The January 14 Parish Ministry issue of The Living Church is available online to registered subscribers.
In our cover story, Amber Noel describes the reawakening of a congregation in a historic Welsh town, led by an enthusiastic American priest focused on ‘traditioned innovation’, and a desire to listen carefully to long-time parishioners and the surrounding community.
In the news section, conservative Church of England bishops are raising concerns about whether the recent decision to bless same-sex unions fall afoul of their church’s own canons. Mark Michael has the story. Australian correspondent Robyn Douglass profiles the push by a faith leaders’ union to secure a 40-hour workweek, and Jeff MacDonald listens to the stories of Christians about increasing violence between communities in the West Bank.
Mike Patterson follows a West Texas initiative focused on deepening the faith of elders, while Neva Rae Fox traces the early days of the Episcopal Church’s deaconess movement. Pamela Lewis describes a lavish exhibition of Bibles from J.P Morgan’s personal collection in New York.
All this plus more news, features, book reviews, People & Places, and Sunday’s Readings, from an independent voice serving the Episcopal Church and the Anglican Communion since 1878. Consider subscribing today.
NEWS
- Two C of E Bishops: Same-Sex Liturgies ‘Illegal’ | By Mark Michael
- Australian Clergy Struggle with 48-Hour Work Weeks | By Robyn Douglass
- Palestine’s Christians Describe Escalating Attacks | By G. Jeffrey MacDonald
FEATURES
- Ted Lasso in Wales: St. Mary’s, Brecon| By Amber Noel
- Spiritual Formation for Older Adults | By Mike Patterson
- Play the Fools for Him | By Charles Hoffacker
- Telling the Story of Our First Deaconesses | By Neva Rae Fox
COVENANT
- Risky Investments are the Business of the Kingdom | By John Mason Lock
CULTURES
- A Magnate’s Magnificent Collection | By Pamela A. Lewis
- Marvelous Musical Myths | By Christopher Hoh
BOOKS
- Mission, Race, and Empire: The Episcopal Church in Global Context | Review by Gene Schlesinger
- A Church Militant | Review by Jamal Scarlett
- Women and the Anglican Church Congresses 1861-1938 | Review by Sheryl A. Kujawa-Holbrook
- In God’s Grip | Review by Christopher Beeley
- The Revised English Hymnal | Review by Stephen Platten
- People of the Screen | Review by Molly Jane Layton
OTHER DEPARTMENTS
- Sunday’s Readings
- People & Places
