Prayer Works
Whenever I am discouraged and don’t feel like praying, I think of a particular story from the Diocese of the Arctic.
The Word in the World
Words are the most powerful tools we have to shape our world and to ask God to help us reshape ourselves.
In the Beginning: A Theological Foundation for Environmental Ethics
Why did God create the heavens and the earth, human beings, and all the rest?
Theology, Tradition, and Retrieval
“Theology always begins already in the middle.” It responds to the revelation of God, and it does so in particular times and places.
Beating the Big-Box Church
Anglicans taking shots at Big-Box Churches are like three-year-olds learning to garden: Mine gets such enjoyment from popping the heads off of weeds that pulling out the roots becomes a missed opportunity for more fun.
We Need More Moral Ambiguity
In online outrage, often forgotten is the biblical counsel: “Let everyone be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger, for your anger does not produce God’s righteousness” (James 1:19–20).
Trauma and the Eucharist
All the sacraments are traumatic for us. Our body is no longer completely our own, our present is interrupted by a foretaste of the eschatological banquet, and the sacraments ultimately are beyond any adequate verbal description.
A Beginner’s Guide to the Brazos Theological Commentary
Sustained, disciplined reading of this series is an outstanding way for a local pastor to engage with the participants in a great collective effort to renew the faithful interpretation of the Scriptures in and for the Church.