Racial Reconciliation
Love Beyond Us
By the Rev. Anne-Marie Jeffery One mantra I repeat in my congregational vitality work is how important getting out into the community around the parish is. You have to be […]
Pride Month, Juneteenth and More: Becoming Beloved Community Newsletter – June 2024
Dear Beloved Community, As we enter June, we find ourselves at the intersection of celebration and reflection, marked by Pride month, Juneteenth, and the fresh memories of the Feast of […]
Episcopal Church of New Hampshire Passes Resolution to Tackle Reparations
By Susan Axelrod At its 2023 Diocesan Convention, the Episcopal Church of New Hampshire took the bold step of passing a resolution to create a formal reparations plan for the […]
Hoping for Belonging as a Palestinian Priest
By Leyla King My grandmother was four months pregnant with the child who would become my mother in April 1948 when, along with my grandfather, she fled for her life […]
Meet our New Staff Officer for Gender Justice: Aaron Scott
By Aaron Scott I’m transgender, I’m a layperson, and I’m 39 years old. I grew up in a tongues-talking United Methodist Church in the foothills of the Adirondack Mountains, where […]
Antiracism Trainings for Deputies
By Miguel Bustos As we prepare for the upcoming General Convention, lots of deputies have wondered how to fulfill the requirement for anti-racism training in time for convention in late […]
Why the Deputies of Color Must Work Together
By Heidi J. Kim and Joe McDaniel Jr. The Deputies of Color (DOC) is an umbrella group of diocesan-elected deputies who identify with the four ethnic groups represented in the […]
On Sacred Ground: Speaking the Truth about Land Ownership
By Lallie Lloyd I am a descendant of White colonial settlers, and Sacred Ground has supported me along my ongoing path to healing relationships with God, my community (by which […]
Preserving the Last Aquifer
By Cathlena Plummer It is the 21st century, in the year 2024, water has become the fight between Natives and the dominant mineral extraction industry. Last year alone, the artesian […]
Toward Environmental Reparations
By Glenna Huber As an undergraduate, I volunteered in a community-based, after-school program for young children run by The Episcopal Church. The kids came from all over the neighborhood to […]
