Join EPF for our monthly chapter support call on Friday, August 27 at 2:00 pm Eastern over Zoom for an hour of learning on the Doctrine of Discovery. Email epfactnow@gmail.com for the Zoom link. Papal Bulls of the 15th century gave Christian explorers the right to claim lands they “discovered” and lay claim to those […]
In light of the recent Statement on Indigenous boarding schools by Presiding Bishop Michael Curry and President of the House of Deputies Gay Clark Jennings, I have been reflecting on not only what I know about this legacy, but my past service with Christian Peacemaker Teams where I primarily served with the Aboriginal Justice Team […]
Former Episcopal Peace Fellowship National Chair, Janet Chisholm, interviewed National Chair, the Rt. Rev. Dan Edwards, concerning his vision for EPF and the upcoming Peacebuilding Online Series, which begins on Sunday, August 1. Congratulations, Bishop Dan, as you assume the role of Chair for the Episcopal Peace Fellowship! (And, as a former EPF Chair myself, […]
Insistent Advocate for the Gospel: An Unwelcome Witness in the Diocese of Alabama A review of the Rev. Francis X. Walter’s memoir, “From Preaching to Meddling: A White Minister in the Civil Rights Movement” Offered by Melanie Merkle Atha Executive Director of Episcopal Peace Fellowship “For us there is only trying. The rest is not our business.” T.S. […]
Offered by Bob Lotz, Episcopal Peace Fellowship Gun Violence Prevention Action Group Convener and Secretary to the National Executive Committee In April, 2019, I was with Episcopal Peace Fellowship in Denver to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Columbine killings. At the events over that weekend, I heard from many advocates against gun violence, including […]
On the afternoon of September 11, 2001, a Jewish friend stopped his car at a red light on the upper West Side of Manhattan. A man in the next lane rolled down his window, pointed his finger, and shouted, I hold you people responsible for this. Antisemitism in America is old as the nation and has too […]
Sermon for Sunday, June 13, 3rd Sunday after Pentecost, offered by NEC Treasurer Rob Burgess The parable of the mustard seed which Mark tells in today’s gospel is one of the most memorable of Jesus’s parables. Maybe because all three of the synoptic gospels, Mark, Matthew, and Luke retell very similar versions of the parable. Maybe because Jesus […]
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A sermon for Trinity Sunday, offered by Rev. Rosalind Hughes, at Church of the Epiphany, Euclid, Ohio: Trinity Sunday: that business of the three in one – Father, Son, and Holy Ghost; Mother, Son, and Spirit – it’s not about dogma so much as it is about relationship. The interplay of God, the Incarnation of […]
