Aug 31, 2018 | Uncategorized
To bring fire is Jesus’ purpose statement in Luke 12:49. Purpose guides like the bright North Star in a black sky. Our purpose is uniquely ours. It’s our mature decision and commitment. It doesn’t come from parents or preachers. Purpose anchors us...
Aug 24, 2018 | Uncategorized
How are we to be–in a climate of relativism, amongst the spiritual–with nonbelievers and with believers of every stripe? St. Paul says, “Live a life worthy of your calling” (Ephesians 4:1).God has met us through baptism into Jesus’ life, death and...
Aug 17, 2018 | Uncategorized
It’s easy to sleepwalk through life, school, marriage, work and retirement. This kind of life sleep is so insidious we can be asleep to the fact that we’re asleep! We would go on sleeping if pain or calamity didn’t shake us and wake us.Paul woke up...
Aug 15, 2018 | Uncategorized
Campus Missioner for Macon Colleges | Dena Douglas Hobbs Dena Douglas Hobbs was born and raised in the Macon area. She was active in campus ministry during her years at UGA and has continued to support campus ministry throughout her life. After serving as United...
Aug 10, 2018 | Uncategorized
Do you remember fire drills? Class interrupted. Walking quickly and quietly outside. It was a test for the principal, the teachers and the students. The building might burn, but we would be fine. St. Paul said our work for Jesus will be tested, too. And by fire!...
Aug 6, 2018 | Uncategorized
Read the General Convention Special Issue from the Episcopal Journal. Download PDF here.
Aug 6, 2018 | Uncategorized
In partnership with the United Nations Special Envoy for Education, the Tutudesk Campaign provides the answer to the classroom desk shortage crisis experienced in schools in developing countries. Over 95 million children in schools across sub-Saharan Africa have no...
Aug 3, 2018 | Uncategorized
Jeremiah heard a whisper from God: Go and watch the potter work the clay. See how he takes something flawed and spoiled and reworks it according to his good purpose. There’s a spectacular image for our best relationship to God! Malleable clay, on a spinning...
Aug 1, 2018 | Uncategorized
Non-profit organization Cool Girls celebrated 200 girls for their hard work in school last year at a special event hosted by the St. Peter and St. Paul Episcopal Church in Marietta. For more than 25 years, the Episcopal church has supported the organization’s...
Jul 27, 2018 | Uncategorized
Jesus said we should “pray to God to send laborers out into his harvest (Matthew 9:35-10:23). Laborers, not spectators. Christianity was always supposed to be a verb, an exertion amidst the unfamiliar. Second, the labor is out; out is where the harvest is! The...
