https://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/11/07/morning-prayer-11-8-17-22nd-ordinary-wednesday/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/ionaopie-nurseryrhymes-jackmanningnyt.jpgIonaOpie.NurseryRhymes.JackManningNYTThis woman made a name for herself studying nursery rhymes, children’s games and folklore, tramping about English villages tracking the little natives like a big game hunter on safari. Iona Opie, who died last month, and her collaborator-husband Peter Opie found that the rhymes were often hundreds of years old, remarkably stable in their telling from one generation to the next and one languge to another, even down to the rhythm of the recitation. Their frequently cruel outcomes – nobody can put Humpty Dumpty back together again – are often ploys in kids’ dominance games, they found, where every child is competing to win recess. (Jack Manning/The New York Times)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/remember-the-sabbath.jpgRemember the Sabbathhttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/southbronx-melrosenthal-musofcityofny.jpgSouthBronx.MelRosenthal.MusOfCityOfNYMel Rosenthal has died, a New York photographer who captured the South Bronx in the ’70s and ’80s in the midst of its epic economic decline; whole blocks looked like they had been bombed. Many photographers documented the social disaster, but Rosenthal always looked for a little spark of life, hope and humanity amidst the rubble, and was widely exhibited because of it. Once he had developed this photo, he went back to the location to give the woman a copy of it – but her building had been destroyed by fire and she moved out. (Museum of the City of New York)2017-11-08T19:03:35+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/11/08/evening-prayer-11-8-17-22nd-ordinary-wednesday/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/pakistani-priest-jeffreysamuel.jpgPakistani Priest.JeffreySamuelChurch of Pakistan priest Jeffrey Samuel, left, who currently serves a church in Peshawar, would like to move his family to a safer location, and he has a job offer in the Diocese of Mississippi – but is having problems getting visas for his wife and children, since Pakistan is on Donald Trump’s no-entry list. The Bishop is also reluctant to let a priest go, but Peshawar has been the scene of terrorist bombings for years, including the Pearl Continental Hotel (17 killed) in 2009 and the Easter Day attack at All Saints’ Church in 2013, which killed 127 and injured more than 250. Above: Fr. Samuel with Tom Welch, a Mississippian who is the station manager of Daily Office Radio and supplied this photo.https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/christworkingwithjosephasacarpenter-wmbrasseyhole.jpgChristWorkingWithJosephAsACarpenter.WmBrasseyHoleWilliam Brassey Hole: Christ Working with Joseph as a Carpenterhttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/cathchurchofresurrection-lahorepakistan-wiki.jpgCathChurchOfResurrection.LahorePakistan.WikiCathedral Church of the Resurrection, Lahore, Pakistan, built in 1887 and designed by John Oldrid Scott. (Wikipedia)2017-11-08T18:54:42+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/11/07/evening-prayer-11-7-17-willibrord-archbishop-of-utrecht-missionary-to-frisia-739/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/elton-harvard-peterjgomeshumanitarianaward-300milap.jpegElton.Harvard.PeterJGomesHumanitarianAward.$300MilAPElton John has been awarded the Peter J. Gomes Humanitarian Award by Harvard University, in recognition of his advocacy and fundraising for people with HIV/AIDS; $300 million so far. He has said that he neglected friends with the disease early in his career due to his own addictions and issues, but meeting the Indiana teenager Ryan White changed his perspective. The late Peter J. Gomes, Professor of Christian Morals at Harvard Divinity School and pastor of Memorial Church, was an American Baptist theologian and renowned sermonizer. (Associated Press)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/big-catch-of-fish-jw-org.jpgBig Catch of Fish.jw.org(jw.org)2017-11-07T22:38:14+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/11/06/morning-prayer-11-7-17-willibrord-archbishop-of-utrecht-missionary-to-frisia-739/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/nativityindy-60thanniv-johneridder.jpgNativityIndy.60thAnniv.JohnERidderChurch of the Nativity, Indianapolis, celebrated its 60th anniversary on Sunday; it was part of the diocese's last building boom after World War II, as new developments and suburbs opened up. (John E. Ridder)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/nehemiahs-wall-leenritmeyer.jpgNehemiah's Wall.LeenRitmeyerNehemiah’s Wall around the Temple and environs. (Leen Ritmeyer)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/7-angels-with-7-trumpets-censer-bambergapocalypse-11thc.jpg7 Angels with 7 Trumpets & Censer.BambergApocalypse.11thCBamberg Apocalypse, 11th C.: 7 Angels with 7 Trumpets and Censerhttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/retcaptgarymrose-medalofhonor-jabinbotsford-wapo.jpgRetCaptGaryMRose.MedalOfHonor.JabinBotsford.WaPoRetired U.S. Army Captain Gary M. Rose received the Medal of Honor two weeks ago in the White House for service more than 40 years ago during the Vietnam Era - an honor delayed because he fought in Laos, when the government didn't admit deploying troops there. He was a combat medic who treated up to 70 soldiers in one episode despite suffering multiple wounds himself; in one case he dragged an allied soldier back to safety with one hand while firing at the enemy with the other. