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Walking for Peace

More than 650 Episcopalians joined Bishop Tom Shaw and an estimated 10,000 others in making a witness against gun violence by walking the Mother's Day Walk for Peace in Dorchester.

More than a memorial

Bishop Tom Shaw of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts makes a visit to the Boston Marathon memorial site and is moved to wonder how we're willing to get at the root causes of violence.

Interfaith work in the wake of the Boston bombings

In the wake of the Boston Marathon bombings, Ebo Patel, founder and executive director of Interfaith Youth Core, tells Odyssey Networks that the world needs interfaith leaders now more than ever.

Confronting violence where ever we find it

Bishop Mary Glasspool of the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles shot some video while she was in Washington walking the Way of the Cross as a witness against gun violence on Monday of Holy Week. Here she reflects on what she saw and heard.

Talking God in a coffee shop

A man in a coffee shop asks Bishop Tom Shaw: "Did anybody thank you for getting out of bed yet today, Tom?"

Discerning God's will in community

Bishop Stephen Lane: As one wag put it, The Episcopal Church is a hierarchical church with a meeting at the top.

How Lent is like Valentine's Day

Bishop Tom Shaw: Lent is the season of the church's year when we understand our intimate relationship with God in the deepest parts of who we are.

Forgiveness doesn't happen overnight

Religious leaders in Newtown wrestle with questions of forgiveness in the wake of the mass shooting of children in December. From Odyssey Network.

Bishop Tom Shaw on sin: what it is and what it isn't.

Is: war, poverty, racism. Isn't: "smoking a couple of joints a week."

A mission to Haiti

Odyssey Networks tells the story of a Chicago couple who have responded to the extreme poverty they encountered in Haiti.

Bethlehem today

Bishop Alan Wilson pointed us to this video about the little town of Bethlehem, and what it is like today.

The O Antiphons

The O Antiphons (explained here and in greater detail here), beautifully performed by an ensemble whose identity is unknown to us. For more information, listen to this classic example of NPR journalism.

The Lost Choir

Every three seconds a child dies somewhere in the world because of hunger, malnutrition, dirty water or the absence of vaccine protection. Visit GlobalGiving and donate money to any of the projects that fight hunger around the world.

Brother Rhino and Sister Giraffe

Episcopal clergy and laity blessed animals at Seattle's Woodland Park Zoo on St. Francis Day. It was the inaugural event of St. Francis the Wanderer, a mission of the Episcopal Diocese of Olympia to take liturgy outside the walls and into public places.

Come be our vicar

A homemade film produced by a parish in the Church of England seeking a new vicar has become an unexpected YouTube hit.

Making sense of the "nones"

Gregory Smith, senior researcher for the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, talks with Odyssey Networks about the rapid growth of the religiously unaffiliated.

Doing Diocesan Conventions differently

The Diocese of Connecticut is going to give it a try. What do you think of their plan?

Barna, young people and the church

A somewhat patronizing video from the folks at Barna, who nonetheless have good data, and a knack for spotting trends. What do you make of it?

The essential work of campus ministry

Here's how they do it at Indiana University.

The Bread of Life. What is it?

What does Jesus mean when he says he is the bread of life? Barbara K. Lundblad, Professor of Preaching at Union Theological Seminary shares a few ideas in this video by Odyssey Networks

The edible church yard

Claire West talks about the "edible church yard" at St. Mary's Urban Farm in Manhattanville, New York in this video produced by the Episcopal Church's Office of Communication.

Praying for a holy land

The life-giving and life-saving ministries of the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem are the subject of this 8 minute documentary by Matthew Davies of Episcopal News Service.

Thad's. Not St. Thad's. Just Thad's.

The Rev. Jimmy Bartz leads Thad's an Episcopal Church for people who "won't go anywhere near a traditional church building. Video by Mike Collins of the Episcopal Church's Office of Communication, in partnership with the Office of Congregational Vitality.

Wrestling with the hard texts until they bless us

Professor Steve Fowl of Loyola University in Baltimore discusses his experience at a consultation on the Bible and LGBT issues in Durban, South Africa among Episcopalians and African Anglicans sponsored by the Chicago Consultation and the Ujamaa Centre at the University of KwaZulu Natal.

Sharing the Baptismal Covenant with other Anglicans

The Rev. Jon Richardson, vice president for national affairs of Integrity, talks about sharing the Episcopal Church's Baptismal Covenant with other participants at the Chicago Consultation/Ujamaa Centre gathering in Durban, South Africa.

Love, marriage and getting fired

During a gathering hosted by the Chicago Consultation, the Rev. Ecclesia de Lange spoke about being dismissed from her position as a pastor in the Methodist Church of South Africa after she married her female partner.

