Structure, Identity, and Magical Thinking

In the last few years, there’s been an identity crisis brewing in some of the churchwide structures of the Episcopal Church. The decidedly dour name of the New York corporation under which the Episcopal Church does business—the Domestic and Foreign Missionary...

Opening Remarks to Executive Council March 2015

President Jennings gave these remarks to the opening session of the Episcopal Church Executive Council on March 19, 2015: I’ve recently finished a marathon. I didn’t run 26.2 miles—with the winter we’ve had in Ohio, it would have been more practical to ice skate that...

Invitation to Submit Legislative Aide Applications

March 4, 2015 Dear Deputies and Alternate Deputies: At each General Convention, legislative aides serve the House of Deputies by working closely with the officers of legislative committees to help legislation move through convention efficiently and smoothly. These...