...president of Christianity Today who coauthored an essay for the original 1985 edition with his wife, LaVonne, writes in a new chapter that for him and others, “the charms of...
...for the Episcopal Church for the past many years, and I couldn’t think of a more apt description of where we are as a church today. Karl Marx once said...
...only with words and deeds, but no less with prayer and suffering. However, in today’s world, subject to so many rapid changes and shaken by questions of deep relevance for...
Epiphany 5 Neh. 8:1-3, 5-6, 8-10 • Ps. 19 • 1 Cor. 12:12-31a • Luke 4:14-21 Today’s readings speak of veils and of veilings and unveilings. In Exodus we hear...
...and in North America Christianity is a direct challenge to secularism. Asked why Buddhism was so popular today in the West, Bishop Nazir-Ali said, “The Dalai Lama doesn’t demand anything...
Likening today’s increasingly unchurched culture to the days of the early apostles, the Rev. Dwight Zscheile has challenged members of the Diocese of Washington Feb. 2 to leave the comfort...
Epiphany 4 Jer. 1:4-10 • Ps. 71:1-6 • 1 Cor. 13:1-13 • Luke 4:21-30 Today’s readings speak to us of vocation and of origin and of family, as well as...
The paradox of fear and hope that is China today includes flouting the rule of law, corruption, gross violations of individual rights, wrongful imprisonment, harassment of those who criticize the...
...today’s challenging climate.” The Rev. Martha Sylvia Ovalle Vásquez, rector, St. Paul’s Church, Walnut Creek, California: “I am gifted in rallying people to come together to get things done. I’m...
...also found that membership continues to decline (at an accelerating pace), from about 95 percent of the population 40 years ago to the historically low 68.8 percent today. Church membership...
