Rivera was a beloved volunteer church leader in the Chicago suburbs for decades. Former parishioners say the church community dismissed Rivera’s frequent physical affection—kissing young girls on the cheek or inviting teenagers to sit on his lap—as “just Mark being Mark.”
“Yet Jesus wants to speak healing in our lives. He wants to help us experience the world in a bigger, more textured, and, yes, messier way. So how might we be opened …”
The Diocese of Chicago will have to wait a little longer for its new bishop. In a video recorded yesterday in Chicago, Presiding Bishop Michael
“It strikes me anew every time I read the line about being chosen by God before time. Because much of the Christian thought that seems to dominate these days, that we see even in commercials on TV, starts from the other direction—it emphasizes that our relationship with God starts with our personal decision.”
These changes in CDC recommendations, and in mine to you, are the result of what we are learning about the Delta variant of the virus, which is clearly more transmissible than previous variants. There is also evidence that vaccinated people can contract and spread the Delta variant, whether they have symptoms or not. Wearing masks protects the wearer as it protects others. It is important that we live our faith in concrete action by wearing masks. It is a small sacrifice for the sake of life. – Bishop Goff, Diocese of Virginia
It is not enough to cast out. She needs someone to cast in: to cast in hope, to cast in love, to cast in a spirit of peace, to see her for who she is: beloved child.
“My eyes focus on the purple petunias before me, their color illuminated against the blue sky. I watch the leaves dance to the wind’s movement and with each bird song emanating from the trees, I feel my spirit linger in rest.”
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“Once again, real power showed up, against the “prize” of doing it the right way. Instead, she finished in the spirit of Sant Yago, or St. James as we know him. Lesson learned; being great by being humble. I heard the message, too.”
“Our church worked hand in hand with the government to assimilate these children. … We need to acknowledge it happened.” – The Rev. Bradley Hauff, a Minnesota-based Episcopal priest and missioner for Indigenous Ministries with the Episcopal Church