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Authority & Obedience: The Big Picture

True authority does not consist in telling others what to do. Authority shows us who we are, it creates the conditions for our flourishing.

Bishops Bid Farewell to Living in Love and Faith

The Church of England’s House of Bishops has taken blessings for same-sex couples as far as possible without a stronger supporting majority in the church’s General Synod.

A Consecration Sermon: A Pentecostal Moment

Christ called twelve and breathed upon them. He inaugurated a new age of peace and restoration by giving his Spirit for Gospel proclamation.

Rochester Bishop Dies at 91

William Burrill was widely regarded as the Episcopal Church’s stewardship guru in the 1990s, and his diocese produced a broadly distributed video on generosity.

Reforming the Chicago-Lambeth Quadrilateral

The fourth article of the Chicago-Lambeth Quadrilateral speaks about bishops. Maybe it should also say something about parishes, local congregations where people come to faith in Jesus.

Bishop-Elect Seeks ‘Common Ground to Follow Jesus’

“West Missouri has such an openness to serve, whether that’s expressed in radical hospitality, ministry for serving their neighbors, or spreading the gospel.”

From ‘Drinking from a Firehose’ to Drinking from Living Water

Shortly after being elected Bishop of the Diocese of East Tennessee, I first heard it. As a new bishop, I would be “drinking from...

Episcopal Jenga

Reflecting on the July session of the Church of England’s General Synod and considering where we now find ourselves on the Living in Love...

From the Archives: The Episcopate as an Organ of Catholicity

Sermon by the Right Rev. Chauncey B. Brewster, D.D., Bishop of Connecticut at the Consecration of the Rev. Philip Mercer Rhinelander, D.D., as Bishop...

Debunking Myths and Avoiding Episcopal Overreach: Conducting Clergy Searches According to the Canons

Consider the following scenarios: A Search Committee is told they must wait patiently for a list of rector candidates from the diocese. They are not...

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