“Weekly worship and intentional quiet time can both provide a meaningful pause in the rushing about that everyday life can encourage. Those pauses can give me space to be intentional about how I am choosing to spend my time doing and if those choices are sustainable.”
“On May 16, 1983, a civil war began there that lasted twenty-two years. Over a million members of the Episcopal Church of the Province of the Sudan died.”
“Do not judge, and you will not be judged; do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.”- Luke 6:37
Her fellow Episcopalians have mixed feelings about Cook. There is anger over her crimes and a feeling that she was an embarrassment. She’s also forced the denomination to rethink its often cozy relationship with alcohol that caused some members to call themselves “Whiskeypalians.”
“In this season of letting go and holding on, remember the love of God. The God who formed you and counts the hairs on your head, the God who dwells in you, whose Spirit gives you strength and courage. The God who calls you a beloved child.”
American Bishop Michael Curry, presiding bishop and primate of The Episcopal Church, is to receive the 2019 Sandford St Martin Trustees’ Award in recognition of the huge media impact generated by his royal wedding sermon which helped to bring a better understanding of religious belief and its modern relevance to a new audience.
In the continuing revelations of sexual abuse, the church’s privileging protection of it’s reputation before either caring for victims or seeing that perpetrators face justice is drawing challenges to long-held ideas about the sanctity of the confessional.
“The Easter season is all about salvation. It is all about our yearning to know the Risen Christ. Like Mary in the garden, we want to hear Eternity call us by name.”
The story of Jesus on the Feast of Dedication (Hanukkah), its implications for our spiritual lives, and what conversations at home might be like
“Respect is the key: the Lord’s Name is not used lightly or casually or even in regular prayer. It is a holy Name, kept apart from common or everyday language.”