South Dakota priests: Miles to go before they sleep
Episcopal priests on the reservations in South Dakota hold Christmas services at churches that are miles apart.
Episcopal priests on the reservations in South Dakota hold Christmas services at churches that are miles apart.
We caught up with VTS Dean and President Ian Markham and Sarah Stonsifer for a roundtable on the unique 21st century challenges facing Episcopal Church leadership.
Then, in all his eccentricity, in all his strange dress and inflammatory words, John the Baptist actually gives the right answer to his disciples. He says, quite clearly, “I am not the one. I am not the Messiah.” His words should be a constant reminder for anyone these days, for anyone who receives adulation and attention from people.
I had no idea at the time, of course, that this wonderful amalgamation of local culture into liturgy was very typical and in keeping with our theology that we make God accessible to the people by making the liturgy accessible to the people, and with its own local flavor, even in the middle of a very set liturgy.