“Resuming in-person worship services has not been reverting to worship as usual,” [LifeWay executive director Scott] McConnell said. “Churches are making efforts to make the
Today, the Lambeth Conference announced that it will be postponed an additional year: In March it was announced that due to the COVID-19 pandemic and
From the Episcopal Church: [December 17, 2019] The Episcopal Church is offering two, digital Christmas Eve programs on December 24. Available on both the Episcopal
From The Episcopal Church: [October 30, 2019] New and updated Advent resources for congregations, dioceses, and communities of faith are now available: Way of Love
Jesus builds it of the elements of the table fellowship of the Passover Feast. He takes two and transforms them, constructing a shell infused with his very being. “This is my body,” he says, passing around a loaf of bread he has blessed. Then he passes them a cup of wine, and all of them drink from it. “This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many,” he tells his followers.
There’s something about a new year that invites a reckoning. We want to understand what has happened, we want to imagine what might lie ahead, and we make commitments to change ad do differently. How successful we are at these surely varies, but that won’t stop us from peering into the tea leaves.
People who attended church at least once a year had lower blood pressure and cholesterol as opposed to those who didn’t attend church at all.
We don’t take many steps to reach the church doors from our home. But each step becomes a prayer as we gather for worship.
I wonder, where is home? Each of us has an answer, and the answers are as varied as the people being asked the question. But thinking theologically for a moment, is being part of a church like being at home?
Fishing church was an occasional respite for me from the demanding, heart rending, sometimes satisfying work of the love of other human beings.