By Kirk Petersen After leading the world's richest Episcopal church for two years as priest-in-charge, the Rev. Phillip A. Jackson has been called as the 19th rector of Trinity Church Wall Street in New York City. "With its resources, Trinity has the unique opportunity – and responsibility – to respond to the needs of our times by feeding the hungry, working to end … [Read more...] about Jackson Succeeds Lupfer as Rector of Trinity Wall Street
Archives for January 13, 2022
Baptism: God’s Work Upon Us
By Sarah Hinlicky Wilson A number of years ago I was invited to speak at a Pentecostal seminary in Germany and make the best case I could for infant baptism, which was, as you might well imagine, not just unfaithful but downright unintelligible to my audience. The fact that I represented Lutheranism did not make my task any easier, since they were acutely aware of the … [Read more...] about Baptism: God’s Work Upon Us
Come and See
By Pamela Lewis A Reading from the Gospel of John 1:43-51 43 The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, “Follow me.” 44 Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. 45 Philip found Nathanael and said to him, “We have found him about whom Moses in the law and also the prophets wrote, Jesus son of Joseph from Nazareth.” 46 … [Read more...] about Come and See