… bad photography (and unconscious photographers) can, like bad liturgy (and unconscious celebrants), get in the way. This is what happened in the video when it went viral: the conversation became about “The Angry Priest vs. The Boorish Photographers” when we should have been celebrating the couple’s marriage.
by Jim Papile Following up on St. Anne’s Reston Virginia. Originally from Boston, he is a proud member of Red Sox Nation.
Religion News Service has an article by G. Jeffrey MacDonald on the recent trend of unpaid clergy in mainline denominations, with heavy focus on The
by Mark Stanley Isn’t it time that we stopped using the title “Father” for priests? Even though Jesus said, “Call no one Father” (Old St.
Were you or were the clergy you know prepared for pastoring a congregation by their education?
You’re more likely to see a beard in the pulpit today than at any time since the 1800s. But beards—especially among clergy—were once serious, symbolic matters. They separated East from West during the Great Schism, priests from laity during the Middle Ages, and Protestants from Catholics during the Reformation.
“I am bi-vocational. I love it. I feel called to it. I know what people say in support of it. I know that many of our African American and immigrant pastors have been bi-vocational for a long time. But I want to raise a red flag against the model as a path to our vital future…”
Episcopal priests throughout the country are hitting the highway to minister to bikers. From Episcopal News Service:
From the Vero Beach Newsweekly: When Father Chris Rodriguez brought his family here from New Jersey last September becoming Trinity Episcopal Church’s new rector, he