Racial Reconciliation
Episcopalians confront hard truths about the Episcopal Church’s role in slavery, black history
Brutal scenes of physical and psychological violence in the 2016 film “The Birth of a Nation” flashed across a screen set up inside a small chamber at the Episcopal Cathedral of St. John the Divine. A few viewers turned away, while some gasped and others watched steadily. The film is based on the true story of […]
Beyond Relevant: The Episcopal Church’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities
Episcopalians, schools and supporters are working to renew, strengthen ties By Heather Beasley Doyle When Skylar Mitchell arrived at Spelman College, an all-female historically black school in Atlanta, Georgia, she found herself in an unfamiliar environment. “I had never been around only black people before,” she said last year, as her sophomore year drew to a […]
A Discussion on Reconciliation
I met Dr. Kathy Bozzuti-Jones, the Associate Director of Faith Formation and Education at Trinity Wall Street, at a workshop I presented at Forma. In a recent post, she writes on this workshop with a focus on moving forward in reconciliation with God’s help. Here’s an excerpt: “Trinity Wall Street has recently declared an intention […]
Pictures from the Road
Traditional dancers at the Filipino Convocation, August 2014. Visit with Executive Council member Anita George, August 2014. Daniel Ledo and Mike Angell giving a workshop on young adult ministries at Nuevo Amanacer, August 2014. […]
Make My Joy Complete, part 2
In my first post, I spoke of the need to prioritize being in community over being right, and described our need to distinguish between intent and impact. As promised, here are three types of comments I hear fairly frequently, and that many people point to as impediments to the work of reconciliation. I am sure […]
Make My Joy Complete, part 1
If then there is any encouragement in Christ, any consolation from love, any sharing in the Spirit, any compassion and sympathy, make my joy complete: be of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind. Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility regard others as […]
If I Say “It’s Racist,” Will You Still Be My Friend?
White Privilege From an Asian-American Woman’s Point of View October 4, 2013 By: Lelanda Lee I had been friends with Lacy for almost seven years. We volunteered together at church. Our favorite thing was going out to dinner after a meeting, which happened almost weekly. We both had grown children with troubled marriages. Our husbands […]
Episcopalians Gather to Apologize for Slavery
By: Daphne Mack Hundreds of Episcopalians journeyed to St. Thomas African Episcopal Church in Philadelphia on October 3 to participate in the first of a two-day solemn observance that will culminate with the Episcopal Church publicly apologizing for its involvement in the institution of transatlantic slavery. “Our coming together shows that this is not an […]
Giving the full history: Who owned Absalom Jones?
Absalom Jones is one of the Episcopal Church’s and our nation’s most heroic founding fathers, and on February 13, we commemorate blessed Absalom, the first black priest and founder of the first black congregation in the Episcopal Church. Absalom Jones had been born into slavery in 1746 and achieved his own freedom in 1784. But, […]
