New faces in the neighborhood
Please join us in welcoming some new clergy to the Diocese of Southern Ohio: Holy Trinity, Oxford, has called the Rev. Sara Palmer as rector. She previously served as assistant rector of St. Mary’s...
View ArticleBeing a good neighbor to Mother Earth
As I sit in my office and look out onto the lush green land here at Procter Center, I’m thinking about what it means to be a good neighbor. The first thing that comes to mind for me is being a good...
View ArticleFront porches and connecting
The house my mom grew up in is on MacDougal Street in Fostoria, Ohio. That house has one distinguishing feature. It has a great front porch. Her family always gathered out on that front porch where...
View ArticleFollowing Jesus into the neighborhood
Late summer is not the best time for official visitations, so this is when Margaret and I can enjoy Sunday mornings together in the pew. Recently we were at the cathedral and heard an excellent sermon...
View ArticleMinistry in Liberia an expression of mission with our neighbors
Ministry in Liberia is in consonance with the 1835 General Convention of the Episcopal Church, when the Church declared itself to be the “Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society”. Just a year later,...
View ArticleBeing a neighbor
This summer in Luke’s gospel we’ve heard the parable of the Good Samaritan. Jesus makes it clear that to inherit eternal life; one must love the neighbor as much as we love ourselves. Across the...
View ArticleGo, and do likewise
From the parable of the Good Samaritan: “Which of these three, do you think, was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of the robbers?” He said, “The one who showed him mercy.” Jesus said to...
View ArticleBethany: Redefining the neighborhood school
When Jesus answers the question “Who is my neighbor?” in the parable of the Good Samaritan, he challenges us to think not simply of that person who looks like us, or who lives next door to us, or who...
View ArticleCommunity begins in the face of a stranger
“What is the name of the street you grew up on?” “What elementary school did you attend?” These are a couple of typical security questions you might see when setting up online banking or bill payment....
View Article“Háályá Ayóo Díyín” – Because Jesus is Holy, We Gather
One of the wonderful gifts of sabbatical is the re-discovery of familiar neighborhoods and the chance to experience the unfamiliar neighborhoods that impact our lives. The second week of June gave me...
View ArticleAn immersion in Russia
Four years ago, I had the opportunity to travel to Russia with a youth group through the Miami Valley Episcopal Russian Network. This trip allowed me to visit Saint Petersburg, Novgorod and Sablino,...
View ArticleBook review: Americanah
Who is our neighbor? An essential question in the face of current political rhetoric around the issue of immigration and rising racial tensions in the US. Who is our neighbor and how do we define...
View ArticleMicroenterprise: Neighbors helping neighbors
Neighbors helping neighbors in Ironton In the heart of Appalachia, jobs – or the lack of them – is a huge issue. Once the big manufacturers left the area, an economy built on shoes, and steel, mining...
View ArticleFood for thought
The Diocese of Southern Ohio has a long history of mission to inland mariners who work on the boats transporting goods up and down the Ohio River through the Seamen’s Church Institute’s Christmas on...
View ArticleMission to Seafarers welcomes strangers with peace, vegetables
In a plot that cozies up to the Duwamish Waterway, in the shadow of tug boats and a grain storage warehouse, is an unlikely sight: eight raised beds of lettuces, green tomatoes and squash blossoms....
View ArticleEveryone is our neighbor
There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, (Galatians 3:28) This teaching of Jesus that was central to his life and work, was not only revolutionary in His...
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