http://www.episcopalchurch.org/notices en http://www.episcopalchurch.org/page/easter-7c-all-saints-church <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subtitle"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Steenrijk, Curaçao </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-byline"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Katharine Jefferts Schori </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-date field-field-publish-date"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <span class="date-display-single">Sunday, May 12, 2013</span> </div> </div> </div> <p>The beauty of this place is legendary.&nbsp; It is beautiful &ndash; and fragile, for its beauty depends on a dynamic balance among the parts of this island system.&nbsp; Many people don&rsquo;t notice beauty around them until it&rsquo;s gone.&nbsp; When we go somewhere that looks very different, often it takes a long time to appreciate that it has beauty, even though it&rsquo;s a different kind of beauty.&nbsp; Some people never do learn to value the different kinds of loveliness in the world around us.&nbsp; One of the gifts of this remarkable island is its diverse mixture of desert and t</p><p><a href="http://www.episcopalchurch.org/page/easter-7c-all-saints-church" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Mon, 13 May 2013 13:21:58 +0000 Tiffany 15926 at http://www.episcopalchurch.org http://www.episcopalchurch.org/page/day-ascension-global-episcopal-mission-network <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subtitle"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Bogotá, Colombia </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-byline"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Katharine Jefferts Schori </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-date field-field-publish-date"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <span class="date-display-single">Thursday, May 9, 2013</span> </div> </div> </div> <p>Are you feeling high and lifted up, in this rarefied air, at the end of a stimulating and encouraging conference?&nbsp; It&rsquo;s a good day to celebrate Ascension.&nbsp; Yet we have to recognize that the band of disciples who hung around Jerusalem after Jesus&rsquo; execution didn&rsquo;t always feel terribly inspired or hopeful.&nb