Forward Day By Day – August 22, 2018

Wednesday, August 22, 2018

We often live our precious lives in fear of scarcity. Something about being human seems to make us fear not having enough. While people seek out psychotherapy for many reasons, a big issue is a fear of not enough. Some are concerned they don’t have enough self-esteem...

Forward Day By Day – August 21, 2018

Tuesday, August 21, 2018

Author Anne Lamott recounts a story about her brother in one of her books. Age 10 at the time of the story, her brother had waited until the last minute to complete a school assignment cataloging a large number of birds. He was feeling very hopeless when their father...

Virginia Opts for Provisional Bishop

Monday, August 20, 2018

Helen K. Spence, president of the Diocese of Virginia’s standing committee, announces plans for a provisional bishop to serve for three years or more: The process the Standing Committee will follow will be similar to what happens in a parish when a rector leaves, and...

Parish Merger in Dallas

Monday, August 20, 2018

Church of the Incarnation has merged with Trinity Church in Dallas to create new growth in a parish that has declined in attendance for several years. The new campus, Incarnation North, is scheduled to launch public worship in August 2019, said the Rev. Thomas...

Two Apologies for Bishop’s Remarks

Monday, August 20, 2018

Nathaniel Ramanaden | Diocese of St. Asaph | bit.ly/2nOocrs After protests by CAMERA and the Simon Wiesenthal Center and coverage by Tablet, the Rt. Rev. Gayle E. Harris, Suffragan Bishop of the Diocese of Massachusetts, has apologized for remarks she made during...

In the Presence of Glory

Monday, August 20, 2018

14 Pentecost, August 26 1 Kings 8:(1, 6, 10-11)22-30, 41-43 or Josh. 24:1-2a, 14-18 Ps. 84 or Ps. 84:1-6 or Ps. 34:15-22 Eph. 6:10-20 • John 6:56-69 Jimmy Baikovicius | Flickr “Then the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the Lord to its place, in the inner...

Forward Day By Day – August 20, 2018

Monday, August 20, 2018

When I first heard Bob Dylan’s song “Rainy Day Woman # 12 & 35,” I thought the line about “everybody must get stoned” was a reference to smoking marijuana. A closer reading of the lyrics reveals this song is filled with Old and New Testament allusions. In this...

Forward Day By Day – August 19, 2018

Sunday, August 19, 2018

Most of us would prefer a world where the line between righteousness and sin is clearly demarcated, like the ones and zeros of binary code. While technology has overrun many areas of our lives, our moral lives will never be so simple.So long as we live, we will not be...

Forward Day By Day – August 18, 2018

Saturday, August 18, 2018

Illness can sometimes arrive like a slow-moving rainstorm. Many mental health problems sneak up like a rainstorm that might let up for a while but never seems to completely move on. And then rain comes down in buckets, soaking everyone involved. The man from today’s...

Online: 9/2 TLC

Friday, August 17, 2018

The Sept. 2 edition of The Living Church is available online to registered subscribers. TLC correspondent G. Jeffrey MacDonald writes in the cover story: Along the U.S.-Mexico border in West Texas, people accustomed to being largely invisible are trying extra hard to...