Day: July 3, 2009

Guide to General Convention

Updated. A version of Episcopal Life’s Guide to General Convention and all the major documents a deputy or General Convention junkie could ever need are all available on-line.

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ERD publishes annual report

Episcopal Relief and Development has published their Annual Summary exclusively in an electronic format. In 2008, ERD touched the lives of more people than ever

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The great gift of grandchildren

On a recent trip to care for her three grandsons, a friend reported that she experimented with four simple concepts during her time with them:

• Be present

• Never rush your grandchild

• Play

• See what grandchildren can teach you rather than vice versa

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Spaciousness

It is the contemplative saints who most know the fear and pain as well as the joy and freedom of entering emptiness; they have chosen to confront that which has to be thrust upon the rest of us. They have stretched and yielded themselves to experience cleanly and clearly the hunger and brokenness of their own hearts and of our world. They have willingly sought to deprive themselves of anesthesia. They have claimed their desire to bear the beams of love, regardless of the cost.

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