Saturday, January 9, 2021
Julia Chester Emery served as the national secretary of the Women’s Auxiliary of the Board of Missions for forty years, from 1876 to 1916. For the Episcopal Church, perhaps her most significant and longest-lasting legacy is the United Thank Offering. The ….(View...
Thursday, January 7, 2021
My dear friends, In times such as these often our need for centering comes in the form of what we know to be true, scripture and our Book of Common Prayer. I invite you to pray with me over the next several days a couple of prayers. The first is a prayer for peace:...
Thursday, January 7, 2021
Our guide in Cana told us this joke: “The wine is so bad in Cana that if Jesus were here today, he would turn the wine back into water.” I am not prepared to debate the truth of that statement, but Cana, Nazareth, Jerusalem, Jericho, and Hebron are all still...
Wednesday, January 6, 2021
The first time I heard of Adult Children of Alcoholics (ACOA’s), I rather cynically thought that the treatment center at Hazelden had created a new fad to bring more people into treatment. Oh, was I so wrong! Adult Children of Alcoholics are real people who are...
Wednesday, January 6, 2021
The Rev. Lindsey Ardrey, the Rev. Lynn Hooks, and the Rev. Allison Reid were ordained to the Sacred Order of Deacons on December 19, 2020, at St. Paul’s, New Orleans.
Wednesday, January 6, 2021
It was a beautiful Christmas in the Diocese of Louisiana. Churches across the diocese held services both in-person and virtually. From singing “Silent Night” to listening to stirring sermons to watching creative choir anthems, here are screenshots of...
Wednesday, January 6, 2021
The Epiphany of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ is a celebration often missed in the flurry and exhaustion of Advent and Christmas. Nevertheless, the Feast of the Epiphany is the culmination of Christmas. The magi went home, the story says, but they went...