This is the story of an Easter people on a Sunday morning, welcoming a visitor who steps in off the street. “Hi! My name is Joe” his name tag reads as he stands in the parish hall at coffee hour. He looks a little out of sorts, standing by the coffee urn, a sugared donut…

This is the story of an Easter people on a Sunday morning, welcoming a visitor who steps in off the street. “Hi! My name is Joe” his name tag reads as he stands in the parish hall at coffee hour. He looks a little out of sorts, standing by the coffee urn, a sugared donut…

Doubt and disillusionment, discouragement and despair: these are emotions that are common to all of us at some point in our lives. Loss of a job, loss of a loved one, divorce, illness, even the loss of a pet, any of these things and more can throw us into a tailspin and fill our hearts…

La palabra de Dios que proclamamos en este tiempo de cuaresma nos va preparando para aceptar el camino de la cruz como la única vía que nos lleva a la vida verdadera. Hoy el evangelista san Juan en el capítulo dos nos presenta a Jesús purificando el templo de Jerusalén con una actitud que inquieta…

La palabra de Dios que proclamamos en este tiempo de cuaresma nos va preparando para aceptar el camino de la cruz como la única vía que nos lleva a la vida verdadera. Hoy el evangelista san Juan nos presenta a Jesús purificando el templo de Jerusalén con una actitud que inquieta y confunde a sus…

Genesis 45:1-15 A friend, who is a senior Master of Divinity student, and I had a conversation about veterans today. He and a mutual friend, who is an Episcopal priest in the Austin area, work together on the Episcopal Veterans Fellowship here, planning services and pilgrimages; creating safe space for those who served in America’s…

Let nothing disturb you,Let nothing make you afraid,All things are passing,God never changes.Patience obtains all things.Nothing is lacking to the one who has God–God alone is enough. These words, from a meditation titled “St. Teresa’s bookmark,” are a fine summary of today’s readings from Scripture. They all speak to us, strangely enough, about the gift…

“When was the last time you met the devil?,” Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori asked in her February 21 sermon at All Saints Episcopal Church in Omaha, Nebraska (Diocese of Nebraska) during a meeting of the Church”s Executive Council. The full text of the sermon follows: February 21, 2010 All Saints Episcopal Church,…

If Elijah and Jezebel were after me, I’d run, too! Elijah was so afraid, he wished he might just die, but God had other plans for him as God often does for us. This is a wonderful story from today’s reading from First Kings about one of the great prophets who is so human in…

La celebración del Jueves Santo está impregnada de simbolismo y significado. Hoy celebramos la institución de la Santa Eucaristía y recordamos la importancia de la humildad en nuestro caminar y liderazgo cristiano. La institución de la Santa Eucaristía sucedió en un contexto histórico muy particular. Jesús se encuentra con sus discípulos justo antes de la…