A change of heart

The Rev. Mote Magomba of Tanzania speaks about his ministry, and his change of heart on LGBT issues during the Chicago Consultation's gathering last fall in South Africa.

Anglicans, sexuality & Scripture: An African Consultation

In the fall of 2011, the Chicago Consultation gathered some 50 African Anglicans, Episcopalians and members of other churches in Durban, South Africa for a prayerful conversation about issues of scripture, theology and sexuality.

Saying the creed v. Praying the creed

This brief video on the creed has become popular in a hurry. What do you think of it?

Relations with Rome

Despite recent strains, many Anglicans, including the Archbishop of Canterbury, are pursuing better relationships with the Roman Catholic Church.

Go, tell. Social Media and the Gospel

In what ways do you make use of social media to spread the Gospel?

Let the wild rumpus start!

Christopher Walken reads Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are. Not our usual fare, but hey, it's Christopher Walken reading Where the Wild Things Are.

Religion on the campaign trail

What role should religion play in political discourse? How can candidates speak of their faith without alienating those who do not share it.

What do you think of when I say "church"?

The Rev. John Mark Wiggers of the Episcopal Diocese of East Tennessee hit the streets to play a little word association game.

The war that isn't

Odyssey Networks examine the furor around the so-called War on Religion.

Adaptive change and the Episcopal Church

At a time when The Episcopal Church is considering how to reform itself, here are a few words from Ron Heifetz, co-founder of the Center for Public Leadership at Harvard, who coined the phrase "adaptive leadership."

Isaiah, exile and the Denver Broncos

Eric Barreto of Luther Seminary helps us read "the Tim Tebow text."

Real Episcopalians in Fort Worth

This is one of the best parish welcome videos we've seen. And we've seen a few

Same-gender blessings: one parish's progress

St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Fayetteville, Arkansas engaged in deep conversation before deciding to bless same-gender relationships. In this video, members of the congregation reflect on their process and their decision.

Activists and the legacy of Dr. King

How would Martin Luther King, Jr., view the state of today's faith-based activism? Some scholars believe he would be dissatisfied.

Fighting child sex trafficking

Leaders across the faith spectrum have been working to protect and assist victims and eradicate child trafficking. Human Trafficking Awareness Day is January 11.

God breaks in

Vicki Garvey, Director of Spiritual Formation for the Episcopal Diocese of Chicago, imagines Marys and Moseses who said no.

Once

A classical carol from King's College, Cambridge.

Holy Mess

A documentary about the work of Protest Chaplains at Occupy Boston.

Secretary Clinton's landmark speech on LGBT rights in foreign policy

In a speech in Geneva on December 6, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said: “Some have suggested that gay rights and human rights are separate and distinct, but in fact they are one and the same.”

The Food Stamp challenge

"If we think we are feeding anybody on $31.50 a week, we need to think again."

Waking the church up to the possibilities of social media

This video relies on some statistics already in wide circulation, but does a service by focusing on what social media might mean for the church.

The church has left the building

The Diocese of Texas spreads the gospel in unconventional places and in unconventional ways.

Haiti: enduring in faith

The ministry of the post-earthquake Episcopal Church in Haiti includes a school for disabled children, a home for senior citizens, rural medical clinics and 250 Episcopal schools.

Mission is...

A short film that crowd sources the definition of mission

Father Matthew on Occupy Wall Street

A sermon on money, moneychangers, and our attitudes towards them.

A Eucharist for OccupyBoston

Taking the liturgy into the heart of a protest in the Diocese of Massachusetts.

Chief of the rejects

Jesus is the cornerstone of a house built for those who are rejected by the world, Father Matthew says.

One beggar telling another where to find bread

The Diocese of Texas has created a thought-provoking video to promote its upcoming Evangelism Conference.

Clean water, healthy children

Episcopal Relief and Development builds a well in Nicaragua.

So, this is depressing

Rod Webster, vice president and general manager of the Church Insurance Companies, lays out some numbers on the decline of our church. What do we do about it?

Remembering 9/11 near Ground Zero

A service of remembrance at St. Paul's Chapel in lower Manhattan.

Defending his faith

Professor Randall Balmer talks about President Barack Obama's Christian faith.

Jude goes to the dogs

Father Matthew teaches one of the shortest book in the Bible to animals, stuffed and live.

God is not a white man

So says the band, Gungor, and the folks at Goodwin Films, who do marvelous things with felt.

Are religious people nerds?

The folks at College Humor think so. Have a look.

A lesbian pastor's journey

The Rev. Barbara Lundblad, a Lutheran minister, discusses the hardships and breakthroughs she has experienced during her career.

A faithful budget

Will the social safety net be shredded by budget cuts? Religious leaders hope not

The truth will set you free

Macky Alston's documentary on Bishop Gene Robinson is coming next year to a screen near you.

