The Rev. Kim Jackson is a street minister and vicar of The Church of the Common Ground and is a State Senator in Georgia’s District 41.
“Teach me patience, Lord,
as the sun and the water nourish the ground
as the roots take hold in the darkness.”
A parishioner of All Saints Episcopal Church in Fort Worth writes of the eviction of the congregation in an op-ed today in Baptist News Global. A splinter group took possession of the church property last week.
“The symbol of the lion for Mark comes from its Gospel opening, describing John the Baptist as the voice of a messenger preparing the way, ‘the voice of one crying out in the wilderness,’ urgently.”
Two Episcopal churches are in the news for providing venues for Covid vaccinations — Iglesia Episcopal Jesús de Nazaret (in Orlando) and Calvary Episcopal (in Memphis).
“The examination of your life, and, hopefully, sharing your shortcomings with another trusted person can do wonders for the soul. In humility we accept our place in the ranks of other flawed humans. This allows us a larger and more flexible compassion.”
“We often ponder stories in the Bible telling of cruelty, rape, murder, betrayal, and mass killing. How did such stories appear in this book we are asked to revere and study? What are we supposed to learn from them when we also read that we are not to kill, steal, etc.?”
What does it mean to be a “good” shepherd?
This week we talk about penmanship, what’s a-happening, and Jesus, plus Jon and Lisa disagree on the relationship of Jesus to the Covenant
St. Katharina Von Zimmern; the dispossed noblewoman who reformed an important abbey in Zurich, and who voluntarily closed it down as the Reformation took hold