Earlier this week, a Summit County, Utah church made local news, something to which many churches aspire. This time, however, it wasn’t for something to
“We, too, can live from the place where, attuned to the present moment, we experience God. “My spirit rejoices in God my Savior” is a good prayer to carry around as we go through our days. Utter it often and see how it brings you into the Now.”
Without prayer, words usurp God, creating worlds of their own imagination; But when words and prayer collide …
A Polish Catholic congregation which has been functioning independently since breaking with the St Louis Archdiocese in 2005 is mulling a new relationship with the Episcopal Diocese of Missouri.
The bishops declined to take a side on the political and legal issues that have prompted protest, instead urging “people from both sides … to respect the other party, listen, communicate, and build mutual trust,” remembering that “benevolent thoughts come from God while wicked intentions originate in the ‘evil one,’ Satan.”
“I think that’s a cue we can take from children – the cue to invite others to join us. To come and see. It’s always a joy to see friends invite friends and to share their enthusiasm. God’s story of love and grace for us and the world is one to be told.”
We discuss Jesus’ teachings about being awake and watchful from this week’s gospel reading
“We can be the worst of the stumbling blocks. And if you doubt that, I give you the so call Christian Nationalist movement. Or the harshness of biblical literalist. But even in a less extreme case, in our everyday ministry with our own parish family, we can be petty, judgmental, cruel, forgetting that God is in charge, and preaching humility isn’t just a way to have power over the weak. We are all flawed, and deep down a little afraid, struggling, hungry for God’s love.”
should we sit,head in our hands, rehearsing a concerned and compassionate shampoo, and hope for the best? It is no longer enough. Not any more.
“Baseless hatred is not just about hating someone for no reason. It includes not doing anything to help others who are being treated cruelly.”