“Of the seven deadly sins, anger is possibly the most fun. To lick your wounds, to smack your lips over grievances long past, to roll over your tongue the prospect of bitter confrontations still to come, to savor the last toothsome morsel; both the pain you are given and the pain you are giving back “
In this short video, Hugo Olaiz, an immigrant, Christian, and Episcopalian offers a review of three documentary films that offer compelling portrayals of human migration to the US southern border and around the globe.
Fear obscures our vision, so we don’t see who counts as our neighbors. Fear holds us back from what our faith tells to do: risking ourselves (and our lives if need be) for the people Jesus lived and died for.
You’ve passed this lovely old church many times on your way downtown to the farmer’s market or a restaurant and thought to yourself, “Why not give this one a try?”
A Pacific Northwest parish works to connect their region’s love of nature to God through creative liturgies and the arts.
If a person, deciding about their philanthropy is not grateful for what they have, philanthropy will be rendered as effective as a cellphone without a charger. This is why a good stewardship program in a church is only, ever as good as its formation program.
As he prayed, I looked at his beautiful, gentle face and saw without any veil or cover his agony as well as his love. Who would not respond to a prayer like that?
Bishop Michael Curry’s Royal Wedding Sermon is why I take my kids to church. That vision of the “church” of radical love and inclusion – it’s why I sometimes arrive home late after attending church meetings and kiss my sleeping kids goodnight.
The Daily Sip reflects on the leadership of our church through the lens of St Bernard of Clairvaux
Sure. Preach about love. But is a plan so very unspiritual? By acting out now to raise endowments and major gifts, might we be able to help midwife the Church’s molting with resources She might one day need?