Where once the clergyperson was the epicenter for all parish activity, now we are working with others across the Church to empower clergy and lay leadership collaboration, which many already know to be the heart of congregational ministry and vitality.
by Maria L. Evans Almighty God, we thank you for making the earth fruitful, so that it might produce what is needed for life: Bless
by Derek Olsen My daughters, 10 and 8, are approaching the end of their first year at a Christian school. It’s been a bit of
We are just telling stories… all of us. Darren Aronofsky, the director of the new film Noah, is telling us his story on the big screen, but he is not the first one to tell a story about a flood.
by Ann Fontaine In the course of my interim ministry and training work I have been observing churches and their lives. I am coming to
The focus of the reign of God is primarily on public, communal, political, economic, and historical life rather than on private interior life. The traditional emphasis in Christian ascetical theology on interiority has led the Church in its mission to focus primarily on private, emotional, and family life to the exclusion of public, work, and political life. ~Owen Thomas
by Maria L. Evans “Apologies do not count when you shout them.”–from “The Journal of Best Practices,” by David Finch David Finch is a man
by Marshall Scott Ah, siblings, it is that time again! Oh, sorry; what time? It is the time for preparing for annual reviews. For me,
by Linda Ryan Fred Phelps is dead. The founder and patriarch of the Westboro Baptist Church (WBC) died in Topeka, Kansas, Wednesday, March 19th, of
By Julia Groom It’s no secret. The Episcopal Church has been in decline since we peaked in the 1960’s. About 50 Episcopal churches are now