Friday, February 7, 2020 | Reflections
Stories about Abraham remind us that the Bible is, at its heart, a love story. Abraham’s relationship with God is all about friendship, faith, and unconditional love.Abraham knows what he wants—a family, a place to belong—and finds these things in his relationship...
Thursday, February 6, 2020 | Diocesan News, Message from Bishop Thompson
This coming Lent I want to introduce to the Diocese two books that have caused significant reflection. The first is Bowing Toward Babylon by Craig M. Watts. The second selection is Care for Creation (a Franciscan spirituality of the...
Thursday, February 6, 2020 | Reflections
From The Archives: February 27, 1995Who ever imagined a creation so limited that human beings were the best God could do? Creatures winged with the wind, “molded in beauty…subtle as flame” are hardly surprising if God is able to shape ….(View this reading...
Wednesday, February 5, 2020 | Community Ministry, Episcopal Church News
St. Anna’s Episcopal Church in the Treme neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana, has posted the names of homicide victim outside the church since 2007. Photo: David Paulsen/Episcopal News Service [Episcopal News Service] Though far from a good year, 2019 was a...
Wednesday, February 5, 2020 | Reflections
Abraham hears a call to sacrifice his son, and he believes this call is from God. Abraham has an unshakable faith and knows God will always provide for him and his family. Abraham listens deeply, pausing each step of the way to Moriah to ask: Really, God? Are you sure...
Tuesday, February 4, 2020 | Reflections
A little fish spent its life asking other fish where to find the ocean. An ancient sea creature told the little fish that it was, in fact, swimming in the ocean. The little fish couldn’t accept that this was the ocean and continued to believe that all it was doing was...
Monday, February 3, 2020 | Diocesan News
Join the Environmental Commission of the Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana for a Lenten Study on Environmental Justice. We will read Care for Creation: A Franciscan Spirituality of the Earth. Every week during Lent, a member of the Environmental Commission will reflect...
Monday, February 3, 2020 | Reflections
What is the work of God today? Prayer is the training ground for our life of faith, and it calls us to be emotionally, psychologically, and spiritually involved in God’s work in the world. Prayers are not simply to be said or thought—they are to be lived out with the...
Sunday, February 2, 2020 | Reflections
Over and over, God in scripture says, See, I am sending my messenger. Over and over, we say, Here comes the messenger, let us kill the messenger. The messages are hard to hear. The consequences are hard to swallow.Malachi calls the children of Israel to ….(View...
Saturday, February 1, 2020 | Reflections
Abraham, Sarah, and Jesus call us to pay attention to the whens and wheres of our lives. When will we love God with our heart, mind, and soul? When will we believe the promises of God? Where are the places we need to bring the love of God? Where are we seeking and...
