Beauty in the Pandemic Guest Contributor April 1, 2020 Commentary, Ecclesiology, Liturgy, Ministry, The Episcopal Church Perhaps that is one reason to live-stream — not that it would lessen our absence from each other, but that it would heighten absence, and thus teach us to yearn.
The Pass the Peace Project Zac Koons April 1, 2020 Commentary, Ministry, The Episcopal Church We need peace now more than ever, and we shouldn’t let our inability to gather in person keep us from passing it back and forth.
What Your Parish Priest Misses Most Fr. Clint Wilson March 31, 2020 Commentary, Ministry, The Episcopal Church By Clint Wilson I miss the silence of the church before anyone has arrived, I miss the altar guild faithfully serving in unseen ways, I miss the embrace of so many, touches serving as pastoral promisso... Read More...
The Work of the Priest: A Conversation Jordan Hylden March 31, 2020 Contributors, Ministry, The Episcopal Church The struggle to properly balance the contemplative and the active virtues is not new to modern American life. St. Gregory the Great discussed the need for both in his classic
Two Ways of Common Praying Guest Contributor March 30, 2020 Commentary, Liturgy, Ministry, The Episcopal Church This paper is one liturgical theologian’s attempt to reflect on what it can mean to be the Church for an extended period of time when we will be gathering virtually.
Communion in Chaos in the UMC Guest Contributor March 27, 2020 Commentary, Ecclesiology, Liturgy, Ministry, United Methodist Church The coronavirus pandemic has shuttered United Methodist Churches throughout much of the United States. Over the past week Methodist pastors have made many difficult decisions. More are still to come.
Treasures for the Partially-Connected: Offline Ideas for an Online Forum Fr. Paul Wheatley March 27, 2020 Contributors, The Episcopal Church By Paul D. Wheatley I begin this reflection on the nature of connection to the life of the church in a socially-distanced and virtually hyper-connected time in era of COVID-19 with a story of my own physical... Read More...
Unintended Blessings of the Pandemic Calvin Lane March 26, 2020 Commentary, Contributors, The Episcopal Church Many of us, in addition to much prayer (and, to be honest, not a little worry), have started to think about some of the potential benefits of this experience of pandemic.
