The Willards’ customary
August 14, 2016
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Bishops have a customary to guide their visits to different parishes, why shouldn’t everybody have one?
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Church of the Nabisco Man
August 14, 2016
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Somewhere along the way, though, the church took on the American language of growth and turned it into both the new plumb-line and the new gospel. Growth is important: trust me, as a rector I very much want the Church to grow. But often what we refer to as church growth has little or nothing to do with evangelism, which is a little weird when you stop and think about it.
Bread is a big deal
August 14, 2016
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I remain convinced that if humans could, would, just sit for five minutes and wander around in their own feelings like one would wander a garden; then there would be peace on earth.
Faith Reels: ‘Pete’s Dragon’ and ‘The Little Prince’ … mixed messages for kids
August 12, 2016
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A double feature for this week’s review; ‘Pete’s Dragon’ and ‘The Little Prince.’
ELCA approves historic agreement with Roman Catholic Church
August 11, 2016
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One year before the 500th Anniversary of Luther’s posting his 95 theses, the ELCA approves the “Declaration on the Way,” a unique ecumenical document that marks a path toward greater unity between Catholics and Lutherans
Offensive Holding and faith formation
August 11, 2016
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Derek Olsen writes on how his dad’s teaching of his love of football continues to reap benefits and draws parallels for how we pass along our faith to our children.
Why cutting the cake is important: the observation and creation of ritual
August 11, 2016
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“Ritual formation is a tricky process, religious experts said. Church members don’t always agree on how well-established rituals function, or how to ensure that a new ceremony is distinctly Episcopalian or Jewish or Islamic. “Creating new rituals is extremely dangerous. Unless you do it well, you run the risk of undermining traditional rituals,” said Rabbi Geller.
“Camp on the Road”
August 11, 2016
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Canadian diocese piloting new way of offering camp ministry
Top Ten things to remember when closing a church
August 7, 2016
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For the next few weeks in the Magazine, we’re exploring changing norms in the Episcopal Church. In this first piece, Howard Whitaker shares the top ten things he’s learned from closing a congregation; something we’re likely to see more of in the near future
We must risk delight
August 7, 2016
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We have intellectual intelligence that we call IQ. We even have emotional intelligence which we call EQ. But we, in the church – Christ’s only remaining body –we need to look harder at SQ, the spiritual intelligence which confines bullying egos, which deters sneaky parking-lot conversations, which loves mercy, forgives easily, names and confines ecclesial terrorists and hostage-takers and hears the laughter every day even in the most terrible of streets … and does something about it
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