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Clergy Transition (June 2016)
The Rev. Henry Hudson retired from Trinity Episcopal Church, New Orleans, on Sunday, May 29. He has served as rector since 2007. Deacon Camille Wood retired from active service at St. Patrick's. Zachary. She was appointed by Bishop Thompson to serve, subject to...
Tolerance the focus at interfaith vigil for Orlando victims | NOLA.com
The faith leaders represented the Sikh, Jewish, Muslim, Christian and other religions, and they offered prayers and guidance rooted in their respective traditions. While their backgrounds were divergent, their messages hewed a common, simple line. Continue reading...
Pastoral Letter From Bishop Thompson: Prayers for Orlando
Dear sisters and brothers in Christ, In the wake of yet another mass shooting in the United States, we find ourselves searching the depths of our broken hearts…hearts that will never completely heal in the face of such senseless and devastating violence. And, what we...
Service to Remember Those Murdered in Orlando
There was a large turnout Monday evening, June 13, to mourn the 49 people murdered at the Pulse Nightclub in Orlando on Sunday, June...
Louisiana Eats Hunts Hometown Hidden Kitchens | WWNO
[Source: Louisiana Eats Hunts Hometown Hidden Kitchens By Poppy Tooker | JUN 11, 2016 | WWNO - New Orleans] On this week's show, we take a journey in sound with two radio luminaries, Davia Nelson and Nikki Silva, also known as The Kitchen Sisters. Davia and...
Show Your Love, March in Pride this Saturday
by Max Niedzwiecki, Integrity New Orleans This edited article reflects a corrected start time. The parade begins at 7:00 pm not 7:30 as previously stated. …The Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline. (2 Timothy 1:7)...
A Church that Fails (Reprise)
[Episcopal Church Foundation - Vital Posts] “When will we ever learn? When will we ever learn?” Peter, Paul, and Mary sang these words in protest against the war in Vietnam. Today, in the aftermath of the terrible hate crime in Orlando, leaving too many dead and...
Bethlehem, The Christmas Church, Lunch at the Bannoura Family Home, and The Herodium
[EDOLA Holy Land Blog] Sunday, June 12 Today, we drove to Bethlehem in Palestine and attended morning worship at the Evangelical Lutheran Christmas Church. We arrived a bit early so decided to walk through the old part of town and the open air markets. It was a...
Bethphage, Dominus Flevit, Gethsemane, St. Peter’s in Gallicantu, the Dead Sea, and Gathering Together
[EDOLA Holy Land Blog] Today, the North Carolina pilgrims got up and left very early to pray the Stations of the Cross in the Old City while the Louisiana pilgrims gathered a little later to walk the "Palm Sunday Walk" from Bethphage (Beth = house / Phage =...
Restoring the Wetlands as Part of our Sacred Duty and History | Restore the Mississippi River Delta
[This article first appeared on Restoring the Wetlands as Part of our Sacred Duty and History | Restore the Mississippi River Delta] Guest post by The Very Rev. William Terry, M.P.S., M.Div. God of unchangeable power, when you fashioned the world the morning stars...
Burqin, Nablus, Jacob's Well, Taybeh, Kanafe, and Beer
[This article Burqin, Nablus, Jacob's Well, Taybeh, Kanafe, and Beer appeared first on EDOLA Holy Land Blog.] Friday, June 9 This morning, the Sisters of Nazareth made us a great breakfast and we set out early in separate groups (NC / LA). Our...
Jordan River, Sea of Galilee, Eucharist on Mt. Hermon, Capernaum,Tabgha, and the Church of the Primacy of Peter
Source: EDOLA Holy Land Blog | Jordan River, Sea of Galilee, Eucharist on Mt. Hermon, Capernaum,Tabgha, and the Church of the Primacy of Peter Thursday, June 9 Today was absolutely packed and we left early again. I must say that while many...
Zippori / Sepphoris, Caesarea Philippi, a Druze Village, and Fresh Cherries!
This morning, we left Nazareth around 6:30 to drive north toward Syria to the excavated site of Zippori (Sepphoris). Zippori means bird. This place was on the trade route from Egypt to Mesopotamia. It was a stunning route with gorgeous landscapes and trees. We saw...
A Place for Those who Came Before
[Episcopal Church Foundation - Vital Posts] Sometimes four generations of family sit together in my church. Even after nearly five years, I’m still learning who is related. New priests for this congregation should get a family-tree chart as part of their welcome...
Desert Reflections, Jericho, Mt. of Temptation, and Nazareth
This morning, we got up and left at 5:00 AM in silence - not simply because we were too weary to talk, but because we spent the morning in silent reflection on the way to Wadi Qelt. Wadi Qelt is the desert valley and stream leading from Jerusalem into the West Bank...
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