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Yeah, I think it would be really helpful too. From what I’ve gathered, IO language is mainly an online movement that is still growing, so we have yet to create such resources

04.03.2026 01:47 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Episcopal priest on Reconquista
Episcopal priest on Reconquista YouTube video by All Things Necessary

And here’s a shorter video that I think is helpful for someone who doesn’t have the immediate time to read the article or watch the whole podcast: youtu.be/sIGG1xJEH0k?...

04.03.2026 01:41 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
What is inclusive orthodoxy? - with Father Chris Corbin
What is inclusive orthodoxy? - with Father Chris Corbin YouTube video by All Things Necessary

And here’s a good podcast on it: youtu.be/GVEvlmnoOyk?...

04.03.2026 01:38 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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O GOD OF EARTH AND ALTAR — Earth and Altar An invitational essay from the Editor-in-Chief I have to confess that “Earth & Altar” wasn’t my first choice for a name for this publication. I wasn’t exactly opposed to it, but I also wasn’t v...

This article is often given in response to your question: earthandaltarmag.com/posts/o-god-...

04.03.2026 01:36 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

@thomasacstout.bsky.social has degrees in both and was even a theological librarian for a number of years

27.02.2026 00:29 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Bishop Election - The Episcopal Diocese of Florida

Pray for the Diocese of Florida as we accept nominations for our next bishop ⚓️
www.diocesefl.org/bishop-elect...

24.02.2026 15:24 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Hey Emily! Would you mind sharing what books the class is going through? I’m trying to build my Anglican theology library

14.02.2026 23:54 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

@trusty.bsky.social

12.02.2026 20:40 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

What changes turned you off of the updated edition?

11.02.2026 01:38 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

This is different from the discipleship that happens organically by being around those further along in their walk with Jesus than you. The organic discipleship isn’t planned and structured; it just happens through conversations and actions

03.02.2026 23:26 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

What I meant by “official discipleship” is an explicit relationship with someone who meets with you for the purpose of discipling you in the faith. That can take many forms: books, prayer practices, serving & reflection, etc.

03.02.2026 23:26 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

This makes sense to me

03.02.2026 23:20 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Part of my experiential difference is doubtless due to most of my official discipleship groups being from my time in evangelical spaces and my current spiritual direction being in TEC, with a spiritual director who was trained in the contemplative tradition of spiritual direction.

03.02.2026 16:27 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

As someone who has been in official discipleship and who is currently in spiritual direction, they do seem distinct from one another, even though they do have overlap. It’s similar to how discipleship and therapy are not the same, but will touch on similar aspects of your life.

03.02.2026 16:24 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

shameful and evil

31.01.2026 22:42 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Not the oblique reference to the Übermensch 🙄

29.01.2026 16:48 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

In my experience, most students feel like they’re the least theologically educated person in the room. And wanting physical reading materials is simply in line with the best research on learning! Our brains don’t comprehend and retain info as well through the digital medium.

29.01.2026 16:27 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I am so tired of Christians—especially clergy—who justify mistreatment of their neighbors in the name of Jesus

23.01.2026 17:46 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The Rev. Dr. Amy Peeler, in her book Women and the Gender of God, makes the point that to call God Father also honors the fact that Jesus has a mother. It is a title that does not imply gender, but does, among other things, value women in the motherhood of Mary

13.01.2026 18:06 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Are you allowed to share the Table of Contents?

09.01.2026 01:53 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Publix. The Pubsub is undefeated

03.01.2026 00:58 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I read Listening Hearts by Suzanne G. Farnham & Let Your Life Speak by Parker J. Palmer as part of my PDC process

They were both helpful

27.12.2025 05:13 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

O come, De­sire of na­tions, bind
In one the hearts of all man­kind;
Bid Thou our sad di­vi­sions cease,
And be Thy­self our king of Peace.

22.12.2025 23:10 👍 41 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
The first page of a chapter titled “The Oxford Movement and Anglo-Catholicism”

It says:
We are approaching the stage in the evolution of Anglican theology when theologians began to recognize that England is only part of the world and to think in terms that are essentially global. It took Anglican theologians, I may say, quite some time to get abreast of that insight. But the evangelicals began to found missionary societies, and out of transcultural mission work came, increasingly, an awareness of the need to express Anglicanism in global terms.
In this chapter, however, we are still in England, because we are only at the beginning of the nineteenth century, which is before any sort of creative or critical theology was being done by Anglicans outside England.
We have come to the Oxford movement, whose story is set in the milieu of the slow movement of church reform in England. My mission in this chapter is to make sure you are as sympathetic to leaders of the Oxford movement and the Catholic revival within Anglicanism as you are to the evangelicals. I do not mean by "sympathetic" that you should agree with them as robustly. But they were men thoroughly sincere in seeking to please God, serve God, and proclaim what they took to be the truth of God.
If you read evangelical writers like J. C. Ryle--good, great, and deservedly famous as he is—you will find that because Ryle is convinced

The first page of a chapter titled “The Oxford Movement and Anglo-Catholicism” It says: We are approaching the stage in the evolution of Anglican theology when theologians began to recognize that England is only part of the world and to think in terms that are essentially global. It took Anglican theologians, I may say, quite some time to get abreast of that insight. But the evangelicals began to found missionary societies, and out of transcultural mission work came, increasingly, an awareness of the need to express Anglicanism in global terms. In this chapter, however, we are still in England, because we are only at the beginning of the nineteenth century, which is before any sort of creative or critical theology was being done by Anglicans outside England. We have come to the Oxford movement, whose story is set in the milieu of the slow movement of church reform in England. My mission in this chapter is to make sure you are as sympathetic to leaders of the Oxford movement and the Catholic revival within Anglicanism as you are to the evangelicals. I do not mean by "sympathetic" that you should agree with them as robustly. But they were men thoroughly sincere in seeking to please God, serve God, and proclaim what they took to be the truth of God. If you read evangelical writers like J. C. Ryle--good, great, and deservedly famous as he is—you will find that because Ryle is convinced

From Packer’s book The Heritage of Anglican Theology. As a firm Calvinist, he disagrees, but also wants to respect genuine godly motives.

19.12.2025 17:48 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

My first ever vestry meeting was partially about whether the rector had duped the church financially and if they could evict him from his home (not a rectory). A high profile bishop was flown in to run the meeting

09.12.2025 01:26 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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The Shepherd of Hermas- Wipf and Stock Publishers From its original composition and wide distribution in the early second century, the Shepherd of Hermas has both puzzled and intrigued readers with its stran...

This resource may be helpful!

wipfandstock.com/978149823878...

25.11.2025 12:59 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Was this presentation recorded? And do you have a ballpark idea of when the book will be published?

19.11.2025 16:48 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Ah ok, sorry about that!

13.11.2025 18:30 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Growing Young by Kara Powell, Jake Mulder, and Brad Griffin All churches grow old. Strategic churches grow young.  Across the United States, churches are losing both members and vitality as increasing numbers of yo...

Actually, not sure why I didn’t immediately think of this but Growing Young might be exactly what you’re looking for. shop.fulleryouthinstitute.org/products/gro...

13.11.2025 16:02 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
The Great Dechurching Who’s Leaving, Why Are They Going, and What Will It Take to Bring Them Back?

One of the authors of this book is a mainline baptist. Otherwise, i would recommend Andrew Root’s books. zondervanacademic.com/products/the...

13.11.2025 15:57 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0