by the Rev. Canon Mark Harris This essay is an invitation to larger conversation and not intended to explain the views of the Episcopal Church in Delaware. The Rev. Canon Mark Harris is a priest of the Episcopal Church in Delaware. “The Church is…
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Love and Sunday School in the Time of Pandemic
by Anne Harra “It had to teach her to think of love as a state of grace: not the means to anything but the alpha and omega, an end in itself.” (Love in the Time of Cholera – Gabriel Garcia Marquez) Despite the plethora…
Faith Journey
by the Rev. Ann Urinoski “Do the thing you think you cannot do.” Eleanor Roosevelt As a millennial priest, I sometimes feel as if I am expected to know the secret formula to welcoming prospective millennial members and their families. I was baptized as…
Quarantine from the Eyes of a College Senior
by Michael Collura “… these are confusing times. I was hoping to hit the ground running after this semester, but my game plan has been turned upside down.” It is currently 9 o’clock on Friday night, May 15th, 2020. I am a student at…
Remaining Faithful - A Reflection from a High School Graduate
by Leah Burns “If there is one message I could relay to all seniors or all of those affected by this, it would be that we, as a Christian community, have been taught all our lives to be thankful and rejoice in God, so…
Creation, Incarnation, and Art Evangelism
by Caroline Coolidge Brown So Kevin’s not the only one in this family talking about evangelism in church. It’s a running joke among my family and friends that if two or more are gathered in Christ’s name, Caroline will bring an art project. One…
Faith Communities in a Time of Climate Change
by Lisa Locke and the Rev. Canon Martha Kirkpatrick So ponder a spider … she spins an intricate web five times stronger than steel, infinitely renewable, while consuming little energy and producing no damaging wastes. She is attuned to her surroundings. She is using…
Prayerful Meditation — 'do nothing'
by Michael Redmond Lent is traditionally the church’s high penitential season, during which we take stock of our spiritual inventory and assess what we may need to re-supply, relinquish, or make room for. We all know the traditional observances — giving up something we…
La Esperanza Pasa: Hope Happens in a Georgetown Church Basement
by Lee Ann Walling We wondered if anyone would show up last January for the first English as a Second Language (ESL) class targeting stay-at-home moms. That morning, we tested and registered 12 Latina women and one Pakistani man, filling up the class. Two…
Featured Churches at the 235th Annual Convention
Compiled by Lola Michael Russell from material provided by Dawn Martinez, St. James, Newport; Dick Carter and Roberta Collins, St. Mark’s, Millsboro; and Michael Redmond, Trinity Parish The three churches to be featured at our convention were founded at different times in the state’s…