Ministry – Covenant

The First 90 Days (Part Two)

August 14, 2019

Commentary, Ministry, The Episcopal Church

The new priest will want to establish herself as the pastor of the congregation. As clergy we lead the congregation, but we pastor individuals. We gain permission to lead not primarily through our job description but through the level of trust our members give us.

Visiting Your Church Is Like Going to the Dentist

John Mason Lock

August 9, 2019

Commentary, Ministry, The Episcopal Church

It's fairly obvious that people do not like going to the dentist or the doctor, and I suspect a large part of this reticence is due to the fear of shame and guilt, especially if there has been a longer period of time since the last visit.After my visit and reflecting on my own aversions to going to the dentist, I began to realize that this is how most people feel about going to church.

The First 90 Days

Neal Michell

August 8, 2019

Commentary, Ministry, The Episcopal Church

How does a new priest prepare herself and her new congregation for a good beginning of their common life together? Let's consider seven foundational perspectives.

Of Pulpits and Preaching

Bishop Daniel Martins

July 19, 2019

Commentary, Liturgy, Ministry, The Episcopal Church

The dignity of the pulpit, whether it is centrally located or off to one side, reflects the importance of the preaching office in the life of the Church.

Theologies of Discernment: Call or Charism?

Guest Contributor

July 17, 2019

Commentary, Ministry, The Episcopal Church, Vocation in the Episcopal Church

We might faithfully do a great many things in our lives, including changing occupations. Because our lives are not monolithic, neither should our discernment be. The idea that God issues a single vocation to each of us does not seem consonant with the experience of most Christians

A Grace Peculiar: Toward a Theology of Vocation

Guest Contributor

July 11, 2019

Commentary, Ministry, The Episcopal Church, Vocation in the Episcopal Church

The peculiar Christlike shape that one’s life thus takes on is one’s vocation. And vocation is the outworking of grace in the life of a human being.

Lay Ministry as a Manifestation of Baptism

Guest Contributor

July 3, 2019

Commentary, Ministry, The Episcopal Church, Vocation in the Episcopal Church

In studying confirmation, though, I grew more and more certain of one truth: I had already received every gift and commissioning I needed for ministry in baptism.

Valuing the Vocation of Lay Ministers

Guest Contributor

June 26, 2019

Ministry, The Episcopal Church, Vocation in the Episcopal Church

When someone asks me about priestly ordination, the underlying message is that the work that I am currently doing would be more valuable or whole if it were performed by a priest.

The malice of perpetual outrage

Invitation to London

Technopolis

Caring for Creation

The Destiny of the Beloved: Baptism, Transfiguration, Adoption, and Assumption

The First 90 Days (Part Two)

ARCIC III, Walking Together on the Way: Learning to Be the Church—Local, Regional, Universal

Are we done with the '79 prayer book?

The ACNA BCP 2019: A Critical Appreciation

A Creedal Posture

Of Pulpits and Preaching

Anamnesis in Christ’s Eucharistic Presence

Invoking the Trinity: An Expansive Liturgy

Tradition for Teens

A Woman Can Be a Doctor

St. Dominic & The Florida Project

Rethinking Ethics in Deuteronomy

The Virtues of Horror

The Joy Of Salvation: On Bob Ross As Evangelist

Stranger Things 3: The Spirit of the Mall

‘Ruth’

Why I Gave Up My Smartphone for Lent — And Took It Back

Invitation to London

Technopolis

Caring for Creation

The First 90 Days (Part Two)

Visiting Your Church Is Like Going to the Dentist

The First 90 Days

Of Pulpits and Preaching

Theologies of Discernment: Call or Charism?

A Grace Peculiar: Toward a Theology of Vocation

Lay Ministry as a Manifestation of Baptism

Valuing the Vocation of Lay Ministers