HeyJaredA Wonderful and Sacred Mystery
Reflections on parish development, social ethics, and Episcopal Church matters. Your writers are Brother Robert Gallagher, OA & Sister Michelle Heyne, OA, Members of the Order of the Ascension. These are their views and not necessarily those of the Order.
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Transitions in parish size (opens the original)
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This is a reprint from September 8 and 10, 2019<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="676" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!5mMa!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpub
On the Feast of Lancelot Andrewes (opens the original)
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The Church Development Institute (opens the original)
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A polarity to manage: acceptance and boundaries (opens the original)
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Loren Mead (opens the original)
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This is a reprint of an article in Means of Grace, Hope of Glory May 7, 2018. I’m in the process of writing a more personalized and updated version of the “History of Parish Development in the Episcopal Church.” That naturally got me thinking about Loren Mead. I’ve also update and added to this article.Loren B. Mead: 1930 - 2018I’ve been thinking about Loren all day.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ILoq!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:
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