Triduum: Until he comes again
Movements shake things up! One moment, everything feels stable, secure, predictable. Then suddenly the ground…
Palm/Passion Sunday: Hosanna!
How quickly the crowd gathered around Jesus as he entered Jerusalem and how quickly they…
Lenten Series: Week 5 Sacred Space for Debate
Everliving God, whose will it is that all should come to you through your Son…
Lent 5: Purge me from my sin
Today we hear of the promise of a new covenant written not on stone but…
Lenten Series: Week 4 The Complexities of Policy
O God, you made us in your own image and redeemed us through Jesus your…
Lenten Series: Week 3 Values-Based Conversations
“You, therefore, have no excuse, you who pass judgment on someone else, for at whatever…
Lent 4: The LORD sent fiery serpents among the people
The story of the serpents in the wilderness is intriguing. The people of God had…
Lent 3: But we proclaim Christ crucified
Some things just don’t make much sense. Water doesn’t become wine, bread and fish do…
Lenten Series: Week 2 Tenets for Civil Discourse
“The Lord has shown, O mortal what is good. And what does the Lord require…
Lent 2: Take up their cross and follow me
“Jesus called the crowd with his disciples, and said to them, ‘If any want to…
Lenten Series: Week 1 Civil Discourse in Context
As you, Father, are in me and I am in you, may they also be…
Lent 1: An appeal to God for a good conscience
In the midst of two stories we know so well, the story of Noah and…
Ash Wednesday: Return to me with all your heart
We are created out of love and for love. We walk the same earth and…
EPPN LENTEN SERIES: Advocating in the Information Age
He took him outside and said, “Look up at the sky and count the stars—if indeed you…
EPPN LENTEN SERIES: Good Neighbors, Good Stewards
But he wanted to justify himself, so he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?” –Luke…
EPPN LENTEN SERIES: For the Human Family
“And as you go, preach, saying, ‘The kingdom of heaven is at hand.’” -Matthew 10:7 For…
EPPN LENTEN SERIES: The Greatest Commandment is Never Easy
“Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?” Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your…
EPPN LENTEN SERIES: All are Created Equal
“Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in…
EPPN LENTEN SERIES: Jesus Led the Way
“Is not this the fast that I choose: to loose the bonds of injustice, to…
EPPN LENTEN SERIES: Care of Creation, Evangelism, and Reconciliation
“Speak out for those who cannot speak, for the rights of all the destitute. Speak…
Lenten Series: Holy Week
It is Holy Week. This week is always hard for me, as I am impatient…
Lenten Series: Give It Away
A friend recently asked an innocent question that completely floored me. “I hear you Christians…
Lenten Series: Pilgrimage to Ferguson
https://episcopalchurch.wistia.com/medias/04wspsoc91 On August 9, 2014, Michael Brown was shot and killed by Officer Darren Wilson…
Lenten Series: Singing Anew
“Perhaps … I am the face of one of your fears. Because I am a…
Lenten Series: Called By Name
My name is Sowdo My name is Sergio My name is Sadiki My name is…
Lenten Series: Breaking the Chains of Injustice
One evening a grandfather told his grandson about a battle that goes on inside people….
Lenten Series: Engaging the Beloved Community
“The aftermath of nonviolence is the creation of the beloved community. The aftermath of nonviolence is…
Go! for Lent: Matthew 26:36
Jesus covers a lot of ground in the gospels, but who determined where he went? …
Go! for Lent: Mark 14:42
There is a common saying in Tamil (a South Indian language) that it is alright…
Go! for Lent: Mark 14:42
Betrayal is a breakdown in trust. In my experience it represents the worst kind of…
Go! for Lent: Acts 22:10
In today’s scripture passage, Paul gives one of his accounts of his encounter with Jesus….
