This whole episode is about candles in the Easter season! And that’s because we flame to please. In this matchless episode, we’re talking about the new fire, the Paschal Candle (and where its placed in Eastertide), the Easter Vigil, and the whole ball of wax.
Exorcism!! Plus we’re still talking about what the catechism has to say about Jesus.
“But, more than that, in the moments of life as they tick over, God has simply shown me God’s presence. In the Way of Love of Bishop Curry, he calls it ‘Turning.’ God infuses the world, and at every second we have the opportunity of noticing God, turning to God.”
This week, we delve into the legacy of the first prominent female Protestant writer, who defended the work of Luther and Melanchton
Following a search lengthened by the coronavirus pandemic, the Diocese of South Carolina has elected the Rev. Canon Ruth Woodliff-Stanley as its fifteenth bishop on
Today I continue to engage in childhood rites. Throughout my life, I have dared God to love me when I stray. I double-dare him to love me when I do not listen to him. I triple-dog dare him to again show his love in a direct and immediate way. So far, God has accepted all my dares. For me, the salvation story resonates like a dare that ends in victory. A girl charged with a nearly impossible mission could get close to God. All along, it was within reach.
“James and Philip travelled with Jesus throughout his ministry. Yet even some of the closest disciples to Jesus, like Peter, still did not appreciate the fullness of the message. Was their faith shallow? Was Jesus trying to teach nuclear physics when the disciples could not pass simple addition and subtraction?”
Colonial-era parishes have long histories to celebrate, generally, but St. George’s Episcopal Church in Fredericksburg, VA, kicked off its tricentennial last fall in the midst
“For the past several weeks of Easter in Year B of the Revised Common Lectionary, readings from the First Letter of John have emphasized that the greatest way the world will come to know Christ will be by how we Christians act. Our actions, especially as those who “wear” the name of Christ, will be the only testimony much of the world will have as to who Jesus is.”
“I am not sure we are out of the dark tunnel of this year, but I feel our collective chins lifting. We continue to walk together. The circle of light at the end of the tunnel is getting bigger with springtime, vaccinations, and accountability. The darkness is yielding, and the shadows are lifting.”