From the President
July 13, 2015 ♦ It’s been quite an eventful few weeks since my last report. The rapid swings between good news and not-so-good news both in the church and in the public square have given many of us an acute case of spiritual whiplash. As regards good news, General...
From the President
June 22, 2015 ♦ Yesterday’s gospel reading was Mark’s account of Jesus calming a great windstorm at sea. Perhaps you heard it yesterday, as I did, under a great vaulted Gothic nave. That word “nave” comes from the same root as the word “navy.” As you read the passage...
From the President
♦ June 11, 2015 ♦ As I write, Suzi Holding, our director of lifelong theological education and the doctor of ministry program, and I are preparing to welcome 35 participants to our three-day intensive Leadership Institute, in collaboration with our colleagues at the...
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♦ May 20, 2015 ♦ “Where is that fire that once descended on thy apostles?” (George Herbert) There has been another Pew survey released, once again noting the steady decline in the number of Americans who self-identify as Christians, let alone religious. We are getting...
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♦ Eastertide 2015 ♦ I was for 10 years rector of an historic parish in New York City where the baptismal font was placed not in the chancel but in the entryway to the church. It was the first thing you saw when you came in, and you had to negotiate your way around it...
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President Ferlo on Reconciliation ♦ March 6, 2015 ♦ As I write this I am preparing for a week at Kanuga (the Episcopal conference center in western North Carolina) to spend time with six Old Catholic bishops from Europe who are visiting the U.S. as guests of the...
