Controversy surrounds the disinvitation of Fr. Calvin Robinson from the closing panel of the Mere Anglicanism conference held in Charleston, South Carolina, in January. Asked to lecture on the topic “Critical Theories Are Antithetical to the Gospel,” Robinson argued during the main session that . . . . Continue Reading »
A report on the Church of England's role in African chattel slavery is heavy on cost-free righteousness and light on the Book of Common Prayer. Continue Reading »
We used to walk to church together, Susan and I, she a junior at St. John’s College in Santa Fe, I a freshman. It was a couple of miles down to the Episcopal church, a couple of miles back—our conversations on these walks were how we got to know each other. I remember her saying, as we . . . . Continue Reading »
In 1992, a group of dissident bishops of the American Episcopal Church held a meeting after that denomination’s triennial general convention—the notorious convention whose delegates had failed to agree upon a resolution calling for bishops and priests to be sexually continent outside of . . . . Continue Reading »
The “woke” Episcopal Church of 2019 stands firmly with Team Herod. Continue Reading »
It’s easy to be cynical about the state of the Episcopal Church, but everyone hungers for some salvation. Continue Reading »
Christian liturgy—and God himself—have become victims of the abolition of the pre-political. Continue Reading »
Michael Curry's homily at the Royal Wedding illustrated the power that good preaching still holds. Continue Reading »
In the face of fractious intra-church squabbles, the Archbishop of Canterbury is changing the deliberative process of the Anglican Communion. Continue Reading »
On August 5, 2003, the House of Bishops of the Episcopal Church USA (ECUSA), following initial action by the House of Deputies of ECUSA’s General Convention, gave its consent (by a ratio of roughly 60-40) to the election of the Reverend V. Gene Robinson to become the next Bishop of the Episcopal . . . . Continue Reading »
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