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Teasing Out a Bonhoefferian Imago Dei

Michael Sturdy -
Editor's Note: This essay won the First Prize in the 2024 TLC Student Essay Contest. Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s communal and relational Christology are the clear throughline...
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Catholic Indie Rock: Luminous~Glorious

Patrick McSherry -
Peter Johnston RVA is an indie-rock project based in Richmond, Virginia, that began in 2020 with the release of a seven-song EP, Be Not...
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Theology as Teaching and Contemplation

Nathan Jennings -
When I worked on my doctorate at the University of Virginia around the turn of the century, I was blessed to train under some...
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Defending the Church’s Language for the Trinity, with Gregory of Nyssa

Simangaliso Magudulela -
There have been recent attempts, in some circles, to shift our language about the Trinity away from the biblical and traditional words Father and...
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An Open Letter to Survivors of Abuse

Justin Holcomb -
Dear survivors of abuse, What happened to you was not your fault. You are not to blame. You did not deserve it. You did not...
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Mission, Vision, and Strategy

Jonathan Turtle -
If you ask a room full of clergy for their opinion on vision and mission statements, prepare for a few eye-rolls and groans. In...
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Biggest Little Church

Jesse Zink -
The documentary Biggest Little Farm (2018) tells the story of the regeneration of Apricot Lane Farms in Moorpark, California. When John and Molly Chester...
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Nourishing Memories, Chapter 9: Called to be Missionaries

Graham Kings -
Editor's Preface - This essay is the continuation of an ongoing memoir series by Bishop Graham Kings Background In 1980, as a curate at St Mark’s...
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On the 800th Anniversary of the Stigmata of St. Francis

Julia Gatta -
In September 1224, two years before his death, Francis of Assisi withdrew from the public eye and from most of his brothers for a...
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Contradictory Teaching — Here, There, and Everywhere (Part 3)

Matthew S.C. Olver -
Editor's Note: Part One may be found here.  Part Two may be found here. Part Three Looking Ahead with Augustine In this third and final part of...
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Two Teachings — Here, There, and Everywhere (Part 2)

Matthew S.C. Olver -
Editor's Note: Part One may be found here. Part Two Degrees of Communion There are several examples of differences that have been church-dividing in some contexts but...
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Two Teachings — Here, There, and Everywhere (Part 1)

Matthew S.C. Olver -
Editors' Note: This is the first of a three-part series; these essays will appear sequentially this week. Part One Is there a contradiction? “Does this violate the...
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The Anglican-Methodist Covenant in Britain at 21

Jeremy Worthen -
On November 1, 2003, Queen Elizabeth II witnessed representatives from both the Church of England and the Methodist Church in Great Britain sign a...
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St. Michael and All Angels

Jean McCurdy Meade -
Editor's Note: September 30 is the Feast of St. Michael and All Angels.  After reading this essay, consider listening to the recent TLC Podcast...
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The Appetite for God in the Psalms

Christopher Yoder -
The most valuable thing about the Psalms, thought C.S. Lewis, is the way in which they express an utter delight in God. In his...
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The Three-Body Problem

Molly Jane Layton -
Spoiler Alert! Several months ago, my husband started recounting to me the latest audiobook on his playlist. As an engineer, he enjoys “hard” science...
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Hope Patten and the Shrine of our Lady of Walsingham

Peter Eaton -
Alfred Hope Patten and the Shrine of our Lady of Walsingham by Michael Yelton The Sacristy Press, 313 pages, $34.95 A Review by Peter Eaton According to...
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The Last Gospel

Michael Cover -
Anglicanism today, in its humiliation and fragmentation, can sometimes be fraught with a specter of Belatedness. This is the feeling, personal and communal, of...
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Are All Religions Paths to God?

Jonathan Mitchican -
At the end of The Last Battle, the final book in The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis, Emeth the Calormen finds himself face...
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Chronic Illness and Prayer

Hannah Armidon -
Why do we pray for people? What is the purpose of prayer? Praying for people with chronic illness raises uncomfortable questions. We tend to...
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