http://www.generaccion.com/usuarios/57067/debemos-cuidar-esperanza-ollanta-humala-recibe-respaldo-pueblo-cristiano-peru
Para mi es un respaldo conociendo a los buneos lideres del Coneop claro que politicamente no estaria correcto decirlo
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viernes 27 de mayo de 2011
lunes 8 de marzo de 2010
La esperanza en la Teta y el Oscar
Ayer de seguro que la ceremonia del Oscar batio record de sintonia en el Peru, todos estabamos espetando a que el milagro se produciera, a que las fibras sensibles de los miembros de la Academia de Artes y Ciencias Cinematograficas se reprodujeran cual efectos visuales de Avatar o que el sentido de lo politicamente correcto, que ha hecho que una pelicula sobre una persona visiblemente enferma fisica y psicologicamente ( una joven que pese 140 kilos no es normal) sea alabada por todos.
Pero no...no se cumplio el objetivo, la Teta perdio pero igual es un logro aunque desde el punto de vista critico lo de la Berlinale tenga mas merito. PERO ESTO DEL OSCAR ERA MAS POR EL SIMBOLISMO que representa ganar en la meca del cine y que bueno q haya ganado "The Hurt Locker" y no Avatar, la ganadora es una historia que propone la realidad de porque mucha gente se enlista para una guerra estupida, poque quiza su propia vida es mas estupida que la guerra. Y que bueno que Bigelow le haya ganado a Cameron ( aquel fanfarron que decia " Im the king of the world" por esa lacrimogena version del Titanic que se llevo 11 injustos Oscares) RECONOZCO QUE AVATAR tiene buenas cosas aparte de los obvos efectos especiales pero al menos no de jara de ser la pelicula mas taquillera de la historia pero la calidad argumentativa es otra cosa.
Merecidisimo Oscar para Jeff Bridges, mas merecido aun el Oscar secundario para Cristoph Waltz. No he visto "The Blind Side" asi que no puedo hablar acerca del Oscar de Sandrita Bullock, el de Mo" nique si parece justo, aunque Penelope en "Nine" estaba perfecta, a proposito dos grandes peliculas que pasaron casi desapercibidas ayer, "Nine" y " The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus".
Pero no...no se cumplio el objetivo, la Teta perdio pero igual es un logro aunque desde el punto de vista critico lo de la Berlinale tenga mas merito. PERO ESTO DEL OSCAR ERA MAS POR EL SIMBOLISMO que representa ganar en la meca del cine y que bueno q haya ganado "The Hurt Locker" y no Avatar, la ganadora es una historia que propone la realidad de porque mucha gente se enlista para una guerra estupida, poque quiza su propia vida es mas estupida que la guerra. Y que bueno que Bigelow le haya ganado a Cameron ( aquel fanfarron que decia " Im the king of the world" por esa lacrimogena version del Titanic que se llevo 11 injustos Oscares) RECONOZCO QUE AVATAR tiene buenas cosas aparte de los obvos efectos especiales pero al menos no de jara de ser la pelicula mas taquillera de la historia pero la calidad argumentativa es otra cosa.
Merecidisimo Oscar para Jeff Bridges, mas merecido aun el Oscar secundario para Cristoph Waltz. No he visto "The Blind Side" asi que no puedo hablar acerca del Oscar de Sandrita Bullock, el de Mo" nique si parece justo, aunque Penelope en "Nine" estaba perfecta, a proposito dos grandes peliculas que pasaron casi desapercibidas ayer, "Nine" y " The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus".
miércoles 23 de diciembre de 2009
Los falsos lideres Eclesiasticos
Muchas veces las iglesias buscan el pragmatismo, entendiendo esto como el que puede conseguir mejores resultados ( esto es mas conversos ) este es quien tiene la razon. ASI ES como lideres manipuladores, sin escrupulos, llegan a tener puestos de poder y mas aun esto ocurre cuando hay misiones extranjeras que dan recursos, alli el asunto es quien chupa mejor las medfias del gringo para obtener mas beneficios aunque sea en detrimento de los paisanos.
viernes 27 de noviembre de 2009
La Venida del Hijo del Hombre
La Venida del Hijo del Hombre con gran poder y gloria.
Ensayo basado en el texto de Lucas 21:25-36
A diferencia de nosotros que tenemos una visión linear de la historia (un evento sigue detrás del otro) el calendario litúrgico de la Iglesia es cíclico, es decir hay eventos que se repiten cada cierto tiempo, por eso es que en Adviento el Leccionario nos pone con sucesos que hablan de la segunda venida de Cristo para luego pasar a los eventos que sucedieron en la primera venida de Cristo.
Hay que entender que la comunidad cristiana a la cual le escribe Lucas estaba pendiente acerca del cumplimiento de las profecías de Jesús que por transmisión oral habían llegado hasta ellos, mientras que Marcos parece encajar todos esos eventos a la destrucción del templo en el año 70, Lucas escribiendo casi 20 años después ( después del año 70 mismo) indica que habrá una distancia entre esos sucesos y aquellos que ocurrirán al final de los tiempos, solo pone como ejemplo el árbol de higos.
Lucas al referirse al mundo no utiliza la palabra Cosmos sino OIKOUMENE esto significa que Jesús no se esta refiriendo al fin del mundo como tal, sino al final del mundo como ellos lo conocían. (Interesante nota para entender esta profecía)
También entendamos la venida del Reino de Cristo no como una inmigración masiva de almas de un mundo podrido a un cielo lleno de bendiciones ( como muchos hermanos lo entienden al hablar del rapto y cosas similares) sino el fin de esta era llena de injusticias, opresión y violencia, en esto entendamos lo que significa Adviento para nosotros, esta temporada del año no se aplica para que vayas desesperado a comprar el ultimo muñeco de Ben 10 a tu hijo o estés ahorrando el ultimo centavo para tener un pavito en la cena de Nochebuena, menos aun para pensar en Papanoeles sino en la transformación del mundo que Dios hizo, entendamos que sol era un símbolo del Imperio Romano y las lunas y estrellas eran de sus reinos clientes, entonces cuando decimos que estos astros caerán se refieren a estos reinos. El fin es el tiempo del cumplimiento de todas las promesas de Dios
Estos eventos apocalípticos nos parecieran a nosotros extraños, Quizás a algunos no nos preocupa tanto la situación del fin del mundo, pero todos sabemos lo que es esperar, así como la comunidad lucana sabia: todos estamos esperando algo: (el resultado de un examen medico, de una admisión a la universidad, de un familiar que tenemos en el extranjero, etc.) pero mientras esperamos nosotros debemos cumplir con la misión de la Iglesia, no agarrar un escudo y escondernos en el sótano.
Mucha gente a través de la historia se ha visto a si misma viviendo “los últimos días” pero no lo vemos como el cumplimiento de las promesas de paz, es interesante que cantamos “Noche de Paz” en Navidad, pero el mundo no tiene paz y no tiene justicia. Lucas le estaba escribiendo a una comunidad conformada en buena parte por campesinos pobres que tenían que vivir del dia, mientras las elites del país querrían tener una vida cada vez mas placentera ¿algún parecido con nuestra realidad?
Adviento significa que debemos prepararnos en arrepentimiento, pero no en el arrepentimiento entendido como un apenarse, meditar, sino todo lo contrario: arrepentimiento implica cambio para justamente preparar el camino para que el sol, las lunas y las estrellas caigan., para que este mundo sea transformado.
Vivimos en medio de los dos grandes polos de la intervención divina en la historia humana: La venida de Cristo en carne y la venida de Cristo en gloria. Ya se nos ha dicho el fin de la historia pero tenemos que esperar su conclusión., pero no lo hagamos con los brazos cruzados recostados en el sillón, hagámoslo activamente con esperanza en nuestro triunfo sobre las fuerzas del mal.. ¿Solo debemos esperar y orar? ¿O es que solo nos concentramos en nuestra salvación personal y no entendemos que el proceso redentor es global?
Así como dentro de un mes pondremos en nuestras casas a un bebe como símbolo de aquel que vino hace mas de 2 mil años al mundo para renovarlo, así también estemos atentos para el nacimiento de un nuevo mundo transformado por aquel a quien celebramos en Navidad.
Como dice Jurgen Moltmann: “ Hablar de la esperanza cristiana no es para “alucinarnos” con un mas allá glorioso sino fundamentalmente para mantenernos vivos y actuantes aquí y ahora”
Ensayo basado en el texto de Lucas 21:25-36
A diferencia de nosotros que tenemos una visión linear de la historia (un evento sigue detrás del otro) el calendario litúrgico de la Iglesia es cíclico, es decir hay eventos que se repiten cada cierto tiempo, por eso es que en Adviento el Leccionario nos pone con sucesos que hablan de la segunda venida de Cristo para luego pasar a los eventos que sucedieron en la primera venida de Cristo.
Hay que entender que la comunidad cristiana a la cual le escribe Lucas estaba pendiente acerca del cumplimiento de las profecías de Jesús que por transmisión oral habían llegado hasta ellos, mientras que Marcos parece encajar todos esos eventos a la destrucción del templo en el año 70, Lucas escribiendo casi 20 años después ( después del año 70 mismo) indica que habrá una distancia entre esos sucesos y aquellos que ocurrirán al final de los tiempos, solo pone como ejemplo el árbol de higos.
Lucas al referirse al mundo no utiliza la palabra Cosmos sino OIKOUMENE esto significa que Jesús no se esta refiriendo al fin del mundo como tal, sino al final del mundo como ellos lo conocían. (Interesante nota para entender esta profecía)
También entendamos la venida del Reino de Cristo no como una inmigración masiva de almas de un mundo podrido a un cielo lleno de bendiciones ( como muchos hermanos lo entienden al hablar del rapto y cosas similares) sino el fin de esta era llena de injusticias, opresión y violencia, en esto entendamos lo que significa Adviento para nosotros, esta temporada del año no se aplica para que vayas desesperado a comprar el ultimo muñeco de Ben 10 a tu hijo o estés ahorrando el ultimo centavo para tener un pavito en la cena de Nochebuena, menos aun para pensar en Papanoeles sino en la transformación del mundo que Dios hizo, entendamos que sol era un símbolo del Imperio Romano y las lunas y estrellas eran de sus reinos clientes, entonces cuando decimos que estos astros caerán se refieren a estos reinos. El fin es el tiempo del cumplimiento de todas las promesas de Dios
Estos eventos apocalípticos nos parecieran a nosotros extraños, Quizás a algunos no nos preocupa tanto la situación del fin del mundo, pero todos sabemos lo que es esperar, así como la comunidad lucana sabia: todos estamos esperando algo: (el resultado de un examen medico, de una admisión a la universidad, de un familiar que tenemos en el extranjero, etc.) pero mientras esperamos nosotros debemos cumplir con la misión de la Iglesia, no agarrar un escudo y escondernos en el sótano.
Mucha gente a través de la historia se ha visto a si misma viviendo “los últimos días” pero no lo vemos como el cumplimiento de las promesas de paz, es interesante que cantamos “Noche de Paz” en Navidad, pero el mundo no tiene paz y no tiene justicia. Lucas le estaba escribiendo a una comunidad conformada en buena parte por campesinos pobres que tenían que vivir del dia, mientras las elites del país querrían tener una vida cada vez mas placentera ¿algún parecido con nuestra realidad?
Adviento significa que debemos prepararnos en arrepentimiento, pero no en el arrepentimiento entendido como un apenarse, meditar, sino todo lo contrario: arrepentimiento implica cambio para justamente preparar el camino para que el sol, las lunas y las estrellas caigan., para que este mundo sea transformado.
Vivimos en medio de los dos grandes polos de la intervención divina en la historia humana: La venida de Cristo en carne y la venida de Cristo en gloria. Ya se nos ha dicho el fin de la historia pero tenemos que esperar su conclusión., pero no lo hagamos con los brazos cruzados recostados en el sillón, hagámoslo activamente con esperanza en nuestro triunfo sobre las fuerzas del mal.. ¿Solo debemos esperar y orar? ¿O es que solo nos concentramos en nuestra salvación personal y no entendemos que el proceso redentor es global?
