July 2017 – Page 8 – Episcopal Cafe

Only Love Today

July 11, 2017 1 Comment

I love to retreat and I love the holiness that opens up when people gather together.

Episcopal Youth Event this week

July 10, 2017 No Comments

The Episcopal Youth Event begins this week in Edmond, Oklahoma.

Gluten free bread not allowed for use during Eucharist, says Catholic Church

July 10, 2017 39 Comments

The Vatican stated on Saturday that the bread used for the Eucharist could not be entirely gluten free, although “low gluten” bread was allowable.

Something Strange, Something Familiar

July 10, 2017 No Comments

Something strange is happening in this passage from the Gospel of Luke. We witness a brief flurry of activity before the silence and stillness of the sabbath descend in the aftermath of trauma. Perhaps we can learn something about coping with suffering from this faithful observance of the day of rest.

2FAB: 1Kings 1-11

July 9, 2017 No Comments

Episode 52: We’ve arrived at the story of David’s death and the emergence of his son, Solomon, the legendarily wise king of ancient Israel

From the Daily Sip: Pink and Grey

July 9, 2017 2 Comments

We mock God when we think we have done great things. We have not. We have done small things. The great thing is the way a crab reflects colors in a rock-bowl of water by the sea in Maine on a summer’s day.

Get Your Yoke On

July 9, 2017 3 Comments

The same traveling rabbi who offered a tender yoke to the down and out of his time makes the same offer to us today. If you’re tired of it all, if you somehow got yoked to a worrisome old dogma or doctrine, toss it off. That thing is not the yoke of Jesus. His yoke brings rest; it is an easy thing.