Where to Look for New Life Wesley Hill May 1, 2020 Commentary, The Episcopal Church By Wesley Hill During the afternoon of Maundy Thursday, as I sat writing in my office, the sun burst through the colorless gauze that had been hanging over Pittsburgh for most of Holy Week. I quickly checked... Read More...
The Quiet of Eastertide Guest Contributor April 20, 2020 Commentary, The Episcopal Church By Deanna Briody The first Easter morning dawned without bells. No one was singing. Jesus’s disciples were holed away, stricken with grief, shocked and terrified by the horrific events of the Friday before. ... Read More...
In the Midst of Life We are in Death: Eastertide and the Pandemic Eugene Schlesinger April 13, 2020 Commentary, Liturgy, The Episcopal Church Here we are in Easter, yet it feels more like an extended Holy Saturday.
On Death, Grief, and Redemptive Suffering Guest Contributor April 8, 2020 Commentary, The Episcopal Church By William Yale My mother died of pancreatic cancer at age fifty-six; I was fifteen. For ten months, she endured chemotherapy and radiation treatment, until she collapsed and was hospitalized. She spent two ... Read More...
Bread & Roses & Resurrection Guest Contributor April 6, 2020 Commentary, Ministry, The Episcopal Church Trusting dying is not giving up, it is giving to God. Death is one end, but it is not the end.
Palm Sunday and Death’s Defeat Fr. Clint Wilson April 5, 2020 Bible, Commentary, The Episcopal Church By Clint Wilson When they look on the one whom they have pierced, they shall mourn for him, as one mourns for an only child, and weep bitterly over him, as one weeps over a firstborn. Zechariah 12:10 Today is Palm Sunday, the day we stand at the edge of the ... Read More...
Your Funeral Is Not About You Fr. Bryan Owen April 25, 2019 Commentary A closed casket, the use of the pall, and matching hangings and vestments in the color of Easter visually shift the focus away from death and dead bodies to the resurrection.
Was Macbeth Right? Victoria Heard December 17, 2018 Commentary, Reviews & Culture, The Episcopal Church Macbeth cannot meet any morning with hope, so his mornings relentlessly arrive, cheerless and bleak.
