Reconciliation: Are we down with it? February 24, 2016 Reconciliation This edition of Connections is about reconciliation, looked at from various angles. All the stories and testimonies presented here center on overcoming separation, enmity and prejudice within the framework of C...
People and boxes February 24, 2016 Reconciliation I’m embarrassed to admit that I’ve spent most of my professional life stereotyping people. Of course, we didn’t call it stereotyping. We called it market segmentation. You and I have been grouped into so many m...
Reconciliation or not? February 24, 2016 Reconciliation Presiding Bishop Michael Curry recently said, “One of the most important statements of our time was given by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., when he said we must learn to live together as brothers and sisters or we will perish together as fools – the choice is ou...
God deep in the wounds: Disability and the Way of Life February 24, 2016 Reconciliation The priest rises from his wheelchair and balances just so, holding on to a handle added to the back of the wooden altar by a loving congregation. “How appropriate, holding on to the altar for dear life,” the...
Awakening February 24, 2016 Reconciliation Growing up with red hair and freckles in the early 1970s, I am no stranger to being “the other.” While now there seems to be an abundance of ginger kids running around, back in the day I felt like a f...
Walking through the door to reconciliation: Watch your toes! February 24, 2016 Reconciliation St Paul reminds us that the Church is one body with many parts and all of the parts are essential. To live in Christian community for any extended period of time means that eventually we are going to step on people’s toes – it’s unavoidable. Over the years I h...
Why I’m prejudiced and so are you February 24, 2016 Reconciliation I spend much of my time on the road, speaking to large audiences. Since Charleston, I promised myself that I’d bring up race and white privilege as often as possible. I do it awkwardly and imperfectly, but I do...
My view: The “suspension” of the Episcopal Church February 24, 2016 Relationships Recently world headlines screamed about the ‘suspension’ of The Episcopal Church (TEC) when Primates of the Anglican Communion met at Canterbury on January 11-16. In that action, TEC has been restricted from fu...
Reflections on Clergy Health February 24, 2016 Relationships In the bleak midwinter, sometimes we could use a belly laugh. Here is one that will resonate with my dear colleagues. I get a call from the hospital early one morning due to a critical incident with a congregant. With that, I put on my “formal attire”- cler...
Pilgrimage, like life, all about the journey February 24, 2016 Relationships We followed a yellow arrow for 31 days. Sometimes it was a sign or marker engraved with a scallop shell, pointing us in the right direction. We walked on natural paths, paved roads and rocky trails, crossed wat...
