Listen to this choral interpretation of the Beatitudes titled Bonhoeffer, written by Thomas Lloyd, Director of Music at the Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral which has been nominated for a Grammy for Best Choral Performance
A few weeks after our return from Alaska, I heard about a 15-year-old girl who had spent a week in the homeless shelter for teens in Portland… After work that afternoon, with my newly re-expanded notion of family buzzing annoyingly near my left ear, I marched out to the deck where my husband had started happy hour. Our nest had emptied four years before…
“Here’s the thing …” I began.
Within a week I was learning to unbraid hair and dancing in the kitchen to hip-hop. After raising boys, I was thrilled to suddenly find this brave, resilient young woman at the counter making waffles with me.
by George Clifford At the end of the Reagan era, I found liberation theology attractive for four reasons: The then prevalent emphasis on
The small sea of Virginia Bluebells near the river behind Thomas Jefferson’s home seemed like a carpet of baby-blue and pale green to me in my first year of ordained ministry with fresh, jet-black shirts, optimism and a brand-new cassock.
In this episode, interviews with two women leaders in the church; Winnie Varghese, and Jordan Haynie-Ware,, author of the recently released “The Ultimate Quest: a Geek’s Guide to the Episcopal Church”
Last November, Our Saviour Episcopal Church in Silver Spring Maryland was one of two Episcopal churches defaced with hateful grafitti. In this post, Kathy Staudt reflects on how that experience led her to create a prayer vigil for this Inauguration weekend.
Jordan and Luci discuss the invasion of the Midianites and the conclusion of Numbers
This short volume packs a lot of good in its pages; and offers something for everyone from the curious seeker to a seasoned preacher. Built around the lectionary readings for year A from the Revised Common Lectionary; each chapter focuses on a particular season of the church year.
We have courage the way we have insight and discernment. It is imbedded in us by a God whose life is love. Courage is simply love which has engaged the daily, the mundane, the regular and so won the day simply by showing up.
In this episode it’s the story of Balaam and his Ass.