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Living in the Reign of God, Continued
posted on Sep 21, 2022 As we return to the backroads of the South, both of my childhood and last weekend, we turn back to the call to repent. Repent! It should get an exclamation point if you see it along the backroads-bonus points for hand-painted flames. My favo...
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Living in the Reign of God
posted on Sep 10, 2022 Driving along the backroads of the Diocese of Upper South Carolina, there are nostalgic moments that put me back in the South of my childhood. Old bridges, farms, and rolling hills. Elementary schoolyards in summer, empty but for the weeds. Small...
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Commentary: After Dobbs, Christians face a changing landscape and an unchanging Word
posted on Jul 2, 2022 This article was orignally written for and published on Post and Courier .
The landscape of the desert is laid bare after a flood. The effects of erosion from wind and water have visible expression in the carved surfaces of vast plains cut by...
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Memory, Grief, and more Prayers
posted on Jun 17, 2022 June 17, 2022 We grieve with our siblings at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Vestavia Hills, Alabama. Today, the Presiding Bishop Michael Curry is in Charleston participating in the remembrance of the massacre at Mother Emanuel AME Church seve...
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EDUSC deputation gathers in preparation for General Convention
posted on Jun 8, 2022 Each spring before General Convention, the deputations from each Province IV diocese come together for Synod, intending to ready ourselves for the triennial gathering. This year, we met at Camp McDowell in Alabama in late April. (You may know t...
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Other Guides
posted on May 23, 2022 Backpacking in the desert has one problem before all others: water. When doing long solo hikes, it was not really possible to carry all that one person needed for more than a couple of days, at least it was not for me. So I had to have water sour...
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A Q&A with Bishop Richards
posted on Mar 23, 2022 March 23, 2022 The Bishops of The Episcopal Church gathered for the House of Bishops spring retreat on March 15 - 21 at Camp Allen in Navasota, Texas. This was the first in-person assembly of the House of Bishops since September 2019; it focused...
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A Heritage of Better: repentance as a spiritual practice
posted on Mar 16, 2022 March 16, 2022 "Repent, for the Kingdom of God is at hand." This is how Jesus begins his ministry and teaching in the Gospel of Mark. For most of my life, repentance was about sin. It basically meant to feel bad about sinning and quit. In fact...
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Diocese of Upper South Carolina notified of successful canonical consent process
posted on Dec 17, 2021 December 17, 2021 Brothers and Sisters in Christ, We are delighted to advise you that the Diocese has received notification from Presiding Bishop and Primate Michael B. Curry that BIshop-elect Daniel P. Richards has received the required major...
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