Communion Partners: Austin Statement
“As bishops, we claim our apostolic ministry as teachers of the Faith, and our role as chief pastors within our dioceses, clearly articulated in the Book of Common Prayer.”
A Bigger Conversation about Liturgy
“It is worrisome that despite the soaring temperatures of Austin, the current Prayer Book conversations take place in an ecumenical winter.”
Denigrating Bishops’ Conscience: A Brief History
The unfortunate denigration of the episcopate in the American Church seems to occur now on a 20-year cycle.
The 1979 Prayer Book’s Worthy Heritage
The prayer book advanced the conviction that women bear the image of God as fully as men do .... It is perhaps surprising, then, to see it depicted as an instrument of misogyny.
Response to an Amended B012
We are concerned by extensive amendments made to B012 by Committee 13.
Punishing Children for their Fathers’ Sins
In modern America, we have decided that punishing children for the perceived crimes of their parents is both acceptable and practical.
Contra Washington: Ten Theses
Naming is different from describing. Jesus calls God “Abba,” and he is addressed as “my beloved Son.”
Martin Luther on the gospel and the Church
For Luther, there is a beautiful ambiguity, a chicken-and-egg phenomenon, even a tension, in which the Church is ever being created and recreated by its gospel proclamation.