Go! for Lent: Matthew 26:18
Jesús dijo, Vayan a la cuidad, a casa de cierto hombre, y díganle: El maestro…
Go! for Lent: Matthew 26:18
“Go.” “Go into the city.” “Go into the city to a certain man.” Go into…
Go! for Lent: John 14:2-3
Each Holy Week, as I read the scriptures leading to Gethsemane, the Last Supper, and…
Go! for Lent: Luke 10:25-37
The parable of the Good Samaritan is surely one of Jesus’ Top 10. People who…
Go! for Lent: John 16:28
One of the gifts of pondering my discipleship as part of the Jesus Movement is…
Go! for Lent: John 16:7
“It is good for me to go away.” We so often want Jesus to stay…
Go! for Lent John 14:3
This is Jesus’ promise to those eleven disciples sitting at the supper table with Him…
Go! for Lent: Genesis 12:1-10
God’s call to Abram is about as clear of a passage about going as there…
Go! for Lent: Psalm 122
The Holy Cross Monastery in West Park, NY is one of my favorite places on…
Go! for Lent: Mark 10:52
Bartimaeus, the blind man of Jericho, had an incredible faith in Jesus and what He…
Go! for Lent: Luke 4:18-19
The meaning of this scripture passage for me is that it is Jesus’ statement of…
Go! for Lent: Ruth 1:16
In the Old Testament, the book of Ruth comes to us like a precious gem…
Go! for Lent: Mark 10:21
My brother and I started off the year making a pledge to each other. My…
Go! for Lent: Luke 14:21, 23
“Go out at once into the streets…” This scripture speaks to me because it is…
Go! for Lent: John 15:15b-17
The fifth grade class at Trinity Episcopal Day School in Baton Rouge is intrigued by…
Go! for Lent: Psalm 121:8
If Lent – and life – is a journey, then we can have no better…
Go! for Lent: 1 Samuel 3:1-9
These verses, especially: “Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening”, resonate with me in a…
Go! for Lent: Esther 4:16
The Book of Esther is one of my favorite stories of The Bible. There’s a…
Go! for Lent Luke 17:14
The lepers in Luke 17 are not healed until they obey Jesus’ instructions to “Go,…
Go! for Lent: Exodus 4:10-13
One of the perceived obstacles to working with refugees and immigrants is language. “If we…
Go! for Lent: Matthew 2:7-8
When I was in seminary, I had the great opportunity to travel to Liberia to…
Go! for Lent: Genesis 27:3-4
Growing up, I always marveled at my mother’s gift of blessing everyone she ran into….
Go! for Lent: Mark 16:15
I love this verse. It’s all about “being sent.” It consistently reminds me that as…
Go! for Lent: Jeremiah 1:7
Our faith as Christians is one of movement, of devoting our lives to a triune…
Go! for Lent: Matthew 28:19-20
Go, Baptize, Teach, Remember. These two verses are called by Christians “The Great Commission “….
Go! for Lent: Mark 10:52
Mark 10:52: Jesus said to him, ‘Go; your faith has made you well.’ Immediately he…
Go! for Lent: Matthew 14:14-22
Jesus had just fed the multitude of five thousand men, beside women and children. What…
Go! for Lent: Luke 10:1-12
In a sentence: Discipleship is more radical than we believe it is! In a couple…
Go! for Lent: Joshua 1:16
Joshua is working to claim the land that God has promised. He is sending warriors…
Go! for Lent: James 2:11-21
I love this passage from James which asks important questions about faith, James 2:14-16 : …
Go! for Lent: Isaiah 60:19-20
The sun shall no longer be your light by day nor for brightness shall the…
Go! for Lent: Isaiah 58:6-9
In my work with The Episcopal Church, I am lucky to see people across the…
Go! for Lent: Psalm 48
The imagery the psalmist uses in these passages is remarkable, particularly in how the writer…
Go! for Lent: Luke 4:18-19
I was born and raised an Episcopalian. I never imagined I would choose the streets…
Go! for Lent: Job 2:11
One sentence from the story of Job tells a myriad about whom he is and…
Go! for Lent: Isaiah 55:12
I have had a lot of change in my life: moving to different cities and…
Go! for Lent: Isaiah 55:12
He tenido muchos cambios en mi vida: mudanzas a diferentes ciudades y países, divorcio, relaciones,…
Go! for Lent: Luke 14:23
In Mark 16:15, Jesus said to his disciples to go into the world and preach…
Go! for Lent: Matthew 26:37
This gripping text tells part of the story of Jesus and the disciples being in…
Go! for Lent: Genesis 8:15-9:3
