We live in a time of heightened disagreement and increasingly disagreeable modes of communication. Rarely have human societies managed effective and transparent conversations that are also kind. At times we […]
When we join together and work as one, we can accomplish more than we can as Episcopal islands in our separate communities. Your donation to the bishop’s appeal sends an […]
The gift of education is the best thing to give refugees on the path to becoming self-sufficient, productive citizens. Volunteers who connect with a child or adult can literally change […]
Once all petitions, if any, have been received, and are found to be in complete and proper form, a full and complete background check and reference checks, will be conducted for these new candidates. If the checks are fully satisfactory, and approved by the standing committee, these persons, if any, will be added to the names of persons qualifying as candidates for election at the electing convention on February 2 at St. Bartholomew’s, Poway.
My brothers and sisters in Christ, I write in response to the return of the Diocese of Cuba to The Episcopal Church after 52 years of lonely existence. When we […]
In June I wrote about revitalizing congregations and the normal process of birth, growth, and death in faith communities. In this piece, I’d like to offer some perspective about the […]
In a Sunday school classroom at St. Alban’s, El Cajon, a group of refugee women gather for a conversational English class called Table Talk. Refugees from Iraq, these women range […]
Some people think General Convention is a bit like Brigadoon, a small city that appears for a day and then fades away into the mist for the next hundred years. […]
On Sunday a thousand General Convention-goers drove to the small town of Taylor, Texas to protest the administration’s policy of separating migrant families arrested at the border. Stepping out of […]
Greetings from the 79th General Convention of the Episcopal Church in Austin, Texas. It has been extraordinary experience for me to be one of the lay deputy serving this particular […]
