Author: Jon White

Post election prayer campaign launched

In the midst of continuing tension, the Anglican Fellowship of Prayer has launched a Post-Election Prayer Campaign, seeking to create a discipline of deep prayer for the well-being of all of America’s citizens

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“Lumos!” Cry-babies, bullies and the power of words

We sold Millennials on an illusion and they have bit into it hook, line, and sinker. Not only that, but they have invested themselves into the multiculturalism we sold them. Millennials aren’t naïve and have been aware that preceding generations are not as progressive as them but I strongly believe that this election caught them off guard to the magnitude of how broken and shattered our communities are along racial lines. They grew up thinking their way of life was safe but now have had that illusion shattered by previous generations refusing to pass on the baton.

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This is Jon White, Managing Editor of the Episcopal Café, and I’m here to ask your financial support. Our mission is to share the story of the Episcopal Church. We offer news, commentary, devotionals, reflections and features that show the diversity and depth of our church. We are an independent website that is not supported by any formal church bodies; all our support comes from you – our readers. So I’m here to invite you to be a supporter of the kind of storytelling we’ve come to be known for over the past ten years.

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Priest Pulse: Season 2 #5: Excelsior!

A special comic book themed episode featuring the Rev. Canon Chuck Robertson, Canon to the Presiding Bishop for Ministry Beyond the Episcopal Church, Steve Ross, author of Marked, a comic book adaptation of the Gospel of Mark, and Heather Annis, author of Book of Comic Prayer

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Death and memory

Marilyn McCord Adams reflects on dementia’s ability to rob us of ourselves
It is one thing for the body to stiffen and atrophy, wear out, “dust to dust” returning. But it is another when the mind has such difficulty pulling itself into focus enough to pay attention, when it becomes such an effort to connect one thought with another. Dementia carries this process to its logical conclusion. Not only does it make us forget our life stories. It robs us of the recognition that we are anyone at all.

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