Casting its lot with the poor

From Trinity Wall Street, a profile of the Episcopal Church in the Dominican Republic.

A nation is born

Matthew Davies of Episcopal News Service chronicles the birth of the nation of South Sudan, and the role of the church in its future.

The mystery of their own lives

Former Presiding Bishop Frank Griswold discusses the advantages of having lay students present in seminary classrooms.

This is our moment

Bishop Michael Curry of the Diocese of North Carolina says the Episcopal Church is well-suited to the challenges of preaching the Gospel in a multi-faith world.

Adventures in service

From Trinity Wall Street comes the story of the Episcopal Service Corps volunteers at Trinity Episcopal Church in the Takoma section of Washington, D. C.

Helping King David

The Diocese of Tamale in Ghana works in partnership with Episcopal Relief & Development to train workers, provide loans, and live the Gospel.

The church for people who live outside

The story of Common Cathedral, a ministry, mostly among the homeless, on Boston Common.

The Body of Christ in "classic suburbia"

"If you feel like you are a member of the family, you are a member of the family." Scenes for St. Jude's Church in Wantagh, N. Y.

Time to put the "kiss" back in the Kiss of Peace?

Father Matthew says yes.

Christianity in Qatar

Until recently, Christianity was an underground religion in Qatar, but today it thrives. ENS profiles the Rev. Bill Schwarz, an Anglican priest and an Episcopal Church missionary.

Labyrinth 101

In celebration of World Labyrinth Day on May 7, 2011, Jane Decker, from St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, offers an introduction to walking prayer.

Keeping faith with New Orleans

The wounds Katrina inflicted still fester. This video from All Saints, Chicago, is a testament to those working to heal them.

Terrified women at an empty tomb

Now go. Tell his disciples and Peter, he is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him, just as he told you.

Maundy Thursday

Doing this in remembrance of Him. At St. Gregory's of Nyssa in San Francisco.

"I wasn't getting any more chances."

The chaplains of Episcopal City Mission bring hope to vulnerable young people in juvenile detention centers in St. Louis and the surrounding area.

"My God, what's going on here?"

Two priests tell the story of the rebirth of St. Paul and the Redeemer Episcopal Church in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago.

Giving and receiving

Episcopal Church missionaries Robin Denney and Larry Duffee have traded in their lives in the U.S. to share their skills in agriculture and finance and to play a small part in helping to rebuild South Sudan. ENS has the story.

Are we playing the Great Satan?

Bishop John Chane wonders if Rep. Peter King considered how his hearings on the alleged radicalization of American Muslims played in the Middle East and Africa.

Bishop Christopher's mission

Episcopal News Service profiles the brave and lonely work of former Ugandan bishop Christopher Senyonjo on behalf of LGBT people in his homeland.

Shrove Tuesday with monkey

A little confection from Father Matthew before the season of fasting.

Haiti: one school's response

After the cataclysmic earthquake in Haiti, St. Andrew's Episcopal School in Potomac, Md., formed a partnership with a Haitian school, Ecole Christ Roi, in the remote village of Civol. Here's a travelogue of a recent visit.

Make them stop!

The Diocese of Olympia strikes again. Another terrific video. This one on reaching out to young people.

The impact of faith on global politics

The Odyssey Networks interviews Bishop John Bryson Chane on the political implications of interfaith understanding.

Prayers for a new nation

At St. Paul the Apostle Sudanese Church in the Episcopal Diocese of Arizona, members offer prayers after the referendum establishing Southern Sudan as an independent country.

Jesus was a refugee

Find out about the work of Episcopal Migration Ministries, the refugee resettlement and immigrant advocacy program of the Episcopal Church, in the Diocese of Texas.

A branch that is growing

The Diocese of Olympia strikes again with another excellent video, this one about congregational development.

Saying grace

Father Matthew, his dog and his dinosaur teach us about table blessings.

The mindless menace of violence

After the shootings in Tucson, it is worth listening once again to the words of Robert F. Kennedy after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.,

In the shadow of the cross

An outstanding short documentary about the challenges of The Episcopal Church in the Philippines, by the Anglican Board of Mission--Australia.

Holy Night of the Navajo

Jana Mashonee's rendition of "O Holy Night" in Navajo is accompanied by winter scenery on Navajo land and original artwork by Daniel Tate.

An Arabic Christmas Carol

A Byzantine Hymn of the Nativity chanted by reader Nader Hajjar, Ottawa, Ontario.

That rarest of things

A well made stewardship video! From the Diocese of Olympia.

Advent is John's time

A video meditation from Bishop Scott Benhase, courtesy of the Diocese of Georgia.

"It could be me some day."

Fred's Pantry at St. Peter's Episcopal Church in Peekskill, NY is at ground zero in these economic hard times. A film by Peter Barossi.

