Ministry Inspiration: Episcopal Tree Planting Project

Tuesday, March 3, 2020

by the Rev. Robert Beazley, priest-in-charge, St. Michael’s, Mandeville When I was a child, I learned the proverb that the best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago, the second best time is today. We, as southern Louisianians, are lucky to be surrounded by a...

Lenten Study on Environmental Justice

Monday, February 3, 2020

Join the Environmental Commission of the Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana for a Lenten Study on Environmental Justice. We will read Care for Creation: A Franciscan Spirituality of the Earth. Every week during Lent, a member of the Environmental Commission will reflect...

Thy Kingdom Come on Earth as it is in Heaven

Monday, December 23, 2019

by the Rev. Watson Lamb, Chaplain, Chapel of the Holy Spirit, New Orleans We are in the last couple of days of Advent, and the waiting is almost over. In just two days, we will celebrate God coming down to be an intimate part of creation in the form of a baby. As we...

Incarnation Imprinted Throughout Creation

Monday, December 16, 2019

by the Rev. Fred Devall, Rector, St. Martin’s, Metairie December has always been my favorite month in Louisiana.  The sasanquas and camellias come into bloom, while the cypress needles transform to a beautiful hue of orange/brown.  The heat is long...

Change – One Bite at a Time

Monday, December 9, 2019

by the Rev. Christopher Golding, Associate Priest, St. Luke’s Church and School, Baton Rouge Recently, I had a chance to take an overnight retreat at the Solomon Center, our diocesan conference center. As I walked along the lake, I happily snapped a few photos of the...

Slow Down and Look Around

Monday, December 2, 2019

by the Rev. Robert Beazley, Rector, St. Michael’s, Mandeville Matthew Broderick, through the prophetic words of Ferris Bueller, taught us that, “Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.” Those words came to...

Sign up for Sustain Island Home, the Episcopal Church Carbon Tracker

Wednesday, October 16, 2019

by George Bond, a parishioner at St. George’s, New Orleans, and member of the Environmental Commission of the Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana  “God so loved the world that he gave his only son …” is not a pious platitude or a simple religious refrain. It is...

Churches Plant Trees to Save Our Coast

Wednesday, February 28, 2018

On February 17, members of All Saints’, River Ridge; St. Augustine’s, Metairie; St. John’s, Kenner; and St. Martin’s, Metairie, volunteered with the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation to plant 600 trees in Manchac, Louisiana, in an effort to...