By Kirk Petersen Add one more item to the list of problems created by the pandemic: difficulty passing a budget. On Feb. 5, Bishop Susan Goff of the Diocese of Virginia called for a special convention in April for the sole purpose of passing a budget for the current year. The unusual move comes after the regular annual diocesan convention in November was unable to enact a … [Read more...] about COVID Creates Budget Uncertainty in Virginia
Archives for February 8, 2021
2/14 Readings: Dazzling Light
Last Epiphany 2 Kgs. 2:1-12 Ps. 50:1-6 2 Cor. 4:3-6 Mark 9:2-9 The collect appointed for today tells us why Jesus was revealed in glory, illumined, on the holy mountain. The transfiguration of Jesus occurs just before the long passion narrative. In some sense, the transfiguration is a vision intended to strengthen the disciples in all they eventually witness in the … [Read more...] about 2/14 Readings: Dazzling Light
Prison Ministry Adapts to COVID Challenges
By Neva Rae Fox Episcopalians in prison ministry are adapting their work during the coronavirus pandemic by relying on distant communication, including cards, clothes, books, and prayers. For nearly 20 years, the Rev. Deacon Ann Douglas has volunteered at the maximum-security Bedford Hills Correctional Facility in Westchester County, New York. She must follow the strict … [Read more...] about Prison Ministry Adapts to COVID Challenges
Clueless
By Ed Little A Reading from the Gospel of Mark 9:30-4130 They went on from there and passed through Galilee. He did not want anyone to know it; 31for he was teaching his disciples, saying to them, “The Son of Man is to be betrayed into human hands, and they will kill him, and three days after being killed, he will rise again.” 32But they did not understand what he was saying … [Read more...] about Clueless