3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (300+ words) Luther said it best: This is the theological reason the parish priest must show up and serve not merely as a grief-manager, or as a raconteur painting a flattering portrait of the deceased’s life and loves, but as a herald…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (299+ words) Episode 178 • 13th August 2026 • The Living Church Today we learn from a theologian and astrophysicist about how priests can navigate science and faith. “Consider the stars,” God says to Abraham. The psalms and canticles, too, recommend we look up, beyond our own…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (823+ words) Anglican clergy serving in South Africa are among the thousands evicted from the nation this month in a campaign launched by the March & March Movement. The movement put pressure on employers and landlords across the country to evict all undocumented…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (698+ words) Rich diocese, poor diocese – budget issues have loomed like a dark cloud over an otherwise generally productive and co-operative General Synod in Australia. The Anglican Church of Australia’s national church meetings have often been characterized by bitter battles pitting evangelicals…...

6+ day, 11+ hour ago   (370+ words) Kenya’s Asian community, she says, is composed mostly of very rich businessmen. It is also a very tight-knit community, closed off from the world. Marriage outside the community is not tolerated, even though this is changing with newer generations. Devina,…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (7+ words) The Living Church...

4+ day, 22+ hour ago   (658+ words) Sharing hope and sustaining a nationwide ministry despite financial challenges will dominate the agenda of the Anglican Church of Australia’s General Synod, which opened August 10 with an address by the primate, Bishop Mark Short of Canberra and Goulbourn. The synod,…...

5+ day, 16+ hour ago   (1112+ words) “Our goal is faithfulness, not success,” the Rev. David Sibley told The Living Church of the mindset he would bring to his next call. On August 1, Sibley was elected on the second ballot as the next Bishop of Lexington. A…...

6+ day, 13+ hour ago   (190+ words) There is, however, another aspect to this conversation which needs highlighting. It is probable that AI is going to accelerate the push away from manuscript preaching, which has already been taking place over several decades. Two important caveats are needful…...

6+ day, 11+ hour ago   (1168+ words) The ongoing conflict in the northern Mozambique province of Cabo Delgado is not only between Muslims and Christians. It is also an inter-Muslim conflict, with deep roots in marginalization and radicalization. A displaced Muslim sheikh, Ibrahim Mustafa, says Muslims and…...