Constitutional Confusion Guest Contributor January 20, 2021 Analysis, Commentary, Ecclesiology, The Episcopal Church By Drew N. Keane Recent Title IV proceedings against the Bishop of Albany, the Rt. Rev. William Love, expose a number of ambiguities in the Constitution and Canons of the Episcopal Church that, if unaddresse... Read More...
After the Bp. Love Trial: Does the Episcopal Church Welcome Us? Jordan Hylden December 28, 2020 Commentary, Ecclesiology, Ministry, The Episcopal Church By Jordan Hylden As vocations director in the Episcopal Diocese of Dallas, I talk with a lot of young people discerning a call to ordained ministry. Very often, they’re evangelicals on the Canterbury Trail, ... Read More...
The Church or the Family? Calvin Lane December 17, 2020 Catechesis, Commentary, Ecclesiology, Ministry, The Episcopal Church By Calvin Lane There is, arguably, no greater imperative for the Church at this moment than deep formation in the Christian narrative. Everything we do hinges on our story, the story we hold deep within that governs how we navigate life. To be direct, as th... Read More...
Thoughts on Our Election and the Cause and Remedy of Our Present Discontents Philip Turner November 11, 2020 Commentary, Ethics, The Episcopal Church By Philip Turner As I sit down to write, though former Vice President Biden is slightly ahead, no clear winner of this election has been established. Indeed, it may be sometime before the outcome is firmly s... Read More...
Mapping the Terrain for Engagement on Human Sexuality Guest Contributor November 10, 2020 Church of England, Commentary, Ecclesiology, Ethics Living in Love and Faith Christian Teaching about Human Identity, Sexuality and Marriage The Church of England Review by Oliver O’Donovan In the mid-twentieth century the Church of England used to attra... Read More...
Declaration of Dependence Christopher Wells September 24, 2020 Commentary, Ecclesiology, Editorial, The Episcopal Church By Christopher Wells All of you brothers over in Africa / Tell all the folks in Egypt, and Israel, too. / Please don’t miss this train at the station. / ‘Cause if you miss it, I feel sorry, sorry for you. —“Love Train,” The O’Jays I want to write here in a p... Read More...
The Priesthood of All Believers: The Uses and Abuses of a Doctrine Guest Contributor September 7, 2020 Commentary, Ecclesiology, Ministry, The Episcopal Church By Elizabeth Anderson “A lay theologian,” the bishop said with obvious repugnance, “is simply a logical contradiction, which undermines the entire ecclesiology of the Episcopal Church. People who are compete... Read More...
Pandemic: 14th-Century Style Bishop John Bauerschmidt August 11, 2020 Commentary, Ecclesiology, The Episcopal Church By John Bauerschmidt As the church continues to respond to the coronavirus and the disruption that has resulted, the historical memory of an earlier pandemic lurks in the back of the mind, ready to be brough... Read More...