“Thank God for Episcopal Churches all over the US that have been providing feeding programs for school children and their neighbors during the pandemic. Now we encourage you to invite young people in your communities that want to make a difference, to join you in creating new forms of neighborhood empowerment in your communities too.”
The diocese and I fully support the faithful service St. Timothy’s provides with their feeding and hospitality ministry to the community, despite the targeted pressure from the Brookings City Council to restrict or end that ministry. – The Rt. Rev. Diana Akiyama, Bishop of the Episcopal Church in Western Oregon
David and Charlette discuss the story of Peter being called by Jesus into discipleship from next Sunday’s gospel
Joe starts leading Bigfoot tours even though he doesn’t believe in Bigfoot. Drew serves up meatloaf and shame. And they both refuse to change their minds about anything ever.
“We know that the roots of systemic racism run all through our hillsides. We don’t like to look at how bad it really is, because that would turn the ground we stand on into mush. Wrong attitudes about what we can own, who we can keep at a distance and what is owed us keep the ground from shifting too badly. But what do we lose by keeping those particular hillsides in place?”
Spoiler alert: If you want to see Don’t Look Up with innocent eyes, watch the movie before reading this. It is currently streaming on Netflix.
“I wonder what might happen if, before we were to do something, a little voice in our mind would pop up with “But what if…?” We wish drunk drivers would ask themselves that before they put their key in the ignition, but we’re likely to end up bruised and shaken even if we say something.”
As a chaplain, isolation has forced me to face my own limitations and inadequacies. I think this is the challenge for many if not all health care workers who treat COVID+ patients. As hard as I try, the COVID death usually occurs in ways completely opposite to my training and experience. We try our best through phone calls and ZOOM, yet we acknowledge that our best is less than our previous norm.
“I’ve always wondered
what became
of those twelve baskets of bread crumbs.
Did the disciples take some with them, …”
“Most of us no longer believe that bad things happen to us as a punishment from God. God values us as we are—and too often we find that idea the unbelievable one. How often do we fail to believe in ourselves? How often do we fail to believe that God is calling us?”