Bishop-elect Justin Holcomb was ordained in South Sudan, and supports the church's compromise on same-sex marriage

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** Central Florida Elects Author & 'Screamer'
By Kirk Petersen
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Justin Holcomb's came to the Episcopal Church through a death metal band, was later ordained in South Sudan, and is poised to lead one of the most conservative dioceses. Read on ([link removed])


** Sunday School Builds Back After COVID
By Bonnie N. Scott
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The pandemic created significant challenges for child formation, raising questions about whether kids will remain active in a church that already sees declining attendance. Read on ([link removed])


** Rowan Williams, on Friendship & Unity
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Review by Richard Mammana Jr.

In The Malines Conversations, the former Archbishop of Canterbury traces efforts toward unity between Anglicans and Roman Catholics back to their origin, in a Flemish city near Antwerp in 1921. Read on ([link removed])


** A Tiny Pantry Becomes a Blessing Box
By Kristine Blaess
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An Eagle Scout project at one church in Tennessee has ballooned into a grassroots movement, providing help-yourself food donations at two dozen locations around the county. Read on ([link removed])


** Summing Up Benedict XVI
By Victor Lee Austin
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Pope Francis's sermon at his predecessor's funeral was criticized for not summing up Benedict's life. But a funeral is not the time to praise the departed, however praiseworthy the deceased may have been. Read on ([link removed])


** Doctrine Develops, and So Does Liturgy
By Jonathan Mitchican
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The Church does not exist in a bubble outside of the messiness of history. John Henry Newman offers a guide to assessing whether a doctrinal development is legitimate. Read on ([link removed])

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