… let us be joyful, let us be happy, but let us also slow down a little, do a little more preparation inwardly, and walk rather than run towards Bethlehem.
Set during the heady days of Vatican II, Novitiate tells the story of a young woman seeking God amidst change and tension
I think that on-going choice to confront suffering, to call it out and say that not all suffering is inevitable, some is a product of our social structures is what is meant when 1 Peter talks about it being better to suffer for doing good.
A first hand account of the recent “Revival” held in the diocese of San Joaquin in central California
It is impossible to overstate how essential it is to manage donor relations (stewardship relations if you need to drape reality in ecclesial language) with great care and frequency. The only way to alienate a pledger is to treat them carelessly in correspondence.
Live from the Discipleship Matters Conference: The Rev Dr Dawn Davis discusses her new “Revive” program for raising lay spiritual leaders
Luci and Jordan offer some reflections on the upcoming season of Advent
The Archbishop of York removed his collar ten years ago in protest of Mugabe’s brutality in Zimbabwe and last Sunday put it back on during a BBC interview, now that Mugabe is gone.
We don’t have to thump a Bible or get up on a soap box to do the work of evangelism in the world. All we have to do is share what we know of our experience of God from the heart.
“After the celebration and joy of Christmas, the Church turns its attention to the Epiphany of Christ, and a season when we remember time and again how God is made manifest in the world,” noted the Rev. Canon E. Mark Stevenson, Director of Episcopal Migration Ministries. “In these important days, Episcopal Migration Ministries invites congregations and faith communities to reflect on the rich history of the Episcopal Church’s work among refugees, as we have answered collectively the revealed Son of God’s call to be his ministers in a hurting world.”