Lenten Offerings 2019

Saturday, March 2, 2019

Please join us for one of these Christian education programs, services, and retreats happening throughout the Diocese of Louisiana this Lenten Season. Contact Karen Mackey kmackey@edola.org for additions or corrections to the list. A blessed Lent to you! Daily St....

Forward Day By Day – March 2, 2019

Saturday, March 2, 2019

Last week I organized receipts for all of last year’s charitable contributions as requested by our accountant. Some worry that the higher standard deduction will decrease financial giving to nonprofit institutions. But this concern raises an important question: Do we...

Forward Day By Day – March 1, 2019

Friday, March 1, 2019

My heart sinks when I read this verse. Perfect? Me? Then I remember that I don’t think Jesus means being 100 percent error-free. The New English Bible’s translation of this verse says: “There must be no limit to your goodness, as your heavenly Father’s goodness knows...

Forward Day By Day – February 28, 2019

Thursday, February 28, 2019

Among the many difficult tasks facing medical doctors is talking with patients about changes they need to make in order to become healthier. We do not like being told what to do, and we are easily offended. But good doctors care more about healing than they do about...

Forward Day By Day – February 27, 2019

Wednesday, February 27, 2019

Jesus’ words about the need for reconciliation to take place before public worship are not unique. The prophets repeatedly call for true inward righteousness instead of merely outward expressions of worship. Paul repeats this same warning in 1 Corinthians 11. The...

Forward Day By Day – February 26, 2019

Tuesday, February 26, 2019

The story of Ruth is one we need to hear today. We see virtue on display in Ruth, a Gentile refugee woman living the life of a widow in the ancient Near East. The love story we read about—not the one between Ruth and Boaz but one of family love—is centered on Ruth and...

Forward Day By Day – February 25, 2019

Monday, February 25, 2019

The number twelve is important. The children of Israel are organized into twelve tribes. Jesus symbolically chooses twelve of his disciples to become the pillars in an emerging community of faith, but now only eleven are left. So the disciples find a few qualified...

Forward Day By Day – February 24, 2019

Sunday, February 24, 2019

One day after my fourth-grade flag football practice, Dad made a comment that stuck with me. “This family isn’t known for being good at sports.” He wasn’t saying it to be mean, but it was a hard comment to shake. I couldn’t help but wonder, “If I don’t come from an...

Forward Day By Day – February 23, 2019

Saturday, February 23, 2019

On February 14, 1990, the Voyager I space probe photographed Earth from more than six billion kilometers away. This iconic image is known as the Pale Blue Dot, showing Earth as the tiniest of dots in a single beam of light. Astronomer Carl Sagan gave a moving lecture...