Bishop Daniel Martins

Confirmation of Confirmation

December 11, 2019

Commentary, Contributors, Liturgy, The Episcopal Church

Lots of Episcopalians, lay and ordained, seem to think they know what confirmation is, but our canons and liturgical forms are, at best, ambiguous, and there’s nothing approaching broad agreement about how to interpret them.

Jesus of Nazareth is the Christ of Faith

Bishop Daniel Martins

September 17, 2019

Analysis, Commentary, Contributors, The Episcopal Church

The only access we have to Jesus is through the Christ who is the object of our faith — the Christ who lived and died and rose for us, who intercedes for us as our Great High Priest, and who will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead. It is alone through Jesus Christ that we have any knowledge of Jesus of Nazareth.

Of Pulpits and Preaching

Bishop Daniel Martins

July 19, 2019

Commentary, Liturgy, Ministry, The Episcopal Church

The dignity of the pulpit, whether it is centrally located or off to one side, reflects the importance of the preaching office in the life of the Church.

Notes for Next Year’s Easter Vigil

Bishop Daniel Martins

May 14, 2019

Liturgy, The Episcopal Church

Here's how to breathe fresh life into the Great Vigil of Easter.

We Believe: The Church Makes the Saints

Bishop Daniel Martins

March 29, 2019

Commentary, Ecclesiology, The Episcopal Church

I have been carried by the communal faith of the Church when my heart has been cold or numb.

DEPO and the Personal Ministry of Bishops

Bishop Daniel Martins

November 28, 2018

Commentary, Ecclesiology, The Episcopal Church

Why might a parish conclude that it needs pastoral oversight from a bishop who concurs with its understanding of the gospel?

A Field Guide to Bishop-Spotting

Bishop Daniel Martins

September 26, 2018

Commentary, Ecclesiology, The Episcopal Church

Eight observations for the benefit of electors and candidates trying to discern their possible vocation to the episcopate.

Feelings, Justice, and Reason in the Sexuality Debates

Bishop Daniel Martins

July 5, 2018

Commentary, Ecclesiology, Ethics, The Episcopal Church

It’s seems there is now little or no room for daylight between the placards in a Westboro Baptist Church demonstration and the most irenic and civil proponent of the traditional definition of marriage.

To be or not to be ... an evangelical

Confirmation of Confirmation

Baptismal Catechesis

Advent, The Four Last Things: Judgment

Being a Christian in a Secular Age

Jesus’s Mission Statement

Antichrists

Are we done with the '79 prayer book?

Confirmation of Confirmation

Baptismal Catechesis

Advent, The Four Last Things: Judgment

On Baptism

Communion is More Than a Spiritual Pep Rally

Fathers, Children, and Gifts: A Brief Reflection on the Name of the First Person of the Trinity

Turn It Up to Eleven: Holy Week Music from Andrew Peterson

God, Sex, and the Restless Hearts of Fleabag

The Neurobiology of Old and New Creation:

How to Save a Dying Church

Katherine Hepburn and Zeal

Where is Strengthening to be Found?

David Bentley Hart has Written a Silly Book

Truth made flesh

Confirmation of Confirmation

Baptismal Catechesis

Advent, The Four Last Things: Judgment

Confirmation of Confirmation

Jesus of Nazareth is the Christ of Faith

Of Pulpits and Preaching

Notes for Next Year’s Easter Vigil

We Believe: The Church Makes the Saints

DEPO and the Personal Ministry of Bishops

A Field Guide to Bishop-Spotting

Feelings, Justice, and Reason in the Sexuality Debates

Contributors Daniel Martins