Así como dentro de un mes pondremos en nuestras casas a un bebe como símbolo de aquel que vino hace mas de 2 mil años al mundo para renovarlo, así también estemos atentos para el nacimiento de un nuevo mundo transformado por aquel a quien celebramos en Navidad.
Como dice Jurgen Moltmann: “ Hablar de la esperanza cristiana no es para “alucinarnos” con un mas allá glorioso sino fundamentalmente para mantenernos vivos y actuantes aquí y ahora”
martes 2 de junio de 2009
Razones para ser un episcopal 3
language of my Relatives without it being econd best to Latin, or old-world English! -- Robby Drain robbyd@prodigy.net
I'm 3rd generation, blessed and proud to be part of a loving, open-minded community. -- Pam Chapman Queenpamela50@aol.com
I'm an Episcopalian because of the incredibly profound understanding of authority in the Anglican Communion. The three-legged stool - with its stout legs of Scripture, tradition, and reason, supported by (but also firmly joined by) the seat of our experience and prayer - is perhaps Anglicanism's most glorious contribution to theology. -- Paul M. Johns paulj334@yahoo.com
I'm comforted by the fact that I am part of a church that allows for differing viewpoints and open debate. While many lable our church as 'wishy-washy' or divided on issues, I think that my faith is stronger for my being an active participant in trying to understand God's will. When I hear or read the spirited opinions of my fellow Episcopalians, I find that I am grateful to them, whether I agree with their viewpoints or not. They are contribuing to the vitality of our church, and keeping us all honest. -- Jennifer Hanshaw Hackett
I'm glad to be a member of the Episcopal Church because its evangelical, catholic, pentecostal, and liberal. It is evangelical because it glories in the cross of Jesus Christ as salvation for all people. Its catholic in that it is a church which lives as resurrection people beyond the blight and bondage of death. We're pentecostal because we trust in the supernatural empowerment of the Holy Spirit. And we're liberal because we yearn for the Kingdom of God in the world as it is in heaven and labor in the hope that will make it so. -- Bishop. Alden Hathaway hathawayvi@worldnet.att.net
In a global family, like the Anglican Communion, the voice of prayer is never silent. -- Canon James Rosenthal StNicholasMyra@aol.com
In the Episcopal Church doubt is so okay that we name some parishes 'St. Thomas.' -- Louie Crew lcrew@andromeda.rutgers.edu
In the Episcopal Church not only am I allowed to use the gifts God has given me, I'm encouraged to use them, urged to use them, begged to use them. -- Alison Bush kokopelli120@hotmail.com
In the Episcopal Church you will be treated as an adult, and the child in you will be welcomed. -- Alex H. MacDonnell alexmacd@cybercomm.net
In the Episcopal Church, I do not have to understand; I only have to believe. -- (Rev. Dr.) Charles L. Wood c.n.wood@juno.com
In the Episcopal Church, it’s perfectly okay to kneel at the communion rail and marvel at the ornate beauty and mystery of the Eucharistic table while wearing jeans and cowboy boots. -- Maria L. Evans crankycricker@yahoo.com
In the Episcopal Church, it's all right to have questions, doubts, and disagreements about your beliefs and you won't be criticized for not having enough faith, or somehow made to be felt that you don't belong, or that you're less of a Christian because your faith isn't 100% complete. -- Pierre R. Wheaton pierre15208@verizon.net
In this Communion my spirit soars, while my(alleged) intellect and will are challenged, and my feet are grounded in terra firma. -- The Rev. Canon Peter D. Haynes stmikescdm@aol.com
It is a church in which we are free to entertain the notions that no theological proposition is beyond challenge and that doctrine is theology in cement, yet it is where we can celebrate the eucharist in all its liturgical manifestations to transcend such notions. -- Lewis R. Amis lraarb@att.net
It takes three Episcopalians to screw in a light bulb: one to make the martinis, another to screw in the bulb, and a third to talk about how much prettier the old lightbulb was. -- Lutibelle/Louie lcrew@andromeda.rutgers.edu
It’s one of the few denominations I know where you go out for a beer after Bible study...and actually talk about Bible study while in the bar. -- Maria L. Evans crankycricker@yahoo.com
It's a church where you can come in without leaving your brain at the door and then have the opportunity to love all of those who managed to come in with their 'wrong' ideas. -- The Rt. Rev. Leo Frade, D.D. BishopFrade@aol.com
It's ok if I don't want to memorize a bunch of Bible verses. -- Bob Wyatt bwyatt@ang-md.org
It's okay to cross yourself, your fingers, or your knees. -- Diana Smith dianas@mindspring.com
It's one of the few denominations that allow alcoholic beverages to be served on the grounds. -- Wes Quesenberry wesqga@yahoo.com
I've found the Episcopal Church to be more real than any other. It's diverse, just like reality. -- Kevin J. Perez KevinPz@aol.com
Jack Spong, Marcus Borg, Matt Fox. -- Lou Poulain
Jesus said 'Feed my sheep,' but he didn't specify that they be fed a narrow and rigid diet. Our Episcopal/Anglican approach to the sacrament of Penance is a good example: 'All may, some should, none must.' -- Dean. George L. W. Werner, President of the House of Deputies gwerner@episcopalchurch.org
Join our Missionary Society. -- Ralph Spence RSPENCE406@aol.com
Joy! -- Louie Crew lcrew@andromeda.rutgers.edu
Lay Episcopalians cannot be excommunicated. -- Thomas Ferguson tferguson@episcopalchurch.org
Let God repair your ticklebox. -- Lutibelle/Louie
Lighten your burden. -- Matthew G. Livingood mgl@livingood.net
Like Catholic and Orthodox Christians, Episcopalians are in touch with the ancient voices and aesthetic and spiritual practices of the Christian tradition. We are united by a common liturgy and by the Book of Common Prayer. And so long as we do the liturgy right, we are orthodox, and thus permitted a broad range of theological opinions. With its riches of liturgy, prayer, and music, it is for me a sacrament of the sacred, and it feels like home. -- Marcus J. Borg
Makes me want to do right rather than be right. -- Ascension Cafe, Twin Falls Idaho bthom@idahodiocese.org
Many of our priests give birth. All do re-birth. -- Lutibelle/Louie lcrew@andromeda.rutgers.edu
Many whom we know well are starved for the spiritual food we receive daily. -- Louie Crew lcrew@andromeda.rutgers.edu
Ministering in the lesbigay community for 33 years. -- Lutibelle/Louie lcrew@andromeda.rutgers.edu
My agnostic husband likes going to church. -- Rachel Endicott
My father always said that he liked being an Episcopalian because he would have the same funeral as Queen Elizabeth. He said that because of our use of the Book of Common Prayer. Everyone gets the same funeral service. I thought of that as I watched Diana's funeral. Before God everyone is the same. The extra things like Elton John singing are for the audience. -- Nancy Engelrth
My father is Catholic, my mother Southern Baptist. I was raised Catholic but converted. I was confirmed at the age of 25 into the Episcopal Church, my confirmation day was the first day I was allowed to take communion with both of my parents. Needless, to say my mother and I cried. It was beautiful! -- Emily Walters emily@perrysrestaurants.com
My favorite reason for being an Episcopalian is the coherence of scripture, tradition and reason/experience as basic tenets of our belief. I appreciate our melding of church and world, sacred and secular, soul and body, sophistication and simplicity, literary and on-verbal, seriousness and nonchalance, holiness and ordinariness, indeed, our being deeply rooted in the Incarnation. -- The Rev. Malcom Boyd
My four-year-old son has attended the Episcopal Church since birth. Hesings the Alleluia from the fraction anthem as easily as the theme from 'Blue's Clues.' -- The Rev. Rachel Endicott
My Jewish mother and Roman Catholic father found themselves welcomed into the Episcopal Church over fifty years ago as they sought a home for their yung family. I grew up in the Episcopal Church feeling that everyone was welcome. My father, a blue collar worker, served on the vestry with a doctor, corporate executives, public officials, and educators. They shared a common vision of a church that was big enough to make all differences less important. -- The Very Rev. Dr. James A. Kowalski cannon@stjohndivine.org
My mind is Protestant and my spirit is liturgical. Where other than to the Book of Common Prayer can my worship go and still have both be happy? -- Phyllis Tickle Tickrel@aol.com
My parish welcomes everyone regardless of sex, orientation, race, nationality, church affiliation, or seriousness, just as God does. She's Black, you know. -- Lane Brown w2alb.com"@w2alb.com
My wife and I started coming to St. Andrew's in January of 2001. And we will join the Episcopal Church during this year's Easter Vigil. We have not seen God since we started going to this church. We have not heard his voiceor witnessed a miracle. But just from getting to know the people of St. Andrew's better and getting more involved in the church we have become closer to God. And we are constantly reassured of his presence in our lives. -- Ben Philpott standrews@wwisp.com
My wife and I were sitting in the second-from-the-front pew (yes, we are Episcopalians anyway!) at St. Martin's-in-the-Fields in London, the parish church of the Royal Family and the Admiralty. In the row behind us there was a man who looked and smelled as though his last bath was at infant Baptism. He made loud unintelligible comments to the serman by a recently-ordained woman priest. After he received Communion he turned in the nave and gave the finger to the priests (probably had not gotten enough wine). No one seemed to notice. At the end of the service his hand was shaken like everyone else's. Those are my kind of people! -- Lane Brown w2alb.com"@w2alb.com
Mystery and clarity co-exist here. -- Alex H. MacDonnell alexmacd@cybercomm.net
News Genuinely Good for Absolutely Everybody! -- Louie Crew lcrew@andromeda.rutgers.edu
No dress code. -- Char Vinik char@allsaintsfl.org
No matter where in the world I attend an Episcopal/Anglican church, I am always home. -- Joan Carr carr@islandnet.com
Not so much organized religion - more spontaneous joy. -- Alice Fulton Alice-fulton@uiowa.edu
One of Anglicanism's core tenets is that God transcends all creeds and sects (including it). Therefore, by not being Episcopal, God is Episcopal. Seroiusly, God is love. If you find a more loving faith, join it. If not, join this. -- Craig Oehme craigoehme@hotmail.co
One of many blessings of being an Episcopalian is joining with a rich and global diversity to celebrate God's blessings in our worship and mission throughout the world. -- Corrinne Stover calcs@sprintmail.com
One of the perks of membership in our parish is the exercise. My heart rate elevates with all the standing, kneeling, processing, bowing, passing the peace, reciting, crossing on'es self and singing. Fortunately there is some time for the pulse check during the sermon and the readings. -- Lu Sweeney
One thing I've learned about Episcopalians this weekend: You folks may fight like hell with each other from 9am to 5pm but at the end of the day you put your arms around each other and say, 'Oh nuts. Let's go have a drink.' -- A Mormon sociologist speaking to a diocesan convention in the 1960s, via Rt. Rev. Sandy Hampton bishop838@fidalgo.net
Only in the Epsicopal Church would an 18-year-old be encouraged to run for deputy to convention, and truly feel that her words and ideas are being taken seriously. The growing number of older teens and young adults on vestries and in the House of Deputies is very exciting. It's strengthening to feel that though we are young, we are still full-fledged members of the church. -- Allie Graham agraham@ycp.edu
Only two commandments to remember! -- Carter Whitson cwhitson@stlmhb.com
Other churches saw the sinner; Episcopalians saw another child of God. -- Keith Husmann keithhusmann@yahoo.com
Others are often denominations of 'Don't'; the Episcopal Church is a denomination of 'Do.' -- B. Lance Moody
Otherwise, I'd be unchurched. -- John A. Merullo rockhopper@ev1.net
Our bishops are made of flesh and blood, and so are we. Of such was Jesus begotten! -- Lutibelle/Louie lcrew@andromeda.rutgers.edu
Our church service is called a 'Celebration,' and most of the time we do. -- Linda Strohmier
Our doors may be locked, but we try to keep our hearts open. -- Ana Hernandez ahernandez@episcopalchurch.org
