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Painful Divorce
In Fort Worth

By Kirk Petersen
Five Episcopal congregations have had to vacate the churches where they worshipped and give the keys to the Anglican diocese. One congregation took the pews with them, resulting in another day in court.
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A Different Model
For Church Transition

By Kirk Petersen
Without litigation, the Diocese of Washington has sold Christ Church in Accokeek, Maryland, to the congregation that worships there -- which has left the Episcopal Church to join ACNA.
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Change Expert Elected
As S. Carolina Bishop

By Mark Michael
After a decade without a bishop diocesan, the Diocese of South Carolina has elected a change expert to lead the diocese as it rebuilds from painful property litigation. Unfortunately, the litigation isn't over.
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Archbishops to Review
N.Z. Seminary Culture

By Robyn Douglass
After complaints of an undisclosed nature, the Anglican Church of New Zealand will review the culture at St. John the Evangelist College in Auckland.
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Podcast: Spirituality
In a Digital Age

Sara Schumacher, author of Reimagining the Spiritual Disciplines for a Digital Age, talks with Amber Noel about the limits of technology, and how to break addictive habits.
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Prayer Book Treasure:
New, Old & Perplexing

By Mark Michael
The new 1662 Book of Common Prayer, International Edition, is beautifully designed, with a helpful glossary and careful textual revisions. But the project also evokes some troubling and unsettled themes of inter-Anglican politics.
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Pastoral Ministry
Is Not Enough

By John Bowen
Pastoral ministry is essential but not sufficient. Where are the evangelists? If our ordained leaders minister only to the faithful already in the fold, the church will die.
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God's Hiddenness
And a Miscarriage

By Tyler Been
Why did God create my daughter Sybil? To redeem her. Why did her life only consist of eight weeks in the womb? I don’t know, but part of the answer is that God did not will to be God without her.
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