Lincoln's Thanksgiving Proclamation, 1863

"Solemnly, gratefully and reverently acknowledged." A video retrospective from Gallandro after Ken Burns.

Autumn

Another visit with the monks of St. Gregory's Abbey in Three Rivers, Michigan.

Christianity's buried treasure

The Rev. Chris Yaw has completed his 16-part video series, Jesus was an Episcopalian.

A crash course in Episcopal history

In five quick minutes, the Rev. Chris Yaw traces the historical outlines of the Episcopal Church.

Speaking of blessings in New England

The Standing Commission on Liturgy and Music conferred with leaders of Province 1 about the blessing of same-sex relationships.

And you can be one, too

The Rev. Chris Yaw of Southfield, Michigan is putting together a series of videos based on his book Jesus was an Episcopalian. (And yes, he knows the title is anachronistic.)

Strength for the Journey

The survivors of the schism in the Diocese of Fort Worth are on the mend, and the CREDO Institute was there to help.

Flash mob Eucharist

The Episcopal Campus ministry at the University of Arizona recently held a flash mob Eucharist. We are not hip enough to know what that is, but hope they will tell us.

"The capacity we need"

Joy Mukaire of the Christian Health Association of Sudan, tells TECtube about how the churches in Sudan are strategically positioned to serve society's most vulnerable people.

Iglesia Episcopal Puertorriqueña

This Spanish-language profile of the Diocese of Puerto Rico is accesible even if you don't understand the narrative.

The fight for fairness

An excerpt from Marriage Equality: Byron Rushing and the Fight for Fairness, a new documentary project about same-sex marriage from an African American perspective. Byron is a long-time deputy to General Convention.

Summer at the monastery

Here are eight minutes of tranquility, courtesy of the monks of St. Gregory's Abbey in Three Rivers, Michigan.

The Awareness Project

Father Nadim Nassar, the only Syrian priest in the Anglican Communion, shares his insights about speaking publicly about faith in contemporary London.

The abundant table

Of advocacy, community and kale soup in an Episcopal Service Corps project in Oxnard, California.

Companions in mission in Sudan

The Diocese of Chicago's Renk Media Team has produced an excellent video on its recent trip to Sudan. Here is a preview.

Being the Church in Appalachia

The innovative ministries of the Diocese of Lexington are bringing hope to young people in Appalachia.

The center of the clay

Canon Charles LaFond of the Diocese of New Hampshire, a former monk, talks about his work as a potter and as a priest.

Sign and wonder

Father Matthew tells us a bit about the sign of the cross and the various ways it is made.

An infusion of hope

A trip to Ghana with Episcopal Relief and Development inspires a priest from Dallas. Presentation by Heidi Shott.

One woman's ministry

A charmingly homey documentary about a woman who is a priest in the Church of England

Pride (In the name of love)

The Diocese of Washington and St. Thomas' Church, Dupont Circle, celebrated Capital Pride 2010 with Bishop Christopher Senyonjo of Uganda, Bishop John Chane and his wife, Karen .

A man, a church, an airplane club

From Missional Community, the story of a man who seems to have a choice to make...or does he?

The Book of Common Prayer in four minutes

Father Matthew leads a rapid romp through the Book of Common Prayers.

The rain garden

St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Des Moines is building a Rain Garden in its parking lot.

Tweet Jesus

A video making the rounds at the General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada has people on the internet talking about how to spread an ancient message in our technological age.

Via Dolorosa II

Father Matthew continues his walk, visiting the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.

The sanctuary of St. Thomas

You won't find many better parish videos than this history of St. Thomas' Church, Dupont Circle in Washington, D. C.

The Stations of the Cross

Father Matthew walks the Via Dolorosa.

The UCC's new advertisement

Here is the UCC's new video. What do you think, folks, would something like this work for us, or do we need to take a different approach?

Hope in a culture of uncertainty

Visit an emerging church community in the Diocese of London in this video from Anglimergent.

Beyond the church's doors

Lord of the Streets Episcopal Church and Community of the Streets ministry in Houston work with homeless men and women.

Resurrection as insurrection

Peter Rollins, author of How Not to Speak of God, says believing in the Resurrection has nothing to do with dogma.

Discernment: what is it?

Figuring out the life you are supposed to lead in the context of your faith, say the young adults in this video.

Ounces of prevention: Ghana

Dr. Stephen Dzisi shares the work of Nets for Life in Ghana. Video courtesy of Trinity Wall Street.

The Exultet

Kurt Daisley sings The Exultet at the Great Vigil of Easter at St Thomas Episcopal Church, Bushwick in Brooklyn.

No time for Francis

Father Matthew's monkey dreams of other things.

God, man and the Pacific Northwest

Connecting to the land and its people. A video from Trinity Wall Street

Discussion starter

This video on the "missional church" may be simplistic and a bit too sure of itself, but nonetheless, it make some valid points. Missional Church v. Program Church. What's your take?

