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A Time of Trial: What Then Shall We Do?

Philip Turner
January 19, 2021
Commentary, Liturgy, The Episcopal Church
By Philip Turner This is the third and final essay in a series on the challenges facing the churches in the midst of the pandemic and the wake of the 2020 Presidential Election. In the first I suggested that... 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...

The Mirror of the Psalms

Fr. Bryan Owen
November 20, 2020
Commentary, Liturgy, The Episcopal Church
By Bryan Owen Every once in a while, we hear words from a psalm in our corporate worship that trouble or shock us. It’s pretty rare that this happens in the eucharistic lectionary appointed for Sundays. But since the Daily Office lectionary gets around to t... Read More...

Convivial Christianity: A Response to Critics and Concerned Friends

Mark Clavier
November 3, 2020
Church in Wales, Commentary
By Mark Clavier Several of my recent posts both on Covenant and elsewhere have caused some concern about my political well-being. Some have wondered whether I’ve strayed into Marxism, while others have cauti... Read More...

Walking Through Morning Prayer

Jean Meade
October 6, 2020
Commentary, Liturgy, The Episcopal Church
By Jean McCurdy Meade We often think of the Christian life as a journey, a Pilgrim’s Progress to the Celestial City, in the words of John Bunyan, or the race that we run to win the crown we are promised as S... Read More...

A Thicker Constellation of Vocation

Guest Contributor
October 1, 2020
Bible, Commentary, The Episcopal Church
By John Sundara It’s become commonplace to talk about vocation. In many ordination processes, the discerner is expected to articulate their vocation to the priesthood. Many college ministries help graduating students discern their vocation. Churches have di... Read More...

The Ninth Commandment, “You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor”

Stewart Clem
September 16, 2020
Bible, Catechesis, Commentary, Ten Commandments, The Episcopal Church
Part of a series on the Ten Commandments. By Stewart Clem The Bible does not condone lying. Or does it? On the one hand, when lying is considered in the abstract, the biblical authors are unequivoca... Read More...

The Eighth Commandment: Theft for a Good Cause?

Neil Dhingra
September 14, 2020
Bible, Catechesis, Commentary, Roman Catholic Church, Ten Commandments
Part of a series on the Ten Commandments. By Neil Dhingra In Alex Gibney’s The Inventor, a documentary about Elizabeth Holmes, the turtlenecked and deep-voiced founder and erstwhile CEO of Theranos, now i... Read More...
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