The rocky road facing seminaries and those seeking ordination in the mainline Protestant churches is illustrated by two recent articles. The first, in the Christian
Fifty years ago the Rev. Wade Renn, a former employee of Boeing and the Atomic Energy Commission, decided that he needed to change paths. His
Four clergy from The Diocese of Newark have submitted a resolution to Diocesan Convention, asking the bishop to convene a Task Force to develop a
I am struck today by Laurie Gudim’s essay at Speaking to the Soul regarding lay vs. ordained ministry. This is a topic close to my
UPDATE: The chart referred to in the article is attached below: A couple of weeks ago The Lead featured a controversial article Alban Institute explores
The Rev. Joanna Fontaine Crawford, Unitarian Universalist minister
The Rev. Sharon Temple
by Ann Fontaine I was ordained on the Day of Epiphany 1996. Though I had been a very active Episcopalian and lay preacher, Eucharistic minister,