Learning Again to Sing in a Foreign Land: The BCP and Domestic Prayer Guest Contributor May 8, 2020 Commentary, Ecclesiology, Liturgy, Ministry, The Episcopal Church By Philip Turner and Ephraim Radner “How could we sing the Lord’s song in a foreign land?” (Ps. 137:4) In the midst of the ongoing COVID-19 lockdowns, many Christians feel exiled from their own churches, as i... Read More...
The Questions that Remain The Rev. Dr. Ephraim Radner May 6, 2020 Commentary, Ecclesiology, Liturgy, Ministry, The Episcopal Church By Ephraim Radner I’m glad some folks took time to read my little piece, raising the question of whether live-streaming worship is a good. It doesn’t bother me at all that many would object to things I said ... Read More...
Is the Church Essential? Guest Contributor April 29, 2020 Anglican Church of Canada, Commentary, Ecclesiology, Ministry By Don Beyers Although it is too early for us to say how the COVID-19 virus will transform our church, we can be sure the implications of the pandemic will reshape ministry for many years to come. Yet I wonder... Read More...
Who Needs Catechesis? Guest Contributor April 23, 2020 ACNA, Catechesis, Commentary, Ecclesiology, Ministry By Alex Fogleman From the beginning, Christians have connected teaching and baptism through the Great Commission — baptizing in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit and “teaching them to obey all tha... Read More...
Wanted: Field Guide to Adjudicate Communion across Distance Christopher Wells April 15, 2020 Commentary, Ecclesiology, Editorial, The Episcopal Church By Christopher Wells I come to the conclusion of my series on the visibility and invisibility of the Church (part 1, part 2, part 3). How to draw things together? Let me propose three, programmatic points th... Read More...
Richard Hooker, Principled Pluralist Christopher Wells April 7, 2020 Ecclesiology, Editorial, The Episcopal Church Hooker bequeaths to Anglicans, even outside England, a set of questions that remain unavoidable.
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.
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.
