Reflections on leaving
There are reasons for people to leave a church, and sometimes the rationale for remaining can fly so high that it leaves people in the cold.
Don’t wait on history
It is not anthropomorphized history that stands in the way of orthodoxy, but only individuals.
A few notes on heresy, orthodoxy, and common witness in the Church’s churches
Adjudicating discipline and orthodoxy in the divided churches is profoundly complicated, especially for the “inferior” and “weaker” member-communities of the body.
Fellowship with the unorthodox? Some thoughts on a recent controversy
In recent days, there’s been a discussion of the boundaries of orthodoxy in some corners of the evangelical blogosphere.
Anglicans and the echo of history
There are impulses at work in the Church, on both the right and the left, a desire to sweep away the tired old past and to start over again. This desire is founded on an illusory hope.
‘Theological’ theology and ministerial training
Ministerial training has increasingly moved towards the “practical” and the ethical, and away from the doctrinal and the abstract. What is implicitly said is that what matters is that ministers can offer pastoral care and lead communities in improving society
Justin Welby, liturgy, and orthodoxy in the Anglican future
For Justin Welby, if there is a way forward for the Communion, it will be liturgical. The liturgy shows us what togetherness really looks like, how structure may prove fruitful, and why we must be patient.
Homesick at home
What, then, is the strategy for staying in the Episcopal Church? To borrow from Chesterton, it means at times being “homesick at home."