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...
Discerning New Anglican Identities in the Anglican Church of Kenya By Joseph Wandera Decades of conflict within the global Anglican family are contributing to shifting Anglican identities. A recent virtual meeting of the Anglican Church of Kenya’s House of Bishops “noted... Read More...
For and Against Consent in the Election of Charlie Holt By Michael Hunn In the first part of this series, I explained the role of bishops in the church and the function of the consent process. As I and my fellow bishops consider whether we should give consent to Charles Holt’s election as Bishop of Florida, we ... Read More...
Yours, Mine, and Ours: The Sketch of a Family Discernment of Mission By Abigail Woolley Cutter When it comes to Christian vocational discernment, many excellent resources are available, like Parker Palmer’s Listening to Your Life and Gordon Smith’s Courage and Calling. Most of ... Read More...
Living in Love and Faith: Where Do Things Stand? Where Do We Go From Here? In this essay, the author writes purely in a personal capacity. By Christopher Cocksworth The Church of England’s Living in Love and Faith (LLF) process crossed an important threshold at the February se... Read More...
Ignatian ‘Indifference’ and Spiritual Freedom By Mac Stewart "The human mind and heart are a mystery; but God will loose an arrow at them, and suddenly they will be wounded” (Ps. 64:7). I have usually been cautious about wading too deeply into discussion of “interior movements” of the soul. “You are wh... Read More...
Communion and Disagreement in the New Testament: Acts 15 The following essay is excerpted from a chapter in When Churches in Communion Disagree, ed. Robert Heaney, Christopher Wells, and Pierre Whalon (Living Church Books, available soon from Amazon.com). By Wesl... Read More...
The Grammar of Communion The following essay is excerpted from a chapter in When Churches in Communion Disagree, ed. Robert Heaney, Christopher Wells, and Pierre Whalon (Living Church Books, forthcoming this spring). By Katherine S... Read More...