A post-colonial Church

The Anglican Church in Ghana stresses service and evangelism in a diverse country. Video courtesty of Trinity Wall Street.

AIDS education in Belize

Episcopal Relief and Development and the Anglican Diocese of Belize have collaborated on a new HIV-AIDS curriculum for school children.

The green police

More fun with student videos, this one from Holy Innocents' Episcopal School in Atlanta.

A ministry on the Plains

Mother Marion Rectenwald of the Diocese of South Dakota works among the Lakota people in South Dakota. Video courtesy of Trinity Wall Street.

The fields of the Lord

How the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina reaches out to migrant workers through its farmworkers mininstry.

Responding to disaster

A spirited student video about the earthquake relief effort at Episcopal High School in Alexandria, Va.

Deals and devils

Father Matthew gently explains why Pat Robertson is a pinhead and the people of Haiti deserve our love and support

Apostle of Non-violent confrontation

PBS's Kim Lawton interviews Cheryl Sanders, professor of Christian ethics at Howard University School of Divinity about Martin Luther King, Jr.

Sending help to Haiti

Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori and President Rob Radtke of Episcopal Relief and Development ask for help for the Diocese of Haiti.

"We're moving ahead"

Canon Mary Glasspool talks about her election as suffragan bishop of the Diocese of Los Angeles.

One wish

We are late to this party. But it is a good party.

In the Bleak Midwinter

The King College Choir wishes you a Merry Christmas, and so do we here at Episcopal Cafe.

The Rebel Jesus

A musical Christmas meditation from "a heathen and a pagan."

Serving around the world

A veteran of the Episcopal Church's Young Adult Service Corps says: Just let yourself be open to what God might have in store for you.

Wounded gifts

Bishop Jeff Lee tells a moving story about letting go of the image of a perfect self.

Rubbish dump kids

Two young Australians visit a Manila youth group that reaches out to some of the most marginalized children in the Philippines.

Poverty

A poem by Fred Taban, a theology professor at the Episcopal Church Sudan Seminary in Kajo Keji county Sudan.

Sheep, don't you know the road?

Lydia Kelsey did a lovely job with this video for the Diocese of Iowa's annual convention

Kids' night out

The Diocese of Long Island's youth ministry went to a basketball game at Madison Square Garden, and Father Matthew was there.

What is an emerging church?

Apparently, it is something like this. Hat tip: Rude Armchair Theologian.

Wholeness and restoration

DeWayne Davis of the Episcopal Church's Office of Government Relations reflects on, and prays for, those who have suffered or died in America for lack of health insurance.

The origins of Confirmation

Ruth Meyers gives the first "micro lecture" from Church Divinity School of the Pacific.

Church history in 4 minutes

J. S. Batchler has transformed Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start the Fire," into a hilarious crash course on Church history.

Awaken sleeper

This lovely meditation comes from Combat Stress Productions at King of Peace Episcopal Church, Kingsland, Georgia.

Doing God's work in San Diego

Bishop James Mathes narrates a short film about three outstanding ministries in the Episcopal Diocese of San Diego.

Centering prayer

Father Matthew talks about the ancient discipline and its modern resurgence.

The sexuality resolutions

The Rev. Frank Wade offers his take on the sexuality resolutions of the 2006 and 2009 General Convention.

The theology of General Convention

"God speaks through every level of the Church, and we cannot be confident of God's direction until we have heard from all the levels," says the Rev. Frank Wade.

Joyful noises

Trinity Wall Street offers an engaging video blog of the music camp some choir members conducted this summer in New Orleans' Ninth Ward.

Danse Macabre

Father Matthew Moretz's ecounter with "Danse Macabre," painted by Bernt Lotke c.1485, leads to a meditation on death--and numerous funny accents.

Building the Jericho Road

The Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana and Episcopal Relief and Development are re-building a piece of central city New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. You can help.

The sermon on the floor (of the House of Deputies)

Cafe favorite Heidi Shott offered a Daily Wrap on each day's activities at General Convention. Here is her parting shot.

The Matthew 25 farm

"I am here to grow food for the poor," says Jeff Rarick of the Matthew 25 Farm in Central New York.

Of Christian art and stuffed monkeys

The latest playful instruction from Father Matthew Moretz focuses on art and the Evangelists

Christianity and homosexuality

A short film from the Chicago Consultation on Christianity's intermal arguments over human sexuality.

Choosing friends for God

A film from the Chicago Consultation examines the role of culture in shaping religious attitudes toward homosexuality.

B033 and Anglican arguments about sexuality

A short film from the Chicago Consultation about the Anglican Communion's arguments about sexuality.

What is the Anglican Communion?