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post)2017-11-07T15:14:15+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/11/06/evening-prayer-11-6-17-william-temple-archbishop-of-canterbury-1944/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/1stbaptistsutherlandsprings-vigil-toddheislernyt.jpg1stBaptistSutherlandSprings.Vigil.ToddHeislerNYTA vigil was held last night at the post office in Sutherland Springs, Texas for the 46 victims, dead and wounded, of a shooter yesterday morning at the First Baptist Church. The killer, a dishonorably discharged military veteran with a conviction for domestic violence, used a semi-automatic weapon of a type that used to be banned in the United States. (Todd Heisler/The New York Times)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/parableofweeds-satansowingseeds-fecc81licienrops-c1872.jpgParableOfWeeds.SatanSowingSeeds.FélicienRops, c1872ahsdjklhgskljdfghlkjh2017-11-07T00:20:12+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/11/05/morning-prayer-11-6-17-william-temple-archbishop-of-canterbury-1944/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/stjohndevoursbook-matthiasgerung-c1530.jpgStJohnDevoursBook.MatthiasGerung.c1530Matthias Gerung, c. 1530: St. John Devours the Bookhttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/nehemiahinspects-bibleencyclopedia.jpgNehemiahInspects..BibleEncyclopediaNehemiah rebuilding the wall of Jerusalem. (Bible Encyclopedia)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/charles-w-halleck-1990s-norcal.jpgCharles W Halleck.1990s.NorCalJudge Charles W. Halleck has died, a footnote in the U.S. Civil Rights Era with an interesting personal story. He was the latest in a family of lawyers from smalltown Indiana, including his father, grandmother and grandfather; his father was a Congressman, Charles A. Halleck, who was House Minority Leader (Nancy Pelosi’s job today) in the 1950s and ’60s. The Republican Congressman helped the Democratic President, Lyndon B. Johnson, pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and afterwards Johnson appointed Halleck’s son to a new local court in the Federal District of Columbia. There, young Halleck presided much like his old man, conservative and cantankerous; he hated hippies and drug dealers. But that didn’t last; he met a woman who showed him the other side of life, and soon he was meeting people he sent to Federal prison, even spending the weekend there himself. They got married, and by the end of his term he was a hippie too, whom President Carter declined to reappoint. So Judge Halleck moved to California wine country and lived happily ever after, which served the old man right. (family photo)2017-11-06T15:31:37+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/11/05/evening-prayer-11-5-17-22nd-sunday-in-ordinary-time/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/marshall-1958-ap.jpeg"Marshall."1958.APA feature film on Thurgood Marshall is now showing in theaters, and He was the leading civil rights attorney in the United States, the first Black justice of the Supreme Court and a longtime vestryman and warden at St. Augustine’s, Washington, D.C. Above: 1958. while his widow Celia admires the young actor Chadwin Bosewick who plays him, she says her Thurgood was even handsomer. (Associated Press)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/worry-faith.jpgWorry & Faithhttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/church-service-times.jpgchurch-service-times2017-11-06T23:42:25+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/11/05/morning-prayer-11-5-17-twenty-second-sunday-after-pentecost/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/fall-back-kitty.jpgFall Back Kittyhttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/salemchapelbritishme-stcatharineson-harriettubman.jpgSalemChapelBritishME.StCatharinesON.HarrietTubmanReligion News Service reports that Harriet Tubman’s former church, Salem Chapel in St. Catharines, Ontario, just north of Niagara Falls, is still meeting for worship, but having trouble raising $100,000 for maintenance, so a descendant of Tubman’s pastor has turned to crowdfunding. Begun by free blacks and escaped slaves in 1855 as a terminus on the Underground Railroad, it was originally an African Methodist Episcopal church, but switched to the British Methodists so that members didn’t have to attend meetings in the United States; Fugitive Slave laws then in force could have meant their arrest, imprisonment and return to slavery. The church has had many famous visitors, including Frederick Douglass and John Brown; Ms. Tubman, one of the great heroes of American history, is credited with leading hundreds of slaves to freedom. (church photo)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/pawn-shop-michiganave-detroit.jpgPawn