Our eighth Sacrament: Fellowship and Good Food. -- Amanda Demers
Our Eucharistic table is not made less special if all are invited, which is contrary to the understanding that I grew up with. Adjusting to the idea that everyone is invited to this most holy meal took me some time, but it has become one of the things I love most about the Church. Understanding that the true presence in the body of Christ is strong enough to survive inside someone who might seem less worthy requires more, not less, faith in its power. I am saddened that I cannot share in communion at my parents' church, and that they will not receive in mine, but I would rather be in that position than the other way around. -- Sean P. Hackett
Our major heresy is plastic bread. -- Lutibelle/Louie lcrew@andromeda.rutgers.edu
Our roots in the past bear fruit in the present. -- Alice Fulton Alice-fulton@uiowa.edu
Our theology is an art form, not a law book. -- The Rev. Paul Gibson
Ours is not just a checkbook ministry. Episcopalians roll up their sleeves and help. -- Agnes H. Moore agnes.moore@snet.net
Ours is the perfect church for people who aren't perfect. -- John Schwaller
Out of habit Episcopalians don't change anything easily, so they cna form ironclad habits. They never stop to compare what others believe or do, but settle comfortably into the habit of being Episcopalian. The thing is that such a habit, followed year after year, immerses us in the biblical language of the Book of Common Prayer and the story of Jesus -- to say nothing of making a life-giving habit of the weekly Eucharist. Such habits make life pretty special. -- Loren B. Mead lorenmead@aol.com
Please join us for song, bread, wine and The Good Book. -- John K. Webster jwebster4@juno.com
Pope Gregory was right: Not Angles; angels. As a recent convert, I find an angelic spirit in Anglicanism lacking elsewhere. -- Craig Oehme craigoehme@hotmail.co
Prayer that is time-tested. -- Cindy McLeod
Preaching is a small part of an Episcopal worship service. This alone is a big draw for people from denominations where the sermon is the central event and the preacher tries to make it last as long as possible. -- David Hunter
Pregnant priests! Celebrating! -- Deborah G. Seles d.seles@attbi.com
Prophets Welcome Here! -- Joanna Dupue depuej@optonline.net
Q: How many Episcopalians does it take to change a light bulb? A: Change? What do you mean, change? My Mother gave that light bulb to the Church. -- Lane Brown w2alb.com"@w2alb.com
Q: How many taps are there on an Episcopalian bath? A: Three -- hot, cold, and strangely warm. -- Sudie Blanchard sudieb@maine.rr.com
Religion on tap. Where discussing theology with your priest over a beer doesn't warrant a second thought. -- Emily Walters emily@perrysrestaurants.com
Resisting fundamentalism since 1785! -- Julie Wortman
Saved by faith, grace, and good taste! -- Amanda Demers
See God's face. -- Matthew G. Livingood mgl@livingood.net
Sermons more about Grace than Guilt. -- Char Vinik char@allsaintsfl.org
Share the mystery. -- Matthew G. Livingood mgl@livingood.net
The best reason to become an Episcopalian is that taking a date to an inquirer's class is really memorable. I became an Episcopalian one summer when I was baptized, confirmed and married in the span of a couple of months. -- Allan Stover calcs@sprintmail.com
The Bible says we should make a joyful noise unto the Lord. Laughter is as joyful a noise as you'll ever hear and there's a lot of it in an Episcopal church. -- David Hunter
The Book of Common Prayer allows a degree of uniformity in prayer while leaving room for the diversity of cultures, languages and liturgical styles. -- The Very Rev. David G. Bollinger
The Book of Common Prayer gives me the words I need when I'm all mixed up. -- Barbara Klugh litlrivr@chartermi.net
The Book of Common Prayer reminds me that my `sins of omission' are equally as serious and require as much attention as my `sins of commission.' -- Rosalind L. Forrest rosalindf@earthlink.net
The calling of an Anglican is not to fill the church, but to fill heaven. -- The Rev. Selwyn Swift
The Church and Science comfortably co-exist. -- Ron Sheperd
The Church of Melanesia as trained me not become an English Christian, but a Melanesian Christian. -- Mama Charles Bani comdov@vanuatu.com.vu
The clergy are not only smart, gifted, and spiritual -- they are fun! -- Lee Davis cleedavis@earthlink.net
The comfort of the tradition. -- Ascension Cafe, Twin Falls Idaho bthom@idahodiocese.org
The 'Dark Night of the Soul' is understood and one is respected at such a time. -- Cynthia Mahaffey mahaffc@bgnet.bgsu.edu
The democratic polity of ECUSA is extremely important to me. We, prayerfully, elect our bishops, delegates to conventions, rectors, vestry. We the people all have a say. -- The Rev. Nancy Vogele VogeleN@aol.com
The doors are always open. -- Val Hymes Valhymes@aol.com
The Episcopal Church develops healthy eccentrics. -- Charles Hoffacker choffacker@advnet.net
The Episcopal Church does not emphasize solely the sermon, as did the church of my childhood. The totality of the liturgy helps us get to communion, in all senses of that word!). -- The Rev. Nancy Vogele VogeleN@aol.com
The Episcopal Church doesn't foster the common religious version of co-dependence that says the way to holiness is to change somebody else. -- Michael Sarro MichaelS@cloud9.net
The Episcopal Church enables me to worship God with my mind. It doesn't install an idol like the Bible or the Pope as the source of ultimate authority. It has lived in the tension between ancient truth and living history and has evolved into something fragile but beautiful, something that is worthy of being defended as it becomes a sign of the inclusive Kingdom of God. -- Rt. Rev. John S. Spong JOHNSSPONG@aol.com
The Episcopal church invites the impatient to learn 'patience' and the sticks in the mud to learn 'drainage.' -- Mary L. Lyons MaryLyonsNow@aol.com
The Episcopal Church is a liturgical church in tune with a contemporary world -- Betsy Porter
The Episcopal Church is a place where bishops are people too, and some of them know it. Many even have spouses to remind them. -- Linda M. Maloney lmmaloney@csbsju.edu
The Episcopal Church is a place where I continue to learn in scripture and experience in sacrament that God loves me unconditionally; that I will never deserve one drop of His bloody grace, and yet He drowns me entire in His endless red sea. -- Dietrik Vanderhill dvanderh@nwciowa.edu
The Episcopal Church is one of the few places where you can be a mystic and a realist at the same time. -- Maria L. Evans crankycricker@yahoo.com
The Episcopal Church is the place where I learned to 'Seek the Truth, Come What May' -- Robert B Cannon Jr progressive_episcopalian@hotmail.com
The Episcopal Church offers a gracious and roomy expression of catholic Christianity which points to an even more gracious God. -- Rt. Rev. C. Christopher Epting, ECUSA's Deputy for Ecumenical and Interfaith Relations cepting@episcopalchurch.org
The Episcopal Church stretches me delightfully in ways that I never imagined. -- Ben Porter bporter@porter-inc.com
The Episcopal Church taught me that Jesus came to challenge, not just comfort; to overturn, not maintain; to love, not judge; to include, not cast aside. -- The Rev. Canon Elizabeth R. Geitz
The Episcopal Church welcomes YOU just as you are, with all your glorious and less than glorious moments, giving you a place to grow through God's unconditional love into the person God created you to be. There's room at the table for everyone, no matter what. -- Elizabeth Geitz
The Episcopal liturgy, in the name of Jesus, gently clothes my Baptist suspicions. -- Michael Kugler kugler@nwciowa.edu
The 'fashion police' don't come to our church; the Holy Spirit does. -- Vivian E. Norton Vivenorton@aol.com
The frustration with modern society and the sense of spiritual decay were also reflected in Willa Cather’s personal life, when she, parallel to entering her new line of writing, in 1922 joined the Episcopal Church. -- Norton Anthology of American Literature
The hymn: 'One was a doctor and one was a queen and one was a shepherdess on the green and one was a soldier and one was a priest and one was slain by a fierce wild beast.' -- The Very Rev. Marilyn J. Engstrom Stmattsdean@aol.com
The name rings a bell -- Herb Gunn herbgunn@earthlink.net
The only church besides the MCC that can direct God to the antique store with a sapphire throne! -- Lutibelle/Louie lcrew@andromeda.rutgers.edu
The only institution that has lower entrance requirements than those for getting on a bus. -- The Rev. Selwyn Swift
The options: Rite One or Rite Two; back-to-congregation or facing congregation; traditional or contemporary music; all are allowed and welcome! -- John A. Merullo rockhopper@ev1.net
The Prayer Book bids us to come to God's table for strength and renewal, not for solace and pardon only. -- Agnes H. Moore agnes.moore@snet.net
The sadness and the joy are celebrated together in the Eucharist -- Keith Joseph :kjoseph@solomon.com.sb
The seasons are color-coded. -- Bungee Bynum b.bynum@gmail.com
The sermon lasted only five minutes, and the dean questioned the ongoing Vietnam War. I had never been to an Episcopal Church before, but I was hooked. -- Christina Hembree
The signs that say, 'The Episcopal Church Welcomes You' mean it. -- Nick Humez
The world is beautiful, so we worship the God who created beauty. -- Larry Graham GraLawLe@aol.com
There are only 40 Episcopalians, and I know 28 of them. -- Martha Elizabeth Stough
There is no Church in Vanuatu that offers the same kind of pastoral counseling as the Church of Melanesia. We try to help people with their problems, and are not afraid to come face to face with peoples demons, and drive them out and fill them with the love of the loving God for them. When people come to me and the other members of the Melanesian Brotherhood for prayer, we must welcome them as Christ, and give them a cup of water in Christ's name. We never try to convert people, or tell them they must come to us to be saved. But with the welcome they receive, the love they feel, the counseling they need, the people go out smiling and happy that someone was there to listen, and share with them the power of God. . -- Brother Malcolm Mwele, MBH comdov@vanuatu.com.vu
There will be no outcasts in this church! -- Edmond Browning, Presiding Bishop 1985-1997 formerpb@aol.com
There's no such thing as a politically incorrect Episcopalian. There are conservative Episcopalians and liberal Episcopalians. There are straight Episcopalians and LGBT Episcopalians. There are Catholics and Protestants. There are African, English, Asian and Alaskan Episcopalians. And none of the above. The Episcopal Church doesn't offer you set dogma, or pat answers, or a list of do's and don'ts. There's room for all kinds of people and all kinds of theologies. What the Episcopal Church does offer you is a way of prayer, a way of thinking and asking questions, a way of life in this often confusing, conflicting and complicated world, a way that may lead you closer to God. -- Jacqueline Schmitt nuchap94@yahoo.com
Think, question, think again, question again, These are the use of God's gifts: not sins in the Episcopal Church/Anglican Communion. -- Robert L. Neal 3rd RobtLNeal3@earthlink.net
This church affirms that God loves me and others like me because it allows me, a woman and a lesbian to be ordained; and it even celebrates who I am. -- The Rev. Rose Hassan rosehassan@mindspring.com
This is a church which tries to open its arms to all the diversity of God's creation; and although it fails miserably at times, it never stops trying. -- The Rev. Rose Hassan rosehassan@mindspring.com
This is the only church that's as lovingly loony as your family. -- Mary L. Lyons MaryLyonsNow@aol.com
Though you pray without ceasing, you won't be called devout. -- The Rev. Canon Bill Lewellis blewellis@diobeth.org
Tired of hell fire and brimstone? Try incense. -- Louie Crew lcrew@andromeda.rutgers.edu
To this recovering Roman Catholic, the Episcopal Church is a breath of fresh air and a ray of sunshine. Christianity never tasted so good! -- Richard F. Bautsch agit8r2@juno.com
Try us. You'll like us and we'll love you. -- Carol Marsh cmmarsh@zianet.com
Two millennia of faith; four centuries of liturgy; comrades worldwide traveling in love the journey to God we each tread alone. -- Peter Berry PBerry7053@aol.com
We affirm paradoxy. -- Diana Smith dianas@mindspring.com
We are a fun loving bunch. I am not sure if you ever noticed, but wine is rarely missing from any of our celebrations together. So it is no wonder that the story of the Wedding feast at Cana of Galilee is one of our all time favorite Gospel stories. -- Stephen D. Becker >sbecker@stpauls-lakeview.org
