The Ordinary Life as Subversive Hannah Matis January 28, 2020 Commentary, Contributors, Movies, The Episcopal Church One of the greatest strengths of Little Women is that it is a story of very different sisters, and thus becomes a kind of fable of the very different paths a woman may choose.
Words of Eternal Life Fr. Paul Wheatley January 19, 2020 Bible, Contributors, Good Book Club, The Episcopal Church Just as baptism leads to identification with Jesus’s divine Sonship, making us by adoption what belongs to Jesus by nature, so too in John this baptism-like scene provokes an understanding of our ongoing identification with and consideration of our life in Christ.
Jesus’s Mission Statement Fr. Bryan Owen December 5, 2019 Bible, Commentary, Contributors, The Episcopal Church Even Jesus had a mission statement to keep him on track with his identity as the Christ.
Learning to Sing the Lord’s Song in a Strange Land Fr. Paul Wheatley October 9, 2019 Bible, Commentary, Contributors, Ministry, Sermons, The Episcopal Church Living with faith, hope, and courage in the time between Jesus’ resurrection and the resurrection of the dead and the life of the world to come, our life is “on the way.”
We Need More Moral Ambiguity Eugene R. Schlesinger March 19, 2019 Commentary, The Episcopal Church In online outrage, often forgotten is the biblical counsel: “Let everyone be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger, for your anger does not produce God’s righteousness” (James 1:19–20).
Post-exilic Prophets and the Church Today John Mason Lock March 14, 2019 Commentary, Ministry, The Episcopal Church Serving as a rector in the increasingly secular Northeast, I often feel like I am working in an unstable religious context.
Easter in Ordinary Time Wesley Hill August 20, 2018 Liturgy, The Episcopal Church There is a strange kind of overlapping that we Christians find ourselves living out in between the first advent of Christ and his eventual glorious appearing.
Attending to Creation’s Wonder Mac Stewart July 3, 2018 Commentary, Ressourcement, The Episcopal Church St Basil: “I want creation to penetrate you with so much admiration that everywhere, wherever you may be, the least plant may bring to you the clear remembrance of the Creator.”