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    • Mary’s Other SongMary’s Other SongApril 19, 2019A poem for Good Friday...
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    • PerspectivePerspectiveApril 19, 2019“As we move from Lent into the events in Holy Week, we enter one of the busiest times in the church year. Between the plethora of church services that lead up to Easter and the packed lectionary that includes some of the most powerful and exciting scriptures there is a lot going on physically, mentally, and spiritually.”...
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        Safe Church?What if Churches Made One Sunday in Lent a “Safe Sunday” for Those Alienated from the Church?...
      • Louisiana churches burned in recent hate crimes find support on GoFundMe
        Louisiana churches burned in recent hate crimes find support on GoFundMeThe Rev. Gerald Toussaint, pastor of Mount Pleasant Baptist Church, told ABC, “the church is not that building. The church is the people…If we stay together as a congregation, the church is alive and well…We can rebuild the building as long as we stay together.”...
      • The Beloved Disciple
        The Beloved DiscipleWhat if we all left Holy Week filled not only with Hot Cross Buns, Lamb with Mint Sauce and hair smelling of smoke but also with tenderness?...
      • Church leaders respond to Notre Dame fire
        Church leaders respond to Notre Dame fireCoventry Cathedral, in turn, tweeted that they will hold their Evening Prayer service tonight in the Cathedral Ruins, as they lament with Notre Dame....
      • Presiding Bishop’s Easter Message
        Presiding Bishop’s Easter Message“In the moments of despair, in the moments of the worst darkness, God had done something incredible. God had raised Jesus from the dead.” ...

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    Podcasts

    • PodcastsApril 19, 2019
      2FAB for Good FridayLuci & Jordan offer a last Friday devotion in Lent... Read more...
    • PodcastsApril 14, 2019
      Faith to Go for Palm SundayCry out for justice... Read more...
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      2FAB: Revelation 11-15We’re closing in on the end of the Bible story... Read more...
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      Subversive Undercroft #91The stones would cry out!... Read more...
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    • Speaking to the SoulApril 19, 2019
      Perspective“As we move from Lent into the events in Holy Week, we enter one of the busiest times in the church year. Between the plethora of church services that lead up to Easter and the packed lectionary that includes some of the most powerful and exciting scriptures there is a lot going on physically, mentally, and spiritually.”... Read more...
    • Speaking to the SoulApril 18, 2019
      Vessels of Love“As I wipe off the chalice and drape it with a purificator I reflect that I am not a very shiny vessel.  And yet God has chosen to abide in my heart.”... Read more...
    • Speaking to the SoulApril 17, 2019
      Bind of Love: Maundy Thursday“John’s portrayal of Jesus washing feet is that of an artist, almost surreal with imagery more than depiction. John included this whisper of a story in substitution of the Maundy Thursday institution of the Holy Eucharist found in the other Gospels.”... Read more...
    • Speaking to the SoulApril 16, 2019
      A Prayer for Holy Week“Train our eyes to see in the dark. On that Friday, that we call good, help us to see the love laid out for the world, on the cross, never to be surpassed.”... Read more...
    • Speaking to the SoulApril 15, 2019
      Lazarus, Judas, and a Vessel of Nard“Stung pride, feeling betrayed, furious, Judas said how he felt. Jesus answered, opaquely as usual, about not being with them and funerals and all. But Judas was angry, and hearing is the first to go in anger. And in his anger and pain and resentment, Satan entered him and ate.”... Read more...
    • Speaking to the SoulApril 14, 2019
      Righteous Anger“The confrontation, in driving out the money lenders, has made space for the blind and the lame to come to the temple. Jesus welcomes them and heals them.”... Read more...
    • Speaking to the SoulApril 13, 2019
      Sabbath at Bethany“I think this Lazarus Saturday I’m going to be standing in front of the tomb of dear friends, at least mentally. There are so many that I wish Jesus would come and tell to come forth, even for just a day. I miss them just as Mary and Martha had yearned for their brother Lazarus.”... Read more...
    • Speaking to the SoulApril 12, 2019
      Grafts and Roots“Even though Lent is drawing to a close, it may be weeks, months or years more before we fully can understand or appreciate our own new graftings, and the process of prayerful, reflective self-examination can lead us closer to God in this upcoming season of resurrection.”... Read more...
