I remember an occasion, while I was in seminary, getting sick but still needing to go to class … especially Hebrew. It soon became the inside joke of our Hebrew class that if you were sick and people needed to stay away, you announced as you were walking into class and sitting away from everyone…
[ Read More]
Jennifer and James Cooper, parishioners of St. Richard’s Episcopal Church, Winter Park, are spearheading the parish’s efforts to get much-needed supplies to the Bahamas. “James is from Freeport and still has family living there,” explains Jennifer Cooper. “We are so grateful for all the support our community has provided. It’s a true testament that God…
[ Read More]
All Saints Academy, Winter Haven, spent the week of September 9 collecting supplies for the hardest-hit areas of the Bahamas. Upper School student Rio Knowles coordinated the school’s efforts. Rio felt compassion when she saw the news footage on the aftermath of Hurricane Dorian. “I was watching the hurricane coverage on the news and saw how…
[ Read More]
Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost Proper 22 Year C 2 Timothy 1:1-14 Paul’s correspondences with his young protégé Timothy sometimes leave us guessing. Why does Paul mention Timothy’s tears as something that brings him joy? Why does Paul feel the need to encourage Timothy? What was little Tim struggling with? Bible scholars are by no means…
[ Read More]
St. Mark’s Episcopal Academy, Cocoa, will hold a Fall Festival on Saturday, Oct.12. Immediately preceding the event from 4-5 p.m. is the Youth Service in St. Mark’s church. Once a month, St. Mark’s has a Saturday evening service geared to the youth. “The service is less formal,” explains The Rev. Gary Jackson, rector of…
[ Read More]
[ORLANDO] United Way Heart of Florida has named The Rev. José Rodriguez, vicar of Iglesia Episcopal Jesús de Nazaret, Orlando, among honorees for its 2019 Change Makers Impact Award. The awards, initiated in 2018, recognize “key players who make our community a better place to live,” according to United Way. Recipients were celebrated at a…
[ Read More]
Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost Proper 21 Year C Luke 16:19-31 I liken the parable of the rich man and Lazarus to an acorn. It looks like such a small thing in our own hands, but within the words of Jesus this acorn is truly a mighty oak. Jesus holds within this short parable the mighty…
[ Read More]
Parishioners and students throughout the Diocese of Central Florida are giving thanks for God’s grace and sending supplies to the Bahamas in planeloads! Students at Trinity Prep, Winter Park, organized a hurricane relief drive for those affected by Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas Sept. 6 and 9 at morning and afternoon pick-up. Henry Brown, with…
[ Read More]
The hurricane had passed. It was early morning. An old man walked the beach surveying the damage. Debris littered the shore. Among the beached boats, branches, seaweed and wind-strewn pieces of people’s homes were starfish—lots of them—and a young boy. The old man watched the boy bend down, pick up one of the starfish and…
[ Read More]
Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost Proper 20 Year C Luke 16:1-13 Jesus says, “No one can serve two masters…you cannot serve God and wealth.” God or stuff: Which will it be? We can’t have it both ways. In the Gospel of Luke, Jesus commends an unjust manager. He was not justifying his cheating but complimenting his…
[ Read More]