The Priest as Generalist 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...
God’s Temple is Creation The temple God has chosen to dwell in is creation, which is the temple he made for himself.
On Priestcraft In the role of a pastor, results are not tangible and are seldom measurable. Even when they are measurable, the question of what they are measuring is an open one. I can apply myself to a task and see nothing change over long periods of time. Pastoral ministry can often feel purposeless.
“Tend My Flock”: The Pastoral Core of Ordained Ministry I regularly hear fellow priests talk about how their principal responsibilities are to plan and execute Sunday worship. Lay people can visit the sick members of their parishes, they tell me. After all, priests are trained for other things.
What to call the priest? I commend the use of Pastor to my fellow Episcopalians as the most reflective of the descriptions of the presbyter found in the New Testament and the prayer book rite for ordination.
Denigrating Bishops’ Conscience: A Brief History The unfortunate denigration of the episcopate in the American Church seems to occur now on a 20-year cycle.
The Shortage of Ministry, the Crisis of Imagination The priest shortage is only part of a larger ministry shortage, and the root is a crisis of imagination.
Episcopacy, Priesthood, and the Priesthood of the Church The Church of England needs an improved theological understanding of the orders of ministry, such as the late Archbishop Michael Ramsey offered.
