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    • Scottish Episcopal Church elects a new PrimusScottish Episcopal Church elects a new PrimusJune 27, 2017The Scottish Episcopal Church has announced the election of its new Primus, Bishop of Moray, Ross, and Caithness, the Rt Rev Mark Strange...
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    • Incarnated ValuesIncarnated ValuesJune 28, 2017Today in our lectionary gospel the disciples receive the instructions: “As you go, proclaim the good news: ‘The kingdom of heaven has come near.’ Cure the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out demons”...
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      • Catholic church distributes overdose antidote at family festivalCatholic church distributes overdose antidote at family festival
        Training staff and stocking Narcan kits in church offices is an idea that some parishes are considering....
      • Supreme Court lifts stay on travel ban – Episcopal Migration Ministries respondsSupreme Court lifts stay on travel ban – Episcopal Migration Ministries responds
        Episcopal Migration Ministries has responded to the news with a strong resolve and advice on how to continue to support refugees....
      • Support for religious-based discrimination is declining among AmericansSupport for religious-based discrimination is declining among Americans
        The poll focused on treatment of LGBTQI+ people, such as in the famous case when the baker refused to make a wedding cake for a gay couple. “For the first time in a PRRI poll of this size, no major religious group reports majority support for religiously based service refusals of gay and lesbian Americans,”...
      • Bishop Carey to resign over his neglect in the Ball abuse caseBishop Carey to resign over his neglect in the Ball abuse case
        in his statement on Thursday: “I accept the criticisms made of me. I apologise to the victims of Peter Ball. I believed Peter Ball’s protestations and gave too little credence to the vulnerable young men and boys behind those allegations.”...
      • Bishop Whalon urges rain forest preservationBishop Whalon urges rain forest preservation
        The Bishop in Charge of the Episcopal Church in Europe, Rt. Rev. Pierre Whalon, attended a convention this past week, hosted by the King of Norway, on the vital role rain forests play in our global ecosystem....

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    • PodcastsJune 25, 2017
      2FAB #50: 2Samuel 14-19Luci and Jordan are working their way through the Bible, looking at the stories from a feminist perspective.  In this episode; Absalom’s rebellion from Second Samuel  ... Read more...
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      2FAB #48 2Samuel 13In this episode, Luci & Jordan take on the rape of Tamar  ... Read more...
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      Popping Collars #64: People of the Book  It’s our second annual summer book club episode! Greg, James, Liz, and Ricardo pitch their top three books to read this summer.... Read more...
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      2FAB #47: 2Samuel: 1-10In this episode, Saul and Jonathan are dead and now its time for David to really be the king... Read more...
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    • Speaking to the SoulJune 28, 2017
      Incarnated ValuesToday in our lectionary gospel the disciples receive the instructions: “As you go, proclaim the good news: ‘The kingdom of heaven has come near.’ Cure the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out demons”... Read more...
    • Speaking to the SoulJune 27, 2017
      GenerationsEach Sunday at church my daughter gets the opportunity to be loved by the community. She also gets to share her love.... Read more...
    • Speaking to the SoulJune 26, 2017
      Summer ArrivesWhat are the signs of summer in your community? What do you notice about God? How do you participate in bringing about the kingdom of God?... Read more...
    • Speaking to the SoulJune 25, 2017
      The Silence of Our FriendsSilence in the face of evil is itself evil: God will not hold us guiltless. Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act.... Read more...
    • Speaking to the SoulJune 24, 2017
      Hotter’n HellI’ll still say it’s hotter’n Hell if the temperature gets above 115°, but this week I think I will try to maintain the right kind of thoughts about Hell and think of how it can be interpreted.... Read more...
    • Speaking to the SoulJune 23, 2017
      LittermatesWhen we begin to see all of humanity–and maybe all of the non-human created world, to boot–as “our litter”–something changes in us…and it’s precisely the “something” that hooks us to God.  We forget about the power of grace–until it comes in on “little cat feet.”... Read more...
    • Speaking to the SoulJune 22, 2017
      Bet the FarmOur deepest yearnings become realities as we give over our illusion that we are in charge. ... Read more...
