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 »
A priest laments the failings of the Episcopal . . . . Continue Reading »
It seems unlikely that the Church of Nice People will have much to offer but bromides phrased in quaintly religious-sounding . . . . Continue Reading »
Fifteen years ordained and still serving in the parish. Still switching on the coffee at dawn Sunday mornings, still putting out the chairs for midweek Bible study, still riding with the youth group on ski trips. Still visiting at the hospital, still living with difficult people on the Vestry, still . . . . Continue Reading »
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