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Racial Data Added to Parochial Report

By Kirk Petersen
For the first time, the form will ask for ethnic and racial data about the congregation. The council approved the addition after an extended debate that may foreshadow the sensitivity of the query.
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Developing Plan B for General Convention

By Kirk Petersen
Church leadership has begun studying alternatives for General Convention in case the pandemic prevents an in-person gathering. Also, Executive Council roundup ([link removed]) : budget, Russia-Ukraine, LGBTQ+.
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South Sudan Abp. Survives Shooting

By Kirk Petersen
Youth loyal to a defrocked former bishop attacked the Diocese of Bor's compound with AK-47s, spraying the rooms where the bishops were hiding with bullets.
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Lambeth Conference Cancels 'Big Hello'

By Mark Michael
A relaxed three-day event in Canterbury will replace the ambitious welcome program originally planned in COVID-safe plans for the summer conference. Plus, maybe no tea with the Queen.
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Reading the Plagues as a Christian

By Joseph Mangina
The Exodus plagues are about God's choice of Israel and death's service of life; we are comforted knowing them to be the work of God, who died that we might live.
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Encanto

By Hannah Matis
Following theological threads in Disney's latest hit: "Encanto is much more about the transformation and resurrection of family and community — in other words, about the church."
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Reading the News as a Christian, Part 2

By Abigail Woolley Cutter
Most of us know very little about the needs of our neighbors and a great deal about the needs of the world. Maybe the answer is moving closer to the vulnerable.
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