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Episcopal News Service
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The news service of the Episcopal Church
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Presiding bishop joins leaders seeking to overcome polarization
[Religion News Service – Washington, D.C.] Twenty-five top Christian leaders gathered in the U.S. city with perhaps the worst reputation for civil discourse May 15 and committed themselves to elevating the level of public conversation. Meeting in a row house three blocks from the U.S. Capitol, the group spanned the Christian spectrum, and included officials [...]
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Lambeth Palace releases short film ‘The Spirit of Pentecost’
[Lambeth Palace] Two days before the Feast of Pentecost, the Archbishop of Canterbury has said the Holy Spirit “gives us a love for the world around us, and the capacity to both speak and act in a way that is revolutionary”. In a short film (available here) produced by Lambeth Palace, Archbishop Justin adds that [...]
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EPPN: Protect Vital Refugee & Asylum Reforms
[Episcopal Public Policy Network] “A few years ago, government authorities in Turkmenistan persecuted a woman and her son because they had converted to Christianity. The son was tortured to death. The woman was twice detained and tortured. She fled to the United States, where, suffering from panic attacks and depression, she tried to kill herself. [...]
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Faced with fracking? Anglican network offers advice
[Anglican Communion Environmental Network] Anglicans and Episcopalians are being encouraged to inform themselves and join in the debate about the controversial and growing practice of drilling for natural gas known as hydraulic fracturing, or fracking. In an open letter to the Anglican Communion, Canon Dr Jeff Golliher has called on its members to learn about [...]
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The Holy Spirit, comforting and mysterious, is ‘never neat’
[Episcopal News Service] The Holy Spirit comes, for some, as a comforting presence. For others, it’s a disturbing upsetter. And still, for others, it is mysterious, even scary. But don’t confuse it just with Pentecost – the 50th day after Easter – which the church observes this Sunday (May 19) and which “challenges us to [...]
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