United Thank Offering grants: $1.3 million for Episcopal Church, Anglican Communion mission and ministry
The United Thank Offering of The Ep iscopal Church awarded 55 grants for a total of $1,558,006.85 for the mission and ministry of The Episcopal Church and the Anglican Communion. […]
What Curricula Do You Use?
My colleague, Bronwyn Skov, and I are reprinting th is blog post by Sharon Ely Pearson, Christian Formation Specialist at Church Publishing, with the hope that you will take a […]
Responding to Tragedy
Although I am in Geneva, the tragedy in Connecticut is making worldwide news and is weighing heavily on my heart. I am re-posting this from the EpiscoYouth blog that is kept […]
Ascension Day in the Diocese of Maryland
[…] the body, and recognize them as Jesus? The body of Jesus is truly here, both aging and born anew, over and over and over again through the centuries since that […]
The Crowd Clamors…, Proper 12 (B) – 2009
The crowd clamors after Jesus for healing. The Great Physician is healing the sick and there are many in search of his healing touch. Yet there is something more going […]
Bible Study: Epiphany 7 (A) – 2014
[…] seem to suggest that this central portion of Torah describes a life-or-death situation for the Israelites, their place in the cosmos and their relationship with God. The instructions, both for […]
What are you not seeing?
[…] didn’t exactly move back because I wanted to. I moved back to take care of aging parents in a health crisis. I came back with lots of baggage (literally and […]
Young adult Episcopalians serve as missionaries throughout the Anglican Communion
Engl ish Seventeen young adults – including six who will serve for a second year – representing 18 Episcopal Church dioceses are serving as missionaries in the Young Adult Service […]
Washinton & Jefferson Baccalaureate Address
[…] for the relationships you have built with other students and faculty and staff. If th is community has done its work, you are leaving here much changed – transformed, even. […]
Details, Details, Details, Great Vigil of Easter (B) – 2003
They say the devil is in the details. But don’t believe it. That is just propaganda on the part of the Evil One: Satan, the Devil himself, the Prince of […]
104 Thank Yous…
[…] for being in my life and in our community. I decided to participate in th is spiritual discipline because I realized that I needed to deepen and expand my own […]
What Curricula Do You Use?
My colleague, Ruth-Ann Collins, and I are simultaneously reprinting th is blog post by Sharon Ely Pearson, Christian Formation Specialist at Church Publishing, in hopes that you will take a […]
EPPN Alert: Demand Protections for All Families in S. 744
[…] long been a driver of immigration and a cornerstone of our immigration system. Despite th is prioritization of family, however, lengthy backlogs, inadequate country caps, and preference categories have meant […]
St. John’s Cathedral, Denver
[…] was one of the more powerful things he got to do there, and that h is little congregation understood it as turning sinners into saints. He also talks about the […]
St. Columba, the Abbot of Iona
[…] commemorate St. Columba, the Abbot of Iona. He was a monk, an abbot and m issionary credited to have spread the gospel in Ireland and Scotland. He founded several monasteries, the […]
Nebraska Proves Fertile Soil for Sacred Ground
By Noelle Ptomey and Lesley Dean Lach isha Baskin (DioNeb admin) with Noelle and Lesley, Annual Council 2021 Known by some as a flyover state, Nebraska is worth a look […]
Looking Back, Looking Forward
The election is a week away, Congress is in recess, but our advocacy work continues. Every day, all of us in the Office of Government Relations continue to educate and […]
Union Theological Seminary Convocation Address
5 September 2007 Isaiah 61:1-9. Welcome to a new year, to the new thing God is doing in this place. Welcome to enormous possibility, a profligate hyperabundance of grace, full […]
So Begins A Song…, Ascension Day – 2009
[…] be the singers!â So begins a song from the New Zealand Hymnal. What was prom ised is removed for a time, so it can be more fully given. This moment […]
The Passion According to John, Good Friday – 2018
[…] are those who love him and those who condemn him! The suffering servant passage from Isaiah, which we heard today, describes a humble, indigenous servant who was both astonishing and […]