I’m writing in transit from Houston to Memphis, on my way to a coaching appointment with one of our Anglican Church in North America congregations seeking to grow. I just had a wonderful conversation with a Muslim cab driver named Sayeed who dropped me off at the airport. He was from India, his family … Read More
The Bishops of the Church of England have spoken. In response to the Pilling Report recommendation that clergy and Parochial Church Councils (PCC’s) may “publicly mark” a civil partnership within the church, the bishops wrote: “We accept the recommendation of the Pilling Report that the subject of sexuality, with its history of deeply entrenched … Read More
Dr. Gerald Bray recently released an important essay in the Churchman on the significance of both GAFCON 2013 as an event, and as a movement that has the potential to restore health and unity to the Anglican Communion. I highly commend “A Canterbury Tale” to you and encourage you to give the whole a good … Read More
I am writing in response to an article published today by the Anglican Communion’s news office “What should we do when Christians disagree?” by the Rev. Dr. Phil Groves, facilitator of the Continuing Indaba Project. In the article, Groves writes that when Christians disagree, “when disunity appears, facilitated conversations are the Biblical way forwards.” … Read More
I have just finished a wonderful book on the history of “conciliarism”- Paul Valliere’s Conciliarism: A History of Decision Making in the Church (Cambridge University Press, 2012). For those who may be unfamiliar with the term, “conciliarism,” it is simply a way of making decisions in the church through “councils.” It is often cited as … Read More
