Episcopal Cafe – Page 78

Speaking to the Soul: American Vision

October 23, 2016 1 Comment

The sin is not that we oversimplify and stereotype Pharisees and tax collectors from long ago, the sin is that we do it to one another.

The Old Rugged Cross: PB Curry preaches on following the Way

October 22, 2016 1 Comment

Sermon by Presiding Bishop at Executive Council October 2016

Speaking to the Soul: The fig tree and boot camp

October 22, 2016 No Comments

I have a young friend who, after years of wanting to be in the military and working very hard to get into it, is on his third day of boot camp. It seems that boot camp was not exactly the way he had planned it would be.

Speaking to the Soul: Loving Neighborliness

October 20, 2016 3 Comments

we are asked more importantly to risk being very available to one another – to hang out together – to consider with one another the questions that burn in our souls. And being present, deeply open, willing to engage and to offer not just our resources but ourselves, we discover that neighborly giving is never just a one way street.

Speaking to the Soul: The Singing of the Earth

October 18, 2016 No Comments

We know, that with care, as God’s very example shows us, we can also tend to the Earth lovingly, reverently, and in so doing bring forth blessing over all the Earth, from dawn to dusk, from mountain to valley.

Speaking to the Soul: Excuse Me, What’s Your Name Again?

October 16, 2016 2 Comments

It is the very things that we struggle with which both wound and bless us.

Speaking to the Soul: A Climate of Fear

October 15, 2016 3 Comments

I keep looking to Jesus and hoping to hear that “Don’t be afraid.” It’s all I really have to cling to. Somehow, I hope my faith in that one simple statement will be enough.

Speaking to the Soul: In Love with Jesus

October 13, 2016 2 Comments

The Gospel authors had met Jesus only in verbal accounts, only through others who knew people who had known him. And yet, like a buried priceless treasure, they found him, recognized him as their beloved, acknowledged him as the one for whom their souls had always yearned.