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...
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...
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. Yes, churches can use one another to strategical... Read More...
Through the Word: On Dialogue By Michael Whitnah "I was today years old when I learned…” is a cheeky axiom in today’s world of TikTok/Instagram Reels, etc. This saying signals a paradigm shift, miniscule or momentous, often absurd; an e... Read More...
Bridges of Grace: Serving Well in the Midst of Conflict By Gregory Brewer With recent decisions in the Church of England, the Anglican Communion’s disagreements about human sexuality have reached a new stage. In the midst of so many conflicts both within the chur... Read More...
The Poetry of Reconciliation By Jonathan Mitchican When it comes to interpreting Scripture, N.T. Wright famously said, “We must stop giving nineteenth-century answers to sixteenth-century questions and try to give twenty-first-century answers to first-century questions.” This is also a... Read More...
Tracing the Path to Unity Moravians and Anglicans Ecumenical Sources Compiled by Richard J. Mammana Jr. Project Canterbury, pp. iv + 206, $19.99 Intercommunion Between the Episcopal Church and the Polish National Catholic Church ... Read More...
“Bridge the Gap”: Charitable Theology in the 21st Century By Brandt Montgomery In his sermon to the Episcopal Church’s 80th General Convention, Presiding Bishop Michael Curry noted statistics from a commissioned opinion poll aimed at discovering what people thought... Read More...