I’ve been out of the office the past two days on retreat with the DREs of the diocese. It was a wonderful, Spirit-filled retreat, and I’m grateful for the time “away” – until I get back to my office and see the pile of mail and paperwork on my desk!
It would be easy to grump [...]

I recently finished teaching a five-week course on the history and documents of the Second Vatican Council. The course ended with a discussion on the ramifications and conflicting interpretations for the council in the 40+ years since its close. As I reflected on the intervening years I recalled the widely-cited convention that it takes at [...]

The past couple of days I’ve been listening to a series of presentations from a conference put on at Union University. The conference, Southern Baptists, Evangelicals and the Future of Denominationalism, looked at the future of Protestantism in America. While focused on the Southern Baptist Convention, I think the presentations have a lot to say [...]