Scott Rands
An Easy and Holy House Church
Holy Hosts Community, Episcopal Diocese of Nebraska “Noelle and I spent a year talking to people and trying out ideas and meeting folks wherever and whenever we could, and in the end we still had lots of questions but we knew a couple things for sure: first, that there were lots of folks in our […]
Sean Rowe wants to realign the Episcopal Church
The presiding bishop was elected on a mandate to reorganize the denomination’s aging structure and adapt to modern times. It’s something he knows a bit about.
Walking Together in Faith
Holy Companion, Diocese of Colorado “Holy Companion is a community that dares to companion one another through doubts, hopes, fears, griefs and joys. Together, we embody our collectively held faith in Divine accompaniment through our values of play and celebration, contemplation, inclusivity and accessibility, and solidarity for justice. We practice child-centric celebration of Eucharist, contemplative […]
Discover a Christ-centered, multigenerational community in Nebraska
The Benedictine Way, Diocese of Nebraska “The Benedictine Way is a multigenerational community seeking to follow Christ through prayer, service to the poor and forgotten, and life in Christian community. We gather to pray the Daily Office, enjoy weekly community dinners, and work in our three urban gardens and bi-weekly food pantry. Our Young Adult […]
Celebrating across Language and Community
Karen Church at Messiah, Diocese of Minnesota “When we gather, Jesus makes our hearts joyful, even if we don’t understand the language (both for Anglo and Karen members). We know that we all belong to the Body of Christ when we worship, no matter the language or location. Our worship outside of church is important for those […]
Pennsylvania bishop Sean Rowe elected new leader of Episcopal Church. He’s the youngest since 1789
Sean Rowe, a 49-year-old bishop from western Pennsylvania, on Wednesday became the youngest person ever elected as leader of the Episcopal Church. He immediately issued a sobering call for the church, which has faced division and chronic membership loss, to confront an “existential crisis” that he compared with the steel industry collapse in his native […]
The Episcopal Church Has Elected Its Youngest Leader in Centuries
Bishop Sean Rowe, 49, called for the church to be resilient heading into what he described as an “existential crisis” caused by a changing world.
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 planters and redevelopers. I’ve spent most of my career with innovators in the church—first as part of a church-planting team myself, later serving in leadership […]
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 on a journey, setting off with a bit of a compass, some charts, a boat. I had a vague understanding that we were going to […]
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 through homes, churches and schools, I’d found myself talking to more than one church leader who apologetically explained that they “just didn’t have the bandwidth” […]