“That They May Be One”

Thinking Ecumenically for the 21st Century

Week 1

• Ecumenical Poetry, Prose, and Practice: An Opening Editorial, Rev. Dr. Chris Iosso
• Reconciled Diversity: An Ecumenical Vision for the 21st Century, Rev. Dr. Clifton Kirkpatrick
• Ecumenical Chaos and the Christian Ecosystem, Rev. Dr. Michelle Bartel
• Pride, Fear, and the Future of the Church: Lessons from Harry Emerson Fosdick, Dr. Robert Trawick

Week 2

• Serving Ecumenically is My Profound Joy!, Rev. Dr. James Ellis Fouther, Jr.
• Making Visible the Cords of Love: The Ecumenical Witness of the PC(USA) in the UN Community, Rev. Mark Koenig and Ryan Smith
• For the Common Good of our “Whole Inhabited Earth”: Ecumenical Advocacy in our Nation’s Capital, Nora Leccese
• From Bible Drill to Interdenominational Seminary: A Personal Faith Journey, Amy Beth Willis
• Loving Our Neighbors Means Knowing Our Neighbors, An Interview with Rev. Aimee Moiso

Week 3

• Hearing the Needs of the Community, Rev. Christina Berry
• What Motherhood and Ecumenism Have in Common, Rev. Dr. Rebecca Todd Peters
• Mainline Ecumenism: It’s Older Than You Might Think, Dr. Elesha Coffman
• More Baby than Bathwater: Ruminations on Institutional Ecumenism, Rev. Dr. Marian McClure Taylor

Week 4

• Snapshots of the ‘New Ecumenism’: Collegiate Ministry, Rev. Miriam Foltz
• Snapshots of the ‘New Ecumenism’: Chaplaincy, Beth Olker
• Adventures in the Mystical Ecumenical Microchurch, Andrew William Smith
• Building Peace Ecumenically: Asking the Right Questions, Blair Buckley
• Te Deum: To Do ‘Em!: A New Worshiping Community Embracing (but not bound by) Denominational Affiliation, Revs. Martha Sebastian and Christina A. Ingold

Week 5

• Ecumenical Pilgrims: Come Join the Journey Toward New Moral and Global Horizons, Emily Welty
• Is ‘Religion’ Holding Us Back?: Ecumenical and Interfaith Justice Work in a Post-Secular Age, Greg Williams
• Laudato Si’ and The Accra Confession in Conversation, Shantha Ready Alonso
• Snapshots of the ‘New ‘Ecumenism’: The Slate Project, Karen Gonzalez
• What Mainline Churches Can Learn from Global Ecumenical Christianity: Putting the ‘Movement’ Back in Ecumenical Movement, Rev. Joanna Hipp

Week 6

• From Sheep-Stealing to Kingdom-Building: Evangelism in the Ecumenical Context, Rev. David Loleng
• The Daily Life of Interdenominational Ministry, Rev. Catherine Belles, Msgr. Walter Brunken, and Rev. Ann Donat
• Ecumenism in the Era of World Christianity, Dr. Raimundo Barreto, Jr.
• How is a Nation’s Moral Agenda Set? A Quick Primer on the National Council of Churches, Rev. Jim Winkler

Closing Editorial

• On Serving the ‘Dying’ Church, Rev. Ginna Bairby