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GTS & VTS Explore
Deeper Partnership

By Kirk Petersen
General Theological Seminary is the oldest Episcopal seminary. Virginia Theological Seminary is the largest. They're not merging, but they're exploring models for collaboration that may allow them to share faculty and resources.
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Ash Wednesday Options in Pandemic

By Neva Rae Fox
Traditionally on Ash Wednesday, a priest and a penitent stand face to face for the imposition of ashes. Churches are making a variety of plans to adapt the practice to the need for social distancing.
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Church Prepares for Biden Administration

By Kirk Petersen
The political landscape will shift on January 20 with the new administration, and the Church will change in several ways, most dramatically in the area of immigration and refugee resettlement. A group of Church Center directors held a webinar to discuss what's coming, and TLC was there.
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Dalí and the
Psychology of Sin

By Ben Lima
The Salvador Dalí exhibit currently at the Dallas Museum of Art focuses on the author's fanciful interpretation of scenes from Dante's Divine Comedy. The exhibit marks the 700th anniversary of Dante's death.
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PB Curry on Podcast:
Is Football a Sin?

In a special edition of the podcast, Presiding Bishop Michael B. Curry and theologian Stanley Hauerwas talk about the ethics of American football. The discussion starts with a colorful exegesis of doctrinal differences between the Buffalo Bills and the Dallas Cowboys.
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The Episcopal Church In 2050

By David Goodhew
Will the Episcopal Church be dead by 2050? The answer is technically “no,” but operatively “yes.” But there is a theology and there are practices that offer a way forward. The question is whether TEC has the will to adopt them.
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A Pandemic
Reading List

By Marcia Hotchkiss
If you have seen enough Netflix and are looking for good, thoughtful, inspiring books, these five books have reminded me of the importance of reading, particularly books that encourage me in my faith journey.
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The Wilderness Road

By John Bauerschmidt
As the pandemic tightened its grip in April and May, we all experienced a sudden scattering of community life. God seemed to be inviting me, through our lectionary, to reflect on the scattering of the faithful in Acts after the martyrdom of St. Stephen.
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