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[…] portal (or app) to pray the scriptures. Reflections on Stations of the Cross 2020 This Lent, we invite you to join Episcopal Migration Ministries as we journey the Stations of the Cross. Sign […]
Facilitator’s Guide
[…] of the series can resonate with the seasons of the church year: Advent, Christmas, Epiphany, Lent, Easter, Pentecost. Creating Your Small Groups/Circles: If you have a creation care/environmental justice ministry, […]
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Good Friday Offering
[…] between warring factions in the land where our Lord walked,” Curry writes in his annual Lent letter to Episcopal churches. “As we mark our Lord’s passion and death on Good […]
EPPN Lenten Series: Engaging Poverty at Home and Around the World
[…] poor, may you have life everlasting. On Ash Wednesday, as we begin our journey through Lent, the Church invites us to consider our inescapable captivity to death. “Remember, you are […]
In the Epistle We Just…, Ash Wednesday – 2009
[…] us are ready to hear. Most of us were taught that the lengthy period of Lent was one of penitence and fasting, a time provided for those who were separated […]
Today’s Readings All Speak…, Last Sunday in Epiphany (A) – 2011
[…] we know that we, as well, need these relationships. We enter into this season of Lent with the desire to be transformed, to walk within a fuller awareness of God’s […]
Episcopal Church Environmental Officer on Earth Day 2010: Our role here on Gods good earth is to be servants of creation.
[…] they did, they may well have chosen to mark Earth Day during the season of Lent.” Schut, who served on the staff of Earth Ministry for 11 years, continues, “Earth […]
Becoming a Place of Resurrection, Ash Wednesday – 2016
[…] sees in secret will reward you.” Hearing these words now, on this opening day of Lent, means that whatever we do by way of Lenten practices is not done for […]
Bible Study: Last Sunday after Epiphany (B) – 2018
[…] the power and reach of God’s voice. “The Lord…has spoken.” “Our God…will not keep si lent.” “He calls the heavens and the earth.” We often think of prophets and teachers […]
They Are Fondly Heard…, Epiphany 4 (A) – 2005
[…] us up, and one day defeat the world. Meanwhile, as we approach the beginning of Lent, every Christian should rejoice in the power to be different, to engage in new […]
Tenants in God’s Kingdom, Proper 22 (A) – 2014
[…] Nothing ever truly belongs to us. In the final analysis, everything we have has been lent to us. Everything is borrowed for a time. As the old saying has it, […]
Alleluia!, Easter Day (C) – 2004
[…] the Christ has been spoken, a small, balding man who until now has been si lent, will say, âJust a moment, Iâ¦.âAfter two thousand years people still journey to Jesus. […]
You Are Dust…, Ash Wednesday – 2001
[…] do well to ponder as we enter the period of self-examination and renewal we call Lent. Part of our journey as people of God in this season is about re-energizing […]
People Are Getting…, Easter 4 (A) – 1999
[…] on eggshells whenever there was a meeting with Lance or Jerri present. One year, during Lent, the church did a series of Bible studies during the week based on the […]
We Are Welcome to Rest, Ash Wednesday – 2012
[…] run, and it’s a job too big for us. Today begins the forty days of Lent, which prepare us for the great fifty days of Easter. These seasons equip us […]
Attentive to the Word, Epiphany 3 (C) – 2001
[…] the glory of God’s marvelous works. We will no doubt be reminded by Jesus in Lent that the only way he was able to come out of the wilderness, empowered […]
Ashes to Ashes…, Ash Wednesday – 1997
[…] enter in the Christian process of transformation, the ultimate goal of self- examination and reflection. Lent is not for dark depression, its for enlightenment and healing. Perhaps an aspect of […]
There Is an Ancient Egyptian Myth…, Ash Wednesday – 1999
[…] take a close look at our lives and willingly throw them into the nest of Lent. In Lent, we allow our fasts, our rituals, our prayers, and our studies to […]
Pledge to Care for Creation taking off across Church
[…] of reconciliation, justice and creation care. “Pray with the pledge and the Reflection Guide during Lent. Think about what you love in God’s Creation, where your heart breaks over environmental […]