Your Church Matters
By Jonathan Turtle
As we begin, Lord willing, to emerge from the fog of this pandemic, it may be worth examining and re-considering our relationship to church. Not to the Church but rather to your particular... Read More...
The Light of the World
By David M. Baumann
Anyone who has been a pastor for any length of time has seen God acting in the lives of people in ways that amaze and delight. I certainly have my share of such stories from nearly half a... Read More...
Which Maintenance, Whose Mission?
By Sam Keyes
Several weeks ago, a clergy acquaintance online posted a provocative observation that “maintenance is mission.” This is a priest in charge of a parish of historical note, and his argument was th... Read More...
Some Thoughts on Thriving as a Church
By Kristine Blaess
Part of what makes leading a church so dynamic and exciting is that, within our ministries, we lead at least three different sorts of organizations. Each one comes with its own needs and i... Read More...
The Greatest Anglo-Catholic Church Planter
By David Goodhew and John Wallace
Introduction
Who is the greatest Anglo-Catholic church planter? We invite Covenant readers to offer their suggestions. To start the bidding, we nominate Walter Hook, sometime... Read More...
How Do We Lead When We Make the News?
By Kristine Blaess
Last week, the county in which I serve made the national news in a ProPublica article that alleges systemic racial bias in our county’s juvenile justice system. At least eleven elementary-... Read More...
Hard Lessons on Discipleship from Cobra Kai
By Terence Chandra
“It’s a tough world out there and I can help them be ready for it.”
— Johnny Lawrence
The last memory most priests have of their confirmation students is from the day of the rite itself — ... Read More...
The Parish as a School of Friendship
By Victor Lee Austin
I am the author of Friendship: The Heart of Being Human, which aims to do a lot of things, one of which is to highlight the central role of friendship in Scripture. This is my thesis: Go... Read More...