In 1863, the same year as the Emancipation Proclamation was issued, Abraham Lincoln called for the last Thursday in November to be set aside as a day for “Thanksgiving and Praise.” In part, this proclamation was birthed because of the letter writing campaign of a...
A joint statement Bishop Frank Logue of the Diocese of Georgia, Bishop Strickland of the ELCA Southeastern Synod, and our own Bishop Rob Wright on the McMichaels-Bryan Trial. The jury charged with handing down a verdict in the case of three men accused of murder for...
Message from St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church on the 2021 Car Show The 10th Annual St. Matthew’s Car Show turned out to be a great success this year. Some of the best vintage classic cars, trucks, and motorcycles in Georgia were in attendance to the tune of...
The point, process and net effect of the Gospel of Jesus Christ working in us and through us is freedom. Freedom! Freedom from self-centeredness. Freedom from avarice. Freedom from fear. Freedom from fear of death. Freedom from hate. Freedom from isolation. Freedom...
The 115th Annual Council of the Diocese of Atlanta took place online on November 12th and 13th of 2021. The theme was the last part of our Diocesan Purpose Statement, “Growing Spiritually” joined together with the idea of what it means for us as a Diocese to get our...
Preparing to Prepare One day the disciples of John the Baptist came to Jesus and asked him, “Why don’t your disciples fast like we do and the Pharisees do?” Jesus replied, “Do wedding guests mourn while celebrating with the groom? Of course not. But someday the groom...
When we make God our first love, God directs that love to the horizontal dimension. To people. Any vertical expression of love for God can be judged by the quality of our horizontal expression of love. That is why Dorothy Day said, “I really only love God as much as I...
This Veterans Day, find ways you can help support these brave individuals and their families. We invite you to consider the resources below. Episcopal Veterans Fellowship Healing the Moral Wounds from War. Equips Christians for missional ministry to veterans through...
The Society of Saint Anna the Prophet, a vowed, dispersed community of Episcopal women over the age of 50, will hold The Holy Eucharist and Vow Ceremony service at St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church in Atlanta on Saturday, Feb. 5, 2022, at 11 AM. Installation of our...
Naomi and Ruth’s undoing eventually became the circumstances for their Hallelujah. Life, love and abundance came to them but not before death, dislocation and hunger. We love our hallelujahs but not our undoings. But remember, God is present in both. And God deserves...