Shop.MichiganAve.DetroitNeed Money? See Sam.2017-11-05T05:19:15+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/11/04/evening-prayer-11-4-17-21st-ordinary-saturday/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/palestiniansprotestbalfourdeclaration-ramallah-westbank-11-2-17-abbasmomani-afp.jpgPalestiniansProtestBalfourDeclaration.Ramallah.WestBank.11.2.17.AbbasMomani.AFPThousands of Palestinians protested the 100th anniversary of the 1917 Balfour Declaration Thursday in Ramallah, in which the British foreign minister endorsed the creation of a Jewish homeland in Palestine. The brief statement, issued during the breakup of the Ottoman Empire after World War I, called for preserving Palestinian rights too, but that was never honored. (Abbas Momani/Agence France-Presse)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/peterboroughcathnave-wiki-stevecadman.jpgPeterboroughCathNave.Wiki.SteveCadmanPeterborough Cathedral, England, founded around 655. This building was completed in 1193; Catherine of Aragon was buried there in 1536. (Steve Cadman)2017-11-04T21:15:16+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/11/03/morning-prayer-11-4-17-21st-ordinary-saturday/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/australia-sen-nickmckimm-manusisland-10-31-17.jpgAustralia Sen. NickMcKimm.ManusIsland.10.31.17Australian Senator Nick McKimm sat in protest Tuesday with former detainees of Australia on Manus Island, Papua New Guinea. Two-thirds of the 600 men left stranded there qualify for asylum, according to the Australian government, but politicians in that vast, empty continent are too afraid of Muslims to let them in. So, after paying PNG for years to lock them up in a detention camp, since ordered closed by the Papuan Supreme Court, Australia opened up the gates and cut off the utilities so the men can fend for themselves. But after repeated clashes with the island’s residents, the former captives want protection, not freedom.https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/rebuildingthewallofjerusalemundernehemiah-williambrasseyhole.jpgRebuildingTheWallOfJerusalemUnderNehemiah.WilliamBrasseyHoleWilliam Brassey Hole: Rebuilding the Wall of Jerusalem under Nehemiahhttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/indydioconvention.jpgIndyDioConventionClosing worship a week ago at the Indianapolis Diocesan Convention, hosted by St. Paul’s, Jeffersonville. (diocesan photo)2017-11-04T04:48:13+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/11/03/video-evensong-11-2-17-richard-hooker-priest-theologian-1600/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/corn-shocks-brianstevens.jpgCorn Shocks.BrianStevens(Brian Stevens)2017-11-04T02:23:34+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/11/02/morning-prayer-11-3-17-richard-hooker-priest-1600/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/sallycassidy-marshagebuhr.jpgSallyCassidy.MarshaGebuhrBishop Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows of Indianapolis recognized retiring staff members Sally Cassidy, left, and Canon Marsha Gebuhr at last weekend’s diocesan convention (synod). Ms. Cassidy was the bishop’s administrative assistant for 20 years, and Ms. Gebuhr, a Lutheran laywoman, was Canon for Administration. Both of them provided great assistance and advice to the Daily Office Network, and we salute them for their service to the Church. (diocesan photo)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/nehemiahinspectsjerusalemsswallsgates-vladsbiblenotes.jpgNehemiahInspectsJerusalems'sWalls&Gates.Vlad'sBibleNotesNehemiah inspects Jerusalem’s walls and gates. (Vlad’s Bible Notes)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/hiding-in-caves-2011sudan-nubacaves-bombs-tylerhicksnyt.jpgHiding in Caves.2011Sudan.NubaCaves.Bombs.TylerHicksNYTHiding in the Nuba caves of Sudan, 2011, as the government bombed the area just days before South Sudanese independence. (Tyler Hicks/The New York Times)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/burning-chaff-grdc-australia.jpgBurning Chaff.GRDC AustraliaBurning the chaff. (GRDC, Australia)2017-11-03T14:31:35+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/11/02/evening-prayer-11-2-17-all-faithful-departed/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/dennisbanks-1974-jimpalmerap.jpgDennisBanks.1974.JimPalmerAPDennis Banks has died, a founder in 1968 of the American Indian Movement to address civil rights, economic and social issues of indigenous Native Americans. Modeled after the Black Panthers, AIM turned from militant to violent at a couple of points, including a famous siege at Wounded Knee, South Dakota at which a police officer was shot and paralyzed. Still, they received widespread attention and support. and galvanized many on Indian reservations with messages of pride, dignity and an appreciation of history. He alerted the consciences of millions to the ongoing consequences of genocide. (Jim Palmer/Associated Press, 1974)2017-11-03T01:13:47+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/11/01/morning-prayer-11-2-17-all-faithful-departed/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/nehemiah-cupbearertoking-jamesjtissot.jpgNehemiah.CupbearerToKing.JamesJTissotJames