Several cultural trends today point to a future that holds adaptability, mobility, minimalist and community focus to be key values. How will the church respond to that?
Idle suggestion to convert some empty churches in France to mosques is met with outrage from conservatives and a “hands off my church” petition.
Is it possible to truly be an ethical shopper and is the cash register our only opportunity to seek labor justice for those who make the goods we use?
This past General Convention began moves towards a new revision of the Prayer Book, in this piece, Lisa Fischbeck asks that we consider how changing patterns of “belonging” to church might need to be reflected in how we worship
Ethicist and Blogger George Clifford responds to the ethical compromise inherent in General Convention’s approval of marriage equality with wonder and worry for the future.
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.
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.”