TOWARDS A BELOVED COMMUNITY: FACING RACISM Sept. 2015
We will never really confront racism if we continue to view it as an "issue," says the Very Rev. Mike Kinman, dean of Christ Church Cathedral, St. Louis. In his blog post following Sandra Bland's death July 12 in a Waller, Texas jail, Kinman challenged those with privilege and power to make racism "personal" in order to effect real change.
HUMAN TRAFFICKING: IN PLAIN SIGHT Dec. 2012
Diolog: Texas Episcopalian (since 1874) is an official publication of the Episcopal Diocese of Texas. Human Trafficking: In Plain Sight
MUSIC: MAKE A JOYFUL NOISE UNTO THE LORD
SEPT 2013
n each article, it is the heart of a music leader that helps to set the stage for our experience of the Holy in worship, whether that's traditional hymnody, Taizé chants, jazz, gospel or Gregorian chants. Our musicians and choristers practice week in, week out, and show up on Sundays to offer their gifts.
AWAKEN YOUR SPIRIT AT CAMP ALLEN
JUNE 2016
For those of you who have been to Camp Allen, many of the articles in this issue will serve to support the spiritual formation and the hospitality you have experienced there. For those who have not attended a conference or retreat or taken your kids to camp, the following pages will illuminate a real star in our diocesan constellation.
THE HOLY LAND
MAR 2016
The Holy Land is sacred to half of humanity. My own pilgrimage last September renewed my curiosity for Scripture and the people of this place, its conflicts, its holy sites. Jerusalem is a city of the Pentecost, we are told, where each faith-Jew, Christian and Muslim-received the message of God in their own language, an epicenter of faith.
PREPARING TODAY FOR TOMORROW
SEPT 2017
The Diocese of Texas welcomed thousands of students this August in preschools, elementary, and middle and high schools. Piles and piles of backpacks have been blessed and, during the year, Episcopalians will mentor students in hundreds of classrooms and teach them in even more.