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Melissa (Mel) Robinson serves as Chaplain to both the Lower School and Middle School at Oregon Episcopal School in Portland, Oregon and received her MDiv from EDS in 2015.

USPG hosts 40 global Anglican leaders in the Philippines, including President Bucklin, for the fifth USPG International Consultation under the theme “Breaking the Chains of Injustice: Reimagining Missional Theologies Today.”

The inaugural Episcopal Divinity School Fellows – a group of Anglican women from the Global South – gathered in Limuru, Kenya to deepen connections and share research.

In this urgent call, President Bucklin reflects on the legacy of martyr Jonathan Daniels and the Gospel’s demand for moral courage. As state violence escalates, we are called beyond "managing" injustice toward a future of compassionate solidarity. Join us in resisting despair and living out God’s vision of justice rooted in love.

EDS is launching the Innovating Beloved Communities Cohort, a transformative year-long program designed to equip and catalyze a circle of faithful innovators led by the Rev. Canon Dr. Stephanie Spellers ’04. Applications for this cohort are open on January 22, 2026.

This article, by Adriene Thorne and Brandon Thomas Crowley, was originally published by Religion News Service.

If we continue to allow the co-opting of our faith by those who use God’s name to further violent agendas—whether in the United States or in Venezuela—this occupation will be only the beginning. The only path forward is postcolonial and polycentric: elevating those historically on the margins so that not only their needs and dreams can be realized.

The team at EDS wishes you a blessed Christmas and joyous 2026.