Questions and Responses regarding the grant application for Mission Enterprise Zones & New Church Starts

This is an accumulated list of questions and responses from ministry leaders across the Episcopal Church. We will update this list with fresh questions and discerned responses, as they come […]

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Molting as spiritual practice for all of us

It was right in the middle of the busy-ness of the Episcopal Church’s 77th General Convention that Robbin Brent Whittington came to me and asked for an interview. (Robbin is the Curator […]

First Monday after Easter report!

Quick Update on 1st Mark work around New Church Starts and Missional Initiatives: In the course of conducting a church-wide survey of new ministries (less than ten years old), I […]

A prayer for my friend

THE OPENING OF EYES(After R. S. Thomas) That day I saw beneath dark clouds,the passing light over the waterand I heard the voice of the world speak out,I knew then, […]

May I share an incredible resource, offered by three thoughtful leaders

For more on this series of videos offering assistance with starting a “mission-oriented young adult group in your church”, follow this link: http://www.ecsefl.org/online-workshops/dec1-lecture/index.php

A new missional strategy: kindness!

Before you know what kindness really isyou must lose things,feel the future dissolve in a momentlike salt in a weakened broth.What you held in your hand,what you counted and carefully […]

Reverend Chris Carlisle joins us for our May 3rd online gathering!

The Reverend Christopher Carlisle devoted twenty-six of his thirty-one years of priesthood as the Episcopal Chaplain to the University of Massachusetts, concluding his tenure as Director of Ministry to Higher Education for […]

Yearning for the vast and endless sea

One morning, not long ago, I awoke from a vivid dream that has really stayed with me. The day before, several of us were exploring that Antoine St Exupery quote […]

What if Ken Wilber is right

In his backbreaking effort at naming a “startling new role for religion in the Modern and Postmodern world,” Ken Wilber makes some audacious claims that I believe need to be at […]