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Lenten Series: Give It Away
A friend recently asked an innocent question that completely floored me. “I hear you Christians talking about racial reconciliation and Beloved Community, but what does it mean?” We were in a casual conversation – no time to grab Martin Luther King Jr.’s meditations off the shelf, no time even to reach for the scriptures. I […]
Lenten Series: Pilgrimage to Ferguson
On August 9, 2014, Michael Brown was shot and killed by Officer Darren Wilson outside of the Canfield Green apartment complex in Ferguson, MO. I had been in my new role as Missioner for Racial Reconciliation for The Episcopal Church for just over one month, and was still learning the ropes of serving on the […]
Lenten Series: Singing Anew
“Perhaps … I am the face of one of your fears. Because I am a woman, because I am Black, because I am a lesbian, because I am myself —a Black woman warrior poet doing my work—come to ask you, are you doing yours?” Audre Lorde Six months ago, I sat in a sun-washed living room […]
Lenten Series: Called By Name
My name is Sowdo My name is Sergio My name is Sadiki My name is Linda Fundamental to the creation of Beloved Community is inclusiveness. Fundamental to inclusiveness is learning each other’s names. In Exodus 3, God calls Moses by name. And when Moses considers approaching the Israelites with a message from God, he […]
Lenten Series: Breaking the Chains of Injustice
One evening a grandfather told his grandson about a battle that goes on inside people. He said, “My son, the battle is between two “wolves” inside us all. One is Evil. It is anger, greed, arrogance, self-pity, resentment, superiority . . . The other is Good. It is joy, peace, love, hope, kindness, compassion and faith . […]
Lenten Series: Engaging the Beloved Community
“The aftermath of nonviolence is the creation of the beloved community. The aftermath of nonviolence is redemption. The aftermath of nonviolence is reconciliation. The aftermath of violence is emptiness and bitterness.” Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. spoke those words in a 1957 speech, Birth of a New Nation. The tenets of nonviolence that King espoused are the basis for envisioning […]
Domestic Policy Action Network Newsletter July-August 2015
Welcome to the Domestic Policy Action Network (DPAN), your go-to news primer for current domestic issues related to Episcopal Church policy and advocacy organized by the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society! This bimonthly newsletter includes an overview of the Green Climate Fund, legislative updates on criminal justice reform, a recap of 78th General Convention policy […]
Immigration Advocacy Network Newsletter: World Refugee Day Edition
June is full of events leading up to World Refugee Day – do not miss out on these opportunities to learn more about current refugee crises, raise your voice in support of protection and resettlement for refugees, and celebrate the contributions of immigrants and refugees. Advocacy Calendar Resources Advocacy Calendar Saturday, June 20 is […]
Domestic Policy Action Network Newsletter
Welcome to the Domestic Policy Action Network (DPAN), your go-to news primer for current domestic issues related to Episcopal Church policy and advocacy organized by the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society! This bimonthly newsletter includes legislative updates on the federal budget process, protecting the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, carbon emission reduction, and sentencing reform. Meet […]
EPPN Lenten Series: Engaging Poverty Through Creation Care
So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts. There go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom thou hast made to play therein. These wait all upon thee; that thou mayest give them their meat in due season. That thou givest them they gather: thou openest […]
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