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Archbishop Rowan Williams at Georgetown University

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Those aiming to exterminate nations are typically disappointed.

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Very inspiring. While in prison, his brave lawyers kept getting disbarred.

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Enjoyed visit to JPII Center. Very inspirational.

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I'm following this with great interest, and I understand how Gerwig's earlier work "Lady Bird" showed capacity to receive Christian themes. I've always loved The Magician's Nephew, which is the most sci-fi of C.S. Lewis' Narnia chronicles.

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Director Greta Gerwig demonstrates an ability to deal with Christian themes in a respectful way, even if she imperfectly understands them, writes IRD's Sarah Stewart. It gives her hope for the upcoming adaptation of C.S. Lewis' Narnia prequel. https://t.co/TkVsnLLT5x

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How many Episcopalians are attending church? What do new statistics on baptism, marriages and confirmations tell us the denomination is headed? IRD's @jeffreyhwalton chats with @anglicantv's Kevin Kallsen to unpack new numbers. #episcopal #anglican https://t.co/Zim7qkbNGr

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This. 👇

Jewish Catholics Are Hurting, The Church Should Listen https://t.co/8mJKMkUCgn via @theird

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Horrible news from a friend

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"Christ did not erase my Jewish heritage. He illuminated it," Jessica Baustian shares.

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Jewish Catholics are Hurting, the Church Should Listen

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My @theird weekly email: Christian Nationalism debate, Episcopal Church losses, WWII pacifists, Christian economics & British socialist fantasy, etc https://t.co/QSCKwomA9Z

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Jewish Catholics Are Hurting, The Church Should Listen https://t.co/YmxNo70okP via @theird

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Every day multiple times I hum & whistle to myself old hymns with which I grew up. They don’t leave your system. Do people do that with contemporary Christian songs? 👂

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Unsurprisingly, my annual piece on the #Episcopal Church statistical release quickly became the second-most read item on @TheIRD blog for the month of October. https://t.co/GgvN4qnN6Z

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For Jessica Baustian, becoming Catholic did not mean turning her back on her Jewish heritage. It meant seeing that heritage through Christ. https://t.co/QfqDlkuPzY

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Highland Park United Methodist, possibly the denomination’s largest church, is theologically mixed. Conservative Methodism’s most prominent theologian Billy Abraham, who died in 2021, taught Sunday school there.

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70 more churches would push total United Methodist exits above 8000 churches.

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RT @markdtooley: Evangelical Wesleyanism/Methodism is uninterested in cities & high culture. Is that embedded in theology or just historica…

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NEW: The Episcopal Church today released parochial report data for the reporting year 2025. Attendance dropped 6,033 (1.5%) from 413,034 to 407,001. Access the data here: https://t.co/L3vG2wrJbD