Episcopal Church
Really good article on a priest and former army chaplain and his PTSD
https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/military/story/2019-11-10/army-chaplain-ptsd-journey
UTO grants and the Anglican church in Spain
https://www.episcopalnewsservice.org/2019/11/12/uto-grants-helped-the-spanish-reformed-episcopal-church-survive-rebuild/
Local story from Oklahoma about ERD
https://www.enidnews.com/community/episcopal-church-inviting-public-to-join-in-m-match-for/article_bc53498e-0568-11ea-bfe6-177d51a15a6f.html
New (interim) chief lawyer for TEC
https://www.episcopalnewsservice.org/pressreleases/suzanne-baillie-named-interim-in-house-counsel-for-the-episcopal-church/
California (I think) church celebrates 11th annual service honoring native Americans
https://www.redlandsdailyfacts.com/2019/11/14/redlands-trinity-episcopal-church-to-hold-annual-native-american-worship-service/
Bishop Mark Van Koevering elected diocesan bishop after several years of interim work in Dio of Lexington
https://www.episcopalnewsservice.org/2019/11/14/diocese-of-lexington-elects-bishop-mark-van-koevering-as-bishop-diocesan/
Neil Alexander is stepping down as dean of the School of Theology at Sewanee
https://www.sewanee.edu/theology/seminary/media/news/neil-alexander-to-step-down-as-dean.html?fbclid=IwAR0_3W8erWJ_Zau58Gedh5Kv6QtLE9gqyvi_nIVK4OZhRTf3E0ieg26fkJc
Anglican Communion
This was from last week (I think) but a really good article on faith in a secular age
https://www.anglicanjournal.com/count-on-whats-true-to-do-its-own-solicitation-vsts-richard-topping-on-preaching-to-a-skeptical-world/
Archbishop of York on the persistence of racism in the CoE
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/john-sentamu-racism-is-still-a-big-issue-in-the-church-of-england-l5l6r28sw
Anglican and Catholic bishops in Melbourne, AUS worship together lighting a unity candle using a flame generated from another unity candle from 40 years ago
https://catholicoutlook.org/anglicans-and-catholics-in-melbourne-pray-together-as-their-archbishops-light-a-candle-for-unity/
A chicken-little-ish report on church stats in Canada
https://www.anglicanjournal.com/wake-up-call-cogs-hears-statistics-report-on-church-membership-decline/
The Pope and ABC are planning to travel to South Sudan together on a peace mission, which seems pretty worthwhile
https://cruxnow.com/vatican/2019/11/13/pope-anglican-archbishop-affirm-desire-to-visit-south-sudan-together/
and
https://www.anglicannews.org/news/2019/11/pope-francis-and-archbishop-justin-welby-plan-united-visit-to-south-sudan.aspx
Other Interesting Items
A good op-ed from the Cleveland area, not an Episcopal priest, but good words nonetheless
https://www.record-courier.com/news/20191102/voices-of-faith-stop-trying-to-win?fbclid=IwAR0qWk9EdmnfhshDrDMx2b-RKol2O6dsGyO4ege5lX1F2Gtco5bbd94SG8Y
Op-Ed at RNS about recovery of the term “evangelical”
https://religionnews.com/2019/11/12/can-we-find-a-new-meaning-in-the-word-evangelical/
image: Mark Van Koevering, bishop of the Diocese of Lexington