Archbishop Welby urges structural reforms -- perhaps even a recasting of his own role as an "Instrument of Communion"
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Archbishop Welby bangs the drums to open Anglican Consultative Council
Photo: Neil Turner, Anglican Communion Office
** C of E Blessings Roil Anglican Communion
By Mark Michael
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The Archbishop of Canterbury urges re-examining his office's status as an "Instrument of Communion" after a controversial vote on blessing same-sex relationships. "I will not cling to place or position," he said. Read on ([link removed])
** Divided Executive Council OKs COO Hiring
By Kirk Petersen
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In a body where most votes are unanimous or nearly so, it is striking that a third of the members voted against a motion to hire a chief operating officer, arguing that the candidate is underqualified. Read on ([link removed])
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** ACC Reflects & Repents at Slave Castle
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By Mark Michael
Four million human beings were imprisoned under Ghana's first Anglican church before being sold into slavery in the Americas. Members of the Anglican Consultative Council confronted that reality in person. Read on ([link removed])
** 5-Year ACC Study of 'Good Differentiation'
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By Mark Michael
The head of the Inter-Anglican Standing Commission on Unity, Faith, and Order (IAFUSCO) said the study “is not aiming to take sides in our disputes. It’s working out how we manage our differences." Read on ([link removed])
Suffering and Faithfulness: Free Discussion Guide for Lent ([link removed])
Useful for groups or personal reflection, this downloadable and printable nine-page PDF includes three Lenten-themed articles for study and conversation. From the editors of The Living Church.
** The Real 'Great Divide'
By Charlie Clauss
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Solzhenitsyn wrote: "The line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being." There is a temptation to add "except mine," but Christians of all people should know better. Read on ([link removed])
** A Good Day
By Amber Noel
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The Jewish holiday of Purim -- "a good day" in the King James Bible -- celebrates a killing spree, undertaken in self-defense. The Good Book Club examines the Book of Esther through the lens of the Book of Acts. Read on ([link removed])
** Anglican Imaginaries
By Mark Edington
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We ought not allow something as curiously contrived and blessedly vague as the Anglican Communion be infected by polemicism that sees only division and discord as a path, and only power as a goal. Read on ([link removed])
** God's Call in These Days
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An online Lent Course on discernment, in partnership with the School of Christian Faith and Leadership of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington, every Wednesday in March. Register here ([link removed]) .
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