Tom Ehrich
Tom Ehrich is a writer, church consultant and Episcopal priest based in New York. He is the author of “Just Wondering, Jesus” and founder of the Church Wellness Project. His website is www.morningwalkmedia.com.
All Stories by Tom Ehrich
From church triumphant to ‘least of these’ (COMMENTARY)
By Tom Ehrich — October 14, 2014
(RNS) Our clergy aren't seen as "thought leaders" or our institutions as worthy of emulation.
The rise and fall of the American seminary (COMMENTARY)
By Tom Ehrich — October 7, 2014
NEW YORK (RNS) Why is the Episcopal Church's flagship seminary faltering? For the same reason that historic churches and denominations are trapped in "train wrecks." Their time has passed.
Why multigenerational house sharing may be the wave of the future
By Tom Ehrich — September 30, 2014
(RNS) — Multigenerational living requires patience and clear boundaries in parenting and in space. It helps to have enough rooms to escape each other.
Stop whining, and grow up (COMMENTARY)
By Tom Ehrich — September 23, 2014
(RNS) What's the answer to whining? Maturity, for one thing.
Religious communities can do more to get out the vote (COMMENTARY)
By Tom Ehrich — September 16, 2014
(RNS) They can contribute by working in voter registration drives and get-out-the-vote campaigns on Election Day. That isn't a partisan exercise. It's basic patriotism.
Denominational restructuring won’t work; local churches must innovate (COMMENTARY)
By Tom Ehrich — September 9, 2014
(RNS) Rather than "rearrange the deck chairs," denominational task forces could look boldly at what isn't working: Sunday worship, large facilities and an inward focus.
It’s time for church people to stop their usual fussing (COMMENTARY)
By Tom Ehrich — September 2, 2014
(RNS) This year will be a test. Can American Christianity get over itself and truly serve a desperate society?
Churches must provide a space where people are free to be themselves (COMMENTARY)
By Tom Ehrich — August 26, 2014
(RNS) People need safe places, and church has provided that safety to many.
The other narrative about Ferguson, Mo. (COMMENTARY)
By Tom Ehrich — August 19, 2014
(RNS) I know from my years there as a pastor that Ferguson is a strong community. The town has rootedness, civic pride, strong churches, and a fervent desire to make an integrated community work.
COMMENTARY: Has humanity entered a new depth of degradation?
By Tom Ehrich — August 12, 2014
(RNS) Christians need to stop fighting each other and join forces against the powers of darkness.
COMMENTARY: What Congress can learn from a town dump
By Tom Ehrich — August 5, 2014
ACCORD, N.Y. (RNS) A trip to the town dump was quick, easy and efficient. Why can't Congress be the same way?
COMMENTARY: The headlong retreat into childhood partisanship
By Tom Ehrich — July 29, 2014
(RNS) The tragic core of the partisan thinking tearing apart our nation and our world takes the form of religious extremism: There is no God but my God!
COMMENTARY: Scapegoats along the border
By Tom Ehrich — July 22, 2014
(RNS) It isn't Mexican immigrants who caused sea changes in the American workplace. It wasn't Hondurans or Guatemalans who sucked the life out of American communities. Gun-toting "patriots" shouting hatred at refugee children are spewing venom at the wrong target.
COMMENTARY: 8 things the church needs to say
By Tom Ehrich — July 15, 2014
(RNS) Less sex, more Jesus. If Christians quit bickering about church, we could talk about love, joy, hope and more.
COMMENTARY: How soccer differs from the world of partisan politics
By Tom Ehrich — July 8, 2014
(RNS) Soccer seems eerily like the world outside. But the "players" in our partisan wars show little respect for each other or willingness to let the contest end.
