“Never hurry anywhere. This is why I love to walk. To move only as fast as my two feet will take me. When I walk I leave my phone at home and take only what I need: water and house keys.”
Victim Meg Yarbrough: “I have never understood how the Vestry of Grace Church in 1996 refused to fire Howdy after the West Virginia case,” she said. “Bishop [Robert Hodges] Johnson [Diocesan, Western North Carolina] wanted to … It weighs heavily on me that I didn’t go to Bishop Johnson then.”
“We have a lot of weapons against evil, if we use them. Once the person recognizes a spirit as a demon and takes part in banishing it, they are turning again toward God. The person may find peace.”
A Brief Guide for Christians Working to Reduce Gun Violence
It’s Jesus’ parable of the Pharisee and tax collector at prayer from this week’s gospel reading
The season in which we find ourselves is one that reflects on death. Every culture and religious tradition makes a big deal out of death in the “laugh or you will cry” sort of way and our culture is no exception.
St Paula, ascetic, companion of St Jerome, and essential in the translation of the Vulgate
To follow Jesus requires that we see the world, and ourselves, in all truth and honesty.
“I remember speaking those words, and how shame washed over me in a hot tide. Nobody was at all interested in letting me off the hook, either. Everyone was furious at me, and quite rightly so.”
The Rev. Deacon Stephen runs a bike shop. He provides free bikes for folks who have a ways to go to work and school and no money for transportation.