J. Tissot: Cupbearer to the King2017-11-02T17:40:03+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/11/01/evening-prayer-11-1-17-all-saints-day/2017-11-01T22:33:28+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/10/31/morning-prayer-11-1-17-all-saints-day/2017-11-01T14:03:40+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/10/31/evening-prayer-10-31-17-eve-of-all-saints/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/ethan.jpgEthanOur honorary deacon Clint’s grandson Ethan, age 8, carved this jack-o-lantern all by himself.2017-11-01T04:20:58+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/10/30/morning-prayer-10-31-17-paul-sasaki-bishop-of-tokyo-1946-philip-tsen-bishop-of-honan-1954-luther-500/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/martinluther-95theses-stmu-history-media.jpgMartinLuther.95Theses.StMU History MediaMartin Luther, a monk and seminary professor, nailed his 95 Theses to the door of Wittenberg’s Castle Church 500 years ago today, criticizing the Catholic Church's sale of indulgences - buying time off purgatory - and examining its theological implications regarding Scripture, grace and papal authority. His arguments sparked the Protestant Reformation. (StMU History Media)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/gutenberg-bible-univtexas.jpgGutenberg Bible.UnivTexasA Gutenberg Bible from the University of Texas. Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press with movable type and was using it by 1450 to print Bibles, church indulgences and whatever else would sell – including, after his death, Luther’s 95 Theses; a print run in 1522 sold 300,000 copies.https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/names-jacob-m-sims.pngNames.Jacob M. SimsA soldier assigned to a Joint Base Lewis-McChord battalion died Oct. 27 in Afghanistan, the Department of Defense announced. Chief Warrant Officer Jacob M. Sims, 36, died from injuries sustained in a helicopter crash in the Logar Province of Afghanistan. The incident is under investigation. Sims was born in Oklahoma, enlisted in the Army in 1999 and spent time stationed in North Carolina and Alaska. In 2014, Sims volunteered to serve in the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment. He served as a fully mission qualified MH-47G pilot-in-command and company aviation safety officer. Sims, recipient of numerous awards and decorations, was a veteran of missions in Kosovo, Iraq and Afghanistan. Col. Philip Ryan, regiment commander, extended his condolences to Sims’ family and friends Sunday. “Jacob lived by a creed that few understand and even fewer embody. He will not be forgotten and his legacy will endure through his family, friends, and fellow Night Stalkers.”2017-10-31T14:23:27+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/10/30/evening-prayer-10-30-17-john-wyclif-priest-prophetic-witness-1384/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/opium-helmandprovinceafghanistan-heroin-bryandenton-nyt.jpgOpium.HelmandProvinceAfghanistan.Heroin.BryanDenton.NYTAn opium field in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, which produces about 85% of the world’s heroin, a $60 billion market. This is what finances the Taliban; they're now processing the heroin themselves. (Bryan Denton/The New York Times)2017-10-30T23:48:33+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/10/30/morning-prayer-10-30-17-john-wyclif-priest-prophetic-witness-1384/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/christchurchalexandriava-richgrant-alexandriacvb.jpgChristChurchAlexandriaVA.RichGrant.AlexandriaCVBChrist Church, Alexandria, Virginia has decided to remove memorial plaques in honor of George Washington and Robert E. Lee from the chancel and hang them in another suitable place in the parish hall, part of the ongoing U.S. reassessment of historical figures who owned slaves. Washington, the first president, is usually sacrosanct, but his marker is part of a matched set with Lee’s, the Confederate general who led the Civil War against the United States. Both men went to church there; Alexandria is just across the river from Washington City, and Lee’s home was next door in Arlington. (Rich Grant/Alexandria CVB)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/zechariah-visionofmanonredhorse.jpgZechariah.VisionOfManOnRedHorseZechariah’s vision of the man on the red horse; source unknown.2017-10-30T14:49:41+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/10/29/evening-prayer-10-29-17-21st-sunday-after-pentecost/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/holytrinitycath-aucklandnz-nigelbrown.jpgHolyTrinityCath.AucklandNZ.NigelBrownHoly Trinity Cathedral was dedicated yesterday in Auckland, New Zealand, 60 years after construction began in 1957 and 174 years after George Augustus Selwyn, the missionary bishop who founded the Church in New Zealand, bought the land for it. A chapel dedicated to him was the finishing touch. (Nigel Brown)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/holytrincathauckland-anglicantaonga.jpgHolyTrinCathAuckland.AnglicanTaongaInterior of Holy Trinity Cathedral, Auckland. (Anglican