The Diocese of Vermont Diocesan Center has a new orchard in the backyard. If you look out one of the back windows you overlook the 35 tracker- arrays of the Rock Point Solar Farm (sometimes they refer to it as a solar orchard.) The Diocese of Vermont has a beautiful, large piece of property purchased in 1855 at Rock Point in Burlington VT.
A large number of pilgrims on the Way of St James are Anglicans. However, when they complete the pilgrimage at the Cathedral, along with the other non-Catholic pilgrims, they become just spectators. They aren’t allowed to participate in the Cathedral services or to receive communion. The Spanish Reformed Episcopal Church would like to change that.
This Epiphany, let’s practice looking up, looking for a star, and not just hanging our heads and hiding our eyes from what’s in front of us for fear of what’s going to happen in the next step or two that we take. Follow the star, keep the faith, and plunge ahead.
We have had a lot to contemplate this week. We began by remembering the life and work of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King. And, today, we witness the peaceful transition of power from one president to another. There is much to make a Christian ponder and pray.
…as we discern how we use our public witness, Episcopalians, I hope we will remember that it IS a witness. That we ARE being watched. That people are learning something about this Jesus of ours whenever they look at us.
Presidential inaugurations are always an American civil religious festival that reflects the personality and faith of the person being sworn in. Today is no exception.
When the winds of our own fearful hearts and our unruly tongues are causing us to sink into ourselves, we are to rebuke it–and name it to God, and ask how we are to live differently.
The next few days are newsworthy, to be sure, what with a presidential inauguration, Saturday’s National Cathedral service and women’s marches taking place in Washington,
A release from The Episcopal Church: Episcopal Migration Ministries and the Episcopal Church Office of Government Relations are sponsoring an important webinar to discuss the
The BBC and other news outlets are reporting that 27 Jewish community centers in 17 states have received phoned-in bomb threats, a “second wave” following