Bishop McIlvaine and the evangelical heritage of the Episcopal Church Bruce Robison May 2, 2016 Commentary, Ressourcement The fabric of McIlvaine’s life was richly textured, a compelling and encouraging reminder of the continuing story of evangelicalism in the Episcopal Church.
The seventeen days Bruce Robison February 4, 2016 Commentary, Poetry Pre-Lent rolled in early this year. Septuagesima already past, at the Third Sunday after the Epiphany, Sexagesima as well, with Quinquagesima looming
Mission: foreign and domestic Bruce Robison October 6, 2015 Commentary When I was growing up in church in the 1950s and 1960s I would often hear about how our congregation was connected to the work of missionaries. Basically, the idea was that there were two kinds of places in the world: one, like ours, where most people were Christians, and the other, usually far away, where most people weren’t.
Rally Day ruminations: the problem with Sunday School Bruce Robison August 27, 2015 Commentary I think we've told Christian parents that it's not their job to be the teachers and spiritual leaders in their families.
Easter Communion Bruce Robison April 13, 2015 Commentary, Poetry The poetry of Easter is so very rich — reaching out as far as we can reach in our limited vocabularies for a way to say what needs to be said.
Three poems for the end of Epiphany Bruce Robison February 12, 2015 Poetry At the far edge of our science we aren’t looking so much at stars anymore as at the older light that was what the stars were before they were stars,
Good news in Advent Bruce Robison December 2, 2014 Commentary Jesus came for the people who know how it feels when you say "sin."
Searching for light: another word on TREC Bruce Robison September 29, 2014 Commentary Larger ecclesiastical structures are of course inevitable, but they aren’t of much interest until it’s clear what difference they make on the front line.
