Author: Nicholas Knisely

Leading through conflicts, Alban Institute webinar

A pastor has embezzled $50,000 from her congregation.

A pastor is hearing rumors that some members of his congregation are unhappy about his “leadership style,” or his “effectiveness,” or that he just “doesn’t seem to fit this congregation.”

Which congregation is faced with the more difficult conflict?

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Sunday Not-As-Social-As-Usual Hour

Not sure what’s causing the glitch, but our Café notes stopped posting on Wednesday to both Twitter and Facebook. The problem appears to be with the backend we use to pipe things to Twitterfeed and Facebook, so we’ll be beating that with a virtual hammer until it cooperates again. The end result is that it’s been relatively quiet this week–but not totally so.

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Sexuality, faith, and India

As a priest and an outspoken member of Executive Council, Winnie Varghese wonders if the “listening process” has begun to bear fruit on the other side of the globe.

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Andrew Sullivan is fed up

“It is time to acknowledge that the Catholic church hierarchy can no longer pretend that it isn’t the active enemy of gay people and our families,” says Sullivan

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