Uncomfortable Genealogy Guest Contributor April 22, 2020 Commentary, Ethics, The Episcopal Church By Richard Mammana The Yankee is comfortable in his complacency about racial inequality in the United States, imagining himself unsullied by the slaving stains of American history. I was such a one until I b... Read More...
CHANGE … A Requirement to Defeat the 2020 Pandemic Guest Contributor April 21, 2020 Commentary, Ethics, The Episcopal Church By Alicia Hughes We are nearing “Senior Season,” a time in the U.S. where there is a flurry of activity to celebrate the culmination of secondary school careers, with proms, graduations and parties. We likew... Read More...
We Traditionalists Need to Repent to the LGBTQ Community Guest Contributor July 30, 2019 Anglican Church of Canada, Commentary I would like conservative Christians reading this to better understand the larger picture from the perspective of people who have been harmed, and to consider for themselves personally and in their own churches how they may have been complicit in that harm, so that we can have more authentic and loving relationships with our neighbors.
Waiting for the Light: Advent Reflections Fr. Bryan Owen December 6, 2018 Commentary, Liturgy, The Episcopal Church Repentance is the word that best captures what our Advent preparation should be all about.
Repentance and Blessing: The Political Posture of the Church David Mason Barr October 23, 2018 ACNA, Commentary, Ecclesiology, Ethics If we genuinely seek the welfare of our cities, the work will only rightly begin as we repent and seek God’s refashioning of our lives — and that of our neighbors.
Penitential Solidarity Mac Stewart August 23, 2018 Commentary, Ecclesiology, Ethics, The Episcopal Church As we continue to discover abuse, Pope Francis and others are rightly leading the whole Church in this corporate confession of sin.
Reflections on the Beginning of a New Era Philip Turner July 18, 2018 Commentary, Ecclesiology, The Episcopal Church My church has entered a period of decline, even stripping, in which its social position is eroding, its institutions are collapsing, and its common life lies in tatters.
Pastoral Faithfulness in Opaque Times The Rev. Dr. Ephraim Radner May 24, 2018 Commentary, The Episcopal Church Every time is politically confused. Every culture is morally opaque. In this regard, the French cultural politics of the 1920s and 1930s are analogous to North America’s in 2018.