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    • Recent Stories / The LeadApril 18, 2019
      Louisiana churches burned in recent hate crimes find support on GoFundMeThe Rev. Gerald Toussaint, pastor of Mount Pleasant Baptist Church, told ABC, “the church is not that building. The church is the people…If we stay together as a congregation, the church is alive and well…We can rebuild the building as long as we stay together.”... Read more...
    • Recent Stories / The LeadApril 16, 2019
      Church leaders respond to Notre Dame fireCoventry Cathedral, in turn, tweeted that they will hold their Evening Prayer service tonight in the Cathedral Ruins, as they lament with Notre Dame.... Read more...
    • Recent Stories / The LeadApril 15, 2019
      Presiding Bishop’s Easter Message“In the moments of despair, in the moments of the worst darkness, God had done something incredible. God had raised Jesus from the dead.” ... Read more...
    • Recent Stories / The LeadApril 15, 2019
      Smoke fills St John the Divine on Palm SundayFire at St John the Divine in NY hampers but does not stop Palm Sunday services... Read more...
    • Recent Stories / The LeadApril 13, 2019
      Welby: Barring gay bishops’ spouses ‘painful’ but necessary“I had to take what is a really difficult and painful decision to say, in order for the conference to be as representative as possible and get all the bishops there and not have the risk of some provinces not coming….” – Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury... Read more...
    • Recent Stories / The LeadApril 13, 2019
      Saturday Roundup for April 13It’s our weekly roundup of the big and small news you don’t want to miss... Read more...
    • Recent Stories / The LeadApril 12, 2019
      Bishop HappeningsToday seems to be a heavy news day as far as Anglican bishops are concerned. There are three articles of note: First, from ACNS: Over 500 Bishops from 39 Anglican Provinces Register Organisers of next year’s Lambeth Conference of Anglican bishops have announced that 502 bishops and 382 spouses have so far registered for the decennial event, with the numbers rising each day. Registrations to date come from 39 of the Anglican Communion’s 45 member Provinces and Extra Provincial Churches. […]... Read more...
    • Recent Stories / The LeadApril 11, 2019
      Diocese of West Texas releases letter on immigration initiativesEarlier this week, the Bishop of the Diocese of West Texas, David M. Reed, released a letter detailing several immigration initiatives that are ongoing in the diocese.  The Diocese of West Texas is the southernmost diocese in the state and includes the cities of San Antonio, Brownsville, and Corpus Christi.  The diocese borders Mexico to the west and the Gulf of Mexico to the east and, due to its location, is the site of much the immigration across the southern […]... Read more...
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    • Featured Story / The MagazineApril 19, 2019
      Mary’s Other SongA poem for Good Friday... Read more...
    • Recent Stories / The MagazineApril 19, 2019
      Safe Church?What if Churches Made One Sunday in Lent a “Safe Sunday” for Those Alienated from the Church?... Read more...
    • Recent Stories / The MagazineApril 18, 2019
      The Beloved DiscipleWhat if we all left Holy Week filled not only with Hot Cross Buns, Lamb with Mint Sauce and hair smelling of smoke but also with tenderness?... Read more...
    • Recent Stories / The MagazineApril 14, 2019
      Hospitality and the bodyAnyone who thinks Christianity is about spirituality is not paying attention.  Perhaps it is, but much more so it is about human bodies and sentient beings with bodies. ... Read more...
    • The MagazineApril 14, 2019
      Palm Sunday & Holy WeekThe Collect at the Liturgy of the Palms... Read more...
    • Recent Stories / The MagazineApril 13, 2019
      Book Review: On Thomas MertonWe review Mary gordon’s “On Thomas Merton”... Read more...
    • Recent Stories / The MagazineApril 7, 2019
      In mourningYears ago when a loved one died, those left behind wore dark somber clothes as an outward and visible sign of their grief. Anyone they interacted with knew instantly that here was a person who was grieving. Here was a person who needed/wanted to be handled with extra kindness. Here was a person that the community could and should support. ... Read more...
    • Recent Stories / The MagazineApril 6, 2019
      Book Review: OutlandishWe review Derek Penwell’s provocative book on Jesus; Outlandish: An Unlikely Messiah, A Messy Ministry, and the Call to Mobilize... Read more...
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