“And he made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth.” (Acts 17:26) By now, social media and news outlets are talking about the killing of Ahmaud Arbery. The facts, in their simplest form, are these: a 25-year-old African American male went for a jog through a … Read More
On Thursday, May 7, 2020, the American Anglican Council hosted a live discussion with the ACNA’s Archbishop Foley Beach, where he answered questions that Canon Phil Ashey posed to him from the audience on what we can expect in our churches as the nation begins to come out of quarantine and as our churches begin … Read More
Today was the first day of May, a time that gives us the hope of summer just around the corner. Likewise, we’ve all been living through the drudgery of a sociological winter, a quarantine that keeps us hidden, often isolated, and makes our days stagnant. Many people in the Church long for gathered worship once … Read More
A word from Canon Mark Eldredge on Clarity in Crisis: Through the busyness of figuring out how to have worship services, including Holy Week and Easter, and all the other basics of ministry, like pastoral care, you may have found it hard to take a step back, get above the fog, and see the bigger … Read More
I was on a call with rectors yesterday, and the number one question was this: How do we prepare our churches now for the day when we can re-open? That question was followed by many others in the same vein: When? What will that look like? How will we “deep clean” and sanitize our churches … Read More
