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    • Reflections on St PhotiniReflections on St PhotiniJune 16, 2019Artist Mary Jane Miller reflects on the story of Jesus and the Samaritan woman at the well...
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    • Why Bother with the Trinity?Why Bother with the Trinity?June 16, 2019“Here’s the gospel in the Trinity: God speaks of Godself as an individual, “I am…” God says. God the Father says it, God the Son says it, God the Holy Spirit says it. That is part of the Trinity, or the inner life of God. God is also present to the other members of the divine collective. God the Father is, God the Son is, and God the Holy Spirit is.”...
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      • Moral Leadership for a Divided Age
        Moral Leadership for a Divided AgeWe review David Gushee and Colin Holtz’s collection of profiles of 14 moral leaders...
      • Weekly Roundup for June 15
        Weekly Roundup for June 15Troubles in GAFCON land, pension equity in TEC, and Bishop Curry love – it’s our weekend roundup of the stories you don’t want to miss...
      • Two Michigan Dioceses to Explore Partnership
        Two Michigan Dioceses to Explore PartnershipOur friends at ENS report that the Dioceses of Eastern Michigan and Western Michigan are in the process of finalizing an agreement to share a bishop.  In October, Eastern Michigan’s convention is scheduled to vote to elect Western Michigan Bishop Whayne Hougland Jr. as bishop provisional. If approved, Hougland would be following in the footsteps of other dual-diocese bishops, in particular Northwestern Pennsylvania Bishop Sean Rowe, who also serves as bishop provisional of the Diocese of Western New York....
      • Church of England paves way for investing in medicinal cannabis
        Church of England paves way for investing in medicinal cannabisThe Church of England is bringing a whole new meaning to the phrase “high church” this week as they change regulations surrounding their investment funds, the Church Commissioners for England fund, allowing for the possibility of funds being invested in medicinal cannabis.  Medicinal cannabis was legalized in the U.K. in November 2018. The Church Commissioners for England Fund is worth an estimated £8.3 billion ($10.5 billion). According to the Church of England website, “The Church Commissioners exist to support the […]...
      • Presiding Bishop Michael Curry offers Pride Month statement
        Presiding Bishop Michael Curry offers Pride Month statement“You have helped the church to be truly catholic, universal, a house of prayer for all people. You have helped the church to truly be a reflection of the beloved community of God. You have helped the church to authentically be a branch of the Jesus movement in our time.”...

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    • PodcastsJune 16, 2019
      Faith to Go for Trinity SundayLet’s talk about the Holy Spirit!... Read more...
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      Subversive Undercroft #100For we know that you are God... Read more...
    • PodcastsJune 16, 2019
      2FAB: Wisdom & SirachWe continue through the Apocrypha with Wisdom & Sirach... Read more...
    • PodcastsJune 9, 2019
      Faith to Go for PentecostHow do we talk about the Holy Spirit in our lives?... Read more...
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    • Speaking to the SoulJune 16, 2019
      Why Bother with the Trinity?“Here’s the gospel in the Trinity: God speaks of Godself as an individual, “I am…” God says. God the Father says it, God the Son says it, God the Holy Spirit says it. That is part of the Trinity, or the inner life of God. God is also present to the other members of the divine collective. God the Father is, God the Son is, and God the Holy Spirit is.”... Read more...
    • Speaking to the SoulJune 15, 2019
      God’s Ambassadors“Paul informs us we are ambassadors of Christ…  As ambassadors of Christ, we are charged to convey the message of love and forgiveness, peace and equality, care for the earth and its people in all its diversity. It’s a message the world sorely needs to hear now, just as it has been for millennia, and we are the ones charged with spreading it.”... Read more...
    • Speaking to the SoulJune 14, 2019
      Making Space“For us, the empty table is welcoming. It facilitates creativity and crafting because there is room to get right to work without having to clean and clear a space.”... Read more...
    • Speaking to the SoulJune 13, 2019
      Freedom“My worries uncoiled like a spool of movie film and fell lifeless at my feet.  I wondered what had given them the power to flicker before my vision in an endless stream, generating a huge weight of useless emotion about what might happen if I didn’t shape up.”... Read more...
    • Speaking to the SoulJune 12, 2019
      Calling cautiously upon the SpiritCalling the Holy Spirit into a wholly unsuspecting congregation Sunday seemed almost reckless. So I was nervous. But God was, as God is, faithful, and merciful.... Read more...
    • Speaking to the SoulJune 11, 2019
      Lessons from the Garden“Through my children’s eyes I see the joy in anticipation and the hope for what is to come. Like them I wait and marvel at God’s creation unfolding before our eyes.”... Read more...
    • Speaking to the SoulJune 10, 2019
      Let Me See Again“There are reasons I go back to Scripture to study how Jesus acted and spoke and taught. In that jumble of redacted bits and pieces, remembered stories and sayings from the Apostles and first disciples, cobbled together into a canonical anthology, there really is, as we confess, all that is needed for salvation.”... Read more...