Taonga)2017-10-29T23:38:51+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/10/29/morning-prayer-10-29-17-21st-sunday-after-pentecost/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/crucifix-christchurchlouisville-edhamilton.jpgCrucifix.ChristChurchLouisville.EdHamiltonA cross made by parishioner Ed Hamilton at Christ Church Cathedral, Louisville, Kentucky, showing Christ’s hands nailed to the crossbar. (Tom Welch)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/stapollos-today-blog.jpgStApollos.Today blogSt. Apollos; some scholars say he wrote the Epistle to the Hebrews. (Today blog)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/haggai-russian-18thc-kizhimonastery-kareliarussia.jpgHaggai.Russian.18thC.KizhiMonastery.KareliaRussiaRussian, 18th C.: the prophet Haggai (Kizhi Monastery, Karelia, Russia)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/johnclowe-dailyprogress.jpgJohnCLowe.DailyProgressJohn C. Lowe has died, a loyal alumnus of the University of Virginia Law School who sued the public university in 1969 when he found out his office assistant couldn’t enroll there because she was a woman. (Females could study to be teachers or nurses, but not enroll in the College of Arts and Sciences.) The university capitulated within two years, just one in a string of important legal victories, including a right-to-publish case in the Supreme Court. A conservative Republican from a privileged background, he repeatedly found himself defending liberal values; justice has a way of doing that. (Dan Addison/University of Virginia)2017-10-29T05:17:47+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/10/28/evening-prayer-10-28-17-st-simon-st-jude-apostles/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/jeannebrousse.jpgJeanneBrousseJeanne Brousse has died, a Frenchwoman recognized as a Righteous Gentile by Yad Vashem, the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Jerusalem. She was the daughter of a prefect official when desperate Jews started coming to her for help. She provided false IDs, ration cards and helped parents hide their children from the Nazis. She didn't even know any Jews when she started, but said her Catholic faith told her what to do. After the war she didn't talk about it for 30 years, until people started tracking her down to thank her. Above: with three sisters she rescued, who turned out to be the daughters of a rabbi; all of them survived, and their father told their story to Israeli authorities. (family photo)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/rain-pavilion-hawaiinaturecenter.jpgRain Pavilion.HawaiiNatureCenterA rain pavilion, using classic Native A-frame design, at the Hawaii Nature Center: open to the breeze, with translucent windows to watch the rain come down.https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/stjude-natlshrineof.jpgStJude.NatlShrineOfStatue in the National Shrine of St. Jude, a Claretian ministry on the South Side of Chicago. They are celebrating today.2017-10-28T23:20:50+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/10/27/morning-prayer-10-28-17-st-simon-st-jude-apostles/2017-10-28T04:39:13+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/10/27/video-evensong-10-27-17-friday-in-the-20th-week-after-pentecost/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/st-pauls-jeffersonville.jpgst-pauls-jeffersonvilleSt. Paul’s, Jeffersonville, Indiana is the host of the 180th convention of the Diocese of Indianapolis. (parish photo)2017-10-28T08:56:59+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/10/26/morning-prayer-10-27-17-20th-ordinary-friday/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/holykiss.jpgHolyKisshttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/2ndtemplefoundationlaid-templeinstitute.jpg2ndTempleFoundationLaid.TempleInstituteghkgjhgkhjfkhttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/holy-spirit-dove-window.jpgHoly-Spirit Dove windowhttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/st-corneliuslinwood-13thc-lincolnshire-richardcroft-geograph-org-uk-640.jpgSt.Cornelius'Linwood.13thC.Lincolnshire.RichardCroft.geograph.org.uk.640St. Cornelius’, Lindwood, a 13th Century church in Lincolnshire, England. (Richard Croft)2017-10-27T14:08:32+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/10/25/morning-prayer-10-26-17-alfred-the-great-king-of-the-west-saxons-899/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/fatsdomino1967-clivelimpkin-dailyexpress.jpgFatsDomino1967.CliveLimpkin.DailyExpressAntoine Dominique Domino, Jr. has died, a self-taught rhythm and blues singer in New Orleans whose party-time voice and boogie-woogie piano scored dozens of Top 40 hits and sold 65 million records in the 1950s and ’60s. When a reporter once referred to Elvis Presley as “the king,” Elvis pointed to Fats Domino and said, “There’s the real king of rock ‘n’ roll.” (Clive Limpkin/Daily Express)2017-10-26T14:41:52+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/10/26/evening-prayer-10-26-17-alfred-the-great-king-of-the-west-saxons-899/2017-10-26T04:16:22+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/10/24/morning-prayer-10-25-17-twentieth-ordinary-wednesday/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/morehousepresdavidathomas.jpgMorehousePresDavidAThomasMorehouse