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Maria Evans off for South Sudan

November 26, 2012 3 Comments

Maria L. Evans, a frequent contributor to Speaking to the Soul and Daily Episcopalian, is part of a six-member delegation from the Diocese of Missouri

Do not fear what they fear

November 25, 2012 No Comments

Psalm 118 (Morning) Psalm 145 (Evening) Zechariah 9:9-16 1 Peter 3:13-22 Matthew 21:1-13 1 Peter 3:13-22 NRSV: Now who will harm you if you are

Standing in the corner

November 24, 2012 No Comments

He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and regarded others with contempt: ‘Two men went up to

The three trees and the end of the world

November 24, 2012 5 Comments

Crisis, Hope, and Imagination, The Blessings of Beginnings and Endings by Donald Schell I’m thinking our annual year-end collision of Thanksgiving and Advent’s apocalyptic, last

Thanksgiving Day

November 22, 2012 No Comments

Matthew 25-27 NRSV ‘Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, or about your

I will bless you, and you will be a blessing

November 21, 2012 8 Comments

The liturgy for blessing same-sex relationships that was approved for provisional use at the discretion of diocesan bishops by the General Convention of the Episcopal Church is now online.

Finding the divine fingerprints on the social media keyboard

November 21, 2012 No Comments

On the one hand, I’ve observed anxiety about whether emerging technologies will be ‘good for us or bad for us’. On the other hand, I’ve heard the concern that as the upcoming generations bring new technologies into the church, people will be excluded, and the Church will become a more exclusive place.

Learning from our mistakes

November 21, 2012 2 Comments

by Maria L. Evans “The question “Who am I?” really asks, “Where do I belong or fit?” We get the sense of that “direction” —

Is schism a sin?

November 20, 2012 7 Comments

All churches, as all communities of ordinary people, are the places where we work out our relationship with God in Christ by striving for charity and clarity in our relationships with one another and our own self. Failing to do so and breaking relationships — becoming a schismatic by willful choice — is, then, now and has always been a sad state and, I’d say, a sin.

Reactions: Church of England’s House of Laity drops the ball

November 20, 2012 12 Comments

Guide me towards the spot where Jesus firmly declines the money from the women who supported him and his ministry, because that’s man’s work! Kindly point to the verse where Jesus, from the cross, tells the women waiting and suffering with him, to hit the road, because, after all, he never had any female disciples and he was worried about their emotional nature.

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