    • Speaking to the SoulJune 9, 2019
      Slavery“…For you did not receive a spirit of slavery to fall back into fear,  but you have received a spirit of adoption.” Romans 8... Read more...
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    • Recent Stories / The LeadJune 15, 2019
      Weekly Roundup for June 15Troubles in GAFCON land, pension equity in TEC, and Bishop Curry love – it’s our weekend roundup of the stories you don’t want to miss... Read more...
    • Recent Stories / The LeadJune 14, 2019
      Two Michigan Dioceses to Explore PartnershipOur friends at ENS report that the Dioceses of Eastern Michigan and Western Michigan are in the process of finalizing an agreement to share a bishop.  In October, Eastern Michigan’s convention is scheduled to vote to elect Western Michigan Bishop Whayne Hougland Jr. as bishop provisional. If approved, Hougland would be following in the footsteps of other dual-diocese bishops, in particular Northwestern Pennsylvania Bishop Sean Rowe, who also serves as bishop provisional of the Diocese of Western New York.... Read more...
    • Recent Stories / The LeadJune 13, 2019
      Church of England paves way for investing in medicinal cannabisThe Church of England is bringing a whole new meaning to the phrase “high church” this week as they change regulations surrounding their investment funds, the Church Commissioners for England fund, allowing for the possibility of funds being invested in medicinal cannabis.  Medicinal cannabis was legalized in the U.K. in November 2018. The Church Commissioners for England Fund is worth an estimated £8.3 billion ($10.5 billion). According to the Church of England website, “The Church Commissioners exist to support the […]... Read more...
    • Recent Stories / The LeadJune 12, 2019
      Presiding Bishop Michael Curry offers Pride Month statement“You have helped the church to be truly catholic, universal, a house of prayer for all people. You have helped the church to truly be a reflection of the beloved community of God. You have helped the church to authentically be a branch of the Jesus movement in our time.”... Read more...
    • Recent Stories / The LeadJune 12, 2019
      Update on Arrested Humanitarian: Mistrial in TucsonThe trial for Scott Daniel Warren, a volunteer for No More Deaths, has resulted in a mistrial.... Read more...
    • Recent Stories / The LeadJune 11, 2019
      The Episcopal Church in South Carolina sues Church Insurance for “bad faith” payments to breakaway parishesThe complaint says [Church Insurance] “has enabled and aided and abetted at least one Lawrence Parish Entity … by wrongfully paying and misdirecting insurance proceeds to it for the known purpose of funding their litigation efforts against TECSC and TEC.”... Read more...
    • Recent Stories / The LeadJune 10, 2019
      Bishop Love: “The Diocese of Albany is in the midst of a battle”Throughout it all, Bishop Love maintained his theme of a Bishop, a Diocese, and Christianity itself under attack. In one breathtaking passage, he lifted up the example of Christians martyred by ISIS in Libya in 2015, and compared their murders to the kinds of attacks he sees conservative Christianity enduring in the West.... Read more...
    • Recent Stories / The LeadJune 8, 2019
      Weekly roundup for June 8thInternational visits, creation care, millenials, and more; it’s our weekly roundup of stories you don’t want to miss... Read more...
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    • Featured Story / The MagazineJune 16, 2019
      Reflections on St PhotiniArtist Mary Jane Miller reflects on the story of Jesus and the Samaritan woman at the well... Read more...
    • Recent Stories / The MagazineJune 15, 2019
      Moral Leadership for a Divided AgeWe review David Gushee and Colin Holtz’s collection of profiles of 14 moral leaders... Read more...
    • Recent Stories / The MagazineJune 9, 2019
      False Gospels?Requiring believers to accept a particular view on marriage in order to follow Christ comes closer to the behavior of the those condemned by St Paul than the behavior of provinces which have expanded their understanding of marriage. The doctrine of marriage has the appearance of becoming a new “circumcision.”... Read more...
    • Recent Stories / The MagazineJune 9, 2019
      BirthA prose poem on the Creation... Read more...
    • Recent Stories / The MagazineJune 9, 2019
      Daily Sip: Anxious storming Problems move like storms.  Let them.... Read more...
    • Recent Stories / The MagazineJune 2, 2019
      Sunday PoemsTwo poems from Denver-based poet Brother Daniel Klawitter... Read more...
    • Recent Stories / The MagazineJune 2, 2019
      Asian Americans in the Episcopal Church, part 3When we think about some of the commandments, we’re not even done fulfilling loving of our enemies. We don’t get to move on anything else. Later on, we can find out if we were right all along about this and that issue. We’re here to help each other, not to be right or wrong about this or that.”... Read more...
    • Recent Stories / The MagazineJune 2, 2019
      Daily Sip: LettersLetters can be the sacred texts of our own lives... Read more...
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