Posts by evelynunderhill

Having just finished a longish blog post on "Resistance as a Christian Calling," I thought I'd take a vacation. The New York Times had other plans. This morning--Sunday morning--the front page displays a color portrait of a man that stretches four out of six columns across the top of the paper. Headline: "The Death and Life of John Shield […]

So, having looked at the diocese in the large, in this round we will be looking at parish attendance. For those who are new to these analyses, I reiterate my disregard of the membership numbers, because they are poorly maintained: they tend to change abruptly when a rector leaves because the interim directs someone to clean up the rolls, but as a rule there […]

I’ve spent a bit of time following the story of Charlie Gard this summer. First as covered by American news outlets and then, while on vacation, as covered by reporters in the United Kingdom. As you might remember, Charlie Gard is the child of two parents seeking permission to travel to the United States in [Read More...]

Can you imagine what our congregations would be like if we kept God's words in our hearts? If we taught our children about God's great love for us as revealed in the scriptures? If we publicly proclaimed the scriptures?

One of the things you might not know about Crusty is that he is old school, and thinks hip hop peaked around 1982-1994, or before the West Coast sound took over -- and though Crusty has no desire to revive that beef, he is thoroughly with the East Side (miss you, Biggie).  Crusty can opine on Me Phi Me, Public Enemy (Crusty saw PE live, only time he's b […]

One of the issues that’s on the table when it comes to liturgy is the balance between poetry and prose. These two are not discrete things that stand apart from one another but, rather, describe two points on a spectrum … Continue reading →

The Village Hall and Clubhouse faces the Main Street in Adare, Co Limerick (Photograph: Patrick Comerford, 2017) Patrick Comerford I found myself once again this afternoon in Adare, Co Limerick, on my way to the bus from Limerick and Dublin, and once again admired the Village Hall and Clubhouse in Adare and the terraces of dormered cottages on Fair Green, de […]

All you really need to know about this is that there is not a single Roman Catholic anywhere in it.