Blog (Page 61)

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The House of Bishops of the Episcopal Church met last week in Fairbanks Alaska. Unlike the House of Deputies, the other governing body of the Episcopal Church, the bishops meet once a year. At this meeting a statement was issued to which some one hundred and thirty bishops signed theirRead More →

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  It is not an election year per se, but it seems we are always in a “political” season. Passions of the electorate persist and still brim to the surface. More and more we citizens guard our opinions with increased fervor, some say to our detriment. Our American democratic identityRead More →

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One of the principal things the Episcopal Church has to offer in keeping with its catholic tradition is its liturgical life, an aesthetic expression of the relationship between God and humanity. It is our gift. From Sunday to Sunday we don’t randomly select prayers and hymns and scripture; instead weRead More →

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We are approaching the end of the fifty days of Easter. The last day of Easter is this Sunday, the feast of Pentecost, at which we celebrate the gift of the Holy Spirit to the church. The writer of Luke and Acts has this “red letter” event occurring fifty daysRead More →

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Lucinda Williams, Texas singer songwriter extraordinaire, by way of Arkansas, has a famous song in which she exhorts us to “get right with God.” Why are we so obsessed with getting it right? Another formidable prophet, Jesus of Nazareth, entreats us to be “perfect as the Father is perfect.” InRead More →