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Report of Task Force on the Study of Marriage

February 7, 2015 163 Comments

I wonder: are we are trying too hard to make something out of marriage and we are asking marriage to bear too much weight.

Going to the chapel: weddings for non-members

January 17, 2015 8 Comments

please don’t say you’re going to be active members after the wedding if you truly haven’t made that commitment. My experience is that if you aren’t active for at least a year before the wedding, you likely won’t be active after the wedding – although I know there are exceptions. I’d rather you be honest.

The Magazine: Together in Sorrow

January 4, 2015 1 Comment

by Julie Morris A Service of Communion and Community in the Wake of Violence in Isla Vista, California Seven young adults violently lost their

Preaching from the heart

December 27, 2014 3 Comments

The Rev. Dr. Elizabeth Kaeton at her blog Telling Secrets, challenges herself to preach without a text or notes in Preaching from the Heart: I’ve tried

On the wrong side of Vespers

December 20, 2014 3 Comments

Martha Spong writes in Christian Century about attending her daughter’s glee club performance. How she found herself at Vespers with “O Holy Night” sung on the inside and

Did your church ‘do’ Halloween?

November 1, 2014 4 Comments

Most Episcopal Churches will likely be marking All Saints either today or during Sunday services tomorrow. But what about All Hallow’s Eve?

Traditional versus … Growth?

August 29, 2014 1 Comment

by Rie Linton The website Patheos.org posted an article on August 17, 2013 written by David Murrow entitled n2myhead, is currently developing a curriculum on

The invitation of Taize

August 7, 2014 No Comments

Bishop Mark Beckwith has returned from a visit to Taize and written about the experience on his blog:

Vatican urges faithful to cool it during passing of the peace

August 2, 2014 5 Comments

From Religion News Service: In an effort to insure a more sober ritual, the Vatican has urged bishops to clamp down on singing, moving around

Whatever happened to inclusive language in liturgy?

July 31, 2014 1 Comment

Why is the US Episcopal church afraid of innovation and inclusive language in liturgy when The Church of England is responding creatively and expansively?

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