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Episcopal Church

The Quest for “Ubuntu”

June 25, 2010

It is an odd word, ubuntu, even difficult to pronounce.  It’s oddness, however, reveals more about our own perceptions and our need to continue to learn and grow, to overcome a propensity to lock down our souls. What is the meaning and significance of ubuntu? It points to a quest of the human heart, to [...]

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Brian McLaren on Catholicity and the Middle Way

June 10, 2010

The blogosphere is once again alive with the latest developments among provinces within the Anglican Communion.  It breaks my heart to see some of my faith heroes backed into defensive corners over institutional matters that I believe are not consonant with their deepest hearts (my humble opinion).  This morning I read an essay by Brian [...]

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Spirited Christianity

May 22, 2010

Tomorrow we celebrate the Feast of Pentecost, the third great feast of the church year after Christmas and Easter for which the Church of the Holy Comforter is named. It reenacts the story of a small group of disciples who were still confused and adrift after the death and resurrection of their Lord. All they [...]

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Bishop Greg Rickel on Revitalizing the Mission of the Episcopal Church

April 6, 2010

Bishop Greg Rickel of the Diocese of Olympia is someone I’ve been watching over the last year.  I’ve been impressed by his commitment to help the clergy and parishes of his Diocese engage the new “missional era” we find ourselves in by focusing on the development of authentic faith and seeking new creative ways to [...]

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Jesus Said . . .

March 21, 2010

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A Stone Cold Reminder

February 20, 2010

Some people give up something for Lent, like a favorite food. Alabama Episcopal Bishop Henry N. Parsley brings something extra with him during Lent.  “I carry a stone in my pocket,” Parsley said on Ash Wednesday as he opened the Lenten preaching series at Cathedral Church of the Advent. He held it in his fingers [...]

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Presiding Bishop Pays Pastoral Visit To Haitian Bishop

February 9, 2010

[Episcopal News Service] Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori paid a poignant visit to Port-au-Prince Feb. 8 to survey with Episcopal Diocese of Haiti Bishop Jean Zaché Duracin the devastation wrought by the Jan. 12 magnitude 7.0 earthquake. After climbing over the ruins of the diocese’s Cathédrale Sainte Trinité (Holy Trinity Cathedral), the presiding bishop turned to Duracin [...]

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Snowmaggedon or Snowfromheaven?

February 7, 2010

The Washington-Metro area is digging out from its fourth largest snowfall on record.  The Northern Virginia suburbs registered from 28 t0 30 inches of snow by nightfall yesterday. I woke up early this morning to make the 3 mile walk to Holy Comforter.  A parishioner, Drew Colliaitie, picked me up half way there in his [...]

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Bishop Duracin – “What’s important is to keep the faith.”

January 22, 2010

The Wall Street Journal recently interviewed Bishop Duracin in Port au Prince, as he cares for his people at a tent city he set up behind the ruins of College Ste. Pierre.  Pray that people everywhere will keep faith with the people of Haiti.

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Rome’s Anglican Annex

October 23, 2009

From the Washington Post: The Vatican is making it easier for Anglicans — priests, members and parishes — to convert to Catholicism. Some say this is further recognition of the substantial overlap in faith, doctrine and spirituality between the Catholic and Anglican traditions; others see it as poaching that could further divide the Anglican Communion. [...]

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