Celebration of Full Communion
We have come together th is morning as Lutheran and Anglican Christians, along with members of other households of faith, to celebrate the fact that, through baptism into the death […]
Now Is the Turning…, Ascension Day – 2010
Now is the turning of the tide. In our readings for this Ascension Day, we encounter an important shift for those who follow Jesus from being turned inward, focusing on […]
The Just War Tradition Today
[…] the Stoic tradition of philosophy that can be traced back in its essentials to Ar istotle. The highest priority was not (as it tends to be in modern thinking) the […]
Bible Study: Lent 2 (B) – 2015
Genes is 17:1-7, 15-16 This story of God giving Abraham the covenant is the second time readers hear of this same covenant-granting process. The first account of the Abrahamic Covenant […]
Bible Study: Proper 18 (B) – 2012
Proverbs 22:1-2,8-9,22-23 Social justice and the proper use of wealth is a common theme throughout the Hebrew Scriptures. The author of Proverbs begins this section by putting a commonly held […]
Greeting for the 25th Anniversary of the ELCA General Assembly
I bring you greetings from the Domestic and Foreign M issionary Society, which has been the formal name of The Episcopal Church for nearly 200 years. Early in our history […]
Cyril and Methodius 2011
Last year I heard about a par ishioner in West Virginia who kept on complaining about this prayer book we still call new. He was really angry about it, even […]
Worldwide Anglican Peace Conference
[…] Okinawa, the history of the military bases, and the history of the Church in these islands. I believe that will offer a better base on which to consider what the […]
House of Bishops Daily Account for Friday, September 17, 2010
[…] pointed out, is that there is a benefit to a younger immigrant population balancing the aging population of the United States. His suggestions for the future: “We need to work […]
House of Bishops issues Pastoral Letter along with a Theological Resource: The Nation and the Common Good: Reflections on Immigration Reform
The House of Bishops of the Episcopal Church, meeting in Phoenix, Arizona, has issued the following Pastoral Letter and Theological Reflection: “The Nation and the Common Good: Reflections on Immigration […]
Coe College Baccalaureate
[…] as was his custom. He stood up to read, and the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it […]
Ending Violence Against Our Children
Yvonne O’Neal and her son Dorian Our guest blogger today, Human Rights Day, is Yvonne O’Neal, a member of the L.O.V.E. (Liberate Ourselves, Value Everyone) Task Force on Non-Violent Living […]
Feast of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Engl ish Our brother Martin had a dream, a dream born in the story of a people led out of slavery and oppression. He labored mightily to bring that dream […]
Bible Study: Epiphany 4 (C) – 2013
[…] first words of the Book of the Prophet Jeremiah, we hear God calling and comm issioning the young boy into his prophetic vocation. Like Moses (and others) before him, Jeremiah’s […]
Advocacy Matters: The Environment and Indigenous Women
[…] hydraulic fracturing (fracking) operations have become the center for a new “gold rush” of th is century, and camps of men hired to mine this liquid gold have popped up […]
Summary: Episcopal Church Policy on Immigration and Refugee Issues
[…] products for women and girls (GC ’18) Advocate through education, communication, and representation before leg islative authorities the continuation of Temporary Protective Status (TPS) for all persons fleeing to or […]
Executive Council awards grants to fund the start of 20 new ministries
At its February meeting, the Executive Council of the Ep iscopal Church awarded $821,000 in grants for church planting and Mission Enterprise Zones, to fund the start of 20 new […]
Presiding Bishop’s Message to the Church on General Convention
[…] call of the gospel in our day. We saw gracious and pastoral responses to polarizing issues, as well as a new honesty about the need for change. General Convention […]
Searching for Home: North American (Im)migration and the Reign of God
It may have something to do with the peripatetic nature of the min istry I’ve engaged in the last couple of decades, but I am increasingly aware of and convinced […]
Today We Celebrate a Rite of Passage, Epiphany 1 (B) – 2009
Today we celebrate a rite of passage: the bapt ism of Jesus in the Jordon River, the river that held so much significance for generations of ancestors before him. Jesus […]