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Today The Episcopal Church remembers Father James De Koven, who stood up for his convictions at great personal cost, twice having been denied his election as Bishop. "In the General Conventions of 1871 and 1874, de Koven became the chief spokesman for the "ritualists," defending the use of...

Fellow Anglicans, it is that time of year when many of our congregations are gearing up for a fall stewardship campaign in preparation for next year's budgeting. What is your church doing? What have you found effective? What have you tried that didn't work so well? I had a realization today...

On my way to church this morning, I was thinking about my church's reserved assigned seating for contract tracing during the pandemic. I thought about my old pew, the same relative location I have sat in worship since my childhood -- but haven't sat in for a over a year now. I wondered about...

An interesting article in today's U.S. Today had an interesting article on the United States' large military force asking if we still need it. I found these graphics interesting showing U.S military growth over the years and countries where we have been engaged. What do you think? Are we too...

Is Christianity a religion of "No?" Lately I've been thinking of all the CF threads having to do with the, "thou shalt nots" of the faith. Sometimes it seems to me that we spend a whole lot more time as Christians, leastwise here on CF, thinking and talking about what we are not supposed to do...

It has been announced that Bishop Curry has been invited to speak at the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. Perhaps I am an optimist, but this seems to make a statement about the Crown's acceptance of us upstart Yank Episcopalians and our place in the Anglican Communion.

The Episcopal Diocese of Washington, D.C. has voted to stop using masculine pronouns for God. Fellow Anglicans, what do you think about this? U.S. Episcopal diocese votes to stop using masculine pronouns for God

Have a Happy Easter, everyone. He is risen, indeed! :wave:

To my fellow Anglicans, I am curious about whether you take communion when worshipping with non-Anglican Christians? And, are their conditions under which you might or might not? In general, I consider myself an ecumenical kind of chap. My dilemma is that a business relationship I have with...

I find it so sad that these houses of worship in Maryland and Indiana were desecrated... and even more sad that such hatred permeates our society. Oh, God, deliver us from such hatred. :prayer...

For the first time, I am unable to reply to a post (Traditional Theology) with a quote. Message at the bottom of the screen says, "You have insufficient privileges to reply here." Why is that and what can be done about it?

I am on a Vestry searching for a new Rector. If you have experience on such a Vestry or search committee, what are the learned take-aways from your experience? What did you do right? What did you do wrong? What do you wish you would have done differently? Tips? I hope discussion will be...

There are so many threads debating which day the Sabbath is to be observed, yet I find so little said about how one observes the Sabbath. I am interested in the specifics of your Sabbath observance -- what you do to differentiate your Sabbath from other days. I am specifically interested in...

I have been a member of this forum for five years. Reflected in the selection of my screen name, was a growing dissatisfaction with worship within the denomination of which I was a member. I had no significant theological differences with them, and I wasn't mad at anyone. I merely left church...

When entering Christian Philosophy and Ethics, it interests me that a majority of the threads have to do with sexual orientation or reproductive ethics. Is this the sum total of our ethical struggles as Christians? Despite the seeming preoccupation in this little corner of the forum with...

How does a baptized adult from another tradition formally become Anglican? I've been worshiping in an Episcopal Church off and on for the past two years. The welcoming nature of the Church and the open Eucharist almost seems to negate formally becoming Anglican. So, how it is supposed...

On another thread I referenced the 1892 Book of Discipline that I was able to purchase on ebay. I thought others might also enjoy a look backward to see how Methodism has evolved on some positions in the past 100 years. From the Book of Discipline of the Methodist Episcopal Church (c)...

The thread on itinerancy raised some responses from PKs about what it is like to grow up in an itinerant system. As I replied to that thread, I wondered if there were enough PKs lurking here that might like a thread to share about how they experienced being a PK. As a PK myself, I have both...