2018 – Page 101 – Episcopal Cafe

Day of Many Names

February 5, 2018 No Comments

February 2 is a busy day, a major feast of the church, although not always celebrated. The Presentation of Jesus at the Temple. The Purification of Mary. Candlemas.

Seeing the strays eke out a life in the desert of the Holy Land was a reminder that God surrounds us even in the hardship and mundanity of our life. Seeing them reminds me to stop and appreciate the beauty and abundance of the world God gave us.

From the Daily Sip: Holiness… and oranges

February 4, 2018 No Comments

When I bit into this Orange, I could feel the juice – drink it. I could feel the chill. I could catch some sweet and some tart even. A miracle. The color – orange and pink with a white-orange halo – Holy, Holy, Holy.

2FAB #82: Ezekiel: 1-12

February 4, 2018 No Comments

Luci & Jordan explore the “pretty trippy” visions from the beginning of this prophetic book

Subversive Undercroft: 5th Sunday after Epiphany

February 4, 2018 No Comments

Everyone is searching for Jesus, but he’s looking for us too.

Why Christianity?

February 4, 2018 No Comments

…the real reason I stick with Jesus is because he is a hand holder. He is not out there somewhere, and not high above us in the sky. Jesus – God with us – is beside us, holding our hands.

Vermont Cathedral creatively imagine their future

February 3, 2018 No Comments

The Cathedral Church of St. Paul in Burlington, Vermont has been exploring ways to best serve the community as it navigates shifting dynamics by spending an entire year reading, listening and asking questions

Open letter from the Bishops of the Episcopal Anglican Church of Central America, Belize and Mexico

February 3, 2018 5 Comments

We reject the manipulation that certain politicians have used to make immigrants seem as though they are delinquents, due to their irregular immigration status and because they belong to other cultures and races. All of us need to remember that no one is an immigrant because, even though we come from one place and go to another, we always are within God’s creation.