Driven by the Spirit into Dark Places
What aspect of the women’s ordination movement do you most want Episcopalians today to remember and honor? The “movement” was not so much a movement as it was the Gospel’s call to be about those tasks that un-bind people and to set them free....Roland Allen Sermon: June 8, 2016
President Jenning preached this sermon on June 8 at the opening Eucharist of the Executive Council meeting in Chaska, Minnesota: In the Name of God. Amen. Today we commemorate Roland Allen, the son of an Anglican priest who was orphaned at an early age. Allen followed...
A Thread of Hope in A Violent Time: 2015 Christmas Message
Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.–Soren Kierkegaard Five years ago, Christmas day found me cradling a one-week old baby in my arms. A newborn, black baby boy holding all of the promise and hope of the future in his quivering,...
Making Safe the Road from Jericho to Jerusalem: The Elmina Consultation
In mid-September, a group of African Anglicans, members of other African churches, and Episcopalians held a consultation on the Bible and sexuality in Elmina, Ghana. House of Deputies President Gay Clark Jennings and Deputies Brian Baker, Lowell Grisham, Fredrica...
Going Home
Deputy Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows of the Diocese of Chicago preached this sermon on racial reconciliation and social justice at the Church of St. Paul and the Redeemer on December 14, 2014 (Advent 3B): As we continue to process the events of the day–the...From the President
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