2018 – Page 108 – Episcopal Cafe

2FAB #79: Jeremiah 1-26

January 14, 2018 No Comments

We’re moving through the prophets and in this episode it’s Jeremiah; the James Joyce of Scripture

From the Daily Sip: sh#tty first drafts

January 14, 2018 No Comments

I look away because I have a story in my head that this person, experiencing homelessness, has failed. I hold a story in my head like some great library in my body – old, elegant, dusty, silent, and full of secrets and lots and lots of lies.

A Call to Adventure

January 14, 2018 1 Comment

In the meantime, you and I will encounter a lot of things we don’t understand. There will be miracles which challenge our scientific world views, and statements that leave us aghast that Jesus would say such a thing.

Fearless Fundraising #21: Hosting meaningful conversations

January 13, 2018 No Comments

Allowing our congregation or diocese to come together to express their hopes and dreams for the church mission and life before being asked to fund it inspires us to be vulnerable, to share openly, and to persevere together during times of hardship; whereas not gathering to express our longings openly together early keeps us small, resentful, withholding and afraid.

Startup seminary in El Salvador marks one year

January 13, 2018 1 Comment

El Seminario Episcopal Anglicano of El Salvador completed its first year as it seeks to prepare leaders who can bring change in a society that is broken

Epiphany Fireflies

January 13, 2018 No Comments

After years of my childhood church teaching me that I was a miserable sinner and that God hated sinners, I suddenly believed God still loved me, a concept I found extremely hard to understand, but in that one instant I knew and believed it.

Responding in faith to refugees

January 12, 2018 No Comments

Not sure how to respond to the anxiety and uncertainty around US immigration and refugee policies? Here are some resources to get you started.

Hero of the Moment

January 12, 2018 No Comments

After seeing the ‘Dunkirk’, I stumbled upon the saying: Failure isn’t fatal and success isn’t final. Which seemed to encapsulate the feeling that the movie had evoked.