by Justin Cox | Aug 29, 2024 | Feature-, Opinion
When people ask me a question, I immediately apologize for what occurs next. “I’m a preacher and a Southerner,” I say. “And what that means is that I talk in stories.” I collect stories, always have, and Lord willing, always will. I pass...
by Randall Balmer | Sep 21, 2023 | Feature-, Opinion
The act was brazen and according to the canons of the Episcopal Church, illegal. On July 29, 1974, eleven women gathered at Church of the Advocate in Philadelphia and were ordained to the priesthood. Or were they? At the General Convention in 1970, women were seated...