An unaccredited seminary with neither buildings nor faculty — yet buttressed by an $80 million endowment — Episcopal Divinity School is determining what offering it will bring to the church in its current iteration, says new dean and president Lydia Kelsey Bucklin.
In response, we see two different reactions: the people praise God for the miracle they’ve witnessed, while the leaders see it as a threat to be neutralized. Both responses show the power of the message.
John the Baptist had only known in part to whom he was pointing, and yet he faithfully took up the role of forerunner. Now, his work is complete: his disciples have rightly begun following the “Chosen One.”
Anyone who has read through the rest of the book of Acts knows things will not stay this picturesque. Disagreements will fester, sowing seeds of division; leaders will diverge. Radical generosity will be tempered by the desire to store away for oneself a little nest egg.
The Rt. Rev. Sean Rowe will be installed as the 28th Presiding Bishop in a “smaller, simpler” ceremony in the Episcopal Church Center's Chapel of Christ the Lord.
