In this year’s video for synod assemblies, Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton reflects on seasons of ministry in our journey of faith together. She reminds us that God continues to raise up people as witnesses to the gospel, so that the message carries on no matter the decade or church building. “We will go into new places and into new forms, but always God is with us and the gospel will be preached and lived and heard in the world.”
The most honest church festival day
One blustery Ash Wednesday, some pastor colleagues and I went downtown to distribute “ashes on the go.” We spread on sidewalks that ran along towering office buildings and bustling restaurants, dressed in clergy wear…