I was ordained at a time [2000] when it would not have been possible to speak clearly about the beloved mess of queer people from a pulpit. It still feels like an honor. The Reverend Winnie Varghese, rector of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Atlanta, preached Sunday,...
ATHENS – The chapel at The Wright House was packed. There was singing, there was preaching, and there was even a collection taken – despite there being no altar, no vestments, and no paint on the walls. The open house on Saturday, June 11 – styled a...
Alyssa Sali was baptized into the Christian Reformed Church and raised in Baptist churches in Sioux Falls, SD. She began to feel a call to ordained ministry as early as 5th grade but was not in a tradition that ordained women. So she chose to exercise her ministry in...
Emmaus House is seeking donations to support our Children’s Defense Fund Freedom Schools® program. The summer is a critical time for disadvantaged students. Not only is it important to prevent learning loss, it’s an opportunity for students to leap forward,...
“The truth about God must be spoken. This is how God began creation, by unmuting God’s self and speaking life into existence. “Whatever the Trinity wants from creatures or creation, God does it through words-efficacious, non-violent words.” Words that destabilize and...
In the lead-up to a June 11 “March for our Lives” in Atlanta, Episcopalians are focusing on developing new tactics to lessen the numbing, decades-long, repetition of mass shootings. On June 5, at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Atlanta, WABE radio’s Lisa Hagen gave...
Dr. Catherine Meeks, founder of the Absalom Jones Episcopal Center for Racial Healing in Atlanta, last month preached at The National Cathedral and took part in the Cathedral’s “Honest to God: spiritual conversations for uncertain times” series with New York Times...
“Dear God, bind up the wounds of all that suffer from gun violence. Those maimed and stifled. Those left alone and grieving. Those who struggle to get through one more day. Bless them Lord with your presence. Help them with your hope. Dear Lord, for all lives...
