Unofficial Watchdog of the Episcopal Church
In the run-up to the election of the 14th bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia, activists opposed to abuse have launched a campaign to boycott/defund the diocese until it takes steps to end abuse. Demands include: Taking abuse seriously. Ending victim-shaming and demonization. Forbidding clergy from engaging in retaliation
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Imagine you’re on the corporate board for a Fortune 100 company. Your CEO has just resigned, and it’s time to find a replacement. You do all the right things—develop skills and needs assessments for the organization, update the job description, bring in top-notch recruiters. But the only resumes that come
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During its 227th annual convention, the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia approved a fund of $10 million in reparations for its role in slavery and institutional racism. But while the news is commendable, the convention overall was a mixed bag, marked by resolutions and canonical amendments of varying quality. Before we
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The more things change, the more they stay the same. That’s often a true statement, given our propensity as humans to prefer the comfortable and known, versus change and the unknown. But it’s nowhere more true than DioVA, where the recent passage of an annual budget — one quarter of
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