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'I'm Going to Be Fine,' Says Bishop Curry
 

By Kirk Petersen

"It's not an easy time to be a bishop. It's not an easy time to be the church," Bishop Curry says to the House of Bishops' online business meeting and on the eve of his surgery. "I’m going to be fine. Come what may, I’m gonna be fine. Because we have a God and God is real." Read on.

Title IV Discussion Turns to Church Attorney Role
 

By Kirk Petersen

Should a single person — an attorney acting as a prosecutor — have unilateral authority to shut down a disciplinary proceeding against a bishop after the Disciplinary Board for Bishops (DBB) has recommended a public ecclesiastical trial? Read on.

Attendance Bounces Back from Pandemic Low


By Kirk Peterson

Despite this rebound, "We are declining. We have fewer parishes and we have fewer people,” said the Rev. Molly James, deputy executive officer of the General Convention. Read on.

$18 Million Toward a Tangible Repentance


A British missions agency, United Society Partners in the Gospel, has confronted a slave-holding part of its history in Barbados. “USPG is deeply ashamed of our past links to slavery,” said the Rev. Duncan Dormor, general secretary. Read on.
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How to Preach Badly (in Three Parts)


By Steve Schlossberg

If we want to preach badly, here's what we should avoid, how we should prepare, and what are some important strategies for bad preachers to place themselves at the center of the sermon, where they belong. Read on.

The Death Cafe Movement


By Hannah Armidon

Over tea and cake, people share their experiences, their belief systems, their death rituals that give closure and meaning. Grieving and dying people share. The simple knowledge that death and loss are common experiences to us all. Read on.
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