Apr
28
A great Earth Day sermon (not mine)
Earth Day sermons are hard. I didn’t preach one this year, even though I was preaching on a Sunday
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Nurya Love Parish
I serve the health of God's world as an Episcopal priest. I'm a disciple of Jesus Christ and a prisoner of hope. My hope is for renewal and resilience, both for myself and for all I inherit as church.
Apr
22
Solving the Climate Crisis One (Closed?) Church at a Time
On March 25th, Presiding Bishop the Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori offered the keynote address at The Episcopal Church’s
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Apr
14
Searching for Sunday, finding the Episcopal Church – A Book Review
Rachel Held Evans and I came to the Episcopal Church from opposite worlds.
She grew up the daughter of a
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Mar
30
I said what our diocese most needed. Then I realized: nobody knew what I meant.
Every spring in our diocese, we have Leadership Days - a time to come together for workshops and learning. This
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Mar
23
The week that changed my life – join me this June!
The Churchwork blog launched to the world on May 26, 2013 – almost two years ago! How time flies. Anybody remember
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Mar
19
How should the church work?
This post is a response to the Acts 8 Moment Blogforce Question: What is the mission of the (Domestic and
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Jan
15
More on Mission, Subsidiarity, and Diocesan Operating Budgets
This all got started because I was lobbying the Episcopal Church to fund creation care ministries.
Commenters asked me, “What
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Jan
09
Subsidiarity isn’t simple. This data proves it.
It was quite a week on the blog! My post supporting a plan to add more funding for creation care
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Jan
05
One Thing All Episcopalians Must Consider By January 7th
The Episcopal Church’s budget is organized around the Anglican Communion’s 5 Marks of Mission. When I scanned the
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Dec
19
Faith & Food Highlight: Seminary Hill Farm
Methodist Theological School in Ohio has founded an organic farm on their seminary campus. In this article, seminary president Jay
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