A Time to Get Going A Paraphrase of God’s Command to Noah (Genesis 8:15-9:3) When…
Go! for Lent: Zechariah 8:21
Come let us go…I need you! I may not know you. I may never meet…
Go! for Lent: Mark 4:35
When evening had come, Jesus said to his disciples, “Let us go across to…
EPPN Lenten Series: Engaging Poverty Through Creation Care
So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and…
EPPN Lenten Series: Engaging Poverty Through Food Security
And God said, “Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the…
EPPN Lenten Series: Engaging Poverty at Home and Around the World
Into paradise may the angels lead you, At your coming, may the martyrs receive you…
EPPN Lenten Series: Engaging Poverty Through Education
“The advantage of knowledge is that wisdom gives life to the one who possesses it.”…
EPPN Lenten Series: Engaging Poverty Through Housing
My people will abide in a peaceful habitation, in secure dwellings, and in quiet resting…
EPPN Lenten Series Part 7: Holy Week Reflection
Almighty God, we pray you graciously to behold this, your family, for whom our Lord…
EPPN Lenten Series Part 6: Spotlight on Jerusalem
“The phrase “Holy City” is constantly used to describe the reverence for her shrines, but…
EPPN Lenten Series Part 5: Spotlight on Refugees
Be present, O merciful God, and protect us…so that we who are wearied by the…
EPPN Lenten Series Part 4: Spotlight on Security
Almighty God, kindle, we pray, in every heart the true love of peace, and guide…
EPPN Lenten Series Part 3: Spotlight on Borders
O God, by your Word you marvelously carry out the work of reconciliation: Grant that…
EPPN Lenten Series Part 2: Spotlight on Negotiations
EPPN Lenten Series Part 2: Supporting Peace in the Land of the Holy One Spotlight…
EPPN Lenten Series: Supporting Peace in the Land of the Holy One
EPPN LENTEN SERIES: SUPPORTING PEACE IN THE LAND OF THE HOLY ONE An Ash Wednesday…
A Lenten Reflection on Repentance
A Lenten Reflection on Repentance February 12, 2013 “Almighty God, the Father of our Lord…
Being Peter: Lenten Meditation, 3/29/2013
John 18:1-19:42 Two young women testify on behalf of immigration reform in the form of…
Being Peter: Lenten Meditation, 3/29/2013
March 29, 2013 By: Hershey Mallette Oh, Peter, not again! Every time…every year…you deny Jesus?!…
Service and Sacrifice: Lenten Meditation, 3/28/2013
John 13:1-17, 31b-35 By: Grace Flint “I give you a new commandment, that you love…
Beloved: Lenten Meditation, 3/27/2013
Philippians 4:1-13 By: Charles McClain “Finally, beloved, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is…
Wisdom and Folly: Lenten Meditation, 3/26/2013
1 Corinthians 1:18-31 By: Adam Pike In today’s reading, Paul describes God’s wisdom not as…
Poured Out: Lenten Meditation, 3/25/2013
John 12:1-11 By: Jamie Osborne I think there is a tendency to characterize Jesus more…
Enemies to Love: Lenten Meditation, 3/24/2013
Luke 19:28-40 By: Jonathan Melton “After Jesus had said this, he went on ahead, going…
Time to Act and Time to Wait: Lenten Meditation, 3/23/2013
Acts 17:22-31 By: Rachel Jones Photo by Nils Chittenden Saying someone has the spiritual gift…
The Gift of Discernment: Lenten Meditation, 3/22/2013
Matthew 13:47-52 By: Zack Nyein As a newly-minted postulant for the priesthood in The Episcopal…
A Sword Shall Pierce Your Own Soul: Lenten Meditation, 3/21/2013
Luke 2:25–35 By: Jessie Vedanti Photo by Nils Chittenden Simeon, a man whose only credentials…
Just Downstairs: Lenten Meditation, 3/20/2013
By: Callie Swanlund When I was little, I remember waking up one Saturday morning and…
Redeemed by Faith: Lenten Meditation, 3/19/2013
Romans 4:13-18 By: Hershey Mallette “For the promise that he would inherit the world did…
Passing Peace: Lenten Meditation, 3/18/2013
Psalm 122 By: Grace Flint From Grace’s recent visit to the Philippines (2013) I grew…
Pressing On: Lenten Meditation, 3/17/2013
Philippians 3:4b-14 By: Jason Sierra “I press on towards the goal for the prize of…
Our Straying Hearts: Lenten Meditation, 3/16/2013
John 7:37-52 By: Adam Pike In our gospel reading for today, we hear Jesus make…
For They Reasoned Unsoundly: Lenten Meditation, 3/15/2013
Wisdom 2:1a, 12-24 By: Jamie Osborne End of Day (2013) Lent is a serious time in…
What Freedom is For: Lenten Meditation, 3/14/2013