We are connected to the ages by stepping through the icon of the liturgy. -- Vashon Washington chsvashon@foxinternet.net
We are supported not judged. -- Ascension Cafe, Twin Falls Idaho bthom@idahodiocese.org
We believe that love without justice is cheap sentimentality. -- Carter Heyward
We believe that when God made the world and flesh, God said, 'It is good!' -- Lutibelle/Louie lcrew@andromeda.rutgers.edu
We belong before we believe. -- Joanna Wragg jwragg@wraggcasas.com
We celebrate a Christmas Season and not just a Christmas day. -- Rt. Rev. Jack McKelvey BpJackM@aol.com
We change and transform lives in Christ without the Turn-or-Burn. -- Amanda Demers
We do liturgy with all our hearts and souls. -- Ascension Cafe, Twin Falls Idaho bthom@idahodiocese.org
We do not give simple answers to complex questions. -- Ascension Cafe, Twin Falls Idaho bthom@idahodiocese.org
We do not give simple answers to complex questions. Instead, we offer tools that help people develop a sustaining faith. -- B. Lance Moody
We do pomp almost as well as the Orthodox, but we're not so dour about it. -- Dr. Ford Elms hcc.elmf@hccsj.nf.ca
We don't claim an exclusive franchise on God. -- Lutibelle/Louie lcrew@andromeda.rutgers.edu
We don't deliver our theology in sound bites. -- Jane Dobosh jpdwrite@webspan.net
We don't get rid of our enemies; we love them as our friends. -- Lutibelle/Louie lcrew@andromeda.rutgers.edu
We don't have all the answers, and we welcome others who love the questions. -- The Rev. Wilifred Allen-Faiella Revwaf@aol.com
We don't quiz you on your beliefs before worshipping with you. -- James Handsfield jhandsfield@mindspring.com
We don't say 'we're right, and others are wrong.' We say, 'Peace be with you.' -- Dan Catchpole catchpole@gmail.com
We don't use clichés or undebatable dictums to mask the struggles we experience in this earthly journey -- The Rev. William V. Livingston >rector_bill@bellsouth.net
We eat, drink, and are merry, for we live in the Kingdom of our Lord Christ. -- Ken Guthrie EngTeecher@aol.com
We find our unity in shared worship, not in enforced agreement. -- Lou Poulain
We get to sing all the verses of the hymns -- The Rev. Karen Ann Campbell gardener58@verizon.net
We go boldly where no church has gone before! -- Patsy Duncan trainman@texhoma.net
We have a faith not afraid to reason and reason not ashamed to adore. (Late Rt. Rev. Daniel Sylvester Tuttle) -- The Late Rt. Rev. Daniel Sylvester Tuttle, First Bishop of Utah and 13th Presiding Bishop, via The Rev. W. Lee Shaw WinstonLS@aol.com
We have an open door, an open font, and open rail. We'll meet you 100% of the way. -- Larry Salvadori salvadoril@kendallhq.com
We have full-bodied worship: Bow, kneel, sit, stand, kneel, hug, walk, and sometimes even raise your hands, cry, laugh, sing, shout, whisper, smell, taste, feel, touch, hold, see, and behold.. -- The Very Rev. Marilyn J. Engstrom Stmattsdean@aol.com
We have morning and evening service everyday 365 days every year and even though I miss some of the services it makes you feel good that our members worship every morning and afternoon especially in the Church of Melanesia. -- Henry Nin comdov@vanuatu.com.vu
We have the liturgical beauty of the Catholics combined with the local authority of the Southern Baptists. -- Cindy McLeod
We honor tradition but do not fossilize it. -- Lee Canipe Leecanipe@aol.com
We leave neither our minds, nor our hearts, nor our bodies at the church door. -- Larry Graham GraLawLe@aol.com
We may not have all the answers, but we have all the questions. -- Roy Murphy murphy@panix.com
We Nourish Spirits -- Ralph Spence RSPENCE406@aol.com
We partake of the wine too, not just the host. All one body we. -- Ernest Clay Ernest_Clay@hotmail.com
We promise not to throw the book at you. -- Leilani Nelson Leilani.Nelson@ecunet.org
We promise to welcome you in Christ's name. We will honor the gifts you bring. We will invite you into our community, or wish you well if you choose another path. -- Dorothy/Anne Crocker
We proudly wear ribbons of so many different colors. -- Mary Jane Herron HERA576@aol.com
We tackle issues that other denominations have neither the courage to face nor the theology to deal with. -- Patsy Duncan trainman@texhoma.net
We use cool words like 'verger', 'thurifer', 'amice', 'warden', 'aumbry' and 'columbarium' -- John A. Merullo rockhopper@ev1.net
We view the bible as a 'Why To' not a How To' manual. -- Duke DuTeil duteil@austin.rr.com
We welcome the faithful, the seeker, and the doubter. -- Diana Smith dianas@mindspring.com
We worship God with class, art and joy. -- Alison Dingley dingleya001@hawaii.rr.com
We'll never tell you you have to believe in God the way we do to be a good person, but we can tell you how our belief in God makes the goodness in us. -- P. J. Howe howe@globe.com
'Well, I thought you must be an Episcopalian, because you swear just like Governor Seward, who is a church warder.' -- Abraham Lincoln to General Reynolds, a Methodist
We're forgiven sinners and given Jesus' power to forgive. -- The Rev. Tom Rightmyer trightmy@juno.com
We're here for you. You can be truly you. You have space, and permission, to grow. -- The Rev. Roger Stokes roger.stokes2@ntnworld.com
We're high, low, broad, and sometimes wide. -- Tony Hitsman tonyhit@globetrotter.net
We've never had enough people to agree about any issue to prepare 'confessional' statements. Here again we are catholic, and not a denomination. -- Lutibelle/Louie lcrew@andromeda.rutgers.edu
We've set a place for you. -- Matthew G. Livingood mgl@livingood.net
What I like about the episcopal church is that they encourage us to develop our own ideas. I thik that that's cool, how they treat us like people with valid opinions instead of idiots that can only believe what others tell them. -- Anonymous 14-year-old
What other church will let a priest like me walk around in a dog collar and short trousers and flip flop, carrying a shiny black New Testament in my shirt pocket (Protestant evangelical), a Rosary in my trouser pocket Catholic traditional), and a CND Peace Cross around my neck (1960's till today, concern for political and social matters). I celebrate the Eucharist wearing maniples and facing East, and fiddle back chasubles, but with hand clapping and guitars, the singing every word of the service in 6 or 7 languages. I can be ministering to rapists as 4:30, and at 6:00, be shaking hands with the President of the Republic. What other church is richer spiritually and socially? -- Father Thomas Rowland, Church of Melanesia comdov@vanuatu.com.vu
What you will find inside the church is even better than any web site! -- Christopher Hart chart@voicenet.com
When asked if he was saved, Archbishop of Canterbury William Temple replied, 'I have been saved, I am being saved, I hope to be saved.' That understanding of faith, hope, and humility reinforces me as an Episcopalian/Anglican. -- Dean. George L. W. Werner, President of the House of Deputies gwerner@episcopalchurch.org
When I close my mind from worries, the liturgy carries me straight to Christ. -- Wendy W. Sopkovich WWWS@prodigy.net
When you count acolytes, Chalice bearers, ushers, greeters, nursery people, altar guild, choir, and so on, there are more people involved in an Episcopal service than in any other. And there are more opportunities to be involved. -- Donna H. Barthle
Whenever four Episcopalians gather, there is always a fifth. -- Bob Wyatt bwyatt@ang-md.org
Where a woman's place is in the House of Bishops. (No attribution) --
Where all may, some should, and none must. -- Lori Allen lorinda.allen@verizon.net
Where doubts are welcome and wounds are embraced -- Karl Lusk karllusk@earthlink.net
Where else but the Episcopal Church will I have the assurance that the significant events of my life will be magnified by such beauty and dignity? -- Michael P. Stephenson mikestep@att.net
Where else can I hear stupid jokes from tipsy priests other than a Diocesan convention? Then lead the youth delegation the following morning, breaking into convention singing with 50 other youth, followed by taking the bishop by the arm and dancing with him, leading to the entire confrence getting up and moving. Woohoo, I'll be an Episcopalian, cradle to grave. -- Maggie Thompson phishechicke@yahoo.com
Where else can you be considered a 'young person' until you are 50 years old? -- Lesley M. Adams ladams@hws.edu
Where else can you find news articles every day about your church struggling to live into God's commands? -- Bob Crystal Crys24634@aol.com
Where evolution is not only taught, it also happens! -- Rex Fliess rex@fliess.org
Where faith is caught, not taught. -- Tony Hitsman tonyhit@globetrotter.net
Where faith is God's gift to us, not our gift to God. -- Louie Crew lcrew@andromeda.rutgers.edu
Where flesh is not something dirty, but what God became! -- Lutibelle/Louie lcrew@andromeda.rutgers.edu
Where God forgives you as you forgive others. -- Lutibelle/Louie lcrew@andromeda.rutgers.edu
Where God is celebrated, not damned. -- June Maffin june@maffin.net
Where God is the only judge. -- Mike Harbin MHARBIN@OhioHealth.com
Where God is with you, not against you. -- Lori Allen lorinda.allen@verizon.net
Where God lets me be who She created me to be -- not who other people think I should be! -- The Rev. Teresa T. Bowden alohayouall@hawaii.rr.com
Where God loves you before you decide whether you love Her. -- Lutibelle/Louie lcrew@andromeda.rutgers.edu
Where God uses your face for Her own. -- Lutibelle/Louie lcrew@andromeda.rutgers.edu
Where God's unconditional love for all of us is celebrated every day. -- Sen. Marge Kilkelly
Where I can be myself. -- Ascension Cafe, Twin Falls Idaho bthom@idahodiocese.org
Where I've met the most interesting and courageous people, and they have introduced me to God. -- Barbara Cheney btc@SNET.Net
Where Jesus is ever present; underlying all the missunderstandings that go on amongst any congregation, Jesus is there. His presence is made known. The best thing about the Episcopal process is that the Church is a place of worship; only for the worship of God; all else, all worldly concerns other than prayer are laid aside. Our church is for Jesus. Thanks be to God! -- Gayle Szeredy silverstone@txcyber.com
Where Manna is baked fresh daily, never freeze dried! -- Lutibelle/Louie lcrew@andromeda.rutgers.edu
Where mucking about is an art form and where those who wish to clean it up are viewed as indelicate. -- Bill Easter paques@mindspring.com
Where our mind, soul, and body unite with the God who made them.... -- Karl Lusk karllusk@earthlink.net
Where our priest can dress up in fancy outfits. -- Ascension Cafe, Twin Falls Idaho bthom@idahodiocese.org
Where the only requirement at Communion is that you be hungry! -- The Rev. Phillip Wilson phillipwilson@mindspring.com
Where the priesthood of all believers has a good chance of including everyone, including people of all shapes, sizes, ages, colors, and abilities. -- Barbara Cheney btc@SNET.Net
Where the road to Easter is never a shortcut, but you always get there. -- Barbara Cheney btc@SNET.Net
Where the word of God is a person, not a book. -- Lutibelle/Louie lcrew@andromeda.rutgers.edu
Where there is freedom to think, to have doubts, and to be a full human being. -- The Rev. Robert Cromey twocromeys@earthlink.net
Where two or three are gathered, there will be fine wine and lively conversation. -- Ascension Cafe, Twin Falls Idaho bthom@idahodiocese.org
Where wholeness and holiness are 2 sides of the same coin. -- Barbara Cheney btc@SNET.Net
Where you don't have to hang up your brain up at the door. -- Lutibelle/Louie lcrew@andromeda.rutgers.edu
Whether Queen or Beggar, Bishop or Editor, CEO or unemployed, we share the same meal at the altar where heaven and earth join in Sanctus, and kneel (or stand) side by side whether in Canterbury Cathedral or the hut chapel of St Philip, Khartoum, Sudan, as equal sinners saved by loving grace, with absolutely no distinctions, aided by Mary, Francis, John the Beloved, Mary Magdalen, Nicholas, Lucy, Martin, Sebastian, Stephen, Jonathan Daniels, Janani Luwuum, and those who have spread light for 2000 years that at the unique name of JESUS every knee should bow. -- Canon James Rosenthal
Whole families (be they traditional or non-traditional) attend. -- The Rev. Karen Ann Campbell
With Yogi Berra, Anglicanism says, 'If you come to a fork in the road, take it' -- Craig Oehme
Women are born in God's image. -- Sally Bucklee
Women can be pastors and ministers, but only in the Episcopal church can they be priests.