College in Atlanta has a new president, David Thomas, a Harvard professor and former dean at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. Morehouse boosters hope Dr. Thomas can usher in a new period of stability and growth at the historically Black college, whose most famous graduate was Martin Luther King, Jr. The school has gone through several presidents in the last few years, including resignations, terminations and faculty no-confidence votes; Thomas has been an able fundraiser in his previous positions. (college photo)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/city-methodist-church-garyin-davidtribby-darkroastedblend.jpgCity Methodist Church.GaryIN.DavidTribby.DarkRoastedBlendRuins of City Methodist Church, Gary, Indiana (Gary Tribby, Dark Roasted Blend)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/peacecross-bladensburgmd-wwi-mem-amandavoisand-wapo.jpgPeaceCross.BladensburgMD.WWI Mem.AmandaVoisand.WaPoCitizens of Bladensburg, Maryland erected this Peace Cross in the 1920s near a busy highway as a World War I memorial; they named it Valor. But now it is coming under fire from nonbelievers as a violation of the U.S. separation of church and state. It is, after all, a giant cross, which is what everyone wanted back then; but not everyone wants it now. (Amanda Voisand/The Washington Post)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/arenalvolcano-costarica-wiki.jpgArenalVolcano.CostaRica.WikiFor joy in God’s creation: Arenal volcano, Costa Rica (Wikipedia)2017-10-26T00:08:28+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/10/25/evening-prayer-10-25-17-twentieth-ordinary-wednesday/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/1898-convocation.jpg1898 ConvocationA framed photo of “the Jordan Family Camp at an Episcopal Convocation, 1898” – likely the annual Niobrara Convocation of Sioux Episcopalians in South Dakota – kept by the Brotherhood of St. Andrew U.S. headquarters in Louisville, Kentucky.https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/peelcathedral-isleofman-wiki.jpgPeelCathedral.IsleOfMan.WikiPeel Cathedral on the Isle of Man; built in 1884, it was designated the cathedral in 1980 and rebranded “Cathedral Isle of Man” two years ago. (Wikipedia)2017-10-25T21:53:01+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/10/24/evening-prayer-10-2417-twentieth-ordinary-tuesday/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/epa-sciencegagprotests-providenceri-narragansettbay-michellersmith-ap.jpgEPA.ScienceGagProtests.ProvidenceRI.NarragansettBay.MichelleRSmith.APThe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is now censoring science; yesterday it ordered employees and a research contractor not to give presentations at a conference in Providence, Rhode Island on the current state of Narragansett Bay because the reports include data on how the bay is reacting to climate change. These people stood outside the meeting hall protesting with tape over their mouths. (Michelle R. Smith/Associated Press)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/comeuntome-allyouwholabor-1stpres-belmontnc.jpgComeUntoMe.AllYouWhoLabor.1stPres.BelmontNC“Come unto me, all you who labor” window at First Presbyterian, Belmont, North Carolina. (parish photo)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/northchristianchurch-colsin-eerosaarinen-greghume.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAEero Saarinen, architect: North Christian Church, Columbus, Indiana (Greg Hume)2017-10-24T21:25:58+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/10/23/morning-prayer-10-24-17-twentieth-ordinary-tuesday/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/stolenstmichael-monteroduniit-giannicipriano-nyt.jpgStolenStMichael.MonteroduniIT.GianniCipriano.NYTChurches contain valuable objects, and Italy’s 60,000 churches are chock full of paintings, sculpture and statuary worth millions, not to mention items with sentimental value. This church in Monteroduni, Italy had its small statue of St. Michael stolen. The carabinieri conducted a massive investigation, found it and brought it back, complete with a brass band and a procession. (Gianni Cipriano/The New York Times)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/stmichaelsmonteroduniit-giannicipriano-nyt.jpgStMichael'sMonteroduniIT.GianniCipriano.NYTThe statue of St. Michael the Archangel, back in its place at the church in Monteroduni, Italy. But before the priest left for the night, the statue was hidden away securely. (Gianni Cipriano/The New York Times)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/salisburycathofbvm-geograph-org-uk-hughchevallier.jpgSalisburyCathOfBVM.Geograph.org.uk.HughChevallierIf you guessed Salisbury, you’re right, but here’s your bonus question: to what saint is this cathedral dedicated? If you said the Blessed Virgin Mary, you win. (Hugh Chevallier)2017-10-24T14:16:27+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/10/23/evening-prayer-10-23-17-st-james-of-jerusalem-brother-of-our-lord-martyr-c-62/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/pollution-trafficnewdelhi-causes1of6deathsworldwide-manishswarup-ap.jpgPollution.TrafficNewDelhi.Causes1Of6DeathsWorldwide.ManishSwarup.APAs