Mother’s Day is a special time of the year. I give thanks for my own mother, who brought me into this world and raised me, along with some help from Dad, of course! This year, however, I’m...

A message from the Rt. Rev. Jean Zaché Duracin, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Haiti. Bishop Duracin's original note in French is included at the end.Today we commemorate the second anniversary of...

This post is excerpted from reflections by the Rt. Rev. Bismark Avokaya, Bishop of the Diocese of Mundri, on South Sudan’s July 9 independence.We are enormously grateful to God for his gracious gift...

This guest post is the third in a series by Episcopal Relief & Development Volunteer Network members. Michelle Boomgaard, Seminary Coordinator at Yale’s Berkeley Divinity School, poses...

Mothers' Union members in Zambia help launch the Episcopal Relief & Development NetsforLife® program partnership for malaria prevention. Photo courtesy of Harvey Wang.As Mother’s Day approaches, I am...

Episcopal Relief & Development recently led a study mission to Zambia, southern Africa. I’ve asked Diane Posnak, one of the participants, to share some of the experiences our group had while on the...

Each morning, while my daughter is still asleep in the early hours of Anaheim’s sunshine here at the Episcopal Church’s General Convention, I am leafing through Lifting Women’s Voices: Prayers...

I don’t know about you, but I have quite a number of “Satans” with which I struggle. Like Saint Paul, I often find I am consumed by my own failings or, more often, too quick to indulge in...

Last week I reflected on the power of hope in our lives. Today, as I watch the news from Gaza and the Land so many of us call Holy, we all need to reinforce that hope with prayer.Sitting beside my...