Racial Reconciliation
Hoping for Belonging as a Palestinian Priest
By Leyla King My grandmother was four months pregnant with the child who would become my mother in April 1948 when, along with my grandfather, she fled for her life from her home in Haifa, Palestine, to Beirut, Lebanon, on a cargo ship. The two nights and one day on the ship, seasick and hormone-nauseated, […]
Meet our New Staff Officer for Gender Justice: Aaron Scott
By Aaron Scott I’m transgender, I’m a layperson, and I’m 39 years old. I grew up in a tongues-talking United Methodist Church in the foothills of the Adirondack Mountains, where my dad was the pastor. We were a poor congregation in a poor community, deeply divided over the inclusion and dignity of LGBTQ+ people. I […]
Antiracism Trainings for Deputies
By Miguel Bustos As we prepare for the upcoming General Convention, lots of deputies have wondered how to fulfill the requirement for anti-racism training in time for convention in late June. Understanding the urgency and significance of this requirement, the Department of Reconciliation, Justice, and Creation Care of the Episcopal Church is here to assist. […]
Why the Deputies of Color Must Work Together
By Heidi J. Kim and Joe McDaniel Jr. The Deputies of Color (DOC) is an umbrella group of diocesan-elected deputies who identify with the four ethnic groups represented in the Presiding Bishop’s Office of Ethnic Missioners: Asiamerica Ministries, African Descent Ministries, Indigenous Ministries, and Latino Ministries. The DOC recently held its in-person pre-General Convention meeting […]
On Sacred Ground: Speaking the Truth about Land Ownership
By Lallie Lloyd I am a descendant of White colonial settlers, and Sacred Ground has supported me along my ongoing path to healing relationships with God, my community (by which I mean all my relations), my inner self, and the natural world. When I was a child, my mother told stories of courageous ancestors who […]
Preserving the Last Aquifer
By Cathlena Plummer It is the 21st century, in the year 2024, water has become the fight between Natives and the dominant mineral extraction industry. Last year alone, the artesian water well at St. Christopher’s Mission in Bluff, Utah, served over 80,000 people from around the Navajo reservation, and this well is still going strong. […]
Toward Environmental Reparations
By Glenna Huber As an undergraduate, I volunteered in a community-based, after-school program for young children run by The Episcopal Church. The kids came from all over the neighborhood to enjoy tutoring, arts and crafts, and a safe place to play until they were picked up in the early evening. It was here, attending organizing […]
These Scraps Are No Longer Enough
By Joanne Stevenson Jenkins “From there Jesus set out for the vicinity of Tyre. He entered a house there where he didn’t think he would be found, but he couldn’t escape notice. He was barely inside when a woman who had a disturbed daughter heard where he was. She came and knelt at his feet, […]
Bloody Sunday: Why We Must Never Forget
By Joe McDaniel Jr. Commemorating the Selma March across the Edmund Pettus Bridge holds immense significance as it stands as a pivotal moment in the Civil Rights Movement in the United States. This event, which took place in Selma, Alabama, on March 7, 1965, was a turning point in the struggle for African American voting […]
A Winter Talk Reflection
By Melissa Bird What a journey this life is. A few weeks ago, I was in Texas for the annual Winter Talk meeting. Truth be told, I was so nervous to be there. This would be the first time in my life (except for Powwow) that I would be around this many Indigenous people. And […]
