“He says the time has come when the Father will be “worshiped in spirit and in truth”. God is spirit, he says, so worship from the part of us that is spirit, too. It’s not where you worship, it’s how.”
In this episode, 2FAB explores the life and legend of the Roman-British Saint Ursula and her legion of fellow martyrs
In this episode we look at the story of Moses and the thirsty Israelites and why we sometimes close ourselves off to God’s action around us.
A fierce soul has passed into life eternal
“It is good to trust that God watches over, protects us, and will be with us no matter what. But we should not feel we have to test that trust by merely praying and not taking proper and universal precautions. Throughout the current coronavirus situation, God expects us to do simple prophylactic things.”
Special guest Christian Gillette joins us to discuss Jesus’ conversation with the Samaritan woman at the well
“Abstaining from communion was the single best Lenten experience of my life. I discovered that I could be fed by the Word and other elements of worship. During this period, I discovered God’s abundant grace and love not in the bread or wine but in other simple ways—a hymn, the sermon, and even in the exchange of a smile with a member of the congregation. My Easter experience was made extraordinary through my Lenten practice. I truly came to appreciate worship in all its diversity in the Episcopal Church.”
“As his involvement in this work continued, Holly began to feel the call to Holy Orders. He was ordained a deacon in 1855 and a priest in 1866. Around that time he was one of the co-founders of The Protestant Episcopal Society for Promoting the Extension of the Church Among Colored People–you and I would know them as the Union of Black Episcopalians. He was clearly becoming more deeply involved in the emigration movement, and in 1861 he led 110 African-Americans to settle in Haiti.”
In the last two weeks, the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is changing the way Episcopal churches worship. The common cup, the Peace, coffee hour, baptismal fonts, the offering plates, etc.
“Buried within our readings for this coming Sunday are stories that can lead us to re-examine the power of faith in each other, and the power of community to open our hearts to receive testimony to the truth, to the hope that is fed and watered by caring for one another, rather than the panic spread by rumors.”