Sacrifice, Palm Sunday (B) – 2018
How did this happen? How did Jesus’ life of peace end in such a vio lent death? We stand at the edge of this moment, looking on in horror and […]
Mechthilde of Hackeborn and Gertrude the Great, Mystics and Theologians, 1298 and 1302
[…] I prayed; and the Lord has granted me the petition that I made to him. 28 Therefore I have lent him to the Lord; as long as he lives, he is given to the Lord.’ She […]
Bulletin Insert: Life Transformed – Week 5 – March 17, 2024
English Español The journey through Lent into Easter is a journey with Jesus. We are baptized into his life, self-giving, and death; then, we rise in hope to life transformed. […]
A Pastoral Letter from the Bishops of the Episcopal Church
[…] what it is to have little, and I know what it is to have p lenty. In any and all circumstances I have learned the secret of being well-fed and […]
Jesus Said to Them…, Easter 3 (B) – 1997
[…] building relationship in meals — are deeply related. We found this to be true during Lent. We fasted and experienced hunger, which underscored both our need for God and our […]
ADVENTure
[…] learned many things. One was that originally, Advent was a penitential season, a lot like Lent. Another was that Saint Nicholas punched an Egyptian Bishop for saying that Jesus Christ […]
A Man Was in the Back Yard…, Easter (B) – 2003
[…] little girl’s comforting, freeing promise at Easter, as we try to overcome the trials of Lent just past. “God can fix it!” Perhaps that is as good a message as […]
After Hearing a Presentation…, Palm Sunday (C) – 2007
[…] of that great mystery more concretely. We celebrate Holy Week as we observed all of Lent â not as if we had never been redeemed, but as having the stamp […]
Presiding Bishop's Sermon for Lexington's Diocesan Convention
[…] thatâs killing your friend. Make sure that the kids around here grow up with p lenty of adults who care about them, and schools that nurture and challenge their gifts. […]
#washday15: Anglican global Lenten movement
A new global movement – #washday15 – provides a means for participating in a worldwide Lenten discipline through social media postings on Twitter, Tumblr, Instagram, and Facebook. Initiated by the […]
Open to Healing: Lenten Meditation, 3/9/2013
[…] a shattered psyche, and a broken heart. In the weeks that followed, I had p lenty of time to be alone with my thoughts, and to begin the long process […]
A Spacious Life: Lenten Meditation, 3/13/2013
[…] for your attention and leave you feeling stuck? What might set you free? For me, Lent has become about seeking out simplicity, about reducing the number of inessential things clamoring […]
Sermon at Opening Eucharist of House of Bishops Meeting
[…] It seems entirely appropriate that the celebration for James Theodore Holly will always fall in Lent, if this feast gets final authorization from General Convention. We?re all supposed to be […]
November Gratitude Faith Formation Resources Now Available!
[…] even comes with a letter to send home to explain the materials to parents. Please note: We are also finishing up the materials for Lent; they will be available in October.
Bringing Out the God Flavors: Lenten Meditation, 2/23/2013
[…] the food, so does light enable us to see the world around us. During this Lenten season, we try once more to figure out what it means to walk the […]
Faith Transfigured: Lenten Meditation, 2/24/2013
[…] have faith in something means that you believe it without even seeing it. However, in Lent we are given an opportunity to examine everything about our life with Christ, and […]
A New Year’s Resolution to Be More Present
[…] when the formation and development committee began to discuss what the focus for our 2024 Lenten materials should be, they decided to focus on 40 days of grateful presence. I […]
God Save the People, Palm Sunday (B) – March 24, 2024
[…] known as the “Book of Glory”. We are at a hinge point liturgically, teetering between Lent and Holy Week and ready to plunge into our yearly remembrance of Jesus’ last […]
Episcopal Church Executive Council: Opening remarks from the president of the House of Deputies
[…] meet regularly to invest money together into a communal fund. The pooled savings are then lent back out to members of the group in turn. These zero-interest loans cover things […]
New Method for Ordering UTO Printed Materials
[…] parishes, where you can select if you would prefer materials geared toward November or toward Lent. We will have a starter kit for new parishes and a kit for those […]