Wednesday, October 28, 2020
It’s hard for most of us to understand the enormous cultural gap between Jews and Gentiles in Jesus’ day. Tax collectors were condemned for collaborating with the Romans—but not just for working with political oppressors. The condemnation was also for associating with...
Tuesday, October 27, 2020
Have you ever heard of the Sasanian Empire? How about the Chola Dynasty? Know anything about the Empire of Trebizond? All of these ancient realms were more powerful than Israel ever was, yet they have been mostly forgotten in modern history.Tiny, relatively powerless...
Saturday, October 24, 2020
The Keynote Address of the Rt. Rev. Dr. Katharine Jefferts Schori to the 183rd Annual Convention. You have all been very much in my prayers as storms have blown and drenched this diocese and your coastal...
Saturday, October 24, 2020
2020 Convention In the Name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen. One of my favorite southern writers is Rick Bragg. So often he takes me back to a time and place, a time present where I can remember with purpose. Listen to how he...
Saturday, October 24, 2020
We once lived on seven acres of high desert outside Silver City, New Mexico. One gift of living there was observing the abundant wildlife. A bobcat spent one afternoon resting under our tree. Another time I encountered a snake by our birdseed bin. In both cases,...
Thursday, October 22, 2020
From the Archives: August 28, 1955/January 14, 1949 What the prophets taught holds good. God is loving and merciful but God’s purpose will not be balked. We ask: Why has the world fallen into such a fearful plight?God answers….(View this reading and more...
Wednesday, October 21, 2020
Is confession becoming a lost art? We seem to have lost the ability or willingness to be vulnerable—before God and others—or with ourselves. We don’t seem to recognize the value of opening our hearts and souls to God’s great grace.This doesn’t mean we don’t...
