Laurie Brock is not a gardener, but she notices that we in the Church love to talk about “growth.” She if this distracts us from the health of our little corners of God’s garden.
by George Clifford We Episcopalians frequently have problems with ecclesiastical authority. Here’s some anecdotal evidence: • Clergy and laity do not want bishops (or, for
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
by Sara Miles I used to really love Christmas as a kid, and couldn’t understand how anyone could possibly be surly about it: sparkly stuff
In a more provocative moment, I recently posted on Facebook that when confronted with the word “pastoral” I am increasingly tempted to wonder — if not ask out loud — if “co-dependent” is what is often really meant. It seems that “pastoral” can be code for mere coddling bad behavior, or simply leaving things dangerously alone.
… 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 Maria L. Evans Part 3/3 “The entropy of a system approaches a constant value as the temperature approaches zero. The entropy of a system
by Maria L. Evans Part 2/3 “An isolated system, if not already in its state of thermodynamic equilibrium, spontaneously evolves towards it. Thermodynamic equilibrium has
by Maria L. Evans Part 1/3: “Heat and work are forms of energy transfer. Energy is invariably conserved, however the internal energy of a closed
by Sylvia Miller-Mutia The other day I convened the mid year meeting of the Youth & Family Ministry Team at our church, a team that