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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... Read More...

Love Gleaned, Offered, and Received

Ruth 1:1-2:23 By Brandt L. Montgomery On today, the Feast of the Epiphany, we are again invited on a Good Book Club journey through Scripture, starting with the Book of Ruth. Faust author Johann Wolfgang vo... Read More...

He Leadeth Me: On Frances Joseph-Gaudet

By Neil Dhingra Frances Joseph-Gaudet’s 1913 memoir, He Leadeth Me, begins by telling the reader that the future missionary, prison reformer, school founder, and Episcopal saint was born in a log cabin in Mississippi in 1861. Her father, likely enslaved, le... Read More...

Not Critical Race Theory, Just American History

By Ronald A. Wells Back in June, Eugene Schlesinger, the editor of Covenant, wrote a fine essay that raised questions about “Critical Race Theory” (CRT). He asked good questions about a phenomenon that many ... Read More...

Covenant and Reconciliation: A Black Episcopal Perspective

By Brandt L. Montgomery Some years ago, the Living Church ran a symposium entitled “Teaching Jesus and the Unity of the Church,” described as “a call for a renewed ministry of reconciliation in Christ across... Read More...

After Whiteness…Where Do We Go From Here?

After Whiteness: An Education in Belonging By Willie James Jennings Eerdmans, pp. 175. $19.99 Review by Joseph Dewey Theology is caught more than taught. The potency of proclamation is only as powerful as the prayerful practices of the community. Th... Read More...

Critical Race Theory: Understanding the Real Threat

By Eugene R. Schlesinger A bit over a year ago, America watched a man be murdered by the police. George Floyd’s murder was preceded, of course, by the death of Breonna Taylor at the hands of the police, and ... Read More...

The Neoliberal Age Part II: The Decomposition of Anglicanism

This is an essay in two parts. Part one may be found here. By Paul (H. Matthew Lee) “Anglican ministers and bishops are proud and rich, live in wealthy parishes and dioceses and wax fat with an entirely un... Read More...

The hope and joy of peace

Good Shepherds

A Modest Proposal

On Schism

A guide to the Covenant

Good Shepherds

A Modest Proposal

On Schism

The Role of Bishops in the Governance of the Church

Bridges of Grace: Serving Well in the Midst of Conflict

Discerning New Anglican Identities in the Anglican Church of Kenya

Are we done with the '79 prayer book?

Mindfulness As Heartfulness in Alcuin of York’s Love of Reading

God Bless America, God Save the King

Charles III and Kenotic Monarchy

Of Canons and Hymns

Ritual Repels the Robots: One Human Response to AI

Crowns and Vows

Ascension song

George Orwell: Closet Anglican?

Dreaming Dreams, Seeing Visions: The Theology of Field of Dreams