Leaders show up
Showing up — for God, for each other, for a community greater than ourselves — is a discipline. It is a huge part of what it means to be the Church.
Stumbling again against MTD
Those locked into “now” lack an ability to see their life experience in a collective fashion with input from others.
Saving Cursillo
I recognized Cursillo as having great potential for helping renew the Diocese of Springfield.
The sea change
I was advised that I was “too academic” and would need to play down my experience as a theological educator.
The baptismal covenant, the norm of adult baptism, and mission
One key area of the 1979 prayer book that still requires implementation is the revised baptismal liturgy.
A future for formation
Formation in community would necessarily be more holistic and less systematic.
Devotion at home, the vindication of Anglicanism
At college, I was introduced to the Anglican tradition, to a Christian life that seemed whole and full.
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...