General Convention

A Proposal for the 81st General Convention

Prayer Book Revision and General Convention, Part 4 By Matthew S. C. Olver This is the final essay in my four-part series on the place of the Book of Common Prayer in the Episcopal Church, the establishment... Read More...

An Explanation and an Exploration of 2022-A059

Prayer Book Revision and General Convention, Part Three By Matthew S. C. Olver General Convention Resolution 2018-A068 directed the Task Force on Liturgical and Prayer Book Revision (the absurdly abbreviat... Read More...

A Summary of the Authorization of Liturgical Texts

Prayer Book Revision and General Convention, Part 2 By Matthew S. C. Olver This is the second essay in my series on Resolution 2022-A059, the first reading of a complete revision to Article X of the Constitution, the section that establishes the Book of Co... Read More...

The Book of Common Prayer in TEC’s Constitution

Prayer Book Revision and General Convention, Part 1: By Matthew S. C. Olver In July of 2022, the 80th General Convention passed Resolution 2022-A059, the first reading of a complete revision to Article X of... Read More...

Inclusion, Particularity, and the People of God

By Daniel Martins During the weeks preceding this past summer’s General Convention of the Episcopal Church, there was a significant amount of attention paid to a resolution that, had it been adopted, would h... Read More...

Quid Ad Aeternum: The Reading of the Necrology in the House of Deputies

By Leander Harding I attended the recent General Convention in Baltimore as a deputy from the Diocese of Albany. This is the second time I have been a deputy. The first time was the 2018 General Convention in Austin and my reflection on that experience is h... Read More...

The Prayer Book as a Constitutional Document

By Drew Nathaniel Keane Debate over Resolution A059 (Amend Article X of the Constitution of The Episcopal Church) has brought attention to a fundamental question for Episcopalians, namely, what is the Book o... Read More...

I Taught Canon Law. Then I Went to General Convention.

This is the first in a series of essays on the 80th General Convention and prayer book revision that Covenant will publish in the coming weeks. By Matthew S. C. Olver This article’s title kept swimming i... Read More...

The hope and joy of peace

Becoming Leaders of Profound Change

To Set Our Sights on the Cross

Singing in Prison

A guide to the Covenant

Becoming Leaders of Profound Change

To Set Our Sights on the Cross

Singing in Prison

Remembering My Spiritual Brother, Bishop Frank Griswold

Nourishing Memories, Chapter 7: Cambridge and Yugoslavia

Branding Jesus

Are we done with the '79 prayer book?

To Set Our Sights on the Cross

A New Grace for Meals

The Body of Christ in the Tomb of Christ

Jesus, Baptism, and the Reversal of Death in Mark 4:1–5:43

Lent Is Preparation for the Great Vigil of Easter

Sunday Liturgy Without A Priest: Part Two (Morning Prayer and Antecommunion)

Ascension song

Branding Jesus

On Shared Humanity and Diverse Religion: Notes from Egypt

Meditation on an Image

Think Again, Sunshine: Conquest and Jordan Peterson

Ash and Johnny Cash

To Care and Not To Care

A Proposal for the 81st General Convention

An Explanation and an Exploration of 2022-A059

A Summary of the Authorization of Liturgical Texts

The Book of Common Prayer in TEC’s Constitution

Inclusion, Particularity, and the People of God

Quid Ad Aeternum: The Reading of the Necrology in the House of Deputies

The Prayer Book as a Constitutional Document

I Taught Canon Law. Then I Went to General Convention.

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