by Communications | Apr 7, 2025 | Blog
“You shall hallow the fiftieth year, and you shall proclaim liberty throughout the land to all its inhabitants. It shall be a jubilee for you: you shall return, every one of you, to your family.” (Leviticus 25: 10) The vestry of St. Barnabas Episcopal Church in Eagle...
by Communications | Mar 29, 2025 | Blog
Probably we are all familiar with the poem about older age – “when I am an old woman, I shall wear purple”. It is a statement about independence and freedom. It is a declaration of not giving a damn. And it is a fitting quote to introduce the third concept wrapped up...
by Communications | Mar 26, 2025 | Blog
The Methodist minister and religious educator John Westerhoff identified stages of faith in religious identity and development (List in the graphic above!) Christian faith, like the human body, has an expected pattern of growth and development. The different stages...
by Communications | Mar 19, 2025 | Blog
What do I do with my anger? Last week I attended a webinar put on by the Center for Action and Contemplation entitled “What do I do with my anger?” It was headlined by Richard Rohr and Brian McLaren, which motivated me to attend it, but to me the real star of...
by Communications | Mar 14, 2025 | Blog
“That fiftieth year shall be a jubilee for you: you shall not sow or reap the aftergrowth or harvest the unpruned vines. For it is a jubilee; it shall be holy to you; you shall eat only what the field itself produces” (Leviticus 25: 11-2) I am not a good gardener, let...
by Communications | Mar 12, 2025 | Blog
There is a description for what we are trying to develop at Grace these days, and it is captured in the phrase “total ministry”. The concept came from the work of a missionary to China called Roland Allen. After successfully setting up churches around a region of...
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