Victoria Heard

An Episcopal priest of the Diocese of Dallas and for many years of the Diocese of Virginia. I care about healthy congregational life and am unabashedly for new churches.

The Word in the World

Covenant Victoria Heard - March 25, 2019

Words are the most powerful tools we have to shape our world and to ask God to help us reshape ourselves.

Joseph and the Politics of Uncertainty

Covenant Victoria Heard - January 9, 2019

In a safe country, with the rule of law, a citizen can ignore politics. In a country without predictability, a citizen has to watch and worry.

Was Macbeth Right?

Covenant Victoria Heard - December 17, 2018

Macbeth cannot meet any morning with hope, so his mornings relentlessly arrive, cheerless and bleak.

Appointment for Llandaff

News from Elsewhere Victoria Heard - April 27, 2017

The Very Rev. June Osborne, Dean of Salisbury for 13 years, has been chosen as the 72nd Bishop of Llandaff, Wales.

6 Tools to Grow Your Church

Church Life Victoria Heard - June 5, 2015

One extraordinary factor may grow a church, but growing churches usually attend to several factors.

6 characteristics of growing churches

Covenant Victoria Heard - April 15, 2015

If you want your church to grow, here is a six-pack of growing church characteristics backed up by data.

Our political captivity

Covenant Victoria Heard - May 25, 2012

General Convention’s structure has slavishly copied in ecclesial ink the politics and legislative processes of American culture.

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