Synod Discusses Transgender Guidance
The Bishop of Hereford, Richard Frith, said that it was “not intended at all” that baptismal vows should be used to mark gender transition.
A Puzzling Editorial
Five ecumenists challenge TLC’s editorial on communion between the Episcopal Church and the United Methodist Church.
Baptism and Marriage: United
Marriage finds its ultimate end in the union of Christ and the Church and its penultimate end in “nurturing” children in the faith.
Dress for the Banquet
Something is required of us before we participate in Holy Communion.
United by Baptism
Victor Atta-Baffoe, Bishop of Cape Coast, Ghana, preaches at Yale Divinity School.
Baptism at a Distance
By Calvin Lane and Rob W. Courtney • “Hello, Father, I’d like to have my baby baptized at your church.”
Louis Weil: Rites Must Connect
By Steve Waring • “A great many people do not understand the connection between baptism and the teaching of the faith.”
Bishop Lee: ‘We Belong to God’
By Steve Waring • “Jesus died to eliminate the barrier between the altar and the sanctuary.”
Funerals, Creeds, Baptisms
By Steve Waring • “No single prayer or statement can convey the entirety of the Christian faith.”
Liturgists: Baptism First
“By undermining this sacramental ‘syntax’ … we risk pandering to a culture of spiritual tourism.”