“With his words, I wonder when I last created simply because. When did my heart take joy and pride in putting pen to paper with no end goal? When did I bring forth beauty just because?”
“One of the most concerning consequences is that we not only are seeing declining attendance but also declining giving and volunteering which is undercutting our ability to reach out to our neighbors as we race into Advent 2021.”
“The Standing Committee’s primary role is to design the search process. There is no prescribed roadmap describing how a bishop search is done. At the encouragement of Bishop Todd Ousley from the Episcopal Church’s Office of Pastoral Development, we are intentionally using a new model. A key difference in this model is that the Standing Committee initially drafted the Diocesan Profile.”
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Ahead of All Saints’ Day, the conversation turns to the Renewal of Baptismal Vows and the sprinkling of the people with holy water (also known
Joe tries to help Drew figure out whether he will continue to pledge his allegiance to evangelicalism or finally accept his fate and pledge his commitment to…the devil?
We get into a conversation about brands and foods that tests our friendship before moving onto the feasts anchored by All Saints before finally getting into what the BCP has to say about penitence as a prayer practice.
This week 2FAB explores the life and legacy of the formerly enslaved woman, Sojourner Truth who became an advocate for abolition, temperance, and civil and women’s rights in the nineteenth century.
“Loving like that is simple and ordinary. Maria and her friends are doing it every time they build something of quality for a customer. I hope that I am doing it whenever I sit down to listen to one of my spiritual companions in spiritual direction and when I put together the worship aids and communications materials that my church needs.”
Executive Council express its grave concern that the House of Bishops of the Anglican Church in Ghana have endorsed action before the Parliament of Ghana that would criminalize homosexual activity, LGBTQ self-identification and advocacy in support of LGBTQ people