A House-going Parson Makes a Church-going People By 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. In some places where I’ve served, this clerical inattent... Read More...
For the Beauty of the Earth Hope and the Aesthetics of Ecology One of the themes for this summer’s Lambeth Conference is ecology. We have invited authors to reflect on what they hope the bishops will take to heart and keep in mind regar... Read More...
The Life of the Land: A Cautionary Tale By Mark Clavier Once upon a time… …there was a palace of incomparable splendor, more resplendent than any palace that had been seen before. In the palace lived all the kingdom’s nobility: a prosperous peo... Read More...
Come Labor On: Restructuring for Healthy Ecologies of Faith By Mark Clavier Come, labor on. Who dares stand idle on the harvest plain while all around us waves the golden grain? And to each servant does the Master say, "Go work today." In my first two essays in th... Read More...
Restoring the Ecology of Faith This is the second in a series on Revitalizing Ministry in Wales. By Mark Clavier We plough the fields and scatter The good seed on the land, But it is fed and watered By God's almighty hand. – An old ... Read More...
Let the Marble Weep The first in a series on Revitalizing Ministry in Wales (Part Two is here). By Mark Clavier Hither sometimes Sin steals, and stains The marble's neat and curious veins: But all is cleansed when the marbl... Read More...
Common Objects of American Love: Augustine and the Inaugural Address By Mark Clavier I admit that I occasionally can be a theological curmudgeon. I say this not to boast nor even to excuse myself since I’m not quite prepared to repent of it. It stems, I think, from a sensitiv... Read More...
Convivial Christianity: A Response to Critics and Concerned Friends By Mark Clavier Several of my recent posts both on Covenant and elsewhere have caused some concern about my political well-being. Some have wondered whether I’ve strayed into Marxism, while others have cauti... Read More...
