Hate your own political party
Jesus’ words might mean, “Whoever does not hate his own political party cannot be my disciple.”
The cruelty of Christmas
A part of me hates Christmas; a part of me curses Christmas — and the infant Christ just lays there and stares.
Liturgical revision kills trees
Among Episcopalians, paper usage is the eighth sacrament, and paper waste the ninth.
Context, interpretation, and application
Behind many of the debates that Christians have about the Bible, there is an important but unstated assumption: that interpretation is inseparable from application and that context is important to both.
The Anglican Covenant in 2015
I fear that one of the proposed resolutions on the Anglican Covenant (D022), with its uncompromising language of rejection, risks driving a wedge between us and other Anglican provinces.
TBT 2009: 42 theses on Anglicanism
From time to time in history, there are periods of tremendous upset, which occur at the same time as periods of tremendous intellectual ferment. Anglicanism is undergoing the birth pains of a new synthesis.
Do not be afraid: An Advent meditation
In the narratives of Jesus’ birth, one of the most striking elements is the angelic imperative “Do not be afraid!” It sounds forth time and again like a musical refrain.