A short film from the Chicago Consultation explores the nature of the Anglican Communion as the Episcopal Church heads into its General Convention.

The quadrants converge

Phyllis Tickle talks about the convergence of the Evangelical, Charismatic, Liturgical and Social Justice quadrants of Christianity.

How reading the Bible is like eating a candy bar

Father Matthew Moretz offers a recipe for Lectio Divina that you can use at home.

Into Great Silence

A blind monk speaks on death and why he does not fear it, from the film Into Great Silence.

Peace on earth and food for all

Watch a lovely video about the food pantry operated by St. Gregory of Nyssa Episcopal Church in San Francisco, California.

Emergence: a global phenomenon

Americans are "Johnnies come lately" to the Emergent Church movement, says Phyllis Tickle.

The Great Emergence

Author Phyllis Tickle talks about her influential book about newly emerging forms of Christianity.

Ed Bacon's 15 minutes

The Rev. Ed Bacon said that being gay was a gift from God on The Oprah Winfrey Show. Here he preaches about the mail he received.

Just as I am

Exorcism, electroshock therapy, the Rev. Mel White fought hard to overcome his attraction to men. It didn't work, and now he is glad.

Instruments of peace

A visit to the Anglican hospitals and clinics of Gaza and the West Bank with the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem.

Of vows and the Baptismal Covenant

Brother Karekin Yarian, a member of the Brotherhood of Saint Gregory, speaks about religious life and the Baptismal Covenant. Thanks to Every Voice Network.

Father Matthew presents

"This is your brain on Biblical inerrancy." From Father Matthew Moretz, Episcopal video pioneer, whose work will appear here from time to time.

The joy of Easter

"We do a lot of happy singing on Easter." Video courtersey of Trinity Television and New Media.

The secret masterpiece

Stefan Parkman, one of Sweden's finest choral conductors, talks about Frank Martin's Mass for Double Choir. Video courtesy of Trinity Church, Wall Street

Joy and penitence

Conductor Andrew Megill talks about Bach's Mass in B Minor and Monteverdi's Vespers of 1610. Video courtesy of Trinty, Wall Street.

"A jobbing musician"

Watch Simon Carrington, director of the Yale Schola Cantorum, prepare The Trinity (Wall Street) Choir and Rebel Baroque Orchestra for a performance of Grands Motets.

The concerns of Iraqi Christians

Bishop Michael Lewis of Cyprus and the Gulf States says Iraqi Christians are concerned that U. S. forces might leave too quickly. Video courtesy of Trinity Television and New Media.

Al Ahli Arab Hospital

In the second of three interviews, Bishop Michael Lewis of Cyprus and the Gulf States talks about the Episcopal hospital in Gaza. Video: Trinity Television and New Media. Photo: Diocese of Jerusalem.

A clinic in Yemen

In the first of three interviews, Bishop Michael Lewis of Cyprus and the Gulf States, introduces the work of the Church in the Middle East. Video Courtesy of Trinity Television and New Media.

Last Letter Home

The Army Chorus and Strings perform Last Letter Home by Lee Hoiby, which is based on a soldier's last letter to his wife from Iraq. Video Courtesty of Trinity Television and New Media.

Treating the whole person

The church reaches out to women who are HIV-positive in the Diocese of Uruguay. Video courtesy of Trinity Television and New Media.

Radical abundance

Majora Carter and David Korten speak about sustainable development at the Trinity Institue (90 minutes program, lengthy download.)

The ministry of jazz piano

Marian McPartland looks back at an eventful life. Video courtesy of Trinity Television and New Media.

The core values are conservative

David C. Korten says values like personal responsibility and local control undergird the movement toward sustainable development. Video courtesy of Trinity Institute.

Sustainability is a justice issue

The Rev. Dr. Néstor O. Míguez says the earth cannot support the habits of the world's wealthiest societies without exploiting the poor. Video courtesy of Trinity Institute.

Greening the South Bronx

Majora Carter, a MacArthur "genius" grant winner explores sustainable development as an antidote to urban poverty. Video courtesy of Trinity Institute.

God and your carbon footprint

The Rev. Timothy J. Gorringe, a leading environmental theologian, is a prophet of sustainability. Video courtesy of the Trinity Institute.

Advice for Obama

"Talk to God, and talk to the people," says the Rev. Mark Bozutti-Jones. Video courtesy of Trinity Television and New Media.

Adoring the Messiah

Handel thought of Messiah as a Lenten piece. Members of the choir of Trinity Church, Wall Street talk about why they love it.

How Obama won the Latino vote

...and how he could lose it, according to the Rev. Samuel Rodriguez, president of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference. Video courtesy of Trinity Televisoin and New Media.

Faith-based challenges

Amy Sullivan of Time discusses issues that might fracture Barack Obama's winning coalition. Video courtesy of Trinity Television and New Media.

