Year: 2018

What might Bp Curry’s wedding sermon bring?

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.

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A Little More Waiting

“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.”

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But what about the mothers?

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

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Fearless Fundraising: The word

Day after day I write to raise money and there is one word I use with the greatest of care when writing about raising money in our churches and our social profit agencies.  It is a very important word and one I now commend to you. A gift of sorts.  

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The Leper’s Tale

“I could take my place back in the town, and begin again to build my life, this time full of gratitude to God for the man Jesus and the miraculous healing.”

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God’s Gift of Joy

Not all Christians display such joy.   Never was there a more damning criticism than the one made by Friedrich Nietzsche:  “They should look more redeemed.”

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