Jane Cisluycis named Episcopal Church acting chief operating officer
[…] operating officer, Cisluycis will oversee a broad portfolio, including the day-to-day operation and management of human resources, information technology, communications, buildings and facilities, and real estate acquisitions. She will also […]
Bible Study: Proper 19 (B) – 2015
[…] female personification of wisdom found in the book of Proverbs (and elsewhere), is merely scolding humanity for ignoring her calls. If we take a closer look, we can see that […]
Coalition Letter in Support of the Expanded Medicaid Program–to State Legislators
[…] Reform Judaism Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations United Church of Christ, Council for Health and Human Service Ministries United Church of Christ, Disabilities Ministries Board United Church of Christ, Justice […]
The Name Given by an Angel, Holy Name Day – 2017
[…] one clue to the time and place of our birth in the great narrative of humanity. Religiously, names provide a means of identifying us before God—and identifying us as equal in the […]
OGR Advocacy Newsletter September 2021
[…] and refugees, fighting for racial justice, developing an aggressive response to climate change, and defending human rights in the U.S. and around the world. Please find some more detailed information […]
New DFMS staff model, new tenant announced
[…] area in the Episcopal Church will have a Mission Networking staff member for making resources— human and financial—available at the churchwide level to support and encourage mission at the local […]
In the Rural County…, Ascension Day – 2006
[…] resurrection appearances — could they have imagined him flying? We do not have to imagine human flight: we have accomplished it. But, honestly, can we really believe that some uneducated, […]
Episcopal Presiding Bishop Michael Curry addresses Syrian refugee crisis: “Be not afraid!”
[…] are in Jesus. Our resurrection hope is larger than fear. Let nothing keep us from that hope, that faith, that security in Gods dream for all of humanity. “Be not afraid!”
Bible Study: Proper 7 (A) – 2020
[…] wife into the wilderness — where she and her son will surely die of thirst. Human jealousy, pride, and ambition pit these women against one another. God, however, remains faithful […]
Expectations on the Camino
[…] learned about life – what it looks like to truly love and care, how incredible human ability to overcome adversity is, and what pure joy comes from a conversation without […]
We Don’t Have to Be Taught…, Easter 2 (A) – 2011
[…] course, this is very difficult in the midst of a culture of fear. In our humanness, we are bound to resist God’s way of love because it seems so impossible. […]
Presiding Bishop's sermon from Holy Trinity Cathedral, Auckland NZ
[…] the ways of the world that say, âme first.â Crossing those boundaries sent God into human flesh. Crossing those boundaries is the heart of Godâs mission. Itâs not for the […]
I Heard the Story of…, Proper 13 (C) – 1998
[…] obsessed with them, nor should we reduce life to what can be bought and sold. Human beings, unfortunately, are all too prone to devaluing life, theirs and that of others, […]
Bible Study: Last Sunday after the Epiphany (C) – 2013
[…] power and majesty. There is something about God which is great and powerful beyond any human ability. In the days when this might have been written, images like a king, […]
Brief blog post from Executive Council meeting
[…] on the work to date in the new Mark of Mission #3 Initiative: Respond to human need in loving service. Here are the some brief points about what’s happening with […]
A Letter to the Editor of The Wall Street Journal
[…] that many profoundly orthodox Christians have taken seriously the fact that Christ is present in human lives and more particularly in “the least” who live on the edge or beyond […]
Presiding Bishop offers tribute to Barbara Bush
[…] and service to her country and to the well- being of the breadth of the human family of God. Because of her commitment to literacy, there are many today who […]
Strange and Wonderful, Last Sunday in Epiphany (B) – 2021
[…] light of Jesus, who loved his creation so much that he became incarnate and fully human – God with us. We look to the resurrection and the life to come. […]
Bulletin Insert: Welcoming Young Adults into Your Congregation – September 10, 2023
[…] adults in honest and sophisticated conversation about God and the calling and value of every human being. We must equip young adults with the tools of our tradition for facing […]
2012 General Convention Report
[…] of the Kingdom ~ To teach, baptize and nurture new believers ~ To respond to human need by loving service ~ To seek to transform unjust structures of society ~ […]