Should We Live Stream Worship? Maybe Not. The Rev. Dr. Ephraim Radner March 20, 2020 Ecclesiology, Ministry, Tech, The Episcopal Church Should we live stream worship at this time? Maybe not. At least we should think about why, to what end, and with what consequences.
Reading Scripture as Centered on Jesus Guest Contributor March 13, 2020 Bible, Books, Exegesis, Reviews & Culture The Swiss theologian’s striking insights on core Christian doctrines glisten through this superb collection of essays plumbing his engagements with gospel texts.
Being a Potato Bug Fr. Sam Keyes March 10, 2020 Commentary, Contributors, Reviews & Culture, Roman Catholic Church, TV Watching Mister Rogers with my children is a constant reminder of how impoverished our culture can be when it comes to childhood.
Nature, Grace, and Adoption Abigail Woolley Cutter March 6, 2020 Books, Ethics, Reviews & Culture, The Episcopal Church Since it is small, accessible, and thoroughly theological, it would be an excellent resource for beginning a conversation on adoption and assisted reproduction among pastors or seminary students, who may be asked to counsel other Christians.
Sympathetic Imagination Bishop John Bauerschmidt March 3, 2020 Books, Commentary, Contributors, The Episcopal Church The process of entering into another age and another culture is not a strictly scientific one but requires imagination, the ability to call to mind people distant from us in time and place.
God, Sexuality, & Knots: Sarah Coakley’s théologie totale (a personal appropriation) Matt Boulter February 27, 2020 Books, Commentary, Contributors, Ethics, The Episcopal Church Over the course of this extended discussion, did any of us change our mind on any of the issues? Even though we did see how gender politics, trinitarian theology, and our own experience of desire are all connected in a thorny knot, at the end of the day, no, we did not, any of us, change our mind on the issues at hand.
A Light Infused into the Heart Mark Michael February 26, 2020 Art, Bible, Editorial, Exegesis, The Episcopal Church Francis and Augustine would tell us first that less is more, and that God’s transforming oracles lie closer to hand than we might first expect.
Toni Morrison’s Beloved: A Retrospective Review and Contemporary Application John Mason Lock February 25, 2020 Books, Commentary, Contributors, Reviews & Culture, The Episcopal Church For Black History Month I have been revisiting the works of Toni Morrison, especially what is arguably her greatest novel, Beloved, a kind of literary reflection on the traumas of slavery.
