After the fall
Who are the predominantly younger theologians and priests clustering around The Living Church’s Covenant blog? Or “A Tribe Called Anglican”? Or those who read more individual blogs like “Creedal...
View ArticleSame-sex marriage is still wrong
First posted at Anglican Communion Institute The unexpectedly rapid civil acceptance of same-sex marriage in the West may lead one to imagine that the issue is somehow already settled. Whatever doubts...
View ArticleAfter Quincy
Anglican Communion Institute The recent decision in Illinois upholding the property rights of dioceses who withdraw from General Convention may not stand up on appeal. But the opinion’s reasoning, by...
View ArticleAgainst liturgical seasons
Our churches are chronologically challenged, and it is one reason why they fall apart. Christians come and go because we are too much bound to the order of the seasons. There may be a “time for...
View ArticleShould intransigence be praised?
The answer is “Yes!” according to Richard H. Weisberg in his recent volume In Praise of Intransigence: The Perils of Flexibility (2014). Weisberg’s is actually a pretty bad book. But it states his case...
View ArticleBeing an ecumenical Christian
Not all Christians believe in ecumenical Christianity. Some are simply indifferent to it. But for those who do believe in ecumenical Christianity, it is a particular way of being a Christian. Before...
View ArticleAn Anglican anti-corruption movement?
Josiah Idowu-Fearon, the new Secretary General of the Anglican Communion, raised some eyebrows recently in an interview with Christian Today (Aug. 6, 2015). He asserted that the question of...
View ArticleA response to “A way forward together”
Jordan Hylden and Keith Voets have offered the Episcopal Church a commendable perspective on the future of our life together in this denomination in “A way forward together”, a three-part series on...
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Generations
I have come to the conclusion that, as a rule, executive and administrative leaders should retire by age 55 or 60. This conclusion is more than a Dylanesque paean to the youth revolution: Your old road...
View ArticleLiberal order and communion: A response to Timothy Sedgwick
Editor’s note: this piece responds to Timothy Sedgwick’s “Governing grace and communion,” published yesterday. Professor Timothy Sedgwick has opened a window and let a breath of fresh air into the...
View ArticleMinistry in enemy-occupied territory
This sermon was preached at the 2016 Commencement Service of Nashotah House Theological Seminary, May 26. Dear People of God, Rt. Rev. bishops, elders in the faith, deans, faculty and staff, families...
View ArticleNo safe place except hope: The Anthropocene epoch
Editor’s note: This is the first in a three-part series. The second part, “A scriptural response to the Anthropocene,” will appear on Friday. The third part, “Global struggles and the Anglican...
View ArticleNo safe place except hope: A scriptural response to the Anthropocene
Editor’s note: see yesterday’s post for Ephraim Radner’s initial discussion of the unique character of our current age: “The Anthropocene epoch.” We are told in Scripture of a time of judgment, not in...
View ArticleNo safe place except hope: Global struggles and the Anglican vocation
Editor’s note: for a discussion of the unique challenges of our era, “the Anthropocene,” see Ephraim Radner’s first post in this series. For Scriptural sketches of a Christian response, see the second...
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