    • Speaking to the SoulJune 21, 2017
      Words Matter… the language of love that God imprinted on us at creation, during Jesus’s ministry and again at our baptism, often seems like a foreign tongue. It’s hard for us to trust in words like “grace,” “mercy,” and “forgiveness” for ourselves as being real, much less for us to speak and live them out to... Read more...
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    • Featured Story / The LeadJune 27, 2017
      Scottish Episcopal Church elects a new PrimusThe Scottish Episcopal Church has announced the election of its new Primus, Bishop of Moray, Ross, and Caithness, the Rt Rev Mark Strange... Read more...
    • Recent Stories / The LeadJune 27, 2017
      Catholic church distributes overdose antidote at family festivalTraining staff and stocking Narcan kits in church offices is an idea that some parishes are considering.... Read more...
    • Recent Stories / The LeadJune 27, 2017
      Supreme Court lifts stay on travel ban – Episcopal Migration Ministries respondsEpiscopal Migration Ministries has responded to the news with a strong resolve and advice on how to continue to support refugees.... Read more...
    • Recent Stories / The LeadJune 26, 2017
      Support for religious-based discrimination is declining among AmericansThe poll focused on treatment of LGBTQI+ people, such as in the famous case when the baker refused to make a wedding cake for a gay couple. “For the first time in a PRRI poll of this size, no major religious group reports majority support for religiously based service refusals of gay and lesbian Americans,”... Read more...
    • Recent Stories / The LeadJune 26, 2017
      Bishop Carey to resign over his neglect in the Ball abuse casein his statement on Thursday: “I accept the criticisms made of me. I apologise to the victims of Peter Ball. I believed Peter Ball’s protestations and gave too little credence to the vulnerable young men and boys behind those allegations.”... Read more...
    • Recent Stories / The LeadJune 26, 2017
      Bishop Whalon urges rain forest preservationThe Bishop in Charge of the Episcopal Church in Europe, Rt. Rev. Pierre Whalon, attended a convention this past week, hosted by the King of Norway, on the vital role rain forests play in our global ecosystem.... Read more...
    • Recent Stories / The LeadJune 24, 2017
      The gospel that we proclaim cannot be shoved into our pocketArchbishop Fred Hiltz’s opening remarks to Council of General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada... Read more...
    • Recent Stories / The LeadJune 23, 2017
      Evangelizing the “old”… the church should be spending more time evangelizing the fastest growing demographic group – older people.... Read more...
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    • Recent Stories / The MagazineJune 25, 2017
      Further thoughts on an all-digital BCPGeorge Clifford doubles down on his argument for a digital only BCP... Read more...
    • Recent Stories / The MagazineJune 25, 2017
      From the Daily sip: Pilgrimage within the pilgrimageCharles reflects on the isolation and connected-ness of Iona... Read more...
    • Recent Stories / The MagazineJune 24, 2017
      I need a heroA review of the new Wonder Woman by Emily Wachner: “I have encouraged boys and girls alike to direct their admiration to the hero of the Gospels. And yet, my thirty-four-year-old self wept in awe in a dark theater in Manhattan as I watched Wonder Woman, and saw myself in her.”... Read more...
    • Recent Stories / The MagazineJune 24, 2017
      On the sacredness of whalesYonder is the sea, great and wide, Creeping things innumerable are there, Living things both small and great.... Read more...
    • Recent Stories / The MagazineJune 18, 2017
      Crumbs, crowns, and mitresOn retreat in Iona, Charles ponders the the birds of the air and the God who loves them... Read more...
    • Recent Stories / The MagazineJune 4, 2017
      For such a time as this… an electronic prayer book?Continuing our conversation about the possibility of a new prayer book, longtime contributor George Clifford argues that we should ditch the “book” part of the BCP and go all digital... Read more...
    • The MagazineMay 28, 2017
      2 PoemsPoet Debra Goebel offers two poems reflecting on the cost of discipleship... Read more...
    • The MagazineMay 28, 2017
      A digital missioner takes a social media fastI told my comadre on Fat Tuesday, “I’m giving up social media for Lent.” She argued, “but that’s part of your ministry!” I thought, “why yes, yes it is”. I’m a digital evangelist, after all. And I said, “thanks, girl! Now you’ve given me the perfect excuse not to!” But inside, I had already made... Read more...
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