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Category: Daily Episcopalian

TREC: Real Change Impacts Real Lives

October 24, 2014 No Comments

by George Werner I come from another century. I started seminary 55 years ago and have had a broad, deep and unusual journey through our

Where is Jesus

October 20, 2014 5 Comments

by George Clifford In the recent dispute between eight faculty members and the administration at General Theological Seminary (GTS), where is Jesus? In asking that

‘Gone Girl’… Surprise! Ugh!

October 17, 2014 No Comments

By Bonnie Anderson & Dan Webster No spoiler alert. Nothing in this commentary will ruin this film for you. Just go see it. Luckily, Gillian

Church, State and the Vanishing Wall

October 13, 2014 1 Comment

by Linda Ryan There are always topics that tend to garner a lot of public opinion, one of the latest being the issue of church

Hidden in Plain Sight: Domestic Abuse and the Church

October 9, 2014 1 Comment

by Anne O. Weatherholt She is sitting near you or singing in the choir, possibly in the pew or chair in front of or behind

Reflections on the TREC report and meeting

October 5, 2014 2 Comments

Analysis of the Taskforce for Reimagining The Episcopal Church report and the meeting offered to the whole church via live streaming video: Positive aspects and worrying aspects.

Power and authority–at GTS and in the church

October 1, 2014 8 Comments

by Jesse Zink On June 6, 1952, the trustees of the University of the South considered a report urging them to admit black students. By

Leadership, community, and the current crisis at General Seminary

September 27, 2014 21 Comments

by Andrew Gerns On Friday, the follow up letter from the faculty to the students describing in more detail what it going on, there is

Once Outside the Walls, What Shall We Say?

September 25, 2014 5 Comments

…so much of the rhetoric [from TREC] around this reimagining has to do with getting “outside church walls,” pushing beyond the habitual confines of our church life and offering people a new paradigm of Christianity. …So we should get outside our increasingly empty pews and go talk with people… But what shall we say to them?

Beyond Cynicism: The Fault is in Our Stars

September 21, 2014 6 Comments

by Donald Schell I enjoy reading movie reviews. I find them a good way to listen for themes and ideas in popular culture. Sometimes the