Negative Capability: A Pastoral Virtue What does the poet John Keats have to teach the pastors of the church? John Bauerschmidt expands on a suggestion of Eugene Peterson, and suggests how we need to maximize our “negative capability.”
ACNA’s Scandals and Mine By Steve Schlossberg Reading an article the other day about recent sexual abuse scandals in ACNA, I found myself enjoying it. I don’t know if an ugly smirk actually crawled across my face as I read the artic... Read More...
What Roy Gets About Worship By Mark Michael On that sweltering morning last July when we held our first service of pandemic-season public worship at Saint Francis, Potomac, Roy was there. There was no vaccine, and lots we didn’t know y... Read More...
Memory Lane Monday: On Memorization From the archives: Jordan Hylden and Mac Stewart consider the https://livingchurch.org/covenant/2015/11/19/forgetting-our-memory-verses/ https://livingchurch.org/covenant/2015/02/02/a-pitch-for-memorizati... Read More...
Flashback Friday: Avoiding Burnout in Ministry The pandemic has taken a toll on us, not least pastors, who tend to be harried anyway. This essay from the archives speaks to the very real possibility of burnout and offers suggestions for avoiding it. http... Read More...
Go Thou and Do Likewise: Commandments in the Second Person Singular By Jean McCurdy Meade In modern English the second person singular pronoun (thou, thee, thine) has been relegated to archaic status. In other modern European languages, as well as ancient languages like Heb... Read More...
Way Back Wednesday: Parish Transitions, Dedicatory Plaques and the Communion of Saints By Eugene R. Schlesinger The first time I set foot inside my parish was to clean it. Over the course of the pandemic, my family and I went through any number of configurations for managing our liturgical ... Read More...
Benediction and the Hybrid Church By Curt Norman Churches across the United States are returning to in-person worship following more than a year of gathering primarily online. Physical distancing created a particular dilemma for Episcopalian... Read More...
