Didn’t the church just promise to do better on issues of impaired clergy after the Heather Cook debacle? If so, why are Michael Curry and Todd Ousley wringing their hands and saying they don’t know what to do about allegations of alcohol abuse by Bishop Prince Singh? Earlier, we wrote
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Commentary
On resurrection
A favorite line among my fellow clergy is, “We are a resurrection people.” That’s true, but it seems to me that misses an important point. In every instance, living into resurrection requires some action on pur part. In other words, without action there’s no resurrection. Consider the story of Lazarus,
Continue readingDan McClain: where is his psych eval?
One of the things we find interesting about the uproar at St. Paul’s Dayton is the extent to which Dan McClain appears to project his own issues onto others. As in telling people that his wife is mentally ill—even as, from our vantage point, McClain himself appears to be a
Continue readingIt’s time for Episcopal public affairs officer Amanda Skofstad to resign
Amanda Skofstad, public affairs officer for the Episcopal Church, was hired for the position in April 2021 after stints in media relations with Notre Dame University and Ave Maria Press, a Catholic publishing company. But after her recent comments about Todd Ousley’s Haiti debacle, we believe it is time for Amanda
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