By the time we encounter most older art on display in a museum it’s been set up in a context that radically manipulates the ways in which we read it. This is especially true in the case of ecclesiastical art. It’s illuminating to contemplate why this doesn’t happen in the display of “The Mourners: Medieval Tomb Sculptures From the Court of Burgundy” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Is the grass greener on the congregational polity side of the fence? No.
Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori has written her fellow Anglican primates regarding the upcoming consecration of bishop-elect Mary Glasspool. The letter is posted at the
Declaring to be “initially inspired by the ‘Manhattan Declaration’, which was launched in November 2009 and has now been signed by over 400,000 US Christians”,
Defending itself in the sexual abuse scandal, the Roman Catholic Church finds itself in the awkward position of claiming it does not control its bishops.
The Episcopal Forum of South Carolina has announced information meetings for Episcopal Church loyalists in the diocese. The diocese has taken steps towards disengaging from
A culture of experts and novices or professionals and amateurs encourages neither tradition nor innovation. In vibrant communities of practice, tradition, or the transmission of knowledge, is a creative act. Consider what the word ‘lay’ or ‘laity’ means outside church talk – “Amateur, inept, or inexpert, not professional.”
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Sing with your voices,
Sing with your hearts,
Sing with your lips,
Sing with your lives