In comments made during the online election service for the new Archbishop of York, Stephen Cottrell, Justin Welby said that Anglicans must confront their own
“Perhaps it is God’s ultimate mercy that we do not know the days God has formed for us.”
“Walking out into the fields, we knelt down in the loamy soil and knew we were literally reaping the benefits of someone else’s sowing, weeding, watering, and tending throughout the previous months—and the flavor that burst from these fruits and vegetables when we would eat them was like biting into the accumulated sunshine of spring and summer. It starts with fertile soil, though.”
Today, the Lambeth Conference announced that it will be postponed an additional year: In March it was announced that due to the COVID-19 pandemic and
“We’ve known death, Paul and I, and it struck us both afresh: here was Jesus, knowing what would happen the next day, spending the last night he will have on this earth with the rag-tag followers who have collected around him, loved him and been guided by him. They are still pretty oblivious, but he knows he has one final opportunity to teach them, leave them with something unforgettable. After all the long months, the healing, preaching, teaching and revelations are ending for him – think of his sense of urgency! He’s leaving his ministry to them to sustain the next day. There will be no do-overs. What is the most important thing he must convey, if his work is to bear fruit?”
“A new month begins full of hope and promise, fireflies and campfires, sunsets and sprinklers.”
The Small Business Administration and the U.S. Treasury have released data on employers receiving funds under the Paycheck Protection Program. Recipients include Episcopal churches, schools, conference centers and dioceses.
The Bible is clear that working for the collective good is God’s will for human society
Jesus’ challenge to the pharisees critique of his ministry from this week’s gospel
“It just kind of fell together,” Stephens said. “They have a small congregation, so they don’t need a lot of space. And they want to meet around tables, so they are already practicing social distancing. It just sounded like a great idea.”