Today, many of us will start our Lenten journey by kneeling to receive the sign of the cross in ashes on our foreheads, along with the words, “remember that you are dust, and to dust you...

  The time between Thanksgiving and Christmas is always a blur.  Between food, friends, shopping, traveling and – oh right – work, I have to confess that the whole Advent thing about “waiting” and...

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...

There’s something I’ve been mulling over since the week that our partner from Zambia, Grace Mazala Phiri, visited our office during her trip to New York for the United Nations Commission on the Status...

Think again about the consequences of not having access to water: What would you do to address the domino effect of resulting problems, as happens for many people in rural West Bengal, India? The...

As yesterday was World Water Day, I’ve been thinking more about how vital water is to human life. When you’ve always had access to clean water, though, it’s easy to wonder what all the fuss on...

Deacon Philip Dunbar teaches the adult forum each Sunday at All Saints Episcopal Church in Enterprise, Florida. His group is a cozy one most weeks and, they have a familiar routine – reading...

It’s that time of year. The leaves are turning, there’s a chill in the air and the holidays are rushing toward us. And as I write, we’re over halfway through our 2011 Matching Gift Challenge. Just as...

Last weekend, I was privileged to visit the new salsa garden at Camp Allen as part of the “Rooted and Connected” Christian Formation conference of the Episcopal Diocese of Texas. I was struck by how...

I was standing in a field the other day in rural Honduras, chatting with a farmer named Alexi.  Another farmer and neighbor of Alexi's passed around freshly shucked corn on the cob for us to munch on....

Today is the feast of St Teresa of Avila. While she is a “saint’s saint” and widely loved by all Christians, I think she holds a particularly significant place in the hearts of Episcopalians....

I’ve never actually been to a “U2charist” myself.  But after being at the band’s show last night and actually getting to participate at one point, I can definitely understand why people find them so...

The Chapel of the Cross held its Vacation Church School June 27-July 1. On each of the five days, we used a different Abundant Life Garden Project theme – water, seeds, soil, animals and harvest –...

At The Chapel of the Cross, our Children and Family Ministry Committee had already started planning a different Vacation Church School (VCS) when we heard about the soon-to-be-released Abundant Life...

This post by the Rev. Peter Strimer, rector of St. Andrew's Episcopal Church (Seattle, Washington), is republished with permission from the Episcopal Church Foundation Vital Practices blog, Vital...

Several years ago, while stocking shelves with canned goods from our school community food drive at the Friends in Deed food pantry in Pasadena, California, I was drawn to the table in the center...

Lent is a time when we contemplate the death and resurrection of Christ. It is also springtime, when in the same way, we watch things come back to life. As a gardener, I see good analogies in the...

Note: Cynthia Coe (www.ETChristianFormation.org) worked with Episcopal Relief & Development to develop our new children’s curriculum. We are extremely grateful to Cynthia for her expertise and...

As a humanitarian organization, Episcopal Relief & Development tends to mainly focus on the last question of The Episcopal Church Baptismal Covenant:  “Will you strive for justice and peace among all...

It is the time of year when all of the news outlets—television, radio, newspapers, etc.— call us to remember the past year.  They remind us of all the things we have witnessed and the significant...