Avoiding self-righteousness

It is difficult, but necessary, not to demonize those with whom we disagree, says Desmond Tutu. Video courtesy of Trinity Television and New Media.

Upheld by prayers

Desmond Tutu gets by with help from his patron saints and prayers from his friends. Video courtesy of Trinity Video and New Media.

The gift of a Dark Night

The time between "no longer" and "not yet" is sacred time, says Joan Borysenko. Video Courtesy of Trinity Television and New Media.

Finding common cause

Alan Jones sees the world's religions laboring toward "a new imaginative, compassionate way of caring for one another." Video Courtesy of Trinity Television and New Media.

Saying no to "success"

Terry Hershey learned the hard way how striving for success can kill relationships. Video courtesy of Trinity Television and New Media.

The two faces of faith

"Religion is the worst and the best thing that we have," says author Sam Keen. Video courtesy of Trinity Television and New Media.

"History belongs to the intercessor"

The audacity of prayer is believing that prayer can change the world and thus change what it is possible for God to do in that world, says theologian Walter Wink. Video courtesy of Trinity Television and New Media.

Howard Thurman

Bishop Eugene Sutton talks about "America's foremost African-American mystic." Video courtesy of Trinity Television and New Media.

Thomas Merton's gift

Reading The Seven Storey Mountain opened a new world for Sue Monk Kidd. Video courtesy of Trinity Television and New Media.

The myth of redemptive violence

Walter Wink asks how we can resist evil without becoming evil ourselves. Video courtesy of Trinity Television and New Media.

Power and authority

Jesus, in the world's terms, had no power, says Bishop Eugene Sutton. Video courtesy of Trinity Television and New Media.

Spending priorities

The money spent on cosmetics in the U. S. or on ice cream in Europe would pay for basic education worldwide, says Jim Wallis. Video courtesy of Trinity Television and New Media.

Prozac culture

"We are materially rich--and going bonkers," says Joan Borysenko. Video courtesy of Trinity Television and New Media.

Jesus heals

Walter Wink says that in Jesus' teaching about prayer he gives us the secret of his miracle-working power. Video courtesy of Trinity Television and New Media

The grace in failure

Alan Jones says spiritual growth is often the result of hardship. Video courtesy of Trinity Television and New Media.

The conversion of Jurgen Moltmann

"Jesus found me when I was completely lost." Video courtesy of Trinity Television and New Media.

Peter Gomes

A few thoughts on not making an idol of The Bible . Video courtesy of Trinity Television and New Media.

Wiring Liberia

How the internet came to Cuttington University, Liberia. Video Courtesy of Trinity Television and New Media.

Dante

A profile of the brilliant Italian poet by Trinity Television and New Media.

William Blake

A profile of the English artist, writer and visionary from Trinity Television and New Media.

Teresa of Avila

A profile of the Carmelite mystic, writer and reformer from Trinity Television and New Media.

Augustine of Hippo

A biography of the theologian and bishop from Trinity Television and New Media.

Hildegard of Bingen

A profile of the visionary, theologian and composer from Trinity Television and New Media.

Ignatius of Loyola

A profile of the author of The Spiritual Exercises from Trinity Television and New Media.

Julian of Norwich

A biography of the saint and mystic from Trinity Television and New Media.

A healing faith

Nurse Christina Hing of Episcopal Asian Ministries, a Trinity Transformational Fellow, has worked among drug addicts, and lost her husband to the Khmer Rouge. Today she works on behalf of Anglican Women's Empowerment.

Toward a greener faith

Advertising-driven overconsumption is devastating the global environment, says the Rev. Fletcher Harper, executive director of GreenFaith, a Trinity Transformational Fellow.

A ministry among the poor

The Rev. Theoroda Nmade Brooks, the first woman ordained in the Province of West Africa, serves a needy parish in the Bronx. Video courtesy of Trinity Television and New Media.

Faithful defiance: Desmond Tutu V

The conclusion of this series on Desmond Tutu focuses on the campaign of the former South African government's campaign against his family. Courtesy Trinity Television and New Media.

Faithful Defiance: Desmond Tutu IV

The fight for economic sanctions brought Desmond Tutu into conflict with the South African government. Video courtesy of Trinity Television and New Media.

Faithful defiance: Desmond Tutu III

"Each time that he preaches, I think that my freedom is coming tomorrow," a South African woman said of Desmond Tutu. Video courtesy of Trinity Television and New Media.

Faithful Defiance: Desmond Tutu II

The day that a white Anglican priest tipped his hat to Desmond Tutu's mother was a pivotal one in the future archbishop's life. Video courtesy of Trinity Television.

Faithful Defiance: Desmond Tutu I

"All we want is our God-given freedom to be human in the land of our birth." The first in a multi-part series from Trinity, Wall Street.

