The Church of the Introverts
Turning clergy into managers is just the sort of thing one might expect introverted clergy to do even if not deliberately.
Gifted, Willing, and Needed: Reframing Call Culture in the Episcopal Church
We should understand a call as someone being gifted, willing, and needed.
Gregory the Great on Compassion and Contemplation
What is the relationship between pastoral ministry and the Christian vocation of contemplation?
A Beginner’s Guide to the Brazos Theological Commentary
Sustained, disciplined reading of this series is an outstanding way for a local pastor to engage with the participants in a great collective effort to renew the faithful interpretation of the Scriptures in and for the Church.
Post-exilic Prophets and the Church Today
Serving as a rector in the increasingly secular Northeast, I often feel like I am working in an unstable religious context.
‘Take, eat’: The Confusion of Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament
I fear Benediction is a practice that risks confusion and implies things that appear to run contrary to Anglican profession.
Renewing the Art of Holy Dying
How might we encourage faith and trust in Christ in the final hour? How might we minister to bodies we believe will rise again? How might we convey the mercy of God to those whose strength is gone?
The Pattern of Priesthood
For God's Sake is a book that all clergy should read, and especially those who are on the cusp of ordination or seminary.