beloved – Episcopal Cafe

Breathe

August 28, 2018 No Comments

“One deep breath after another. In and out. Reminding myself that I am enough. Trusting that I am loved.”

The reconciling power of believing you are loved

November 22, 2017 No Comments

Even if we intellectually know that violence creates more violence, even if we worry that violence is destroying much that is good in our world, our bodies feel the satisfaction on a deep level as we see violence, once again, save the day.

Speaking to the Soul: Sit and Eat

February 27, 2017 4 Comments

As we prepare to enter the holy season of Lent, growing awareness of our own sinfulness can begin to weigh heavy on our hearts and souls. The poem Love (III) by George Herbert offers a helpful reminder that God meets us where we are- messy and broken- and welcomes us with an invitation.

Speaking to the Soul: beloved children of God

January 9, 2017 2 Comments

We are all beloved children of God. But, as hard as it often is to acknowledge this about the people we encounter, it’s just as hard to believe it about ourselves

Speaking to the Soul: Named and claimed

January 4, 2017 No Comments

Hearing the story of Jesus’s baptism, I am drawn to marvel at the miracle of that grace which calls us and claims us, too, as beloved children of God.

Speaking to the Soul: In Love with Jesus

October 13, 2016 2 Comments

The Gospel authors had met Jesus only in verbal accounts, only through others who knew people who had known him. And yet, like a buried priceless treasure, they found him, recognized him as their beloved, acknowledged him as the one for whom their souls had always yearned.

Speaking to the Soul: Awakening to who we are

September 8, 2016 2 Comments

Knowing to whom we belong, we open ourselves to who we are meant to be. And then we open ourselves to astounding miracle and to mind boggling transformation, at our deaths and in every single day of our lives.

Holy goodbyes

August 21, 2016 1 Comment

Complex theology is priestly job-security. But I think the whole Jesus thing is as simple as a kiss on our neck, just behind our ear. Spirituality is that simple. Moisture, and a kiss from a savior who has been released from his tomb while we are released from ours.

Speaking to the Soul: Named and Claimed

January 12, 2016 No Comments

Do not fear, for I have redeemed you;

I have called you by name, you are mine.

Isaiah 43:1

The wise men have been and gone; now the readings lead into the baptism of Jesus and the start of his time as an earthly teacher to those that follow him.

Now when all the people were baptized, and when Jesus also had been baptized and was praying, the heaven was opened, and the Holy Spirit descended upon him in bodily form like a dove. […]

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