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From The Presiding Bishop
God has given us a mission
Remember the Beatles? John, Paul, George, Ringo! I was into it. I had Beatle boots, love beads and granny glasses. My big brother gave me a model of Paul (the…
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We are invited into silence
There are very few times in my life when I experience silence. There is the ever-present ambient noise of the city or the office: traffic, planes, power mowers, power tools,…
From The Presiding Bishop (Spanish)
Somos invitados a guardar silencio
Muy pocas veces en mi vida experimento el silencio. Está el constante ruido ambiental de la ciudad o la oficina: el tráfico, los aviones, las cortadoras de césped eléctricas, herramientas…
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We are the body of Christ
There was once a time when two distinct peoples were trying to comprehend how they could be one people. One was a millennia-old people who had persevered through enslavement, oppression…
From The Presiding Bishop (Spanish)
Somos el cuerpo de Cristo
Hubo un tiempo en que dos pueblos distintos estaban tratando de comprender cómo podrían ser un solo pueblo. Uno de ellos era un pueblo milenario que había perseverado en la…
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The life he promises will prevail
I planted a garden last summer during the pandemic. Here in Chicago, March and April 2020 were cold and dreary. And it snowed. All around us was the oppressive reality…
From The Presiding Bishop (Spanish)
La vida que él promete prevalecerá
Planté un huerto el verano pasado durante la pandemia. Aquí en Chicago, marzo y abril de 2020 fueron fríos y oscuros. Y nevó. Había a nuestro alrededor la realidad opresiva…
From The Presiding Bishop (Spanish)
Un acto profundamente espiritual
La iglesia de Corinto del siglo I debe haber sido un lugar vivaz. Sus miembros eran competitivos, celosos, estaban divididos en facciones y eran litigiosos. La congregación era diversa. Había…
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A deeply spiritual act
The first-century church in Corinth must have been a lively place. Its members were competitive, jealous, divided into factions and litigious. The congregation was diverse. There were Jews and gentiles,…
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Music is personal and universal
I had a friend in high school who said, “Wouldn’t it be great if our lives had a soundtrack and we could hear it?” That way we would always know…
From The Presiding Bishop (Spanish)
La música es personal y universal
En la escuela secundaria tuve un amigo que decía: “¿No sería genial si nuestras vidas tuvieran una banda sonora y pudiéramos oírla?” De esa manera siempre sabríamos lo que nos…
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Redeemed, reconciled and united
Twice in the Gospels there is a story about a woman anointing Jesus with pure nard, one in Mark and one in John. In Mark, an unnamed woman comes to…