Unofficial Watchdog of the Episcopal Church
One great truth about change management and family systems is that bringing about change from within can be challenging. People often are too close to the matter, protect their turf, and can’t see the forest for the trees. And it’s doubly hard if you are a bishop or priest whose
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Anglican Watch has been closely watching efforts at conflict resolution at Calvary Episcopal, Front Royal. We believe the measures are worthwhile and encourage the parish to continue efforts in this space. We also encourage the parish to treat the matter as one where all topics are fair game. Among other things,
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There are many studies on family systems and church conflict. All of them reach one conclusion: unresolved conflict is deadly to churches. That’s sad because the Episcopal church is a master at ignoring conflict, sweeping it under the rug, or hiding it behind quasi-Elizabethan liturgy. Signs of unresolved conflict So
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As church governance geeks, the staff here at Anglican Watch love to read really banal stuff. That includes minutes, reports, studies — all the stuff that people in the church say they read, but usually just skim. And in digging through the mountains of paper coming out of the Diocese of Virginia
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