Worship in our lovely catacomb!
Yes, the Anglican Communon is quite messay, but it's just so loveable. -- ++Desmond Tutu
You are accepted as family immedately and always have someone to turn to -- Edward L. Tatro, Jr. WhiteBirch05@aol.com
You don't have to be right, just honest. -- Rt. Rev. Jack McKelvey BpJackM@aol.com
You don't have to harbor and dwell on all your sins. That's why we have an altar in Episcopal churches. Take them there and leave them! -- Lutibelle/Louie lcrew@andromeda.rutgers.edu
You don't have to pass a 'litmus test.' -- Nigel Renton nrenton@insdra.com
You don't have to swim to get baptized. -- Char Vinik char@allsaintsfl.org
The 1979 Book of Common Prayer: What an incredible blessing it is! -- Greg Lynch jgljack@apci.net
It is always tea-time somewhere in the Anglican Communion -- John Leech johnrleech@yahoo.com
Episcopalians believe in prayer, but would practically die if asked o pray out loud. -- Garrison Keillor
Episcopalians, who love to sing in four-part harmony are the sort of people you could call up when you're in deep distress. If you are dying, they will comfort you. If you are lonely, they'll talk to you. And if you are hungry, they'll give you tuna salad! -- Garrison Keillor
Episcopalians usually follow the official liturgy and will feel it is their way of suffering for their sins. -- Garrison Keillor
Episcopalians drink coffee as if it were the Third Sacrament. -- Garrison Keillor
Episcopalians believe in miracles and even expect miracles, especially during their stewardship visitation programs or when passing the plate. -- Garrison Keillor
Episcopalians are willing to pay up to one dollar for a meal at church. -- Garrison Keillor
Episcopalians still serve Jell-O in the proper liturgical color of the season and Episcopalians believe that it is OK to poke fun at themselves and never take themselves too seriously. -- Garrison Keillor
You know you are an Episcopalian if you hear something really funny during the sermon and smile as loudly as you can. -- Garrison Keillor
I'm 3rd generation, blessed and proud to be part of a loving, open-minded community. -- Pam Chapman Queenpamela50@aol.com
I'm an Episcopalian because of the incredibly profound understanding of authority in the Anglican Communion. The three-legged stool - with its stout legs of Scripture, tradition, and reason, supported by (but also firmly joined by) the seat of our experience and prayer - is perhaps Anglicanism's most glorious contribution to theology. -- Paul M. Johns paulj334@yahoo.com
I'm comforted by the fact that I am part of a church that allows for differing viewpoints and open debate. While many lable our church as 'wishy-washy' or divided on issues, I think that my faith is stronger for my being an active participant in trying to understand God's will. When I hear or read the spirited opinions of my fellow Episcopalians, I find that I am grateful to them, whether I agree with their viewpoints or not. They are contribuing to the vitality of our church, and keeping us all honest. -- Jennifer Hanshaw Hackett
I'm glad to be a member of the Episcopal Church because its evangelical, catholic, pentecostal, and liberal. It is evangelical because it glories in the cross of Jesus Christ as salvation for all people. Its catholic in that it is a church which lives as resurrection people beyond the blight and bondage of death. We're pentecostal because we trust in the supernatural empowerment of the Holy Spirit. And we're liberal because we yearn for the Kingdom of God in the world as it is in heaven and labor in the hope that will make it so. -- Bishop. Alden Hathaway hathawayvi@worldnet.att.net
In a global family, like the Anglican Communion, the voice of prayer is never silent. -- Canon James Rosenthal StNicholasMyra@aol.com
In the Episcopal Church doubt is so okay that we name some parishes 'St. Thomas.' -- Louie Crew lcrew@andromeda.rutgers.edu
In the Episcopal Church not only am I allowed to use the gifts God has given me, I'm encouraged to use them, urged to use them, begged to use them. -- Alison Bush kokopelli120@hotmail.com
In the Episcopal Church you will be treated as an adult, and the child in you will be welcomed. -- Alex H. MacDonnell alexmacd@cybercomm.net
In the Episcopal Church, I do not have to understand; I only have to believe. -- (Rev. Dr.) Charles L. Wood c.n.wood@juno.com
In the Episcopal Church, it’s perfectly okay to kneel at the communion rail and marvel at the ornate beauty and mystery of the Eucharistic table while wearing jeans and cowboy boots. -- Maria L. Evans crankycricker@yahoo.com
In the Episcopal Church, it's all right to have questions, doubts, and disagreements about your beliefs and you won't be criticized for not having enough faith, or somehow made to be felt that you don't belong, or that you're less of a Christian because your faith isn't 100% complete. -- Pierre R. Wheaton pierre15208@verizon.net
In this Communion my spirit soars, while my(alleged) intellect and will are challenged, and my feet are grounded in terra firma. -- The Rev. Canon Peter D. Haynes stmikescdm@aol.com
It is a church in which we are free to entertain the notions that no theological proposition is beyond challenge and that doctrine is theology in cement, yet it is where we can celebrate the eucharist in all its liturgical manifestations to transcend such notions. -- Lewis R. Amis lraarb@att.net
It takes three Episcopalians to screw in a light bulb: one to make the martinis, another to screw in the bulb, and a third to talk about how much prettier the old lightbulb was. -- Lutibelle/Louie lcrew@andromeda.rutgers.edu
It’s one of the few denominations I know where you go out for a beer after Bible study...and actually talk about Bible study while in the bar. -- Maria L. Evans crankycricker@yahoo.com
It's a church where you can come in without leaving your brain at the door and then have the opportunity to love all of those who managed to come in with their 'wrong' ideas. -- The Rt. Rev. Leo Frade, D.D. BishopFrade@aol.com
It's ok if I don't want to memorize a bunch of Bible verses. -- Bob Wyatt bwyatt@ang-md.org
It's okay to cross yourself, your fingers, or your knees. -- Diana Smith dianas@mindspring.com
It's one of the few denominations that allow alcoholic beverages to be served on the grounds. -- Wes Quesenberry wesqga@yahoo.com
I've found the Episcopal Church to be more real than any other. It's diverse, just like reality. -- Kevin J. Perez KevinPz@aol.com
Jack Spong, Marcus Borg, Matt Fox. -- Lou Poulain
Jesus said 'Feed my sheep,' but he didn't specify that they be fed a narrow and rigid diet. Our Episcopal/Anglican approach to the sacrament of Penance is a good example: 'All may, some should, none must.' -- Dean. George L. W. Werner, President of the House of Deputies gwerner@episcopalchurch.org
Join our Missionary Society. -- Ralph Spence RSPENCE406@aol.com
Joy! -- Louie Crew lcrew@andromeda.rutgers.edu
Lay Episcopalians cannot be excommunicated. -- Thomas Ferguson tferguson@episcopalchurch.org
Let God repair your ticklebox. -- Lutibelle/Louie
Lighten your burden. -- Matthew G. Livingood mgl@livingood.net
Like Catholic and Orthodox Christians, Episcopalians are in touch with the ancient voices and aesthetic and spiritual practices of the Christian tradition. We are united by a common liturgy and by the Book of Common Prayer. And so long as we do the liturgy right, we are orthodox, and thus permitted a broad range of theological opinions. With its riches of liturgy, prayer, and music, it is for me a sacrament of the sacred, and it feels like home. -- Marcus J. Borg
Makes me want to do right rather than be right. -- Ascension Cafe, Twin Falls Idaho bthom@idahodiocese.org
Many of our priests give birth. All do re-birth. -- Lutibelle/Louie lcrew@andromeda.rutgers.edu
Many whom we know well are starved for the spiritual food we receive daily. -- Louie Crew lcrew@andromeda.rutgers.edu
Ministering in the lesbigay community for 33 years. -- Lutibelle/Louie lcrew@andromeda.rutgers.edu
My agnostic husband likes going to church. -- Rachel Endicott
My father always said that he liked being an Episcopalian because he would have the same funeral as Queen Elizabeth. He said that because of our use of the Book of Common Prayer. Everyone gets the same funeral service. I thought of that as I watched Diana's funeral. Before God everyone is the same. The extra things like Elton John singing are for the audience. -- Nancy Engelrth
My father is Catholic, my mother Southern Baptist. I was raised Catholic but converted. I was confirmed at the age of 25 into the Episcopal Church, my confirmation day was the first day I was allowed to take communion with both of my parents. Needless, to say my mother and I cried. It was beautiful! -- Emily Walters emily@perrysrestaurants.com
My favorite reason for being an Episcopalian is the coherence of scripture, tradition and reason/experience as basic tenets of our belief. I appreciate our melding of church and world, sacred and secular, soul and body, sophistication and simplicity, literary and on-verbal, seriousness and nonchalance, holiness and ordinariness, indeed, our being deeply rooted in the Incarnation. -- The Rev. Malcom Boyd
My four-year-old son has attended the Episcopal Church since birth. Hesings the Alleluia from the fraction anthem as easily as the theme from 'Blue's Clues.' -- The Rev. Rachel Endicott
My Jewish mother and Roman Catholic father found themselves welcomed into the Episcopal Church over fifty years ago as they sought a home for their yung family. I grew up in the Episcopal Church feeling that everyone was welcome. My father, a blue collar worker, served on the vestry with a doctor, corporate executives, public officials, and educators. They shared a common vision of a church that was big enough to make all differences less important. -- The Very Rev. Dr. James A. Kowalski cannon@stjohndivine.org
My mind is Protestant and my spirit is liturgical. Where other than to the Book of Common Prayer can my worship go and still have both be happy? -- Phyllis Tickle Tickrel@aol.com
My parish welcomes everyone regardless of sex, orientation, race, nationality, church affiliation, or seriousness, just as God does. She's Black, you know. -- Lane Brown w2alb.com"@w2alb.com
My wife and I started coming to St. Andrew's in January of 2001. And we will join the Episcopal Church during this year's Easter Vigil. We have not seen God since we started going to this church. We have not heard his voiceor witnessed a miracle. But just from getting to know the people of St. Andrew's better and getting more involved in the church we have become closer to God. And we are constantly reassured of his presence in our lives. -- Ben Philpott standrews@wwisp.com
My wife and I were sitting in the second-from-the-front pew (yes, we are Episcopalians anyway!) at St. Martin's-in-the-Fields in London, the parish church of the Royal Family and the Admiralty. In the row behind us there was a man who looked and smelled as though his last bath was at infant Baptism. He made loud unintelligible comments to the serman by a recently-ordained woman priest. After he received Communion he turned in the nave and gave the finger to the priests (probably had not gotten enough wine). No one seemed to notice. At the end of the service his hand was shaken like everyone else's. Those are my kind of people! -- Lane Brown w2alb.com"@w2alb.com
Mystery and clarity co-exist here. -- Alex H. MacDonnell alexmacd@cybercomm.net
News Genuinely Good for Absolutely Everybody! -- Louie Crew lcrew@andromeda.rutgers.edu
No dress code. -- Char Vinik char@allsaintsfl.org
No matter where in the world I attend an Episcopal/Anglican church, I am always home. -- Joan Carr carr@islandnet.com
Not so much organized religion - more spontaneous joy. -- Alice Fulton Alice-fulton@uiowa.edu
