Entering Lent We are a few weeks away from once again entering the holy season of Lent. Shrove Tuesday is March 1st and Ash Wednesday is March 2nd. Like many of you, the Shrove Tuesday pancake supper is one of my favorite events of the year. That’s why I’m sorry to share that after consideration…
From the Rector Supporting Students through C.A.M.P. at the Claggett Center The Spirit has been on the move with the folks at the Claggett Center who this fall launched the Claggett Academic Mentoring Program (C.A.M.P.) to provide essential childcare and educational services for students grades K-8 and their families as they navigate virtual learning. Following…
From the Rector – Advent, The Way Of Love Turn. Learn. Pray. Worship. Bless. Go. Rest. These are the practices that our Presiding Bishop, The Most Reverend Michael Curry, has put forth as the path to living a Jesus-Centered life. Take a few minutes and learn a bit about them by watching this video: …
Presiding Bishop Michael Curry’s Easter message 2017 It’s taken me some years to realize it, but Jesus didn’t just happen to be in Jerusalem on that first Palm Sunday. He wasn’t on vacation. He wasn’t just hanging out in town. Jesus was in Jerusalem on purpose. He arrived in Jerusalem about the time of the Passover when pilgrims were in the…
A note from St. James’ member Paula Morrow, who is a member of The Worker Sisters and Brothers of the Holy Spirit: The Worker Sisters and Brothers of the Holy Spirit is an international Covenant Community that offers women and men, regardless of marital status, a path for individual spiritual growth through a life commitment to a Rule of Life. We are…
The entire Episcopal Church has been invited by our Presiding Bishop, Michael Curry, to enter into a season of prayer for regions of the Anglican Communion that are experiencing violence and strife. Please check out the link to learn more about what the churches in these regions are doing to be sources of support and hope. This Easter we will focus on Burundi, Central America,…
My dear fellow Episcopalians, We are blessed by God to be moving through these holy seasons. Advent is our time to prepare for the ultimate mystery of the Incarnation. How is God-becoming-human going to change our lives this year? Christmas Day begins a 12 day season of giving. We give in gratitude for many things. It’s also…
Bishops and deputies approved task force, update policies [Episcopal News Service – Salt Lake City] The House of Bishops on July 1 passed three resolutions, one with an amendment, on the issue of alcohol and drug abuse. “I am Mark and I am an alcoholic,” the Bishop of Ohio, the Rt. Rev. Mark Hollingsworth, said…
The General Convention, the Episcopal Church and St. James’ Church The General Convention of the Episcopal Church is hard at work listening, praying and deliberating for the good of the church and the world in Salt Lake City right now, and I thought it might be worth talking a bit about how the Episcopal Church…
At the 77th General Convention of the Episcopal Church in 2012, a resolution was passed to create the Task Force for Reimagining the Episcopal Church (TREC), charged with thinking boldly about how the Episcopal Church could best respond to the challenges of change that it faces now and in the future. The TREC has just published a letter which outlines the proposals…