“Thinking about the discussions over Episcopal sainthood, I realize there is a similarity to our thoughts regarding how we view the office of presiding bishop. What criteria do we consider when nominating and electing the PB? … Yet we can’t just leave it at their biographies and personalities.” […]
By the Rt. Rev. Susan Goff, Bishop Suffragan, Episcopal Diocese of Virginia The Task Force to Re-Imagine the Church (TREC) has proposed a series of resolutions to restructure General Convention and The Episcopal Church. One of those resolutions calls for a unicameral house, combining the House of Bishops […]
Print edition: Click to read Center Aisle’s third issue, for Friday, June 26, 2015. In this issue: “Marriage Equality: Two Bishops, Two Approaches” by the Rt. Rev. Andrew Doyle, Bishop of Texas and the Rt. Rev. Thomas Ely, Bishop of Vermont “Should Retired Bishops Be Allowed to Vote?” by the […]
We’ve come up with this list of overused Episco-jargon for your enjoyment. Agile/Fluid/Nimble: For older folks, these words mean what we no longer are. For younger folks, these words mean what no one will let us be. Address the aim, not the feeling associated with the process. Authenticity: […]
By the Rev. John Ohmer, rector of The Falls Church Episcopal, Falls Church, Va. and longtime contributor to Center Aisle. Several General Conventions ago – Columbus, 2006 – I wrote a piece for Center Aisle that (I’m happy to say) people actually remember, years later. I’ve repeated it, […]
The following letter from Bishop Johnston and article from Center Aisle originally appeared in our first print issue of the 2015 convention. The Power of the Center: A Letter from Bishop Shannon Johnston Blessings to you from the Diocese of Virginia, as Center Aisle begins daily coverage of our sixth […]
By Gail Goldsmith, staff writer The current slate of nominees for the 27th presiding bishop offers up four men for the office. After nine years at the helm with Katharine Jefferts Schori, the first woman presiding bishop, it is striking to see no women among the nominees. All […]
