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.
Worship in a Time of Pandemic (Part 1) Fr. Matthew S.C. Olver March 24, 2020 Ecclesiology, Liturgy, Ministry, The Episcopal Church Many bishops and dioceses have sent all manner of instructions, suggestions, and directives, and parish priests are in a difficult situation as they try and figure out how to approach this pastoral challenge, especially when it comes to worship.
The Difficult Work of Fellowship Guest Contributor March 20, 2020 Ecclesiology, The Episcopal Church Whatever we may prefer to call it — communion, fellowship, community — it is difficult work. Let’s be honest about that.
Should We Live Stream Worship? Maybe Not. The Rev. Dr. Ephraim Radner March 20, 2020 Ecclesiology, Ministry, Tech, The Episcopal Church Should we live stream worship at this time? Maybe not. At least we should think about why, to what end, and with what consequences.
On Epidemics and the Church: A Letter from Europe Guest Contributor March 16, 2020 Ecclesiology, Ministry, The Episcopal Church If nothing else, the pandemic — as the WHO has now labeled COVID-19 — will test our resolve, our resilience, and our resourcefulness as voices of calm and certainty in a moment edging disturbingly toward mass hysteria.
Intramural Ecumenism Leander Harding March 12, 2020 Ecclesiology, Ministry, The Episcopal Church The ecumenical challenge today does not run between denominations but within denominations.
The Hidden Lives of the Church’s Religious (Part Two) Mother Miriam, CSM March 9, 2020 Commentary, Contributors, Ecclesiology, Ministry, The Episcopal Church The external witness of vowed religious — habits, cloister, the Opus Dei (the daily round of psalms, hymns, and collects recited in chapel) — are the first things Christians notice about the monastics among them. But, of course, that is not the whole story of the charism and fruit of the religious life
Anglo Catholic Church Planting: Recovering the Tradition The Rev. Dr. David Goodhew March 5, 2020 Church of England, Commentary, Ecclesiology, Ministry Why has Anglo-Catholicism neglected its church planting tradition?