Against faith-sanctioned violence

"The self-justified truth claim, whether religious or otherwise, is the source of all violence," says Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori. Video courtesy of Trinity Institute.

Maundy Thursday

"Washing someone else's feet is very intimate," says a parishoner at Trinity Wall Street of the Maundy Thursday service. "It usually is not part of our experience of worship."

Palm Sunday

Holy Week begins with Palm Sunday on March 16. Trinity Television and New Media examines the meaning of this special day in the Church's year.

"A great collection of possibility"

How do you speak into the real life of young adults? The Boston Young Adult Ministry has a few ideas. Video courtesy of Trinity Television and New Media.

In prison and you visited me

Rima Vesely Flad, founder of ICARE has devoted her life to prison ministry and advocacy. Inmates, she says, have been among her greatest teachers. Video courtesy of Trinity Television and New Media.

Revelation unfolding

"The nature of life and of the Christian journey is wrestling," says Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori. Video courtesy of Trinity Institute.

Mastering the will to dominate

Tariq Ramadan says dogmatic rationalists are as blind as religious fanatics. Video courtesy of Trinity Television and New Media.

Beyond a European Christ

"I wanted to bring the blackness of my identity together with my faith," says theologian James Cone. Video courtesy of Trinity Institute.

Godly politics

Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel taught his daughter Susannah that a religious person must be politically aware. Video courtesy of Trinity Institute.

Does religion breed violence?

James Carroll, author of Constantine's Sword, is among the featured speakers in Trinity Institute's next webcast conference, An Interfaith Dialog on Religion and Violence, January 21-23.

Watch this space for in-depth interviews with all five presenters, including James H. Cone, Susannah Heschel and Tariq Ramadan. Find a teleconference site in your area.

Walking to Emmaus

We are featuring a much longer video clip than usual because the Rev. James Cooper's sermon is the most in-depth description of the Road to Emmaus consultation, held in Madrid in July, that we have heard.

The meeting, put together by Trinity Church, Wall Street, of which Cooper is rector, brought together about two dozen bishops from the Episcopal Church and two dozen from Africa. It was a fairly quiet affair, the better to foster conversation, and many American bishops left feeling that the Anglican Communion was not as broken as they had once assumed, and that there were many bishops in many countries willing to work with them, regardless of differences over issues of human sexuality. This meeting is primarily responsible for the optimism that at least some liberal Episcopal bishops feel about the future of the Communion. It has also served as a template of sorts for the planning of the Lambeth Conference.

Guns into ploughshares

Bishops in Mozambique and Connecticut have forged a unique partnership to take guns out of homes and to replace weaponry with tools of production. Video courtesy of Trinity Television and New Media.

The joy of Christmas

We here at Episcopal Cafe, along with our partners at Episcopal Church in the Visual Arts and Trinity Television and New Media wish you a blessed Christmas.

The meaning of Advent

Parishioners at Trinity Church, Wall Street, share their feelings about a season of beauty and prayerful anticipation. Video courtesy of Trinity Television and New Media.

Jesus' bedtime prayers

Joan Borysenko prays and sings the night time prayers of an observant first century Jew. Video courtesy of Trinity Television and New Media.

Death as transition

Megory Anderson, founder of the Sacred Dying Foundation in San Francisco, contends that death is not a failure, but a transition, and that God is present to the dying. Video courtesy of Trinity Television and New Media.

The Divine invitation

Father Thomas Keating says our relationship with God can "get deeper and better and more profound," if we set aside time to leave behind our "ordinary, every-day, psychological awareness." Video courtesy of Trinity Television and New Media.

As though the Kingdom has come

The triumph of the Solidarity movement in Poland demonstrates that "the Kingdom of God is already happening," says Biblical scholar Walter Wink. Video courtesy of Trinity Television and New Media.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer: a profile

Bill Moyers narrates the journey of one of the twentieth century's greatest theologians and martyrs. Video courtesy of Trinity Television and New Media.

Active waiting

Author Sue Monk Kidd talks about the courage it takes to endure "threshold moments," in our spiritual growth. Video courtesy of Trinity Television and New Media.

Forgiveness in the extreme

Theologian Miroslav Volf tells the story of the death of his five-year-old brother, and how his parents came to forgive the man who was responsible. Video courtesy of Trinity Television and New Media.

Escaping internalized oppression

Gwendolyn Zoharah Simmons says the oppressed "have work to do," to rid themselves of the anger and self-loathing that oppression generates before true reconciliation can occur. Video courtesy of Trinity Television and New Media.

Fragments Catholic and gay

"The gay issue, it comes down to something very simple," says the Rev. James Alison, author of Faith Beyond Resentment: Fragments Catholic and Gay. "Either there is or there isn't such a thing as being gay." Video courtesy of Trinity Television and New Media.

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