On Growing Old
By Philip Turner
It is simply the case that everyone ages and everyone dies. Further, in aging, everyone, in small or large ways, becomes a burden to friends, neighbors, and family. Being a burden is not a m... Read More...
A Time of Trial: What Then Shall We Do?
By Philip Turner
This is the third and final essay in a series on the challenges facing the churches in the midst of the pandemic and the wake of the 2020 Presidential Election. In the first I suggested that... Read More...
What Is There to Talk About?
By Philip Turner
Shortly before the recent election’s results were settled, I posted a short piece noting the extent of our divisions and the depth of our discontent. I went on to ask: what is the root cause... Read More...
Thoughts on Our Election and the Cause and Remedy of Our Present Discontents
By Philip Turner
As I sit down to write, though former Vice President Biden is slightly ahead, no clear winner of this election has been established. Indeed, it may be sometime before the outcome is firmly s... Read More...
Six Goals of a Seminary Education
Here are my reflections after 50 years in theological education within the Episcopal Church and wider Anglican Communion.
Reflections on the Beginning of a New Era
My church has entered a period of decline, even stripping, in which its social position is eroding, its institutions are collapsing, and its common life lies in tatters.