Exodus 32:7–14 By: Jonathan Melton The Adoration of the Golden Calf by Nicolas Poussin (1594-1665) I…
A Spacious Life: Lenten Meditation, 3/13/2013
By: Phillip Fackler After graduating from college, I spent a year working in Malawi. I…
The Prophet’s Path: Lenten Meditation, 3/12/2013
Mark 10:42-45 By: Rachel Jones Prophets are intended to be truth-tellers of the most serious…
Called to be Prophets: Lenten Meditation, 3/10/2013
Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32 By: Allison Sandlin Liles The gift of prophecy is one that, I…
What Do You See?: Lenten Meditation, 3/11/2013
Isaiah 65:17-25 By: Zack Nyein I grew up in the buckle of the Bible Belt. The…
Open to Healing: Lenten Meditation, 3/9/2013
Wisdom 7:24-28 By: Callie Swanlund During my senior year in high school, I was in…
Rhythms of Prayer: Lenten Meditation, 3/7/2013
Daniel 6:10-16 By: Margaret Ellsworth Photo By Aaron Wolpert Last year for Lent, I didn’t give…
Witness to Healing: Lenten Meditation, 3/6/2013
Sirach 38:1-8 By: Christopher Esposito-Bernard Whenever a church hires a new pastor, there’s a buzz…
Convicted by Our Common Humanity: Lenten Meditation, 3/5/2013
Matthew 18:21–35 By: Lindy Bunch This past spring, I had the opportunity to travel with…
Forging New Paths to Forgiveness: Lenten Meditation, 3/4/2013
Colossians 3:12–17 By: Lucas John Mix Lent is a time of taking on duties and…
What is Enough? Lenten Meditation, 3/3/2013
Isaiah 55:1-9 By: Nina Vest Salmon The dining hall at the college where I teach…
The Gift of Faith: Lenten Meditation, 3/2/2013
Psalm 95:1-7 By: Nils Chittenden Icon, Westcott House, Cambridge, England Although I’ve recited Psalm 95…
The Unknowable Kingdom: Lenten Meditation, 3/1/2013
Mark 4:26-29 By: Vivian Taylor “He also said, ‘This is what the kingdom of God…
Beyond Suffering: Lenten Meditation, 2/28/2013
Luke 4:14-21 By: Patrick Christopher Kangrga Reading Torah, Toronto, Canada (2012) Lent is a perplexing…
Peace Under Black Light: Lenten Meditation, 2/27/2013
Philippians 4:4-9 By: April C. Caballero “Peace in the Black Light” by Unreal Photography The…
Mary and Martha: Contemplation in Action: Lenten Meditation, 2/26/2013
Luke 10:38-42 By: Cameron Partridge Hope in Action Campaign, Diocese of Massachusetts At first glance,…
Gift of the Spirit: Faith: Lenten Meditation, 2/25/2013
John 7:37-41a By: Mary Catherine Young Iconographer: The Rev. Jon H. Walsted, Staten Island, New…
Faith Transfigured: Lenten Meditation, 2/24/2013
Luke 9:28-36 By: Hillary Raining Gospel book, scene: Incarnation and Transfiguration, c. 1025-1050 Faith is…
Bringing Out the God Flavors: Lenten Meditation, 2/23/2013
Matthew 5:11-16 By: Margaret Ellsworth In college I lived in a house with five of…
At Your Right Hand: Lenten Meditation, 2/22/2013
Mark 10:35-45 By: Christopher Esposito-Bernard Photo by the Rev. Nils Chittenden I have a confession…
In Pursuit of a Passionate Faith: Lenten Meditation, 2/21/2013
Song of Solomon 3:1-4 By: Lindy Bunch Photo by the Rev. Nils Chittenden Upon my…
Who Do You Say That You Are?: Lenten Meditation, 2/20/2013
Isaiah 55:6-11 By: Lucas John Mix NGC 1291, NASA/JPL-Caltech/Yale University/H. Crowl (Yale University) “Seek the…
What is Essential: Lenten Meditation, 2/19/2013
Matthew 6: 1-7 By: Nina Vest Salmon A student was dissatisfied with his grade on…
Getting the Whole Picture: Lenten Meditation, 2/18/2013
John 15:1-11 By: Nils Chittenden The Interior of Hagia Sophia (Holy Wisdom) Istanbul by John…
Finding the Promised Land: Lenten Meditation, 2/17/2013
Deuteronomy 26:8-10 By: Vivian Taylor “So the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand and…
A Stumbling Block to Myself: Lenten Meditation, 2/16/2013
Romans 14:10-13 By: Patrick Christopher Kangrga The men in my family have always been the…
Peace: The Alternate Scenario: Lenten Meditation, 2/15/2013
Luke 10:1-9 By: April C. Caballero Peace. It is unwise. Peace does not get the…
Wisdom of the Wreck: Lenten Meditation, 2/14/2013
Psalm 69:8-18 By: Cameron Partridge I came to explore the wreck.The words are purposes.The words…
After a Chocolate-Free Lent: Lenten Meditation, 2/13/2013
Isaiah 58:1-12 By: Mary Catherine Young Self-denial is probably the most common practice associated with…