels are deeply concerned with us — with our wellbeing and our journey toward — or away from — the love and likeness of Christ. In this episode, host Amber Noel talks with Dominican Friar Fr. James Brent. Listen here ([link removed]) .


** The Last Gospel
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By Michael Cover
"Is it too jaded or too recondite or even too hopeful to pray for a revival of the Last Gospel throughout the Anglican Communion?" Michael Cover writes. "Might this not be the very practice that the Spirit has given us for a moment such as ours to pray for a renewal of the Church?" Read on ([link removed]) .


** The Appetite for God in the Psalms
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By Christopher Yoder
C.S. Lewis wrote about how an "appetite for God" is something we “may hope to be infected by as we read.” The Psalms can awaken in us such an appetite as we respond to God's initiative. Read on ([link removed]) .


** The Three-Body Problem
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By Molly Jane Layton
MJ Layton engages The Three Body Problem, a work of science fiction, and wrestles with questions of immanence, transcendence, and redemption. Read on ([link removed]) .


** St. Michael and All Angels
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By Jean McCurdy Meade
Exploring the witness and ministry of angels, surveying especially scripture's testimony to their presence and role as messengers. Read ([link removed]) on ([link removed]) .


** Hope Patten and the Shrine of our Lady of Walsingham
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By Peter Eaton
Bishop Peter Eaton reviews Michael Yelton's history of the Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham and its founder, Hope Patten. Read on ([link removed]) .

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