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St. John’s Day: The Drama of Sheep & Shepherds

John Deepak Sundara -
I recently heard someone say that sheep are dumber creatures than others, and it is a telling coincidence that the Bible, especially John’s Gospel,...
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With the Grain of the Prayer Book

Calvin Lane -
In early February 1685, King Charles II fell ill and clergy across the country, perhaps somewhat strangely, began to pray the prayer book service...
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Risky Investments are the Business of the Kingdom

John Mason Lock -
In Psalm 1, we hear of the righteous person, who is a like a “tree planted by streams of living water.” The other qualities...
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A House-going Parson Makes a Church-going People

Mark Clavier -
"You’re the first vicar ever to visit my home.” I can’t tell you how many times someone has said something along those lines to me....
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Good Shepherds

Jonathan Turtle -
By Jonathan Turtle What makes for a good pastor? Is there a metric by which we could discern good pastors from bad? Could we even...
Church Life

On Leaving Social Media

Cole Hartin -
By Cole Hartin I did not expect that pastoral ministry would require me to spend so much time with a computer. I anticipated using Word to...
Church Life

Six Lessons for a New Pandemic Rector

Clint Wilson -
By Clint Wilson I arrived in my parish five weeks before the pandemic hit Louisville, Ky. Is this what it felt like to start as a...
Books & Culture

Negative Capability: A Pastoral Virtue

John Bauerschmidt -
What does the poet John Keats have to teach the pastors of the church? John Bauerschmidt expands on a suggestion of Eugene Peterson, and suggests how we need to maximize  our “negative capability.”
Church Life

Why I Wear Black

Zachary Guiliano -
By Zachary Guiliano I always knew I’d wear black. My first inkling came when I was 18 and an intern at a Pentecostal church. I attended...
Church Life

Pastoral Ministry: Not a Call to Make the World a Better Place

Cole Hartin -
By Cole Hartin I take the warning from the Epistle of James to heart: What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if you say you have...
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