WORSHIP ONLINE AND THE EUCHARSTIC COMMUNITY – AN ENGLISH PERSPECTIVE Guest Contributor March 3, 2021 Church of England, Commentary, Ecclesiology, Liturgy, Ministry By John Wallace The present restrictions on in-person public worship for the Church of England raises serious questions about the nature of the Church as a eucharistic community. In this essay, I probe the p... Read More...
On Good Funerals Bishop Daniel Martins February 26, 2021 Liturgy, Ministry, The Episcopal Church What are some “best practices” for the ritual observance of a Christian's death that we should strive not to surrender to the secular culture?
Race and Reserve in the High Church Tradition: A Doctoral Thesis Report Brandt Montgomery February 25, 2021 Commentary, Ethics, Ministry, The Episcopal Church By Brandt L. Montgomery Like many of my colleagues here on Covenant either have done or are in the process of doing, for the past five years, I have been studying for a doctoral degree. While most of them ei... Read More...
A Scriptural Liturgy Bishop John Bauerschmidt February 8, 2021 Commentary, Liturgy, Ministry, The Episcopal Church By John Bauerschmidt In his book, The Love of Learning and the Desire for God, Jean Leclercq offers this reflection on liturgical worship: All the delicacy of liturgical poetry comes from the free and harmo... Read More...
An Insult to Reformed Theology Guest Contributor January 27, 2021 Commentary, Ministry, The Episcopal Church By Steve Schlossberg One of the things I learned in seminary is that Reformed theology and Catholic liturgy are incompatible. I happened to learn that at an ardently Anglo-Catholic seminary, but I’m fairly s... Read More...
Preaching without Restrictions Sam Keyes January 18, 2021 Commentary, Ministry, Roman Catholic Church By Sam Keyes Coming back to the pulpit in a different church after a long hiatus can be a surreal experience. I’m sure I’m not the only one in this boat —I serve in a “diocese” after all where the vast major... Read More...
The Wilderness Road Bishop John Bauerschmidt January 13, 2021 Commentary, Ministry, The Episcopal Church By John Bauerschmidt Back in the late spring, as the Episcopal Diocese of Tennessee prepared to emerge from our suspension of public in-person worship, I began to reflect anew on the next part of our life as... Read More...
Awaiting a Superhero Emily Hylden December 30, 2020 Commentary, Ministry, The Episcopal Church By Emily Hylden On the way to school this past month, my four-year-old told me, sadly and gravely, that there were no real superheroes. His friend at school had told him so, and as a tender-hearted boy who s... Read More...
