Ecclesiology – Covenant

On the Necessity of Transparency in Title IV Proceedings

By Jeanine Driscoll At the 2018 General Convention, the House of Bishops offered a Listening Liturgy to acknowledge and lament the pain caused by clergy and others who hold religious authority in our church ... Read More...

Mystery and Objectivity in Christian Unity

By Charlie Clauss Fr. Matthew Olver, in his essay “Unity’s Fire,” gives us a powerful account of why the question of Christian unity stands central to the task of discipleship. He recounts how the diversity ... Read More...

From the Archives: The Three Sacred Ministers: An Outmoded Concept? (1965)

By H. Boone Porter Jr. Edited and introduced by Richard J. Mammana, Jr. The following essay by Harry Boone Porter Jr. (1923-99) was first published in The Anglican, Lent 1965, pp. 3-6 and distributed sepa... Read More...

Unity’s Fire

This past summer, I joined my 14-year-old son, Isaac, in a hot, dusty field outside Georgetown, Texas. He was competing at part of the U.S. Junior National Team in the World Space Modeling Championships. I had ... Read More...

Beyond Policy Advocacy: Clarifying the Church’s Social Ministry

By Timothy Sedgwick and Philip Turner For the last 40 years we have been friends in conversation together as professors of Christian ethics at Episcopal seminaries and variously in the life of the Episcopal... Read More...

The Risky Work of Change: Our Parish Journey of Discernment Toward The Episcopal Church

By Shawn McCain Tirres On July 25, 2023, our parish voted to disaffiliate from the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA) and pursue affiliation with the Episcopal Church (TEC) in the Diocese of Texas. As b... Read More...

Receptive Ecumenism as Kenosis?

By Neil Dhingra If Christians are called to unity (John 17:21), presumably churches should be able to learn from one another. Can churches learn from one another? One answer is only superficially positive... Read More...

Why Atheism Kills Community

David Goodhew Atheism kills community. Secularism has risen in the West, alongside acute loneliness and the hollowing out of many communal practices. This is not a coincidence. This article explores athei... Read More...

The hope and joy of peace

A Stewardship Lesson from an Unlikely Source

The Church’s Deafening Silence Amid Ethnic Cleansing of Armenians

Tobacco and Twitter: What One Can Teach Us About the Other

A guide to the Covenant

A Stewardship Lesson from an Unlikely Source

The Church’s Deafening Silence Amid Ethnic Cleansing of Armenians

Tobacco and Twitter: What One Can Teach Us About the Other

The First Commandment as an Axiom of Christian Preaching

Keeping Company with God

Frustration: Good for the Soul?

Are we done with the '79 prayer book?

On the Necessity of Transparency in Title IV Proceedings

From the Archives: The Three Sacred Ministers: An Outmoded Concept? (1965)

Remembering Life’s Journey

From the Archives: Worship in an Era of Permanent Change

From Law to Grace: The Gospel in the Holy Eucharist

Jacob’s Ladder for Christians: A Meditation Upon the Seven Sacraments

Ascension song

A Stewardship Lesson from an Unlikely Source

Tobacco and Twitter: What One Can Teach Us About the Other

The First Commandment as an Axiom of Christian Preaching

Keeping Company with God

Coleridge: Rowan Williams on the Bible and Poetry; Taylor Swift and Catharism; the Lives of Virgil and Andrei Rublev

Trinity, Technocracy, and Grace: Thoughts Occasioned by Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer

On the Necessity of Transparency in Title IV Proceedings

Mystery and Objectivity in Christian Unity

From the Archives: The Three Sacred Ministers: An Outmoded Concept? (1965)

Unity’s Fire

Receptive Ecumenism as Kenosis?

Why Atheism Kills Community