Every Tuesday evening, many people from all over our province and beyond gather on Zoom to learn and practice what is for most of them a new way of doing both life and healing ministry, called “The Immanuel Approach.” Much of what we practice in Immanuel is far from new; it’s grounded in ancient Christian spiritual disciplines … Read More
In this article, I want to revisit the second of the five renewals required for church revitalization: Relational Renewal. This renewal flows directly from Jesus’ Great Commandment: “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.” This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” (Matthew 22:37–39). Loving others, especially our brothers … Read More
I could not travel to the G26 gathering of the GAFCON faithful in Abuja, Nigeria, this year. My wife and I were home welcoming our third child, our first daughter, into God’s world. I surely wanted to be in two places at once, though! As the Director of Anglican Governance Ministries, the discussions at G26 … Read More
In the weeks following the G26 gathering in Abuja, questions emerged across the Anglican world about what, exactly, was established and how leadership within this new structure is meant to function. Much of the concern centered on the Global Anglican Council and the role it will play in relation to the wider Global Anglican Communion. … Read More
Just a few days ago, the first Provincial Renewal Conference in the ACNA in five years—the AAC-SOMA-sponsored Rehydrate Conference in Savannah—concluded. It began the day after Ash Wednesday and was heavily focused on repentance as well as renewal. Canon Mark Eldredge often says, “There is no revitalization without renewal.” The history of revival and renewal … Read More
