Forward Day By Day – March 18, 2020

I met Sarah one summer, just as she began to process some horrible childhood events. We walked many, many miles together on those summer evenings. I listened as Sarah shared every last detail of her stories. With an ordained friend, we shared eucharist one evening. As...

Prayers During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Prayers and meditations from the clergy of the Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana. During these stressful times of the COVID-19 pandemic, we pray for peace and healing for our brothers and sisters across the world. May God’s peace be with you. Be well. April 11,...

Forward Day By Day – March 17, 2020

What God reveals in Jesus is not a new idea or something wholly different from ways God has acted before. God has been at the same work all along. Today’s psalm is full of the stories of God’s provision, compassion, and presence through history. In our g….(View...

Forward Day By Day – March 16, 2020

In reading this story about the privileged and the poorest, we have much to learn from both angles of view: one lesson is to comprehend the power of God in Jesus as generative and nurturing. Another perspective—as I heard one woman say—The beauty of standing up is...

Forward Day By Day – March 15, 2020

The theological dialogue between Jesus and this unnamed Samaritan woman is a beautiful example of the compassionate inclusivity of the One whose kingdom is coming and is already among and with us. Jesus engages with someone that his family and religio-cultural...

Forward Day By Day – March 14, 2020

Some of us in more “advanced” parts of the world forget the deep mystery of the miraculous, especially when it comes to healings and exorcisms. Mark describes four exorcisms and refers to many more, showing us the ways Jesus points to the cosmic battle with Satan....

Forward Day By Day – March 13, 2020

Jesus is telling us parables about how faith is planted and grown, fed mysteriously with the light, soil, and water of God’s being. The disciples hear these parables and are a part of the inner circle that hears the secrets of the kingdom explained privately....