The Presiding Bishop, and the diocesan and suffragan bishops of Haiti, along with the diocesan Standing Committee have entered a covenant agreement that “seeks to address and resolve many of the issues of conflict that have been burdening the diocese.”
Today, we are full of shock, of grief, and of anger. In our grief we call upon God to extend his everlasting arms to those whose lives have been cut short; in our shock we call upon him to reach out with his embracing arms to comfort those who have been scarred in body or in mind; in our anger we call upon him to strengthen us with his mighty arms, to resist evil and build us through love of one another into an ever closer unity across our rich diversity.
In many long-established communities, churches – and their buildings – serve as landmarks and touchstones for neighborhood identity. But what happens to these buildings when
Believing that worship can be fun and playful doesn’t take the seriousness away from church. I believe that the more serious we take church, the more we can be playful with church.