No end to sacrifice: Mitchell and Meyers, Praying Shapes Believing Dix led us astray on offering. Because of this, Mitchell and Meyers have both extended energy on a largely empty debate.
No end to sacrifice: Anglicans on ‘offering’ Yesterday, I outlined some thoughts regarding offertory and sacrifice, especially in relation to Dom Gregory Dix’s theory about the fourfold shape of the Eucharist. In this second post, I return to the same top... Read More...
No end to sacrifice: The legacy of Gregory Dix Gregory Dix's position on the Eucharist, offering, and sacrifice has loomed large over all later discussion of the topic, in the academy and the Church.
Designing women: The real topic of ‘Love and sex with robots’ Until quite recently, I never imagined I would end up at an event that was splashed all over the British tabloid press and only moved to London after it had been banned from Malaysia.
Leading ‘fortissimo’ and other dynamics: A response Bishops, clergy, and lay leaders need to understand the full range of leadership dynamics in their task as leaders of the Church.
Common prayer, common purpose By Robert Hendrickson Editor’s note: This is the fifth piece in The Living Church’s Necessary or Expedient? teaching series in prayer book revision. It appeared in the Dec. 11 issue. Mark Michael’s “Are we don... Read More...
The Table: A post-political liturgy In the wake of the inauguration, I propose the following. Churches should create a community-oriented event called the Table. The goal here is to create a space in which political partisanship takes a back seat to human interaction, and thus defuses fear of the political “other.”
The Episcopal Church and Evangelism Either the Episcopal Church is fundamentally distrustful of, and impervious to, anything remotely approaching an evangelistic appeal and awakening; or else we have heretofore gone about such an awakening in the wrong way.
