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‘A Vision of a World Made New’

Donn Mitchell provides a very rich and detailed account of Eleanor Roosevelt’s early life and how she was profoundly shaped by New York Theology.

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Speaking the Story | (Day of Pentecost, Year A)

The unity of the Bible’s message comes from God through the Holy Spirit. That is the message of Pentecost—God taking many languages and articulating the same message through them.

ACC Members Discuss Hopes for Meeting

Anglican Communion News Service has gathered the expectations of five members of the Anglican Consultative Council, and none of the published remarks mention the Nairobi-Cairo Proposals.

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Where Are the Young Adults? with Allen Wakabayashi

The Episcopal Church is aging. Where are the young people? A campus minister gives his perspective.

People & Places, May 20

This is the second of two columns from the April 5 edition of TLC. It includes appointments and ordinations.

Uganda Martyrs Celebration Postponed Due to Ebola

Religious leaders said there were good public health reasons for postponing the celebration, which draws millions from across Africa.

South Carolina Calls for Greater Transparency in ACNA

The diocese calls for the release of documents related to the Stewart Ruch trial as the church’s fraught process for revising Title IV comes to a vote.

Church Leaders Offer Prayer and Support After Mosque Shooting

The Diocese of San Diego offers prayer and support for those whose lives have forever been altered by the shooting that killed three people.

Singing Praise in the Blackouts: The Seminarians of Holy Cross, Yangon

Most of these seminarians confirm with brave smiles that they struggle with being far from home, but they are eager to stress that the theological college community provides valuable support.

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Books and Culture

The Vestry’s Vocation

In Vestry Reflections, Marc Smith offers a series of meditations, showing how the spiritual calling of the church ought to undergird everything a vestry does.

Raphael’s Grace and Power

Raphael Santi combined the grace of Leonardo with the power of Michelangelo, bringing the idealistic and monumental High Renaissance style to its zenith.

Slain from the Foundation of the World

In Rembrandt’s Prodigal Son, drawing near ultimately means God taking ruin upon himself: “God sent him who knew no sin to become sin” (2 Cor. 5:21).

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Taipei Rector Elected Bishop of Taiwan

The Rev. Keith Chen-Cheng Lee will be the seventh bishop of the Episcopal Church’s only jurisdiction in Asia.

Scholar-Bishop Breidenthal Dies at 75

A moral theologian, he was one of very few Episcopal bishops in recent memory to have spent most of his prior ministry in the academy.

Bishop Favors Curses for Conniving Politicians

“Cursed is any politician who intends or attempts to rig the forthcoming 2027 general elections in the country.”

Canadian Diocese Wants to Save its Cathedral

The repairs could cost $17-$18 million, and the diocese wants to raise another $5 million to create an endowment.

Pennsylvania Churchyard Tour Brings America’s History to Life

Revolutionary War figures from both sides were laid to rest at the centuries-old churchyard of St. David’s Church in Wayne, Pennsylvania.

‘The Earth Asks Us to Change’

Botanist and author Robin Wall Kimmerer was the featured speaker May 2 at “Honoring Our Sacred Gifts.”

Haitian Priests Face Arms-Trafficking Trial

The Haiti Court of Appeals reversed a 2023 ruling dismissing the charges against five leaders of the Episcopal Church’s largest diocese.

Anglican Priest Murdered in Nigeria

The killing of the Rev. Emmanuel Ezeokwe on April 22 is a grim reminder of the deepening insecurity in northeast Nigeria.

Geography of Discipleship with Eleanor Sanderson

Mission and discipleship are connected at the root. We explore some of those connections, starting with a personal journey, and ending with a bonus segment on persecution, community, and resilience.

Christians Suffer Tribulation in Sudan

Peter Mohammed: “When the fighters go on slaughtering non-Muslims and the non-Arab population, Christian and Muslim converts to Christianity suffer the most.”

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