if the connection between burning fossil fuels and climate change weren’t enough, the resulting air pollution is responsible for 1 in 6 deaths, according to a new study in Lancet; that’s nine million people every year, led by India and China. Above: traffic in New Delhi. (Manish Swarup/Associated Press)2017-10-23T22:29:33+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/10/22/morning-prayeer-10-23-17-st-james-of-jerusalem-brother-of-our-lord-martyr-c-62/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/anathoth-inthomson-1859-wiki.jpgAnathoth.inThomson.1859.WikiAnathoth, a village in Benjamin that was Jeremiah’s hometown, did not like his preaching. So they plotted to kill him. (in Thomson, 1859)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/war-brotheragainstbrother-1914-theresabernstein.jpegWar.BrotherAgainstBrother.1914.TheresaBernsteinTheresa Bernstein: War: Brother Against Brother, 19142017-10-23T18:10:33+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/10/22/evening-prayer-10-22-17-twentieth-sunday-in-ordinary-time/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/holdenautoworkers-elizabethsaus-markbrake-australianap.jpgHoldenAutoworkers.ElizabethSAus.MarkBrake.AustralianAPAustralians, especially these autoworkers, are mourning the loss of their homegrown auto industry, as the last Holden plant closed in Elizabeth, South Australia last week. Domestic companies can’t compete with foreign behemoths with much greater research budgets and economies of scale. (Mark Brake/Australian Associated Press)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/lambs-oddstuffmagazine.jpgLambs.OddStuffMagazinehttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/stlukesinterior-easthamptonny.jpgStLuke'sInterior.EastHamptonNYSt. Luke’s, East Hampton, New York2017-10-22T21:26:05+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/10/21/morning-prayer-10-22-17-twentieth-sunday-after-pentecost/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/museumofthebible-michaelswilliamson-wapo.jpgMuseumOfTheBible.MichaelSWilliamson.WaPoA new Museum of the Bible is opening soon in Washington, D.C., built by a family that owns an American chain of craft stores which successfully sued to keep from having to provide birth control to employees under Obamacare. They were also fined several million dollars recently for paying smugglers to loot antiquities in the Middle East; this is the building meant to house them. Jesus is not much evident initially, according to press reports, noting there are many museums in the District. (Michael Williamson/The Washington Post)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/destructionofjerusalem-biblegateway.jpgDestructionOfJerusalem.BibleGatewayDestruction of Jerusalem (Bible Gateway)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/jesusapostles-thoughtco.jpgJesus&Apostles.ThoughtCo(ThoughtCo)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/peterboroughcath-nave-wiki.jpgPeterboroughCath.Nave.WikiPeterborough Cathedral, England (Wikipedia)2017-10-22T04:41:35+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/10/21/evening-prayer-10-21-17-nineteenth-ordinary-saturday/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/hicksitefriendsmeetinghouse-richmondin-waynecohistmus-habs.jpgHicksiteFriendsMeetingHouse.RichmondIN.WayneCoHistMus.HABSThe Hicksite Friends Meeting House in Richmond, Indiana was built in 1865 by followers of Elias Hicks, a Quaker and abolitionist leader who taught that obedience to the Inner Light is the sole rule of faith and the foundation of Christianity; his teachings resulted in a major schism among the Friends. Throughout its history the small Indiana city has been a center of U.S. Quakerism; today this building is the county historical museum. (Historic American Buildings Survey, Library of Congress)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/jacindaardern-37-nzpm-labournz1stgreens-matthewabbott-nyt.jpgJacindaArdern.37.NZPM.Labour+NZ1st&Greens.MatthewAbbott.NYTIt’s Jacindamania in New Zealand; at age 37 Jacinda Ardern is to be the next prime minister, representing Labour in a three-way coalition with the Greens and New Zealand First, a small anti-immigrant party that held the balance of power. The conservative National Party actually won the most votes, but Ardern rode a wave of popular support to get within striking distance. (Matthew Abbott/The New York Times)2017-10-21T23:38:33+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/10/20/morning-prayer-10-21-17-nineteenth-saturday-after-pentecost/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/anthonyjosh-10-14-17.jpgAnthony&Josh.10.14.17.Two old friends and ex-classmates got together for the first time in 43 years last week in Chicago: Fr. Anthony Guillen, National Latino/Hispanic Missioner for The Episcopal Church, in town to teach a cultural immersion class for “Anglo” clergy and lay leaders, and Br. Josh Thomas, lay evangelist and founder of the Daily Office Network. They made a video of reminiscences about Church Army training under Howard E. Galley, Jr. and Brooke Bushong, then Josh interviewed Anthony about Latino ministry for Daily Office Radio.https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/chaldeansdestroybrazenseaintemple-jamestissot.jpgThe Chaldees Destroy the Brazen SeaJames Tissot: Chaldeans Destroy the Brazen Sea in the Temple of Jerusalem (Jewish Museum, New York City)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/stjohns-downshirehill-hampstead-proprietarychapel-davidhawgood.