Oct 28, 2016 | Uncategorized
Life with Jesus is full of pivot points. Some people pivot to him because they want to see what all the fuss is about. Some pivot when they hear his call. Some pivot to Jesus because they sense he could be the only one who sees them beyond their chronic sins. Some...
Oct 25, 2016 | Uncategorized
Darlene is a member of St. David’s Episcopal Church in Roswell and earned her Master of Divinity degree from Candler School of Theology at Emory University in Atlanta. As a Licensed Lay Preacher, Darlene may now preach in congregations of any diocese at the...
Oct 24, 2016 | Uncategorized
At the end of 2016, Bishop Keith and Suzie Whitmore will bring their ministry in the Diocese of Atlanta to a close. Bishop Whitmore came to Atlanta on April 15, 2008 to serve as Assistant Bishop of Atlanta at the invitation of Bishop Alexander and has served Bishop...
Oct 21, 2016 | Uncategorized
His prayer had two parts: Tell God how good you are. Look down on others. For all his right deeds, he got it wrong. He didn’t need God’s mercy to lift him. He lifted himself. Our good ought to lift people’s eyes to God. The good we are able to do is evidence of...
Oct 14, 2016 | Uncategorized
Sleepless nights happen. Seized by fear, Jacob planned and prayed, tossed and turned. He’d “wrestled” with God, humanity and himself until daybreak. He was changed by that long, hard night – his name and his stride. Now, he limped because of the wrestling. We are...
Oct 12, 2016 | Uncategorized
Reconciliation is about loving the other, and we must face that challenge together. Many thanks to All Saints’ Beverly Hills for producing this short film, and posing the question, “who is the ‘other’ that you struggle to love?” Learn more about the...
Oct 12, 2016 | Uncategorized
“We” – as in the first word of our Diocesan Purpose statement: “We challenge ourselves and the world to love like Jesus as we worship joyfully, serve compassionately, and grow spiritually.” “We” are the people of water and spirit. We are people baptized in the life,...
Oct 11, 2016 | Uncategorized
More than 800 people attended the lecture and book signing by Bryan Stevenson, author of Just Mercy, on September 29th at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Atlanta. Presented by Beloved Community, Commission on Dismantling Racism, donations of over $9,000 were...
Oct 10, 2016 | Uncategorized
Jubilee Ministries are identified as those that have committed themselves to be a ministry of joint discipleship in Christ with poor and oppressed people, wherever they are found, to meet basic human needs, and to build a just society.Vicky Partin, our Diocesan...
