The Priest as Generalist Cole Hartin November 9, 2020 Anglican Church of Canada, Commentary, Ministry By Cole Hartin One of my fears as a pastor is to have my preaching considered “too academic.” I know there is a place for eloquent, learned preaching, but it’s not in most of our cities or towns. On the univ... Read More...
For All the Saints Mark Michael November 1, 2020 Commentary, Ecclesiology, Editorial, Liturgy, Ministry, The Episcopal Church By Mark Michael Their bodies were buried in peace, and their name lives to all generations. Peoples will declare their wisdom, and the congregation proclaims their praise. —Ecclus. 44:14-15 Shortly after publ... Read More...
This All Saints’ Day, Return to In-Person Worship Guest Contributor October 28, 2020 Commentary, Ecclesiology, Liturgy, Ministry, The Episcopal Church By Charles Bennison At St. Luke’s, Atlanta, three decades ago, the 11 a.m. Sunday Eucharist had a largely-suburban television audience of 25,000, with 700 actually gathered at the church. Many of these in-pe... Read More...
That We ALL May Be One—A Plea for Mutual Flourishing Brandt Montgomery October 28, 2020 Commentary, Ecclesiology, Ethics, Ministry, The Episcopal Church By Brandt L. Montgomery Though perhaps coming as no surprise, a Hearing Panel for the Trial of a Bishop earlier this month ruled that the Right Reverend William Love of Albany violated his vow to “conform to... Read More...
“We Don’t Need to Be There Nearly as Often” Mark Michael October 22, 2020 Commentary, Editorial, Ministry, The Episcopal Church By Mark Michael News broke recently that the Diocese of Chicago plans to sell its 30,000-square-foot headquarters in the city’s central business district. The building has other tenants, but the diocesan dir... Read More...
New Millennium, New Church Richard Kew October 19, 2020 Commentary, Ecclesiology, Ministry, The Episcopal Church By Richard Kew It is thirty years since the late Bishop Roger White and I authored New Millennium, New Church, the first of several books in which we challenged the church to think seriously about what the f... Read More...
What Mentally Ill Persons Wish their Clergy Understood Guest Contributor October 16, 2020 Commentary, Ministry, The Episcopal Church By Shirley O’Shea In the summer of 2016, I experienced a profound bipolar depression that made daily functioning for me impossible. The breakdown — this word best describes my experience — had been coming fo... Read More...
The “New Normal”? Observations for Church Leaders from the COVID-19 Lockdown Neal Michell October 15, 2020 Commentary, Ministry, The Episcopal Church By Neal Michell COVID-19 shutdown feels like walking on a frozen pond with cracks all around us. Church leaders are so busy trying to keep their congregants together and adjust to the changes wrought by the ... Read More...
