MY BOOK ABOUT THE MALE PRIESTHOOD AND WHY I WROTE IT

There are some questions a writer chooses, and others that choose the writer. The question of who may be ordained to the priesthood is, for me, very much the latter. It is a question that has followed me through years of ministry, study, and conversation — with seminarians, with fellow clergy, with faithful women who have felt called to serve at the altar, and with sceptics who simply want to understand why so many ancient churches still hold the line they do. The Male Priesthood: Precedent and Mandate is my attempt to set down, as carefully and as honestly as I can, what I believe the answer to be and why.