Poetry Corner: Trigger Warnings
Some of our ancestors didn’t survive. Didn’t survive the chase. Didn’t survive the Middle Passage. Didn’t survive Miss Anne and Massa. Didn’t survive the Overseer. Didn’t survive the House Negro....
View ArticleFaith at Work: Bill Mims
What do I do? I am a justice on the Virginia Supreme Court. I jokingly tell friends that I get paid to have opinions. On a more serious note, the opinions I write are on unsettled legal questions. My...
View ArticleAn interview with the Rev. Gwen Fry, President Elect of Integrity, the...
The Rev. Gwen Fry is the President Elect of Integrity and a Steering Committee Member of TransEpiscopal. She sat down with ISSUES to share her story and her vision for the future of Integrity, which...
View ArticleJubilee: A Branch of Justice of the Episcopal Branch of the Jesus Movement
Throughout the Episcopal Church Jubilee Ministries are centers of service, compassion and advocates for justice for and with poor and marginalized people in their communities. For the last few years...
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Poetry Corner: Leaving
holes open up unfinishableness that while life is not capable of completion so is leaving never quite done and the left behind things and plans and the loved are always open - Philip Carr-Jones
View ArticleCalling It Out: Laity and GC
Every General Convention we lift up and support the laity. They are the backbone of the Church. They are the majority. Yet, every Convention we still ask the laity, many of whom work outside the...
View ArticleFaith at Work: Wilson Whitehurst
Episcopalians on Baptismal Mission seeks to raise up and empower the ministries of all the baptized in their daily lives and challenges the Episcopal Church to do the same. In this vein, this ongoing...
View ArticleJudge the United States by the Way It Treats its Most Vulnerable
The United States is a great country in many ways. Unfortunately, how it treats its neediest is not one of those ways. Currently, even though we are one of the wealthiest societies, 18.5 million...
View ArticleA Parish's Journey Towards Reconciliation
“The Church where Lee and Davis worshipped.” That’s how St. Paul’s, in Richmond, Virginia, was known. Next to the Virginia state capitol, St. Paul’s gained fame from its four years at the political and...
View Article#GC79 and Marriage Rites for the Whole Church
As we approached the 79th General Convention of the Episcopal Church, the accessibility of marriage rites for all couples who present themselves for marriage was still up for debate. At the 78th...
View ArticleJustice and D019: Ending Church Complicity in the Occupation
Coming into this General Convention it was difficult to predict how the House of Deputies might vote on a resolution to apply economic pressure to end the 51 year occupation of four million plus...
View ArticleThoughts on Prayer Books, Liturgy, and Life Together
The substitute Resolution A068, as proposed by the House of Bishops and approved by the Deputies, provides a set of guidelines as the Episcopal Church moves toward “the next Prayer Book.” The...
View ArticleEPF Young Adult Delegation: Reflection on Sunday’s Gun Violence Rally
The gun shootings in America that shock us most are the ones we see ourselves. We see our own vulnerability. These are the moments when we realize the tragedy that we are watching unfold is one that...
View ArticleHow to Support the Consultation
If you would like to support the work of the Consultation, you can make a donation electronically by clicking on the “Donate Now” button on our website: www.theconsultation.orgIf you want to write...
View ArticleEpiscopal Urban Caucus
Episcopal Urban Caucus has for the past two years been reflecting on our current ministry. Like many of our sister organizations, we recognized that we are an aging community and that we need to define...
View ArticleTransEpiscopal
TransEpiscopal is a group of transgender, nonbinary, and allied Episcopalians dedicated to fostering the full embrace of trans, nonbinary people, and our loved ones, in and through Episcopal Church. We...
View ArticleEpiscopal Peace Fellowship/Palestine Israel Network
2019 saw the third delegation in four years to the West Bank and Gaza led by members of EPF's Palestine Israel Network. Through these trips, many members have been able to see firsthand the...
View ArticleEpiscopal Network for Economic Justice
ENEJ is a network of individuals, dioceses, congregations and organizations within The Episcopal Church who are engaged in a variety of economic justice ministries. Members work both within the church...
View ArticleUnion of Black Episcopalians
For over fifty years the Union of Black Episcopalians has served The Episcopal Church and world by uniting the diverse cultures, concerns and gifts of black Episcopalians to promote the inclusion of...
View ArticleIntegrity USA
Integrity USA is an organization that has been been advocating for the full inclusion of LGBTQ people in the Episcopal Church for more than forty years. But 2019 was a difficult year for Integrity....
View ArticleEpiscopalians on Baptismal Mission
EBM is a partnership dedicated to the ministry of all the baptized in their daily life and work. Our goal is to be a catalyst in helping TEC live into Baptism as the cornerstone of all ministries....
View ArticleIntegrity USA
Integrity USA is an organization that has been been advocating for the full inclusion of LGBTQ people in the Episcopal Church for more than forty years. But 2019 was a difficult year for Integrity....
View ArticleAssociated Parishes for Liturgy and Mission
The Associated Parishes for Liturgy and Mission was founded in 1946 to foster liturgical renewal. APLM influenced the process of liturgical evolution in the mid-20th century and has helped the...
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