Forward Day By Day – July 27, 2018

“So what happened?” the woman at the desk asked. “Where did you fall?” When I told her, she nodded her head knowingly. “A lot of people get tripped up there.” “There,” in this case, was the breakwater in Rockland, Maine, an almost mile-long jetty composed of massive...

Toronto Churches Offer Healing Prayers

Adapted from Joelle Kidd’s report for Anglican Journal, via ACNS Two Anglican churches in Toronto are offering space for prayer after an evening shooting on July 22 left two dead and 13 others injured. The gunman, whose identity has not been released, was found dead...

Jacob Worley Called to Fort Worth

The Rev. Jacob Worley, who was turned away from becoming the Anglican Church of Bishop of the Diocese of Caledonia, has been called to lead St. Andrew’s Church in downtown Fort Worth. St. Andrew’s is a congregation in the diocese led by the Rt. Rev. Jack L....

Forward Day By Day – July 26, 2018

I’ve learned a great deal from other teachers I’ve known. Some have shown me what not to do. But there was also a professional mentor who continually reminded me that I should never make anyone look foolish; and many, many years earlier, an elementary school teacher...

Betraying Jesus

Matthew 26:69-75   I feel a kinship with Peter. He was a man with a passionate heart, an impetuousness that led him to say the wrong thing and ask the foolish question more often than not. I do that. I think I know what’s right, and I blurt it out. If I...

Bishop Curry to Have Surgery

Presiding Bishop Michael Curry announces his surgery for prostate cancer: A few months ago, through my annual physical, I was diagnosed with prostate cancer. After a variety of tests, consultations, and conversations with my wife and daughters, I decided on a surgical...

‘We Have Been Fobbing People Off’

Lord Carey, the retired 103rd Archbishop of Canterbury, testified that he is “deeply ashamed” about the Church of England’s failure to discipline Peter Ball, former Bishop of Lewes and Gloucester. Carey gave evidence in testimony July 24 before the long-running...

Forward Day By Day – July 25, 2018

“Table for two?” I felt like the hostess at a fine restaurant, and yet here I was at the largest feeding center in New York. Whether street people or the working poor, the guests at Holy Apostles Soup Kitchen were receiving a nutritious meal—and they were being served...

Praise to the Creating God

Yesterday morning, I rose early, and took my prayer book and Bible out into the fields, meadows, and woods that surround the cabin where I am staying for a mini-retreat, as a busy month draws to a close. This summer has brought even more changes and challenges than...