Racial Reconciliation
From the BBC Grant Community: Let the Students LEAD
By The Rev. Meg Wagner In 2019, Beloved Community Initiative—a mission of the Episcopal Diocese of Iowa—received Becoming Beloved Community grant funding to begin an Ethnic Studies Leadership Academy. We […]
AAPI Alive!
by Peter Huang The Gathering is a space for Asian Pacific American spirituality based in the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles. This Eastertide and Asian Pacific Islander Heritage Month, we’ve […]
The Power to Change
By Robyn Hyden At Alabama Arise, as in The Episcopal Church, we value agape love. We strive to practice unconditional love, and through this, we envision a world where all […]
God Sees Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders
by The Rev. Canon Dr. Winfred (Fred) Vergara Gloria Fanchiang wrote the pop song “God who sees us,” in the aftermath of the massacre of six Asian American girls working […]
From the BBC Grant Community: Facing Our History in Kentucky
By The Rev. Kelly Kirby The word “Becoming” is key in the phrase “Becoming the Beloved Community.” When we applied for a seed grant in 2019, we had a vision […]
Bring the Story into the Room
By The Rev. Erin Kirby “‘Anamnesis’ is the Greek word ‘to remember.’ It is the word Jesus used in the institution narrative in the Eucharist: ‘Do this in remembrance of […]
We are ALL Related
By The Rev. Kurt J. Huber and the Rev. Ellen B. Huber Last summer, a young boy went to Home Town Days in the reservation town of Eagle Butte, South […]
Earth Month and Beloved Community
By Phoebe Chatfield and the Rev. Melanie Mullen April is “Earth Month,” leading up to the 52nd annual Earth Day on Friday, April 22. As we join people around the […]
On Sacred Ground: Personal Transformation Leads to Sacred Ground Program Expansion
By Andrea Lauerman Sometimes a transformation of the heart can be so complete that it is shocking even to the one being transformed. Caroline Russell, a parishioner at St. Paul’s […]
Becoming Beloved Community Grant Spotlight: St. Nicholas Richfield, Minnesota
By Megan Palmer As the pandemic continues to cloak the world at large, the community of St. Nicholas Episcopal Church in Richfield, Minnesota, continues to hold each other up in […]
