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Dispatch From
Capitol Hill

The Episcopal Church's government relations director, Rebecca Linder Blachly, talks with TLC's Kirk Petersen about the incoming Biden administration, the riot in the "hallowed halls" of Congress, and her toddler's enjoyment of rolling down The Hill.
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Church and State
In Uganda

By Mark Michael
The archbishop and primate of the Church of Uganda was killed 44 years ago this month by Idi Amin. The assassination date is a national holiday now, but the recent commemoration revealed troubling echoes of violence and rocky relations between church and state.
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Congregations Turn
To Virtual Assistants

By G. Jeffrey MacDonald
Some churches are finding they can reduce costs and sometimes improve quality by farming administrative work out to virtual assistants. One downside is the lack of a smiling face in the church office.
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Building a Prayer Wall
In New Jersey

By Neva Rae Fox
Two New Jersey Episcopal churches, separated by eight miles and a large gap in affluence, are building a partnership that started with collaborating on a prayer wall focusing on gun violence in Trenton.
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Archives: William Stringfellow, Activist

Fifty years ago this week, TLC brought readers the story of a lay Episcopalian and anti-war activist who was indicted for harboring fugitive Daniel Berrigan, after the latter destroyed draft records with homemade napalm.
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Ash Wednesday
Evokes Tales of Fire

By James Richardson
"Remember that you are dust, and to dust you will return." After helping to turn wildfire ashes into pottery, I believe the sense of blessing and holiness on Ash Wednesday comes not from the words, but from the ashes themselves.
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Lent Is For
Making Christians

By Eugene R. Schlesinger
On Ash Wednesday, Covenant began a lent-long series of messages ([link removed]) based on the seven elements of The Way of Love, Presiding Bishop Michael B. Curry's roadmap of the journey of discipleship inaugurated at our baptism.
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Aquinas as Anglican

By Christopher Wells
St. Thomas Aquinas lived three centuries before the founding of the Church of England. Thus he was not, in fact, an Anglican. And yet, the spirit of St. Thomas animates Anglican thinking and praying at its best, even when we have remained unaware of the debt.
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