“Through the practice of ethical investment, Episcopal dioceses, parishes, and institutions are able to make their voices and their values resonate in the public square.”
During our irregular education hour at church, we talked about expansive and alternative images for God, in the Bible and in our prayers. It was interesting to stretch our imaginations, and to find out where the stiffness of our necks and our prayer muscles pulled us back.
“The Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival is uniting tens of thousands of people across the country to challenge the evils of systemic racism, poverty, the war economy, ecological devastation and the nation’s distorted morality.”
“Whether it’s Good Night Moon, The Nonsense Show, or the Book of Micah, the words found within are meant to inspire. And all stories point us to the Word in whom we all live and breathe and have our being.”
“We are in the world, but do not belong to the world. We are marked with eternity. We will be among the saints.”
“Be silent before the Lord GOD! For the day of the LORD is at hand”
Millions of people will Google “Episcopal Church” next Saturday. I hope every congregation gets its website ready for extra traffic. People might actually show up in churches on Sunday morning because of what they hear, so we should be ready.
“Like all those wacky, loveable sinners in the Bible, we are also confused and hurt and looking for a way out of the mechanized violence of the world and into the light of Christ’s Kingdom.”
If I were to name a “beef” with the language of Eucharistic Prayer C, it would be the way in which we describe God as the God of our fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. But what about the mothers? Well, there are a few…and their story isn’t so simple