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Budde's Benediction at Dem. Convention

By Kirk Petersen
The Rt. Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde, Bishop of Washington, last made news when she excoriated President Trump for using tear gas to stage a photo op. She was invited to give the benediction one evening at the Democratic National Convention, and offered an aspirational prayer for strength, justice and unity.
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Former Bishop of Arizona Dies at 80

Robert Reed Shahan, who served a dozen years as the IV Bishop of Arizona, died in Kansas at the age of 80, of Alzheimer's disease. He was active in churchwide governance, having served on a key standing committee of the General Convention.
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Housing Woes in
Diocese of S. Florida

By Kirk Petersen
Residents of a 182-unit apartment building for seniors in West Palm Beach were forced to evacuate their homes in mid-June because of a fire. The Diocese of South Florida controls the board of the non-profit that owns the building,
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Archives: V-J Day & 'Gloriously Crazy' Joy

By Clifford P. Morehouse
TLC's longtime editor, freshly discharged from his duties as an editor of the Marine Corps Gazette, describes nationwide celebrations of the end of World War II, and offers hopeful prayers for the peace.
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Podcast: Noonday Demon of Sloth

By Stefana Dan Laing
An assistant professor of theology at Beeson Divinity School describes acedia, the vice of sloth, and what the fourth-century monk St. Evagrius can teach us about staying spiritually alert.
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Timelessness of the
Ten Commandments

By Eugene R. Schlesinger
The Ten Commandments are timeless because we are continually invited to grapple with them anew, within our own particular circumstances, outlooks, and horizons, with our own particular experiences and questions. This begins a series of articles in the coming weeks, surveying the Commandments from a variety of perspectives.
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The Flesh of the Mystical Body

By Paul (H. Matthew Lee)
But today we have confused clergy and misguided laity who promote “virtual Eucharists.” The response to the pandemic has laid bare how our Church has lost the very cultic sense of her divine liturgies.Still, there can be some value in live-streaming services.
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