“ You remember the Defiant Ones, the two convicts shackled to one another escape and fall into a ditch of dirty water, and one of them almost made it to the top, but can’t because his mate is still down there, and he’s shackled to him, and he slithers down. The only...
What is the Christmas Spirit? It is to be caught up in the glory of God. God is always about light, and for us, a great light has entered the darkness. This light guides and warms...
Graduation Celebration After over a year of virtual diocesan youth ministry, the Graduation Celebration in May 2021 was our first in-person event back. Graduating seniors, their families, and other members of our diocesan youth community gathered on the labyrinth at...
Singing is what I hear when Mary and Elizabeth come together in a doorway on a hill. Maybe their bellies bump when they embrace. Old and pregnant meets young and pregnant. Old and faithful and young and faithful together, the best kind of church. Each woman is a verse...
John called people who do sincere rituals insincerely snakes. He couldn’t get away with that these days but I understand what he means. The insincere were joining the sincere that day at the river to be baptized. They came to that moment motivated by something beyond...
On November 23, the Episcopal Community Foundation for Middle and North Georgia (ECF) announced four grants to organizations lifting people from poverty and oppression in the Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta. The grants have been made to Crossroads Community Ministries...
As a way through the inherent difficulty of following Jesus, some are suggesting that the followers of Jesus be “neutral.” They want to make Jesus, and therefore themselves, more palatable for the world. I understand the temptation. They want a Jesus who does not...
