Monday, January 19, 2015

TREC: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

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The Taskforce for Reimagining the Episcopal Church (TREC) was created by the General Convention in 2012 and charged with presenting a repo...
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Wednesday, November 26, 2014

Not-a-statement on Ferguson

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As a bishop, I am a quasi-public figure, occupying a place on the long arc that eventually bends in the direction of celebrity. Within t...
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Monday, November 17, 2014

How I (attempt to) stay organized

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A discussion on a listserv that I participate in resulted earlier today in a request that I share some of the methods and technological to...
Tuesday, November 04, 2014

Making Leadership Concrete

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Last month, the Task Force for Reimagining the Episcopal Church (TREC) held a public meeting at Washington Cathedral that was live streame...
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Monday, September 29, 2014

Living With the End in Mind

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Full disclosure: My initial formation as a Christian was in fundagelicalism (a neologism that I thought up, though I'm not the only o...
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Sunday, September 21, 2014

Three Polarities to be Eschewed

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The truth is not always in the middle, and I say this even though, as an Anglican Christian, I hold a preferential option for the via medi...
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Sunday, September 07, 2014

Why I'm Not Going to Taiwan

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Every March and every September, the bishops of the Episcopal Church (virtually all the active ones, and a few of the retired ones, at any r...
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Tuesday, March 25, 2014

2014 Spring House of Bishops, Day 5

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Same morning pattern as that to which we have become accustomed. The retreat meditation was delivered by John Howard, Bishop of Florida. (Th...
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Monday, March 24, 2014

2014 Spring House of Bishops, Day 4

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Usual morning "retreat" routine. Following Morning Prayer, today's meditation was delivered by my good friend Bill Love, Bisho...
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Sunday, March 23, 2014

2014 Spring House of Bishops, Day 3

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Not a lot to report today. We observed the principle of sabbath rest, so the only plenary gathering scheduled was the 10am Eucharist. I got ...
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Saturday, March 22, 2014

2014 Spring House of Bishops, Day 2

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Three years ago, at my first meeting of the House of Bishops, the schedule was relentless, most of the activity consisting of lectures and s...
Friday, March 21, 2014

2014 Spring House of Bishops, Day 1

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Breakfast at 8:00. Morning Prayer at 9:00, with a retreat meditation delivered by Bishop Lloyd Allen (Honduras). Free time in silence (w...
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Thursday, February 13, 2014

On the Making and Unmaking of Saints

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For several years, the Episcopal Church--through the Standing Commission on Liturgy and Music at the behest of the General Convention at the...
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Monday, February 10, 2014

On Bishops Being Bishops (Presiding & Otherwise)

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As the Episcopal Church lumbers on toward the next General Convention in the summer of 2015, the atmosphere is thick with confusion and ques...
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