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Dunkle to Step Down at General Seminary
By Kirk Petersen
The Very Rev. Kurt H. Dunkle, who has been Dean and President of General Theological Seminary for seven eventful years, has announced he will step down at the end of the academic year.
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New C of E Resource On Identity, Sexuality
By Mark Michael
The Church of England has launched "Living in Love and Faith," an extensive new resource to support "discernment and decision-making on issues of identity, sexuality, relationships and marriage." A diverse team of 40 developed a 458-page book and a "learning hub" including podcasts, online videos and more.
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Navajo Evangelism
Is Not Assimilation
By G. Jeffrey MacDonald
In the second of two on-the-ground reports from the Episcopal Church in Navajoland, church leaders and others describe their efforts to express their native culture in the context of Christianity. The Navajo's Creator is seen as the same God worshiped by Christians.
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'Give to Everyone
Who Begs from You'
By Stewart Clem
I could never be convinced that when Jesus said, “Give to everyone who begs from you,” what he really meant to say was, “You do not need to give to beggars.”
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A Review of 'Living
In Love and Faith'
By Oliver O'Donovan
What LLF has to offer is not another piece of clear advice from some clear-sighted individual, but rather ground on which forty members of the church from different starting points can move forward together. The good news is that that ground really exists.
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Decline is a Choice
By Jordan Hylden
If the Church wants to reverse the steady dwindling of membership and attendance, it should avoid finding new ways to discourage and push away theologically traditional evangelicals and catholics.
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A Lesson from
Winnie the Pooh
By Sarah Puryear
In the absence of Sunday School, responsibility for Christian formation for children shifts to their parents (where it really was all along). In the same way that children immerse themselves in the secular world of Winnie the Pooh, they can be inspired to immerse themselves in scripture through engaging stories.
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