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The Body of Christ in the Tomb of Christ

By Molly Jane Layton The phone read 4:15 a.m. as my alarm roused me from a light sleep. My worry about not hearing it was...

Why Episcopalians Should Read the Pope’s Latest Letter

By Sarah Puryear This summer a Roman Catholic friend sent me a link to Pope Francis’s latest letter entitled Desiderio desideravi and asked me to...

Presiding Bishop: ‘Remember Your Baptism’

“These are strange, difficult, and complex times,” Presiding Bishop Michael Curry said in his recorded sermon for the first day of General Convention. The opening...

“Open Table,” Excommunication, and the Mission of the Church

By Matthew Kemp  As we approach the next (belated) General Convention, there is once again a proposal, Resolution C028, to rescind the requirement that one...

Abiding in Jesus

Bryan Owen In my first post for Covenant back in 2015, I noted how much I hated attending church as a child and how that...

Thinking Outside the Box: A Pre-Christendom Intervention in the Communion Without Baptism Debate

By Daniel Martins According to the materials that have been made available to bishops and deputies who will be in Baltimore this summer for the...

Figurative Interpretation, Literal Fear

I have never been better served in my life than when I have had to confront something difficult. We want truth but we dislike pain....

The Waybread of Our Waiting

By Ian Olson  “I am weary, O God,” the compiler of Israel’s wisdom complains, “I am weary, O God, and worn out” (Prov. 30:1), summoning...

Remembering the Future

By John Bauerschmidt One of the great themes of Advent is the Lord’s coming in glory at the end of time: the “Second Coming.” In...

Coronavirus and Communion in One Kind

In response to the continued risks posed by COVID-19, many churches have restricted all communicants except the presider from reception of the sacramental wine....

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