The Speaking to the Soul blog is on hiatus this week to celebrate Vicki Black’s four years of service to the Cafe. Vicki posted the last of her 1,557 entries on the Soul blog on Pentecost Sunday, and we invite you to read it and leave her a note in the comments, either there, or here. The Soul blog will reopen under new management next week.
The Episcopal Café seeks to be an independent voice, reporting and reflecting on the Episcopal Church and the Anglican tradition. The Café is not a platform of advocacy, but it does aim to tell the story of the church from the perspective of Progressive Christianity. Our collective sympathy, as the Café, lies with the project of widening the circle of inclusion within the church and empowering all the baptized for the role to which they have been called as followers of Christ.
The opinions expressed at the Café are those of individual contributors, and, unless otherwise noted, should not be interpreted as official statements of a parish, diocese or other organization. The art and articles that appear here remain the property of their creators.
All Content © 2017 Episcopal Café
Vicki,I left comments from time to time but not nearly as often as your selections, a surprising word from a familiar saint or teacher or something that hit home from someone I’d not really registered or noticed before was that day’s sign of hope and promise, the historic and contemporary witness of the Spirit still speaking.
Your Ephrem passage on the Baptism of Christ traveled with me and a group of pilgrims who went to visit the ancient Christian sites and to spend Timkat (Ethiopian celebration of the Baptism of Christ) with the Patriarch. We read and re-read that passage you’d offered in our liturgies and meditations that began or ended or days. The Ethiopians credit early Syrian missionaries with shaping their church culture. Timkat’s the biggest celebration of their church year because of the cosmic theology of Christ’s baptism – exactly what you offered us from Ephrem. So many more I could thank you for. And daily!?! Such a generous offering of spiritual/historical/intellectual feast. Thank you.