Racial Reconciliation
A Time for Freedom
By Nick Gordon June is an action- and emotion-filled month. Between Pride, Juneteenth, the Poor People’s Campaign March on Washington, and the church’s General Convention, we have many opportunities to […]
Sacred Ground: The Place of Grief in the Spiritual Life
By The Rev. Tricia de Beer Emmanuel Katongole, a Ugandan Catholic priest and theologian reflecting on the Rwandan genocide, said, “The resurrection of the church begins with lament.” There is […]
From the BBC Grant Community: Let the Students LEAD
By The Rev. Meg Wagner In 2019, Beloved Community Initiative—a mission of the Episcopal Diocese of Iowa—received Becoming Beloved Community grant funding to begin an Ethnic Studies Leadership Academy. We […]
AAPI Alive!
by Peter Huang The Gathering is a space for Asian Pacific American spirituality based in the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles. This Eastertide and Asian Pacific Islander Heritage Month, we’ve […]
The Power to Change
By Robyn Hyden At Alabama Arise, as in The Episcopal Church, we value agape love. We strive to practice unconditional love, and through this, we envision a world where all […]
God Sees Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders
by The Rev. Canon Dr. Winfred (Fred) Vergara Gloria Fanchiang wrote the pop song “God who sees us,” in the aftermath of the massacre of six Asian American girls working […]
From the BBC Grant Community: Facing Our History in Kentucky
By The Rev. Kelly Kirby The word “Becoming” is key in the phrase “Becoming the Beloved Community.” When we applied for a seed grant in 2019, we had a vision […]
Bring the Story into the Room
By The Rev. Erin Kirby “‘Anamnesis’ is the Greek word ‘to remember.’ It is the word Jesus used in the institution narrative in the Eucharist: ‘Do this in remembrance of […]
We are ALL Related
By The Rev. Kurt J. Huber and the Rev. Ellen B. Huber Last summer, a young boy went to Home Town Days in the reservation town of Eagle Butte, South […]
Earth Month and Beloved Community
By Phoebe Chatfield and the Rev. Melanie Mullen April is “Earth Month,” leading up to the 52nd annual Earth Day on Friday, April 22. As we join people around the […]
