ordination

The Rev. Charles Hoffacker reviews The Vowed Life: The Promise and Demand of Baptism.

By Steve Rice Reminders of the British Monarchy are all around me. I was born and raised in South Carolina and live in North Carolina....

To avoid ordination, he cut off his own ear, then threatened to cut out his tongue, before his discernment was respected.

By Jordan Hillebert Augustine wept at his ordination. He had arrived in the ancient seaport of Hippo, in part, to avoid becoming a priest. The Catholic...

By David Goodhew Introduction Jane Austen wrote romantic comedy, but she also wrote theology. And it has much to say to us in these dark, often...

COVID-19 lockdowns meant dramatic changes for the Rev. Dale Van Wormer's priestly ordination, but the 27 year-old gives thanks for a moment of yearning and longing that he hopes can draw people closer to God.

Only in light of the confession of Jesus as Lord can we come to a right understanding of who we are. The church is indeed holy, a temple enabled to offer sacrifice. But its holiness is derivative of his, its sacrifice is the pleading of his for the sake of the world.

The real struggle in the next generation will be to understand ourselves, as the people of God and not just conglomerations of individuals, in the light of our exilic condition. It will be the underlying test for Anglicans in the Global North. How do we come to understand ourselves as a people with a different narrative, as a people against culture’s grain, beyond the immediate political answers we might give?

Bishop Timothy Dakin: “Sixty is the new 40.”

The God we worship is beyond our imagining, our language, our control.