“Former students told investigators of a teacher who went skinny dipping with students, and one who took them for drives in his Rolls Royce. They describe vivid, disturbing memories and say, looking back, it is clear to them they were being groomed.”
“We are co-conspirators with the Holy Spirit in this Godly challenge to convert the world, sent out two by two with a lot of dust on our Birkenstocks.”
An episcopal Church in Toledo OH found common cause with an orchestra conductor and launched a music camp for Syrian refugee children
“Their stories make me a better person. They just need someone to look them in the eye and hear them as if they are the only person on the planet right then.”
“This armour, though, is not for fighting. It’s so that we can stand. Just stand there. It’s defensive. The readers of this letter would have been subject to assault, so they needed defence.”
If we’re honest with ourselves, we know we’ve spoken words both of life and of death. Most often a mixture of the two. And sometimes, it’s true, our words make a difference.
“The kingdom of God isn’t a goal to be achieved once I take my last breath. It’s something that is as close as my next breath and as available as God’s grace.”
In four weeks, you will be kicking off the stewardship campaign and you are wondering, between these last sunlit days of summer what is next. Well, I’m here to tell you. Major gifts.