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Finding hope in Brazil

April 4, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Young workers in the landless movement in Brazil. (Photo by Marc Andrus)

The Rt. Rev. Marc Andrus, Bishop of California, is attending the Episcopal USA - Anglican Church in Brazil Bilateral Meeting this week. He went to Brazil tired and "bracing" himself for long meetings. Instead, thanks be to God, he has been surprised by hope. The people with whom he is meeting - landless young adults, indigenous peoples and Anglican priests - have united in their commitment to Christ and environmental justice. His message now: Look forward to these encounters, where Christ is present and God's love and hope are made manifest. From Bishop Marc's blog: Writing from the … [Read more...]

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Celebrations and challenges in Egypt

March 29, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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My friend and fellow missionary, The Rev. Canon Paul-Gordon Chandler, has written an eloquent piece on Episcopal News Service about what is going on in Egypt, where he is serves, particularly between the Muslims and Christians. Paul-Gordon, a mission partner with The Episcopal Church, is an author, Episcopal priest and interfaith advocate serving as the rector of St. John the Baptist Church in Cairo. Paul-Gordon writes especially of how he is called to help facilitate dialogue and understanding between the two faiths and Egypt struggles to live into its new identity. He speaks, too, of how … [Read more...]

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Listen! Listen! Listen!

March 7, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Icon of the Transfiguration by Andrei Rublev (1405), now located in the Moscow Annunciation Cathedral

Matthew 17:1-9 When Peter and James and John went up the mountain with Jesus that long-ago-but-memorable day, they literally had no idea what was about to happen.   They thought they were going to pray. After all, that’s what Jesus regularly did, and so for them, this was just another day following their teacher and Lord. But, really: They had no idea what was in store. Up they go, and boom! Jesus is transfigured right in front of them! His face shines like the sun, his clothes are dazzling white, and right there stand Moses and Elijah, chatting with Jesus! You … [Read more...]

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Bringing and receiving gifts in Sudan

March 5, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Episcopal Church missionary Robin Denney discusses her agricultural ministry in South Sudan with The Rev. David Copley, Mission Personnel Officer for The Episcopal Church. Photo by Matthew Davies.

Earlier this week, we received a great report from South Sudan, soon to be the world's newest nation, about The Episcopal Church's missionaries who are serving there. Robin Denney, Larry Duffee, The Rev. Robert North and his wife, Karen, serve in South Sudan, teaching, training and witnessing to the South Sudanese, and in return, receiving the witness of the faithful people of Sudan. All of the missionaries say the same thing: When you give, you receive. The story, by Matthew Davies of Episcopal News Service and datelined, Juba, South Sudan, reads: Throughout several decades of civil … [Read more...]

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‘Stronger together than apart’

March 3, 2011 By Leave a Comment
A world map showing the Provinces of the Anglican Communion (Blue). Also shown are the Churches in full communion with the Anglican Church: The Nordic Lutheran churches of the Porvoo Communion (Green), and the Old Catholic Churches in the Utrecht Union (Red).

From the Anglican Communion News Service this morning comes a report of a meeting of 19 bishops from around the world who met in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, at the end of February. The essence of the meeting: "We really need each other. We are stronger together than apart." The essence of relationships, of community, of being created in the Image of God: We really do need each other, because we are stronger together than apart. Any time a group of people gathers, there is the opportunity to build the community for which we were created. Any time those people take the time to listen to … [Read more...]

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Love and mission in Honduras

March 1, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Our Little Roses

Episcopal News Service has a great article today by Lynette Wilson on Ministerios Nuestras Pequeñas Rosas, Our Little Roses, in San Pedro Sula, Honduras. Our Little Roses is a home for girls who have been abused, abandoned or orphaned. It is one of the best ministries I've ever seen - a refuge of love and care for those who are in such great need, most of all, to be loved. Diana Frade, the founder of OLR, is a friend of mine, and I've been privileged to visit and serve at Our Little Roses five times. Twenty-five years ago, Diana started this ministry, as the article recounts, because she … [Read more...]

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Good news/bad news on missionaries

February 22, 2011 By Leave a Comment
EPISCOPAL SHIELD

Titus Presler has an excellent commentary on the good and bad news about Episcopal missionaries. The good news: We, the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society, have missionaries in the field (yeah!). The bad news: Not so many, and the ones we have and are not well-supported. As World Mission Sunday approaches (6 March), take a look at what Titus has to say, and think about what it means for The Episcopal Church to be a missionary society. The column can be found here. … [Read more...]

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Easter in Haiti: Alleluia!

April 4, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Dear Beloved in Christ: Easter in Haiti Easter services here were incredibly powerful today. To be able to proclaim, "Alleluia! Christ is risen! The Lord is risen indeed. Alleluia!" in a place that is still filled with death almost defies description. Hearing the angel proclaim "He is not here" in Luke's Gospel brought tears to my eyes, for there are so many -- perhaps as many as 300,000 -- who are not here with us now. At the English service, I read Bishop Duracin's Easter message to the congregation. (In Haiti, the Bishop is the preacher in all of our parishes.) In his message, … [Read more...]

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