Your Anglican Church Body Affiliation (CofE, TEC, AMiA...) - Leave blank if not applicable

TEC

Your Diocese

El Camino Real

Your City

San Jose

Your Parish

St. Francis

Your blog (if you have one)

http://www.elizabethdrescher.net

Your Anglican 'Species'

Lay person

Your 'Day Job'

Spirituality professor and religion writer, contributor to RelgionDispatches.com, author of the forthcoming book, Tweet if U ♥ Jesus: Practicing Church in the Digital Reformation (Church Pubs., Spring 2011)

What you do for fun and re-creation?

entertain friends, see movies, travel a bit

What do you see as some of the biggest challenges facing Anglicans today?

Anglican churches are among the biggest contributors (20%, according to Pew) to the rapidly developing contingent of "Nones"--people who don't identify with a specific religious tradition. Most Nones remain believers, and most continue a spiritual practice of diverse seeking. But they are generally dissatisfied with religious institutions. Our churches need to develop ways to encourage ongoing spiritual seeking and growth in the context of practicing communities connected to deep spiritual traditions.

What do you see as some of the biggest opportunities for Anglicans today?

Anglicans are uniquely positioned, in historical and theological terms, to engage the spiritual needs of people who maintain religious belief but who are disconnected from religious institutions.

What do you want Anglimergent to be? and what other Anglimergent resources, gatherings, activities or events would you find helpful for your ministry?

Source for resources, conversation, information on gatherings