Power in the Form of Relationality: A Message from the House of Deputies Theologian
At the Church Divinity School of the Pacific (CDSP), we offer a course called “Organizing for Public Ministry.” We require all CDSP M.Div. students to take this week-long intensive during the January intersession of their very first year. The course consists of a...
Let Us Be Rooted in Prayer: An Invitation from the House of Deputies Chaplain
Blessings and strength to you dear friends, dear Deputies. About eight days after Jesus said this, he took Peter, John and James with him and went up onto a mountain to pray. Luke 9:28 As we approach the season of Lent and begin legislative committee hearings on Zoom...
A Distinction Between Tradition and Custom: A Message from the House of Deputies Theologian
If you are feeling anything like the way I am lately, the rate and scale at which everything is changing is so disorienting and destabilizing that it sometimes feels nearly impossible to figure out which end is up. The upheaval can feel like being sucked up into a...
The False Choice of Institution or Movement : A Message from the House of Deputies Theologian
The people of the United States seem to be markedly ambivalent about institutions. A survey of the history of our nation reveals a perennial tension between a powerful impulse to build and protect public and private institutions and an equal and opposite urge to limit...
The Church is Not Dying, It Is Changing: A Message from the House of Deputies Theologian
As leaders in the Episcopal Church, you have all heard a good deal about the so-called “decline of the church.” The number of both church members and dollars contributed to the Episcopal Church, locally and nationally, has been decreasing for decades. This has ignited...From the President
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