One of Anglicanism's core tenets is that God transcends all creeds and sects (including it). Therefore, by not being Episcopal, God is Episcopal. Seroiusly, God is love. If you find a more loving faith, join it. If not, join this. -- Craig Oehme craigoehme@hotmail.co
One of many blessings of being an Episcopalian is joining with a rich and global diversity to celebrate God's blessings in our worship and mission throughout the world. -- Corrinne Stover calcs@sprintmail.com
One of the perks of membership in our parish is the exercise. My heart rate elevates with all the standing, kneeling, processing, bowing, passing the peace, reciting, crossing on'es self and singing. Fortunately there is some time for the pulse check during the sermon and the readings. -- Lu Sweeney
One thing I've learned about Episcopalians this weekend: You folks may fight like hell with each other from 9am to 5pm but at the end of the day you put your arms around each other and say, 'Oh nuts. Let's go have a drink.' -- A Mormon sociologist speaking to a diocesan convention in the 1960s, via Rt. Rev. Sandy Hampton bishop838@fidalgo.net
Only in the Epsicopal Church would an 18-year-old be encouraged to run for deputy to convention, and truly feel that her words and ideas are being taken seriously. The growing number of older teens and young adults on vestries and in the House of Deputies is very exciting. It's strengthening to feel that though we are young, we are still full-fledged members of the church. -- Allie Graham agraham@ycp.edu
Only two commandments to remember! -- Carter Whitson cwhitson@stlmhb.com
Other churches saw the sinner; Episcopalians saw another child of God. -- Keith Husmann keithhusmann@yahoo.com
Others are often denominations of 'Don't'; the Episcopal Church is a denomination of 'Do.' -- B. Lance Moody
Otherwise, I'd be unchurched. -- John A. Merullo rockhopper@ev1.net
Our bishops are made of flesh and blood, and so are we. Of such was Jesus begotten! -- Lutibelle/Louie lcrew@andromeda.rutgers.edu
Our church service is called a 'Celebration,' and most of the time we do. -- Linda Strohmier
Our doors may be locked, but we try to keep our hearts open. -- Ana Hernandez ahernandez@episcopalchurch.org
Our eighth Sacrament: Fellowship and Good Food. -- Amanda Demers
Our Eucharistic table is not made less special if all are invited, which is contrary to the understanding that I grew up with. Adjusting to the idea that everyone is invited to this most holy meal took me some time, but it has become one of the things I love most about the Church. Understanding that the true presence in the body of Christ is strong enough to survive inside someone who might seem less worthy requires more, not less, faith in its power. I am saddened that I cannot share in communion at my parents' church, and that they will not receive in mine, but I would rather be in that position than the other way around. -- Sean P. Hackett
Our major heresy is plastic bread. -- Lutibelle/Louie lcrew@andromeda.rutgers.edu
Our roots in the past bear fruit in the present. -- Alice Fulton Alice-fulton@uiowa.edu
Our theology is an art form, not a law book. -- The Rev. Paul Gibson
Ours is not just a checkbook ministry. Episcopalians roll up their sleeves and help. -- Agnes H. Moore agnes.moore@snet.net
Ours is the perfect church for people who aren't perfect. -- John Schwaller
Out of habit Episcopalians don't change anything easily, so they cna form ironclad habits. They never stop to compare what others believe or do, but settle comfortably into the habit of being Episcopalian. The thing is that such a habit, followed year after year, immerses us in the biblical language of the Book of Common Prayer and the story of Jesus -- to say nothing of making a life-giving habit of the weekly Eucharist. Such habits make life pretty special. -- Loren B. Mead lorenmead@aol.com
Please join us for song, bread, wine and The Good Book. -- John K. Webster jwebster4@juno.com
Pope Gregory was right: Not Angles; angels. As a recent convert, I find an angelic spirit in Anglicanism lacking elsewhere. -- Craig Oehme craigoehme@hotmail.co
Prayer that is time-tested. -- Cindy McLeod
Preaching is a small part of an Episcopal worship service. This alone is a big draw for people from denominations where the sermon is the central event and the preacher tries to make it last as long as possible. -- David Hunter
Pregnant priests! Celebrating! -- Deborah G. Seles d.seles@attbi.com
Prophets Welcome Here! -- Joanna Dupue depuej@optonline.net
Q: How many Episcopalians does it take to change a light bulb? A: Change? What do you mean, change? My Mother gave that light bulb to the Church. -- Lane Brown w2alb.com"@w2alb.com
Q: How many taps are there on an Episcopalian bath? A: Three -- hot, cold, and strangely warm. -- Sudie Blanchard sudieb@maine.rr.com
Religion on tap. Where discussing theology with your priest over a beer doesn't warrant a second thought. -- Emily Walters emily@perrysrestaurants.com
Resisting fundamentalism since 1785! -- Julie Wortman
Saved by faith, grace, and good taste! -- Amanda Demers
See God's face. -- Matthew G. Livingood mgl@livingood.net
Sermons more about Grace than Guilt. -- Char Vinik char@allsaintsfl.org
Share the mystery. -- Matthew G. Livingood mgl@livingood.net
The best reason to become an Episcopalian is that taking a date to an inquirer's class is really memorable. I became an Episcopalian one summer when I was baptized, confirmed and married in the span of a couple of months. -- Allan Stover calcs@sprintmail.com
The Bible says we should make a joyful noise unto the Lord. Laughter is as joyful a noise as you'll ever hear and there's a lot of it in an Episcopal church. -- David Hunter
The Book of Common Prayer allows a degree of uniformity in prayer while leaving room for the diversity of cultures, languages and liturgical styles. -- The Very Rev. David G. Bollinger
The Book of Common Prayer gives me the words I need when I'm all mixed up. -- Barbara Klugh litlrivr@chartermi.net
The Book of Common Prayer reminds me that my `sins of omission' are equally as serious and require as much attention as my `sins of commission.' -- Rosalind L. Forrest rosalindf@earthlink.net
The calling of an Anglican is not to fill the church, but to fill heaven. -- The Rev. Selwyn Swift
The Church and Science comfortably co-exist. -- Ron Sheperd
The Church of Melanesia as trained me not become an English Christian, but a Melanesian Christian. -- Mama Charles Bani comdov@vanuatu.com.vu
The clergy are not only smart, gifted, and spiritual -- they are fun! -- Lee Davis cleedavis@earthlink.net
The comfort of the tradition. -- Ascension Cafe, Twin Falls Idaho bthom@idahodiocese.org
The 'Dark Night of the Soul' is understood and one is respected at such a time. -- Cynthia Mahaffey mahaffc@bgnet.bgsu.edu
The democratic polity of ECUSA is extremely important to me. We, prayerfully, elect our bishops, delegates to conventions, rectors, vestry. We the people all have a say. -- The Rev. Nancy Vogele VogeleN@aol.com
The doors are always open. -- Val Hymes Valhymes@aol.com
The Episcopal Church develops healthy eccentrics. -- Charles Hoffacker choffacker@advnet.net
The Episcopal Church does not emphasize solely the sermon, as did the church of my childhood. The totality of the liturgy helps us get to communion, in all senses of that word!). -- The Rev. Nancy Vogele VogeleN@aol.com
The Episcopal Church doesn't foster the common religious version of co-dependence that says the way to holiness is to change somebody else. -- Michael Sarro MichaelS@cloud9.net
The Episcopal Church enables me to worship God with my mind. It doesn't install an idol like the Bible or the Pope as the source of ultimate authority. It has lived in the tension between ancient truth and living history and has evolved into something fragile but beautiful, something that is worthy of being defended as it becomes a sign of the inclusive Kingdom of God. -- Rt. Rev. John S. Spong JOHNSSPONG@aol.com
The Episcopal church invites the impatient to learn 'patience' and the sticks in the mud to learn 'drainage.' -- Mary L. Lyons MaryLyonsNow@aol.com
The Episcopal Church is a liturgical church in tune with a contemporary world -- Betsy Porter
The Episcopal Church is a place where bishops are people too, and some of them know it. Many even have spouses to remind them. -- Linda M. Maloney lmmaloney@csbsju.edu
The Episcopal Church is a place where I continue to learn in scripture and experience in sacrament that God loves me unconditionally; that I will never deserve one drop of His bloody grace, and yet He drowns me entire in His endless red sea. -- Dietrik Vanderhill dvanderh@nwciowa.edu
The Episcopal Church is one of the few places where you can be a mystic and a realist at the same time. -- Maria L. Evans crankycricker@yahoo.com
The Episcopal Church is the place where I learned to 'Seek the Truth, Come What May' -- Robert B Cannon Jr progressive_episcopalian@hotmail.com
The Episcopal Church offers a gracious and roomy expression of catholic Christianity which points to an even more gracious God. -- Rt. Rev. C. Christopher Epting, ECUSA's Deputy for Ecumenical and Interfaith Relations cepting@episcopalchurch.org
The Episcopal Church stretches me delightfully in ways that I never imagined. -- Ben Porter bporter@porter-inc.com
The Episcopal Church taught me that Jesus came to challenge, not just comfort; to overturn, not maintain; to love, not judge; to include, not cast aside. -- The Rev. Canon Elizabeth R. Geitz
The Episcopal Church welcomes YOU just as you are, with all your glorious and less than glorious moments, giving you a place to grow through God's unconditional love into the person God created you to be. There's room at the table for everyone, no matter what. -- Elizabeth Geitz
The Episcopal liturgy, in the name of Jesus, gently clothes my Baptist suspicions. -- Michael Kugler kugler@nwciowa.edu
The 'fashion police' don't come to our church; the Holy Spirit does. -- Vivian E. Norton Vivenorton@aol.com
The frustration with modern society and the sense of spiritual decay were also reflected in Willa Cather’s personal life, when she, parallel to entering her new line of writing, in 1922 joined the Episcopal Church. -- Norton Anthology of American Literature
The hymn: 'One was a doctor and one was a queen and one was a shepherdess on the green and one was a soldier and one was a priest and one was slain by a fierce wild beast.' -- The Very Rev. Marilyn J. Engstrom Stmattsdean@aol.com
The name rings a bell -- Herb Gunn herbgunn@earthlink.net
The only church besides the MCC that can direct God to the antique store with a sapphire throne! -- Lutibelle/Louie lcrew@andromeda.rutgers.edu
The only institution that has lower entrance requirements than those for getting on a bus. -- The Rev. Selwyn Swift
The options: Rite One or Rite Two; back-to-congregation or facing congregation; traditional or contemporary music; all are allowed and welcome! -- John A. Merullo rockhopper@ev1.net
The Prayer Book bids us to come to God's table for strength and renewal, not for solace and pardon only. -- Agnes H. Moore agnes.moore@snet.net
The sadness and the joy are celebrated together in the Eucharist -- Keith Joseph :kjoseph@solomon.com.sb
The seasons are color-coded. -- Bungee Bynum b.bynum@gmail.com
The sermon lasted only five minutes, and the dean questioned the ongoing Vietnam War. I had never been to an Episcopal Church before, but I was hooked. -- Christina Hembree
The signs that say, 'The Episcopal Church Welcomes You' mean it. -- Nick Humez
The world is beautiful, so we worship the God who created beauty. -- Larry Graham GraLawLe@aol.com
There are only 40 Episcopalians, and I know 28 of them. -- Martha Elizabeth Stough
