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Presiding Bishop Sean Rowe and his predecessor, the Most Rev. Michael Curry, at Rowe’s investiture. | The Episcopal Church
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Rowe Installed as 28th Presiding Bishop
By Lauren Anderson-Cripps
Beginning his ministry in a chapel rather than a cathedral, the Most Rev. Sean Rowe was installed as presiding bishop on November 2 in a scaled-down, livestreamed service. Read on.
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Presiding Bishop Rowe Begins Changing Staff
By Douglas LeBlanc
Presiding Bishop Sean Rowe announced three departures from his staff and three new appointments, all involving people in positions of central importance to the church’s work. Read on.
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Episcopal Leaders Call for Open Hearts in Election Aftermath
By Lauren Anderson-Cripps
Bishop Matthew Gunter of Wisconsin: "Keeping our hearts supple toward neighbors, strangers, and enemies—supple toward those whose political choices baffle or offend us—is hard. But this is at the core of the Christian message and of Christian practice.” Read on.
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Executive Council Launches Strategic Overhaul
By Mark Michael
Executive Council members participated in a workshop on “conversations across difference” that seemed aimed at directly addressing the contentious nature of council meetings in the last two years. Read on.
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Commentary: Political Religion or Religious Politics?
By Matthew S.C. Olver
TLC Publisher and Executive Director Matthew Olver recounts his experience attending his first political rally, just days before the presidential election. Read on.
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Five Under 25 in 2024
By Weston Curnow
Five young people across the Episcopal Church are applying the gospel to their vocations. Read on.
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Book Review: Naim Ateek: Eyewitness in the Holy Lands
By Nicholas Porter
Call and Commitment: A Journey of Faith from Nakba to Palestinian Liberation Theology is an autobiographical book that shares the remarkable life and memories of an extraordinary theologian. Read on.
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Podcast: Pastoring Through Climate Change with Rafael Morales Maldonado
By TLC Staff
Host Amber Noel speaks with Bishop Rafael Morales Maldonado of Puerto Rico on how the diocese has integrated concern for climate change into its ministry. Listen here.
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A Three-Day Work Week? The Life of One Priest
By John Mason Lock
In a two-part essay, John Mason Lock pulls back the curtain on the weekly rhythm of a parish priest's work. Read Part 1 and Part 2.
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End Road Work
By Victor Austin
"End Road Work" signs and the ever-present sidewalk sheds of our urban landscapes remind Victor Austin of T.S. Eliot's pleading question, "Where is there an end of it?"—to our strife, our hostilities, our machinations, to our election season? Read on.
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A Review — Circle of Hope: A Reckoning with Love, Power, and Justice in an American Church
By Rachel Bush Erdman
A review of Eliza Griswold’s five-year immersive reporting project with Circle of Hope Church, a progressive, evangelical Anabaptist congregation in Philadelphia. Read on.
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Gratitude on Election Day
By Thomas Kincaid
Thomas Kincaid reflects on conversations he's had in dozens of countries over the past few years, exchanges that always circle back to the perception of good things happening in America. Read on.
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