The Greatest Show on Earth, The Great Vigil of Easter (B) – 2012
[…] attorney William Stringfellow, the circus is a parable of God’s purpose, because in it “ human beings are represented as freed from consignment to death.” This freedom from consignment to […]
Summary of General Convention Resolutions on Abortion and Women's Reproductive Health
[…] leaders walk alongside Episcopalians and others who struggle with this intimate and sacred aspect of human life. Over the past several decades, the General Convention has addressed the topic of […]
Careful Seasoning, Proper 21 (B) – 2015
[…] television cooking show, remember that Jesus himself brought it up: salt. Salt is essential to human life. The National Academies of Science recommend that each of us, on average, take […]
Participating in God’s Plan, Advent 4 (A) – 2022
Isaiah 7:10-16; Psalm 80:1-7, 16-18; Romans 1:1-7; Matthew 1:18-25 God breaks into human history bringing divine plans to fruition through ordinary people. We see this pattern all through scripture, from […]
Bible Study: Advent 4 (A) – 2022
[…] 1:1-7; Matthew 1:18-25 Participating in God’s Plan by the Rt. Rev. Frank Logue God breaks into human history bringing divine plans to fruition through ordinary people. We see this pattern all […]
Bible Study: Day of Pentecost (C) – 2019
Genesis 11:1–9 This passage in Genesis describes a time when all of humanity resided in one place and spoke one language, a vision of unity that sounds awfully appealing today. […]
Descendants, Proper 25 (A) – 2020
[…] is no doubt that the decisions we make in our lifetimes impact not only the human and nonhuman creation around us now, but all those who might come after us. […]
Since Therefore Christ…, Great Vigil of Easter (C) – 2004
[…] . so as to live for the rest of your earthly life no longer by human desires but by the will of God. As we gather here today in the […]
Bible Study: Palm Sunday (A) – 2017
[…] part of Isaiah is interesting. If we look closely, it has a careful balance of human responses to God and each other. First, we find the value of listening and […]
AdventWord: Peace
[…] lasting peace. The Office of Government Relations supports these efforts, urging the U.S. government to promote human rights and to end conflict. We work with Congress and the U.S. State Department […]
Misinformation, Disinformation, Fake News: Why Do We Care?
[…] of years, our Jewish and Christian ancestors have taught that deception is as old as humanity itself. In Genesis 3, the serpent manipulates Eve through a series of misleading and […]
Episcopal Presiding Bishop provides testimony on gun violence to Senate Judiciary Subcommittee
[…] written testimony to the United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights, chaired by Senator Dick Durbin of Illinois, for the hearing on “Proposals to […]
Driven by the Spirit, Lent 1 (C) – 2016
[…] with the scandal of the incarnation: the wondrous and terrifying news that God entered our humanity in a specific place, at a designated time, in the form of a particular […]
Caritas
[…] Latin word for Christian love, sometimes further defined as the Christian love for all of humanity. Often people go on to define it as selfless love of others. Still others […]
Bible Study: Epiphany 6 (C) – 2019
[…] to right relationship. God’s use of fiery threats is disturbing, as is the sorting of humanity into two distinct categories of good and bad. And yet, just as the strength […]
Shaken to the bone, called to respond
[…] life's fragility and unpredictability as we watch the news reports and see the devastation of human lives. Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere; 80 percent of her […]
About Ten Years Ago…, Proper 20 (A) – 2005
[…] so often both confused and confusing and yet play their part in the drama of human relationship to God. The stories of such characters, he added, are not true because […]
What is Mission?
[…] been the case. Indeed, our forebears might not really ever have associated the word with human agency. Not until the sixteenth century, in fact. Before that time “mission” referred to […]
Power and Control, Proper 16 (C) – 2019
[…] all conflict is about power and control, and in fact, a great deal of other human activity involves power and control in one way or another. Two of today’s scripture […]
Jesus, Daniel, and Johnny, Lent 1 (C) – 2019
Humanity vs. the Devil. It’s a tale as old as time. You might know one such story that starts like this: “It’s a story they tell in the border […]