El Seminario Episcopal Anglicano of El Salvador completed its first year as it seeks to prepare leaders who can bring change in a society that is broken
Something about this memorial to a man who gave 42 years of his life to mundane tasks struck me as beautiful.”
The vulnerability of life is pain, and the worry about pain is fear.
Raising money in churches, especially as the prospects diminish with the generational shifts, will more and more feel like the hard work of a prophet. Saying things people do not like hearing, asking for things people do not want to give, ranting about what’s important and what is not.
Our Magazine section, with selections each weekend, is the place where we share the stories of life in the church. Below are our top ten stories from 2017.
They met with Lutheran Palestinians living in the occupied West Bank and wondering if the wider world has forgotten that there are Christians in the country, too; although they are bleeding out of the holy lands at an alarming rate, according to those left behind.
What cup might I make to offer water to an exhausted mother in a manger or a large man on a cross? A cup of simple clay with the colors of a New Mexican Sunrise.
The story we celebrate on Christmas Eve isn’t just about a long-ago wonder. It describes something that is still going on, as the divine “takes birth forever” in mortal flesh and human stories.
What shall I say to you; what shall I tell you? I behold a Mother who has brought forth;
I see a Child come to this light by birth. The manner of His conception I cannot comprehend.
Merry Christmas to all and a hearty thank you for allowing us into your lives!