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Leadership From the Side
At particular junctures in our common life, members of the Episcopal Church have come together to call upon its people and leadership to read the signs of the times, to discern the promptings of the Holy Spirit, and to act with boldness to proclaim the gospel in new contexts and situations. One concrete method that…
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Emergence Is Not a Fad
Using Words We have a communication problem in the church. About change, tradition, our existing culture. We struggle to understand each other when we talk about our liturgy and our patterns of worship and our expectations of leadership. We argue that we want our church to have a more engaged role in the community, but…
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Food Allergies Are a Big Deal
Food allergy is more common than before. Much more common. 50% more of our children have allergies than children two decades ago. We all know a child with at least one allergy; it is statistically certain. At the same time, I find a willful ignorance on the subject. I hear complaints of inconvenience. I see…
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Not the Sacraments, But the Sacramental
A Fad That emerging church stuff is just a fad. the young priest said to me. This was right after I told him I had just come back from a conference. It was 2010 and a group of emergence Episcopalians sponsored a church planting conference called Episcopal Village. It was a clear nod to Emergent Village.…
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The hard message of a simple love
To love as Jesus says and does Easter 6B | John 15:9-17 All You Need is Love? We are once again in John 15, which is part of this book’s accounting for Jesus’s final teaching at the last supper. Whereas Mark, Matthew, and Luke have Jesus get right down to the point, giving them…
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Have you checked out the newsletter yet?
A little over a month ago, I started the Drewsletter. If you haven’t seen it yet, the newest issue came out this morning. It may be called The Drewsletter, but I don’t want it to be about me. I want it to be helpful and hopeful. Can you help me? I’m taking ideas, submissions, and questions that might…
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What should marriage be?
A “Should’ve Asked Question” While the Supreme Court mulls about trying to figure out what to do with the Frequently asked question: What do we do with “gay marriage”? we are actually left with more pertinent questions. Digging into the politics and legal cases for and against “marriage equality” send us into a spiral of…
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