As there has been a certain amount of handwringing about the messiness of governing a Church democratically, I thought that those of you who have

I have nothing in particular to add to the online conversation this morning, but others do. So here they are: Stephen Bates, religion reporter for

The post-convention spinning is underway. Regular readers know that I don’t use the word “spin” in a derogatory way. If you’ve ever thrown a baseball,

Dustin Cole of Saint John’s Church, Georgetown was nice enough to provide us with this report on his experience at the Young Adult Festival, which

Striking the set and heading home this morning. Had a quick look at the morning papers. I think the press did a good job explaining

A very emotional day today, which has left me wrung out. I have a news story up over on our main site, edow.org, but it

Sometimes at Eucharist, no matter how many people are in the church, you get the feeling that the preacher is speaking directly to you. I

(edited later Wednesday morning for brevity and charity) Regular readers may find this repetitious, and, as it will be 2:15 a. m. or so by

The Houses of Bishops and Deputies will meet tomorrow morning after the Eucharist (at which Bishop Jefferts Schori is preaching!) to make a last stab

The House of Deputies has been frustrating to watch this afternoon. There seems to be a clear majority interested in embracing the langue of “considerable