For at least a century, if not two, before the Roman Emperor Constantine legitimized Christianity by making it the official religion of the Empire, Christianity had been growing and thriving in what we now know as the British Isles.  This Celtic strand of Christianity that was in place probably by the 2nd century A.D. and [...]

printer-friendly version by Wayne Whitson FloydWhat is a vital congregation? Is it simply a community of fervent conviction and shared belief about who we are, where we came from, why we?re here, and the direction the world is going? Or is congregational vitality to be measured by the emotional intensity of worship and songas evidence of [...]

  To talk about ‘the church’ for Episcopalians always means the people, not a building.  The Church is all those who are gathered at God’s invitation through their baptism, participation in Eucharist ,or participation in other services of Word and Sacrament. For Episcopalians, it is our baptism that makes us full members of the Body of [...]