The Magazine – Page 88 – Episcopal Cafe

Summer Knowledge – A Photo Essay

July 3, 2016 5 Comments

Jim Friedrich, the Religious Imagineer, explores the Spirituality of Summer in this photo essay

Safe Space After Orlando?

July 3, 2016 4 Comments

If no one and no place is safe, are we now to live in abject fear, anxiously confined to certain places, inhibited from living a full and free life, resolved to build walls around our houses, communities, or across our borders both to keep others out and to keep us safe, and perhaps even buying guns? Surely not.

Christ-like or Christian-ish?

July 3, 2016 2 Comments

I think a church can and should be a place in which we live like rocks in a rock-tumbler – being tossed around inside as it turns, spraying water and knocking jagged edges until we are smooth and kind to the touch, like God. But too many churches are not like that at all.

Faith Reels: ‘Free State of Jones’ … anything but free

July 1, 2016 1 Comment

This week’s review is “Free State of Jones,” a sobering look at a piece of Civil War history that’s not widely known. It’s probably a side of Confederate Mississippi many would like to keep quiet. If our nation were a family in therapy, not every family member would want to deal with this part of our history. But we must.

Come and See

June 26, 2016 No Comments

Last week we had a story about a joint effort of the College for Bishops, The Episcopal Church Development Office and The Episcopal Church Foundation called Project Resource that seeks to change the culture of acquiring resources for ministry. A key part of Project Resource is the intentional evangelism program called Come and See. In this article, Project Resource’s chief architect The Rev Canon Charles LaFond explains “Come and See.”