An Episcopal priest and author offers a different way of understanding bivocational ministry
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A remembrance of Loren Mead
The following are the prepared remarks of the managing director of Alban, Nathan Kirkpatrick, at Loren Mead’s funeral at St Alban’s Episcopal Church in Washington, DC, on May 21, 2018. In 1994, after Loren had announced his retirement from the…
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Remembering Loren B. Mead
Loren Benjamin Mead, son of Dr. Walter Russell Mead and Dorothy Nauss Mead, died peacefully under hospice care at his home, Goodwin House Bailey’s Crossroads in Falls Church, Virginia on May 5, 2018. Loren was born in Florence, South Carolina,…
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Loren B. Mead: The last interview
Loren B. Mead — priest, educator, author and founder of the Alban Institute — died on May 5, 2018. In this interview from 2016, he returned to the themes that marked his life, his ministry, and his teaching.
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Bishop Mariann Budde: The Early Seasons of Ministry
An Episcopal bishop reflects on four realities and priorities for the early years of ministry in a congregation
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Dwight Zscheile: We’re in the innovation business
The Christian church is about innovation—embodying God’s new life, hope, and community for the world, writes a scholar and priest
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Dan Wunderlich: Five Boring Problems You Can and Need to Fix
Last fall, I counted down the days to the big MacBook Pro reveal, but now here I sit, typing away on my 5-year-old laptop. While boasting of making the laptop millimeters thinner and ounces lighter, they loaded it with an…
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R. Alan Rice: The Demise of Haystacks and the Future of the Rural Church
An ethic of being rather than the metrics of outcome might help us appreciate churches regardless of their size, writes a former denominational official and pastor
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Mulder, Ramos and Martí: More than Simply “Not Catholic”: The Surge of Latino Protestantism in America
A new book from Rowman & Littlefield invites church leaders and observers of American congregational life to recognize and further explore the breadth and depth of Latino Protestant diversity.
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Carol Pinkham Oak: Spiritual Leadership for Leaving Well
Leaving a congregation well is an act of spiritual leadership, writes the founder of The Network for Spiritual Leaders
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