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The former St. Michael’s Episcopal Church, now St. Moses and Anba Abraam Coptic Orthodox Church in Piscataway, N.J., was one of the first properties sold by the diocese using a purchase-money mortgage.


** Diocese of New Jersey Leaving Mortgage Business ([link removed])
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by Mark Michael

The diocese’s fully legal system has allowed 20 of its closed churches to remain houses of worship while ensuring a revenue stream for some of their remnant congregations. Read on ([link removed]) .


** Portland Church Will Open Housing Village ([link removed])
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by Lauren Anderson-Cripps

St. Andrew’s underused parking lot now hosts ten tiny houses, a project that addresses the city’s worst humanitarian crisis and is bringing renewal to a church on the verge of closing. Read on ([link removed]) .


** Join The Living Church’s Editorial Team ([link removed])
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The Living Church is hiring a part-time Reporter to cover Episcopal Church news. Read on ([link removed]) .


** Playing Together, Praying Together in Georgetown ([link removed])
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by Weston Curnow

Christ Church’s outreach work includes multiple robust feeding ministries, refugee resettlement, a food pantry, and over 13 small groups. Read on ([link removed]) .


** Ghanaian Diocese Launches Sewing Ministry ([link removed])
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by Mark Michael

Professional seamstresses will craft altar linens, cottas, and cassocks, aiming to ensure all the Diocese of Tema’s parishes are fully equipped for worship. Read on ([link removed]) .

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** Dance and the Grace of Discipline with Silas Farley ([link removed])
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Ballet dancer and choreographer Silas Farley reminds us of the joys and rewards of freedom and discipline, just in time for Lent. Listen here ([link removed]) .

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** Crowd Sourcing Morality ([link removed])
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by Abigail Woolley Cutter

The colorful internet phenomenon of crowdsourcing decisions, “AITA,” reflects confusion, the need for community, and opportunities for Christian witness and pastoral guidance. Read on ([link removed]) .


** Mary Ridge School: A Personal Reflection on Formation and Calling ([link removed])
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by Leander Harding

A senior priest reflects on formation, calling, and family systems in this personal reflection drawn from his forthcoming memoirs. Read on ([link removed]) .


** Full of Sweet, Pleasant, and Unspeakable Comfort ([link removed])
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by Paul Lee

Predestination, if understood rightly, should not elicit fear and dread, but rather comfort in a God who is the author and finisher of our faith. Read on ([link removed]) .


** At Gethsemane with Rowan Williams ([link removed])
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by Christopher Yoder

In his poem, Gethsemane, Rowan Williams helps us to see that in the Garden of Gethsemane, Christ’s prayer encompasses all our prayers and all our afflictions. Read on ([link removed]) .


** Repentance in the Life of the Church ([link removed])
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by Jeremy Worthen

Just as individuals are at once sinful yet justified in Christ, so too the church is constantly turning toward the savior, desiring holiness, even in the midst of sin and scandal. Read on ([link removed]) .

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