Readers respond to articles about Vatican's proposal to welcome former Anglicans Oct 27, 2009Episcopal Life Online has received several letters responding to "Pope announces special provisions to accept former Anglicans in Roman Catholic Church" and "Vatican proposal to welcome former Anglicans generates mixed reactions, commentary...

Preaching preparation changes, Holy Spirit remains the sameBy E. F. Michael Morgan, Oct 23, 2009When I accepted the position as the executive director of the Episcopal Preaching Foundation, initially I felt overwhelmed with the ambitious goal implicit in the organization's mission statement: "to support and improve the quality of preaching in t...

Vatican announcement raises many questionsBy William Franklin Oct 23, 2009As a member of the Anglican Centre in Rome, which represents the Archbishop of Canterbury to the Vatican, and as an Episcopalian who is a professor at one of the pope's universities in Rome, I have been asked many questions about the Vatican's announcemen...

Making a difference in New OrleansBy Nell Bolton, Oct 20, 2009From the moment the White House announced that President Barack Obama would make his first presidential visit to New Orleans in mid-October, the Episcopal Community Services of Louisiana (ECSLA) team had been looking for ways to influence his itinerary an...

Baptismal Covenant and commitmentBy Ruth Meyers, Oct 13, 2009One of the best known texts from the 1979 Book of Common Prayer is the Baptismal Covenant. We often refer to it by title - Our Baptismal Covenant calls us to work for justice and peace, or the Baptismal Covenant makes us all evangelists - with the expecta...

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