
Marriage rites and pastoral care in the Diocese of Pittsburgh
Bishop Dorsey McConnell of Pittsburgh has given permission for clergy in his diocese to use Liturgical Resources I: I Will Bless You and You Will Be a Blessing, Revised and Expanded 2015.

Bishop Dorsey McConnell of Pittsburgh has given permission for clergy in his diocese to use Liturgical Resources I: I Will Bless You and You Will Be a Blessing, Revised and Expanded 2015.

American evangelicals love to claim common ground with Pope Francis on certain moral issues but ignore his teaching in significant ways.

This week’s movie review is the Pixar film Inside Out which explores the “selves of the self” through the personified emotions of a little girl.

“The tragedy of our country today is that most of us do not believe that we are loved by God—not really. If we do think so, we don’t think so emotionally. Consequently our much-vaunted individualism is selfish instead of selfless. Rather than accepting our value as a gift, we think we have to prove it.”

Greg and gang explore the world of FX’s Sons of Anarchy and wonder about the ways a criminal biker gang might resemble the church – and is that homeless lady really Jesus?

the Harvard Business Review takes a look at All Saints Pasadena and asks “what to measure if you’re mission driven?”

Binding and loosing have come up several times lately in the comments and on Facebook, in this 2003 article, New Testament scholar Mark Allen Powell explores the concept in Matthew’s gospel and its potential application oin debates around marriage equality.

Archbishop Philip Freier: “It might be time to make sanctioning legal marriage a matter purely for the state.”

As I listened to this person, I remember thinking to myself, “Boy, this guy could really use a good psychotherapist.” And then I remember the split-second feeling of free-fall when it dawned on me that the therapist he needed was me.

The Very Reverend Gary Hall, dean of Washington National Cathedral, has announced that the cathedral will be removing two stained glass windows, installed in 1953,