Storytelling

There are a handful of books I’ve read and re-read over the years. For reasons I won’t go into now, starting in November I typically read all seven books of C.S. Lewis’ The Chronicles of Narnia. I don’t know ho...

This edition of Connections is about telling stories — chiefly stories about congregations engaging their neighborhoods in brave, new, creative ways. There are also stories behind what the church teaches. Do...

I’ve shared before that I am a lifelong Episcopalian. So it’s worth noting that I have been a member of the same congregation for virtually all of it. My first memory, or awareness, of church is of Jean MacG...

On November 26, 2017, Good Shepherd Lutheran and St. Andrew’s Episcopal Churches, both located in Washington Court House, jointly celebrated the Holy Eucharist with two bishops attending. Leading the service wa...

About four years ago, St. Barnabas, Montgomery, began an intentional transformation process that included a search for a new rector. Our founding rector, George A. Hill III, retired in 2012. In 2014, a Self-Stu...

Giving Project engages entire congregation For approximately the past six months, a small stewardship team comprised of five people at St. James, Westwood, worked on a stewardship drive we called the Giving Pr...

St. Andrew’s, Evanston, along with Lee Chapel AME Church and Christ Temple Baptist Church participated in the October 8 citywide Family Health Day sponsored by the Cincinnati First Ladies For Health at Evanston...

"You have been present with the Lord in worship in both Word and Sacrament. Now go out into God’s beloved world and look for Jesus: in the ragged and the imprisoned, in the oppressed and the hungry, in those wh...

The second question in our Baptismal Covenant is “Do you renounce the evil powers of this world which corrupt and destroy the creatures of God?” To which we answer, “I renounce them.” This is easily answered by...

"The work of the Holy Spirit is often found in unexpected places" At this year’s diocesan convention, one of the breakout sessions held highlighted small congregations with no permanently assigned clergy. The ...