Disciples, Apostles, and Saints! This summer, The Episcopal Church will gather for its General Convention, the largest regular gathering of a denomination in the country. And because it only happens every three years, it always feels big. Of course, we also have big decisions to make and big …
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Sabbath Season
Disciples, Apostles, and Saints! When we learn about Sabbath, most of us are taught that it is one day out of the week. We learn about the restrictions and the motivations; perhaps mostly that we keep it as one of the Ten Commandments. In the Hebrew Scriptures, Sabbath is offered as something …
The Advocate
Disciples, Apostles, and Saints! In John’s gospel, Jesus refers to the Holy Spirit as “the Advocate;” a word with legal implications, just like the word witness. This isn’t an accident. But I don’t think we need to go so far as to see it in litigious terms, but in terms of social …