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‘Silence is what trust sounds like.’

By Dr. Steven Tomlinson

May 9, 2018

  A technology business recently asked me to listen to recordings of their salespeople “cold calling” prospective customers. On each call, a salesperson was speaking with someone at another company, someone they didn’t know, hoping to interest them in learning more about the technology. In some cases, the customer would agree to introduce the salesperson […]

The Promise of Reconciliation

By Dan Joslyn-Siemiatkoski

Apr 10, 2018

  As part of my work to the wider church, I am a representative for the Episcopal Church in its official dialogue with the Roman Catholic Church in the United States. This dialogue has been ongoing since the late 1960s and was one of the earliest ecumenical dialogues taken up by the Roman Catholic Church […]

How will I recognize the Resurrection?

By Jane Patterson

Apr 6, 2018

  As we’ve shuddered through church shootings, school shootings, package bombs; accounts of people hiding underground for their lives in Ghouta, Syria; threats, counter-threats, and rapprochement with North Korea, this Lenten season has seemed to be headed squarely toward Holy Week all along, destined for a violent crucifixion. But it has been less obvious to […]

My Body, Body of Jesus

By Cynthia Briggs Kittredge

Mar 27, 2018

  The vivid passion story in the gospel of Mark is essential to the meaning of the gospel and is likely the first part of Mark’s story to be told orally and later to be written down. The story of Jesus’ passion is the earth from which the rest of the gospel grew. It’s a […]

To Forgive or Not to Forgive: That is Our Question

By Awa Jangha

Mar 14, 2018

What does it take to forgive?  I know as good Christians that we are supposed to forgive.  But, exactly how do we do that when our thoughts and feelings engage in stubborn refusal?  Everett Worthington describes forgiveness as having two steps: decisional forgiveness and emotional forgiveness.  To achieve decisional forgiveness all you need to do is […]