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Contemplative Practices for Innovators
By: Ann Steigerwald Ann Steigerwald is a consultant and spiritual director based in Portland, Oregon. She frequently works with The Episcopal Church, helping design and facilitate leadership discernment retreats for church […]
New Words, New Visions
By Susan Garsoe A year ago this past September, our bishop asked four parishes in Colorado to join Genesis II: Revision and Renew. We joined with Tom Brackett and Steve Matthews […]
Really? Plant new churches… now? (Addendum)
By: The Rev. Katie Nakamura Rengers, Staff Officer for Church Planting Back in January, I wrote a short post titled “Really? Plant churches… now?” At that time, with Omicron tearing […]
From Exhaustion to Possibilities
By: Steve Matthews, Consultant, Genesis II: Re-Vision and Renew It’s summer. It’s summer after more than two years of pandemic. It’s summer and the work of justice seems more urgent […]
The Episcopal Church: An Outside Perspective
By: The Rev. Katie Nakamura Rengers, Staff Officer for Church Planting Don’t worry, I’m not actually going to try to write about The Episcopal Church from an outsider’s perspective. My […]
Love that Changes Us
By: The Rev. Tom Brackett, Manager for Church Planting and Mission Development Over the last few months, several of us have noticed the proliferation of some tired old myths about […]
What are you not seeing?
By: Steve Matthews, Consultant for Congregational Redevelopment Isn’t that a beautiful picture? Daffodils springing forth every year give me hope. I love their reliability and consistency (not to mention that […]
Redefining “hybridization”
By: The Rev. Katie Nakamura Rengers, Staff Officer for Church Planting I need to develop a new relationship with the word “hybridization.” After two years of Covid, including the absolutely […]
What do you love?
By: The Rev. Tom Brackett, Manager for Church Planting & Mission Development A few months ago, I spent five minutes under a rogue black bear, fighting for my life. The […]
Really? Plant new churches… now?
By: The Rev. Katie Nakamura Rengers, Staff Officer for Church Planting So… why plant new churches? Why now? As of today, Omicron is still tearing across the country. Three of […]
