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I've found this one beneficial to add to my prayers. 🕯️⚓ Prayer for those who influence public opinion, from the Episcopal Book of Common Prayer, p. 827

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Rev. Dr. Pauli Murray was a human rights activist, legal scholar, feminist, poet, author, Episcopal priest, labor organizer, Non binary woman of color. S/he was the first POC to earn a JSD from Yale and a co-founder of NOW. Their writings were a cornerstone of Brown v. Board of Education.

submitted 23 days ago • 1 comment

I love working for The Episcopal Church. My notes at the end of staff meeting look like

submitted 19 days ago • 0 comments

Shared the Ida B. Wells episode already, but on second thought a great #BlackHistoryMonth discipline would be to listen to all of WBEZ's excellent series, Making, each episode featuring a Black icon that shaped our society. www.podchaser.com/podcasts/mak...

submitted 23 days ago • 0 comments

Episcopal Diocese of Chicago Sanctuary Committee is doing important work sharing "Know Your Rights" seminars and repurposing its Emergency Fund to help migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers. They're happy to share their insights with others helping out 🕯️ ⚓ episcopalchicago.org/sanctuary-di...

submitted 24 days ago • 1 comment

As we're trying to figure out best policies for our spaces here, the guidance coming from the National Immigration Law Center has been very helpful: www.nilc.org/resources/fa... 🕯️ ⚓

submitted 27 days ago • 1 comment

Civil rights hero, journalism hero, American hero, Ida B. Wells. Her story told by WBEZ Chicago in series of interviews. Sermon worthy material here 🕯️⚓ www.wbez.org/making/2022/...

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When I get into North vs. South, Red States vs. Blue States debates, I refer back to this interview with social psychologist Ryan Brown. This history of Honor Cultures and Dignity Cultures gave me a really useful perspective on the roots of our social divisions ⚓ www.listennotes.com/podcasts/hid...

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Still relevant a couple years later, this compelling article by David Brooks that examines the decline of moral formation. It makes a strong case for why people are lonelier, sadder, and angrier and what steps we can take to heal. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

submitted 30 days ago • 1 comment

🎉 🕯️ ⚓ Wonderful news at St. James Cathedral, Chicago. The Very Rev. Lisa Hackney-James is the Dean we prayed for and need for the ministries before us: conta.cc/4jzVhSM #SaintJamesCathedral #IAmStJames #Episcopal

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Dr. Vivek Murthy did so much good work during his term as Surgeon General, not the least of which was using his platform to promote the values of spiritual, communal, physical, and mental health as part of a whole wellbeing. time.com/7205289/vive...

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Perfect prayer to go out on our Annual Meeting at St. James Cathedral, Chicago, "A Prayer for Servant Leadership" by The Rev. Dr. Valori Mulvey Sherer. Let's take this show on the road ⚓ #Episcopal #SaintJamesCathedral #IAmStJames #ServantLeadership #LoveYourNeighbor #Prayer

submitted 33 days ago • 0 comments

I love Episcopal polity

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Ordainiversary today! It has always been my honor to have been ordained on the Feast of Florence Li Tim-Oi, a vocational inspiration to the church. livingchurch.org/news/news-an... #Episcopal #TEC ⚓

submitted 37 days ago • 0 comments

Old episode of the podcast 99% Invisible about tradition and innovation, intention, design, messaging, and public reaction. It's about the controversial UC logo, but I hear many correlations to tradition and innovation in #TEC ⚓ Thoughts anyone? 99percentinvisible.org/episode/epis...

submitted 37 days ago • 0 comments

Ministers should be the most political of animals because, in contrast to much of what passes as politics in our time, those in the ministry cannot help but be about the formation of a people who can know they need one another to survive. Stanley Hauerwas, The Work of Theology, p. 113

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From an Order for Compline, Episcopal Book of Common Prayer, p. 134

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Anyone looking for the best way to support people in the wake of the California wildfires, Episcopal Relief & Development has the infrastructure in place to triage needs and get the aid where it is most needed at this time. Holding our neighbors in prayer. www.episcopalrelief.org/press-resour...

submitted 48 days ago • 0 comments

Thanksgiving, a first Bluesky post, seems fitting to offer Charles Price's General Thanksgiving from the Book of Common Prayer (p. 836)

submitted 95 days ago • 1 comment