Sunday, May 5, 2013
It still doesn’t seem quite real. Some of you who’ve launched new
websites can probably relate. Episcopal Relief & Development’s
new site – www.episcopalrelief.org – finally went live last week.
The...
Sunday, March 31, 2013
Episcopal Relief & Development extends sincere gratitude to its
Provincial Coordinators who shared their reflections on select
devotionals from the 2013 Lenten Meditations booklet. It
is our hope that...
Saturday, March 16, 2013
This year Episcopal Relief & Development's Provincial
Coordinators are sharing their reflections on select devotionals
from the 2013 Lenten Meditations booklet. In this blog Kim
Rossi looks at the...
Saturday, March 9, 2013
This year Episcopal Relief & Development's Provincial
Coordinators are sharing their reflections on select devotionals
from the 2013 Lenten Meditations booklet. In this blog Nick
Moga looks at the...
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
In my work as Communications Officer for Episcopal Relief &
Development, I get to talk to a lot of wonderful people in
congregations across the country about the ways they engage with
our mission of...
Thursday, February 21, 2013
This year Episcopal Relief & Development's Provincial
Coordinators are sharing their reflections on select devotionals
from the 2013 Lenten Meditations booklet. In this blog Barb Hagen
looks at the...
Thursday, December 20, 2012
In New Mexico, Trinity on the Hill Episcopal Church in Los Alamos
hosted their annual Children’s Christmas Bazaar on December
1. For the past 10 years, the church’s thrift store has been
setting...
Monday, December 17, 2012
Goats are at the top of my Christmas giving list this year. I’ve
also been encouraging family and friends, especially children, to
add a gift selection from the Gifts for Life Catalog to their...
Thursday, October 4, 2012
My family visited the Museum of Natural History on the National
Mall in Washington, D.C. yesterday. Afterwards, they regaled me
with tales of sublime butterflies resting on their shoulders, along
with...
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
…“The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that someone took
and sowed in his field; it is the smallest of all the seeds, but
when it has grown it is the greatest of shrubs and becomes a tree,
so...
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
My name is Benjamin Wright, and I am a firm believer that anyone
and everyone can and should make a positive difference in the
world. Regrettably, in our society today, teenagers are not pushed
to...
Saturday, May 12, 2012
When I was asked to blog about Mother’s Day and Rogation Days in
the same breath, so to speak, I thought it would be challenging.
But these two days actually have a lot in common – both are...
Saturday, April 21, 2012
As Communications Officer for Episcopal Relief & Development,
I’m part of the Episcopal Communicators (EC) – an organization for
those who work in communications in the Episcopal
Church. I got to...
Thursday, April 12, 2012
This post is the text of a presentation during President Rob
Radtke’s recent visit to St. Michael’s and All Angels Episcopal
Church in Lihue, Hawaii. Madisson is a member of the Youth (grades
8-12)...
Friday, April 6, 2012
I started writing this blog two weeks before Good Friday. In
all honesty, during this time I have not really been
ready to contemplate Christ’s suffering on the cross and its
meaning for my life and...
Saturday, March 31, 2012
When I was young, I never envisioned myself leading campaigns of
any shade, whether political, issue based, or fundraising
focused. I was sure I’d be an architect and later a social
worker. Of...
Friday, March 9, 2012
Earlier this week, I had the privilege of attending a function
where Dr. Rajiv Shah, Administrator of the U.S. Agency for
International Development (USAID), outlined key points for USAID’s
strategic...
Sunday, March 4, 2012
Suffering is the kiss of Jesus… —Mother Teresa of Calcutta It
was while I was caring for my dying mother that I really began to
understand how crucial suffering is to the humanity of our lives.
In...
Sunday, February 26, 2012
This week, a group of Episcopal Church leaders and lay members have
been on a study tour in Ghana, West Africa, to visit Episcopal
Relief & Development field partners and programs. Some of...
Thursday, February 23, 2012
This week, a group of Episcopal Church leaders and lay members are
on an Episcopal Relief & Development study tour in Ghana, West
Africa, to visit the agency’s field partners and programs. Some...