Bits & Pieces
for all the new subscribers
We offer “Bits & Pieces” whenever there is a surge in subscriptions. Each “Bits & Pieces” is about orienting you to “A Wonderful and Sacred Mystery.”
How to make best use of “A Wonderful and Sacred Mystery”
Looking at the articles on the Substack website is probably the most enjoyable way. It’s also the place where errors that appear in the email version get corrected and sometimes additions made. An easy way to get to the website is to click on the title of the emailed article. There’s also an app available for your phone.
The History of Parish Development
Understanding from Within: Working with Religious Systems
The History of Parish Development in the Episcopal Church
Myths and Norms in Parish Life: A Guide to Parish pathology - written in the 1979s by Loren Mean, then director of Project Test Pattern. A mix of humor and wisdom.
There’s more in the Bits & Pieces from:
February 2025 Includes why we offer so much material on antisemitism
January 2025 Includes a list of some of our pieces by categories. Also more information on your writers. Also information on “Free and Paid” subscriptions.
December 2024 More on various resources for parish development
June 2024 A bit on the just war tradition
This abides,
Brother Robert, OA
Feast of James Solomon Russell, Priest, 1935
Is there a parallel to you in the Catholic tradition in the US - a Jesuit parallel perhaps?