There is no Church in Vanuatu that offers the same kind of pastoral counseling as the Church of Melanesia. We try to help people with their problems, and are not afraid to come face to face with peoples demons, and drive them out and fill them with the love of the loving God for them. When people come to me and the other members of the Melanesian Brotherhood for prayer, we must welcome them as Christ, and give them a cup of water in Christ's name. We never try to convert people, or tell them they must come to us to be saved. But with the welcome they receive, the love they feel, the counseling they need, the people go out smiling and happy that someone was there to listen, and share with them the power of God. . -- Brother Malcolm Mwele, MBH comdov@vanuatu.com.vu
There will be no outcasts in this church! -- Edmond Browning, Presiding Bishop 1985-1997 formerpb@aol.com
There's no such thing as a politically incorrect Episcopalian. There are conservative Episcopalians and liberal Episcopalians. There are straight Episcopalians and LGBT Episcopalians. There are Catholics and Protestants. There are African, English, Asian and Alaskan Episcopalians. And none of the above. The Episcopal Church doesn't offer you set dogma, or pat answers, or a list of do's and don'ts. There's room for all kinds of people and all kinds of theologies. What the Episcopal Church does offer you is a way of prayer, a way of thinking and asking questions, a way of life in this often confusing, conflicting and complicated world, a way that may lead you closer to God. -- Jacqueline Schmitt nuchap94@yahoo.com
Think, question, think again, question again, These are the use of God's gifts: not sins in the Episcopal Church/Anglican Communion. -- Robert L. Neal 3rd RobtLNeal3@earthlink.net
This church affirms that God loves me and others like me because it allows me, a woman and a lesbian to be ordained; and it even celebrates who I am. -- The Rev. Rose Hassan rosehassan@mindspring.com
This is a church which tries to open its arms to all the diversity of God's creation; and although it fails miserably at times, it never stops trying. -- The Rev. Rose Hassan rosehassan@mindspring.com
This is the only church that's as lovingly loony as your family. -- Mary L. Lyons MaryLyonsNow@aol.com
Though you pray without ceasing, you won't be called devout. -- The Rev. Canon Bill Lewellis blewellis@diobeth.org
Tired of hell fire and brimstone? Try incense. -- Louie Crew lcrew@andromeda.rutgers.edu
To this recovering Roman Catholic, the Episcopal Church is a breath of fresh air and a ray of sunshine. Christianity never tasted so good! -- Richard F. Bautsch agit8r2@juno.com
Try us. You'll like us and we'll love you. -- Carol Marsh cmmarsh@zianet.com
Two millennia of faith; four centuries of liturgy; comrades worldwide traveling in love the journey to God we each tread alone. -- Peter Berry PBerry7053@aol.com
We affirm paradoxy. -- Diana Smith dianas@mindspring.com
We are a fun loving bunch. I am not sure if you ever noticed, but wine is rarely missing from any of our celebrations together. So it is no wonder that the story of the Wedding feast at Cana of Galilee is one of our all time favorite Gospel stories. -- Stephen D. Becker >sbecker@stpauls-lakeview.org
We are connected to the ages by stepping through the icon of the liturgy. -- Vashon Washington chsvashon@foxinternet.net
We are supported not judged. -- Ascension Cafe, Twin Falls Idaho bthom@idahodiocese.org
We believe that love without justice is cheap sentimentality. -- Carter Heyward
We believe that when God made the world and flesh, God said, 'It is good!' -- Lutibelle/Louie lcrew@andromeda.rutgers.edu
We belong before we believe. -- Joanna Wragg jwragg@wraggcasas.com
We celebrate a Christmas Season and not just a Christmas day. -- Rt. Rev. Jack McKelvey BpJackM@aol.com
We change and transform lives in Christ without the Turn-or-Burn. -- Amanda Demers
We do liturgy with all our hearts and souls. -- Ascension Cafe, Twin Falls Idaho bthom@idahodiocese.org
We do not give simple answers to complex questions. -- Ascension Cafe, Twin Falls Idaho bthom@idahodiocese.org
We do not give simple answers to complex questions. Instead, we offer tools that help people develop a sustaining faith. -- B. Lance Moody
We do pomp almost as well as the Orthodox, but we're not so dour about it. -- Dr. Ford Elms hcc.elmf@hccsj.nf.ca
We don't claim an exclusive franchise on God. -- Lutibelle/Louie lcrew@andromeda.rutgers.edu
We don't deliver our theology in sound bites. -- Jane Dobosh jpdwrite@webspan.net
We don't get rid of our enemies; we love them as our friends. -- Lutibelle/Louie lcrew@andromeda.rutgers.edu
We don't have all the answers, and we welcome others who love the questions. -- The Rev. Wilifred Allen-Faiella Revwaf@aol.com
We don't quiz you on your beliefs before worshipping with you. -- James Handsfield jhandsfield@mindspring.com
We don't say 'we're right, and others are wrong.' We say, 'Peace be with you.' -- Dan Catchpole catchpole@gmail.com
We don't use clichés or undebatable dictums to mask the struggles we experience in this earthly journey -- The Rev. William V. Livingston >rector_bill@bellsouth.net
We eat, drink, and are merry, for we live in the Kingdom of our Lord Christ. -- Ken Guthrie EngTeecher@aol.com
We find our unity in shared worship, not in enforced agreement. -- Lou Poulain
We get to sing all the verses of the hymns -- The Rev. Karen Ann Campbell gardener58@verizon.net
We go boldly where no church has gone before! -- Patsy Duncan trainman@texhoma.net
We have a faith not afraid to reason and reason not ashamed to adore. (Late Rt. Rev. Daniel Sylvester Tuttle) -- The Late Rt. Rev. Daniel Sylvester Tuttle, First Bishop of Utah and 13th Presiding Bishop, via The Rev. W. Lee Shaw WinstonLS@aol.com
We have an open door, an open font, and open rail. We'll meet you 100% of the way. -- Larry Salvadori salvadoril@kendallhq.com
We have full-bodied worship: Bow, kneel, sit, stand, kneel, hug, walk, and sometimes even raise your hands, cry, laugh, sing, shout, whisper, smell, taste, feel, touch, hold, see, and behold.. -- The Very Rev. Marilyn J. Engstrom Stmattsdean@aol.com
We have morning and evening service everyday 365 days every year and even though I miss some of the services it makes you feel good that our members worship every morning and afternoon especially in the Church of Melanesia. -- Henry Nin comdov@vanuatu.com.vu
We have the liturgical beauty of the Catholics combined with the local authority of the Southern Baptists. -- Cindy McLeod
We honor tradition but do not fossilize it. -- Lee Canipe Leecanipe@aol.com
We leave neither our minds, nor our hearts, nor our bodies at the church door. -- Larry Graham GraLawLe@aol.com
We may not have all the answers, but we have all the questions. -- Roy Murphy murphy@panix.com
We Nourish Spirits -- Ralph Spence RSPENCE406@aol.com
We partake of the wine too, not just the host. All one body we. -- Ernest Clay Ernest_Clay@hotmail.com
We promise not to throw the book at you. -- Leilani Nelson Leilani.Nelson@ecunet.org
We promise to welcome you in Christ's name. We will honor the gifts you bring. We will invite you into our community, or wish you well if you choose another path. -- Dorothy/Anne Crocker
We proudly wear ribbons of so many different colors. -- Mary Jane Herron HERA576@aol.com
We tackle issues that other denominations have neither the courage to face nor the theology to deal with. -- Patsy Duncan trainman@texhoma.net
We use cool words like 'verger', 'thurifer', 'amice', 'warden', 'aumbry' and 'columbarium' -- John A. Merullo rockhopper@ev1.net
We view the bible as a 'Why To' not a How To' manual. -- Duke DuTeil duteil@austin.rr.com
We welcome the faithful, the seeker, and the doubter. -- Diana Smith dianas@mindspring.com
We worship God with class, art and joy. -- Alison Dingley dingleya001@hawaii.rr.com
We'll never tell you you have to believe in God the way we do to be a good person, but we can tell you how our belief in God makes the goodness in us. -- P. J. Howe howe@globe.com
'Well, I thought you must be an Episcopalian, because you swear just like Governor Seward, who is a church warder.' -- Abraham Lincoln to General Reynolds, a Methodist
We're forgiven sinners and given Jesus' power to forgive. -- The Rev. Tom Rightmyer trightmy@juno.com
We're here for you. You can be truly you. You have space, and permission, to grow. -- The Rev. Roger Stokes roger.stokes2@ntnworld.com
We're high, low, broad, and sometimes wide. -- Tony Hitsman tonyhit@globetrotter.net
We've never had enough people to agree about any issue to prepare 'confessional' statements. Here again we are catholic, and not a denomination. -- Lutibelle/Louie lcrew@andromeda.rutgers.edu
We've set a place for you. -- Matthew G. Livingood mgl@livingood.net
What I like about the episcopal church is that they encourage us to develop our own ideas. I thik that that's cool, how they treat us like people with valid opinions instead of idiots that can only believe what others tell them. -- Anonymous 14-year-old
What other church will let a priest like me walk around in a dog collar and short trousers and flip flop, carrying a shiny black New Testament in my shirt pocket (Protestant evangelical), a Rosary in my trouser pocket Catholic traditional), and a CND Peace Cross around my neck (1960's till today, concern for political and social matters). I celebrate the Eucharist wearing maniples and facing East, and fiddle back chasubles, but with hand clapping and guitars, the singing every word of the service in 6 or 7 languages. I can be ministering to rapists as 4:30, and at 6:00, be shaking hands with the President of the Republic. What other church is richer spiritually and socially? -- Father Thomas Rowland, Church of Melanesia comdov@vanuatu.com.vu
What you will find inside the church is even better than any web site! -- Christopher Hart chart@voicenet.com
When asked if he was saved, Archbishop of Canterbury William Temple replied, 'I have been saved, I am being saved, I hope to be saved.' That understanding of faith, hope, and humility reinforces me as an Episcopalian/Anglican. -- Dean. George L. W. Werner, President of the House of Deputies gwerner@episcopalchurch.org
When I close my mind from worries, the liturgy carries me straight to Christ. -- Wendy W. Sopkovich WWWS@prodigy.net
When you count acolytes, Chalice bearers, ushers, greeters, nursery people, altar guild, choir, and so on, there are more people involved in an Episcopal service than in any other. And there are more opportunities to be involved. -- Donna H. Barthle
Whenever four Episcopalians gather, there is always a fifth. -- Bob Wyatt bwyatt@ang-md.org
Where a woman's place is in the House of Bishops. (No attribution) --
Where all may, some should, and none must. -- Lori Allen lorinda.allen@verizon.net
Where doubts are welcome and wounds are embraced -- Karl Lusk karllusk@earthlink.net
Where else but the Episcopal Church will I have the assurance that the significant events of my life will be magnified by such beauty and dignity? -- Michael P. Stephenson mikestep@att.net
Where else can I hear stupid jokes from tipsy priests other than a Diocesan convention? Then lead the youth delegation the following morning, breaking into convention singing with 50 other youth, followed by taking the bishop by the arm and dancing with him, leading to the entire confrence getting up and moving. Woohoo, I'll be an Episcopalian, cradle to grave. -- Maggie Thompson phishechicke@yahoo.com
Where else can you be considered a 'young person' until you are 50 years old? -- Lesley M. Adams ladams@hws.edu
Where else can you find news articles every day about your church struggling to live into God's commands? -- Bob Crystal Crys24634@aol.com
Where evolution is not only taught, it also happens! -- Rex Fliess rex@fliess.org
Where faith is caught, not taught. -- Tony Hitsman tonyhit@globetrotter.net
Where faith is God's gift to us, not our gift to God. -- Louie Crew lcrew@andromeda.rutgers.edu
Where flesh is not something dirty, but what God became! -- Lutibelle/Louie lcrew@andromeda.rutgers.edu
Where God forgives you as you forgive others. -- Lutibelle/Louie lcrew@andromeda.rutgers.edu
