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Damaged goods: Will Grace Episcopal Alexandria survive?

February 24, 2024 Anglican Watch One comment

Reposted from October 2023. Some time ago, then canon to the ordinary for Virginia, Mary Thorpe, told members of St. Thomas’ McLean that the reason they were having trouble finding a rector is that, having had their previous rector removed in a Title IV case, they were “damaged goods.” That comment, none

Conflict kills churches: on the importance of not ignoring conflict and tips for solving it

July 1, 2023 Anglican Watch Leave a comment

There are many studies on family systems and church conflict. All of them reach one conclusion: unresolved conflict is deadly to churches. That’s sad because the Episcopal church is a master at ignoring conflict, sweeping it under the rug, or hiding it behind quasi-Elizabethan liturgy. Signs of unresolved conflict So

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