Bp. Shannon Johnston to Resign Nov. 3

The Rt. Rev. Shannon S. Johnson writes to members of the Diocese of Virginia with details about his retirement plans: After many months of intense prayer and reflection, and in close consultation with the Presiding Bishop and our Standing Committee, I am formally...

Lyghfield Bible Returns to Canterbury

A rare medieval Bible has been returned to Canterbury Cathedral 500 years after its removal. The Lyghfield Bible, named after the 16th-century monk who once owned it, was among a number of items removed from the cathedral’s monastic library at the time of the...

Forward Day By Day – August 3, 2018

I’ve worked as a psychotherapist for many years, so I think I’ve become something of an authority regarding insults and slights. Words do indeed hurt people.Many people have sat with me over the years and recounted words spoken years and years ago that still hurt....

Unexpectedly Alive

(“The Marys at Tomb”, mosaic in Basilica of Sant’Apollinare Nuovo.  Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.)   Daily Office Readings for Friday, August 3, 2018:   AM Psalm 69:1-23(24-30)31-38; PM Psalm 73 Judges 5:1-18; Acts 2:1-21; Matt. 28:1-10   After the...

Upload Gratitude

Adapted from the Diocese of Missouri Think of it as a little blue box that lives on your phone. The United Thank Offering has encouraged generations of Episcopalians to mark gratitude in daily life by adding spare change to small paper boxes. Months of work with...

Bishop: Pray for the Victims

The Rt. Rev. Audrey C. Scanlan, Bishop of Central Pennsylvania, writes to members of her diocese about allegations of past sexual abuses by priests of the Diocese of Harrisburg: I bid your prayers for those who will find this report to be difficult, and perhaps...

The Sealed Tomb

Matthew 27:55-66 Asked to share brief spiritual autobiographies, the people of my retreat opened their hearts to one another. They were generous both in telling their stories and in listening, permitting a deep vulnerability and authenticity to emerge. We were...

Benches and Reconciliation in South Sudan

Morus and Dinkas who worship together Deacon Deborah Goldfeder writes for the Diocese of Missouri about her visit to Kiryandongo, South Sudan, earlier this year: How did benches become a symbol of peace and reconciliation between two tribes that have been enemies as...

Forward Day By Day – August 2, 2018

When a clearly mentally ill man visited my church, many of us were afraid to approach him. A woman named Verglea took his hand and brought him up to the communion rail. Verglea and others like her are the spiritual descendants of the women in today’s gospel. We should...

Canon Stevenson to Assist PB

The Rev. Canon E. Mark Stevenson, director of Episcopal Migration Ministries since 2016, will be the next canon to the presiding bishop for ministry within the Episcopal Church. Stevenson’s first day in the role will be Sept. 1, and he will be based at the Episcopal...