Where God is celebrated, not damned. -- June Maffin june@maffin.net
Where God is the only judge. -- Mike Harbin MHARBIN@OhioHealth.com
Where God is with you, not against you. -- Lori Allen lorinda.allen@verizon.net
Where God lets me be who She created me to be -- not who other people think I should be! -- The Rev. Teresa T. Bowden alohayouall@hawaii.rr.com
Where God loves you before you decide whether you love Her. -- Lutibelle/Louie lcrew@andromeda.rutgers.edu
Where God uses your face for Her own. -- Lutibelle/Louie lcrew@andromeda.rutgers.edu
Where God's unconditional love for all of us is celebrated every day. -- Sen. Marge Kilkelly
Where I can be myself. -- Ascension Cafe, Twin Falls Idaho bthom@idahodiocese.org
Where I've met the most interesting and courageous people, and they have introduced me to God. -- Barbara Cheney btc@SNET.Net
Where Jesus is ever present; underlying all the missunderstandings that go on amongst any congregation, Jesus is there. His presence is made known. The best thing about the Episcopal process is that the Church is a place of worship; only for the worship of God; all else, all worldly concerns other than prayer are laid aside. Our church is for Jesus. Thanks be to God! -- Gayle Szeredy silverstone@txcyber.com
Where Manna is baked fresh daily, never freeze dried! -- Lutibelle/Louie lcrew@andromeda.rutgers.edu
Where mucking about is an art form and where those who wish to clean it up are viewed as indelicate. -- Bill Easter paques@mindspring.com
Where our mind, soul, and body unite with the God who made them.... -- Karl Lusk karllusk@earthlink.net
Where our priest can dress up in fancy outfits. -- Ascension Cafe, Twin Falls Idaho bthom@idahodiocese.org
Where the only requirement at Communion is that you be hungry! -- The Rev. Phillip Wilson phillipwilson@mindspring.com
Where the priesthood of all believers has a good chance of including everyone, including people of all shapes, sizes, ages, colors, and abilities. -- Barbara Cheney btc@SNET.Net
Where the road to Easter is never a shortcut, but you always get there. -- Barbara Cheney btc@SNET.Net
Where the word of God is a person, not a book. -- Lutibelle/Louie lcrew@andromeda.rutgers.edu
Where there is freedom to think, to have doubts, and to be a full human being. -- The Rev. Robert Cromey twocromeys@earthlink.net
Where two or three are gathered, there will be fine wine and lively conversation. -- Ascension Cafe, Twin Falls Idaho bthom@idahodiocese.org
Where wholeness and holiness are 2 sides of the same coin. -- Barbara Cheney btc@SNET.Net
Where you don't have to hang up your brain up at the door. -- Lutibelle/Louie lcrew@andromeda.rutgers.edu
Whether Queen or Beggar, Bishop or Editor, CEO or unemployed, we share the same meal at the altar where heaven and earth join in Sanctus, and kneel (or stand) side by side whether in Canterbury Cathedral or the hut chapel of St Philip, Khartoum, Sudan, as equal sinners saved by loving grace, with absolutely no distinctions, aided by Mary, Francis, John the Beloved, Mary Magdalen, Nicholas, Lucy, Martin, Sebastian, Stephen, Jonathan Daniels, Janani Luwuum, and those who have spread light for 2000 years that at the unique name of JESUS every knee should bow. -- Canon James Rosenthal
Whole families (be they traditional or non-traditional) attend. -- The Rev. Karen Ann Campbell
With Yogi Berra, Anglicanism says, 'If you come to a fork in the road, take it' -- Craig Oehme
Women are born in God's image. -- Sally Bucklee
Women can be pastors and ministers, but only in the Episcopal church can they be priests.
Worship in our lovely catacomb!
Yes, the Anglican Communon is quite messay, but it's just so loveable. -- ++Desmond Tutu
You are accepted as family immedately and always have someone to turn to -- Edward L. Tatro, Jr. WhiteBirch05@aol.com
You don't have to be right, just honest. -- Rt. Rev. Jack McKelvey BpJackM@aol.com
You don't have to harbor and dwell on all your sins. That's why we have an altar in Episcopal churches. Take them there and leave them! -- Lutibelle/Louie lcrew@andromeda.rutgers.edu
You don't have to pass a 'litmus test.' -- Nigel Renton nrenton@insdra.com
You don't have to swim to get baptized. -- Char Vinik char@allsaintsfl.org
The 1979 Book of Common Prayer: What an incredible blessing it is! -- Greg Lynch jgljack@apci.net
It is always tea-time somewhere in the Anglican Communion -- John Leech johnrleech@yahoo.com
Episcopalians believe in prayer, but would practically die if asked o pray out loud. -- Garrison Keillor
Episcopalians, who love to sing in four-part harmony are the sort of people you could call up when you're in deep distress. If you are dying, they will comfort you. If you are lonely, they'll talk to you. And if you are hungry, they'll give you tuna salad! -- Garrison Keillor
Episcopalians usually follow the official liturgy and will feel it is their way of suffering for their sins. -- Garrison Keillor
Episcopalians drink coffee as if it were the Third Sacrament. -- Garrison Keillor
Episcopalians believe in miracles and even expect miracles, especially during their stewardship visitation programs or when passing the plate. -- Garrison Keillor
Episcopalians are willing to pay up to one dollar for a meal at church. -- Garrison Keillor
Episcopalians still serve Jell-O in the proper liturgical color of the season and Episcopalians believe that it is OK to poke fun at themselves and never take themselves too seriously. -- Garrison Keillor
You know you are an Episcopalian if you hear something really funny during the sermon and smile as loudly as you can. -- Garrison Keillor
jueves 26 de junio de 2008
N.T Wright hablando en un programa de television
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viernes 28 de diciembre de 2007
Mc Millan y la Adoracion Reformada Verdadera
Mc Millan y la Adoracion en Escocia antes de Covenanters y Pacto Donatista(1638)
Cuando tenemos un servicio que algunos dirian que es pseudo-romano no piensan en
como fue la adoracion del Siglo 16 y 17 en las principales iglesias reformadas antes que la bacteria del puritanismo infecte estas iglesias.
Eran servicios que duraban varias goras en los cuales habia por lo regular la Eucaristia (sobre todo en las iglesias continentales)pero aun en Escocia se practicaba esto,al igual que los servicios matutinos y vespertinos diarios(suplantados ahora con nuestro practico culto familiar)y los bautismos con padrinos.
Algunas iglesias permitian que los Ministros usaran la vestimenta acostumbrada en la epoca pre-reforma,otras solo una sobria tunica negra como la que usaba Calvino pero no creo que alguna permitiera vestir al Pastor como cualquier parroquiano como se hace en la mayoria de las iglesias evangelicas de ahora.
Se celebraba los festivales cristianos originarios como Pasuca,Navidad(el mismo 25 por si acaso),Ascension,Pentecostes y Epifania,incluso algunos abogaban por la celebracion del Dia de Todos los Santos.
Que todo esto fuera parte de la Iglesia Reformada demuestra que las intenciones de la iglesia era justamente Reformar las cosas malas que habian dentro de la Iglesia Catolica pero no separarse o pretender que la historia se detuvo a partir de San Agustin y recien aparecio con Lutero,como muchos"reformados" creen ahora.
El Dia de Todos los Santos por ejemplo era una fecha para recordar a nuestros antepasados en la fe quienes eran una fuente de buen ejemplo,pero el Romanismo en los ultimos siglos habian llenado el año de santos realmente sin trascendencia y eso era lo incorrecto que habia de cambiar y asi con cada una de las costumbres.
Interesante la antigua costumbre de sentarse todos a una misma mesa a compartir los elementos Eucaristicos,ahora seria muy dificil lograr esto pero podria hacerse el intento. Otra forma de volver a la intencion de los Reformadores es cultivando el año liturgico con sus diferentes estaciones y colores correspondientes,es una buena forma que poco a poco va imponiendose en nuestra Iglesia.
En resumen unna iglesia reformada segun Mc Millan tendria dos servicios dominicales con Eucaristia(al menos el de la mañana),servicios diarios mañana y tarde,celebracion de los festivales cristianos,vestimenta especial de los ministros,una Liturgia ordenada y escrita con oraciones bellamente elaboradas que podrian incluir responsos y letanias,una Lectura extensa de ambos Pactos(Testamentos) y un Sermon que seguramente tendria mas de 3 puntos,Eucaristia con un sentido profundo de la realidad de la Presencia Divina en medio de nosotros al ascender espiritualmente al cielo al encontrarnos con el Resucitado.
La lectura de Mc Millan nos hace pensar cuan lejos hemos caido de una Liturgia Reformada y cuan lejos aun estamos como Iglesia "Reformada" de implantar algo propiamente digno de ese nombre y dejar nuestros prejuicios a lado.
He aqui un ensayo conciso de la obra de este Scoto-Catolico.
Jose Barriga
Cuando tenemos un servicio que algunos dirian que es pseudo-romano no piensan en
como fue la adoracion del Siglo 16 y 17 en las principales iglesias reformadas antes que la bacteria del puritanismo infecte estas iglesias.
Eran servicios que duraban varias goras en los cuales habia por lo regular la Eucaristia (sobre todo en las iglesias continentales)pero aun en Escocia se practicaba esto,al igual que los servicios matutinos y vespertinos diarios(suplantados ahora con nuestro practico culto familiar)y los bautismos con padrinos.
Algunas iglesias permitian que los Ministros usaran la vestimenta acostumbrada en la epoca pre-reforma,otras solo una sobria tunica negra como la que usaba Calvino pero no creo que alguna permitiera vestir al Pastor como cualquier parroquiano como se hace en la mayoria de las iglesias evangelicas de ahora.
Se celebraba los festivales cristianos originarios como Pasuca,Navidad(el mismo 25 por si acaso),Ascension,Pentecostes y Epifania,incluso algunos abogaban por la celebracion del Dia de Todos los Santos.
Que todo esto fuera parte de la Iglesia Reformada demuestra que las intenciones de la iglesia era justamente Reformar las cosas malas que habian dentro de la Iglesia Catolica pero no separarse o pretender que la historia se detuvo a partir de San Agustin y recien aparecio con Lutero,como muchos"reformados" creen ahora.
El Dia de Todos los Santos por ejemplo era una fecha para recordar a nuestros antepasados en la fe quienes eran una fuente de buen ejemplo,pero el Romanismo en los ultimos siglos habian llenado el año de santos realmente sin trascendencia y eso era lo incorrecto que habia de cambiar y asi con cada una de las costumbres.
Interesante la antigua costumbre de sentarse todos a una misma mesa a compartir los elementos Eucaristicos,ahora seria muy dificil lograr esto pero podria hacerse el intento. Otra forma de volver a la intencion de los Reformadores es cultivando el año liturgico con sus diferentes estaciones y colores correspondientes,es una buena forma que poco a poco va imponiendose en nuestra Iglesia.
En resumen unna iglesia reformada segun Mc Millan tendria dos servicios dominicales con Eucaristia(al menos el de la mañana),servicios diarios mañana y tarde,celebracion de los festivales cristianos,vestimenta especial de los ministros,una Liturgia ordenada y escrita con oraciones bellamente elaboradas que podrian incluir responsos y letanias,una Lectura extensa de ambos Pactos(Testamentos) y un Sermon que seguramente tendria mas de 3 puntos,Eucaristia con un sentido profundo de la realidad de la Presencia Divina en medio de nosotros al ascender espiritualmente al cielo al encontrarnos con el Resucitado.
La lectura de Mc Millan nos hace pensar cuan lejos hemos caido de una Liturgia Reformada y cuan lejos aun estamos como Iglesia "Reformada" de implantar algo propiamente digno de ese nombre y dejar nuestros prejuicios a lado.
He aqui un ensayo conciso de la obra de este Scoto-Catolico.
Jose Barriga
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