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERASt. John’s, Downshire Hill, Hampstead, a proprietary chapel (now owned by the congregation) independent of the Diocese of London. At one time there were 50 such chapels in the city, built in outlying areas, but now all but this one have been converted to parish churches. (David Hawgood)2017-10-21T03:32:54+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/10/20/video-evensong-10-20-17-nineteenth-friday-after-pentecost/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/stjohnbaptistinprison-2disciples-giovannidipaolo.jpgStJohnBaptistInPrison.2Disciples.Giovanni(di)PaoloGiovanni di Paolo: St. John Baptist Visited in Prison by Two Discipleshttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/stmaryredcliffe-bristol-alexshurakovskyi.jpgStMaryRedcliffe.Bristol.AlexShurakovskyiThe nave of St. Mary’s Redcliffe, Bristol, one of England’s largest and most beautiful parish churches. (Alex Shurakovskyi)2017-10-21T02:44:15+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/10/19/morning-prayer-10-20-17-nineteenth-friday-after-pentecost/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/corneliabailey-andrewmohin-nyt.jpgCorneliaBailey.AndrewMohin.NYTCornelia Bailey has died, a cultural preservation advocate for her native Gullah-Geechee culture of Sapelo Island, U.S. Georgia, where the isolation of island life helped the descendants of slaves retain some of their West African traditions, language and religion. The island’s black population has dropped from 539 in 1910 to about 50 a century later. She fought efforts by wealthy whites to buy up the land for vacation homes, and a tax-raising scheme by state government which would have forced property owners to sell. (Andrew Mohin/The New York Times)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/jeremiahzedekiah-charlesfoster.jpgJeremiah&Zedekiah.CharlesFosterCharles Foster: Jeremiah and Zedekiahhttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/ladychapel-stmaryredcliffe-bristol-alexzhurakovskyi.jpgLadyChapel.StMaryRedcliffe.Bristol.AlexZhurakovskyiLady Chapel, St. Mary’s Redcliffe, Bristol, England (Alex Zhurakovskyi)2017-10-20T18:39:31+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/10/19/evening-prayer-10-19-17-henry-martyn-missionary-to-india-persia-1812/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/burrenireland-hurricaneophelia-clodaghkilcoyne-reuters.jpgBurrenIreland.HurricaneOphelia.ClodaghKilcoyne.ReutersHurricane Ophelia, a rare European hurricane, hit Ireland this week, downing trees, cutting power and killing three people as they tried to escape in their cars. (Clodagh Kilcoyne/Reuters)2017-10-19T21:46:52+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/10/18/morning-prayer-10-19-17-william-carey-missionary-to-india-1834/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/gorddownie-tragicallyhip-kevinlight-reuters.jpgGordDownie.TragicallyHip.KevinLight.ReutersCanadian music icon Gord Downie has died, frontman of the Tragically Hip who announced last year that he had an inoperable brain tumor – and then took the band on a coast-to-coast farewell tour; a livestream of their final concert in hometown Kingston, Ontario shut down Canada. People loved how he worked Canadian history and culture into his stories; he was considered the informal poet laureate. (Kevin Light/Reuters)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/william-carey-wiki.jpgWilliam Carey.WikiWilliam Carey helped found the English Baptist Missionary Society and set out for India in 1793. There he translated the Bible into Bengali, Hindi, Arabic and Sanskrit, as well as the New Testament into other Indian languages and dialects. He also founded Serampore University, the first degree-granting university in India. (Wikipedia)2017-10-19T14:28:39+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/10/18/evening-prayer-10-18-17-st-luke-the-evangelist/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/lilac-breastedroller-loganhubbardphotography.jpgLilac-BreastedRoller.LoganHubbardPhotographyFor the beauty of the earth: lilac-breasted roller, a native of sub-Saharan Africa. (Logan Hubbard Photography)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/rohingyas-gregconstantine.jpgExiled To Nowhere: Burma's Rohingya Exiled To Nowhere: Burma's RohingyaRohingya women wait for food at a refugee camp near Shamlapur, Bangladesh. (Greg Constantine)2017-10-19T00:11:56+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/10/17/morning-prayer-10-18-17-st-luke-the-evangelist/2017-10-18T12:04:24+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/10/17/evening-prayer-10-17-17-ignatius-bishop-of-antioch-martyr-c-115/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/coffeypark-santarosaca-marciojosesanchez-ap.jpgCoffeyPark.SantaRosaCA.MarcioJoseSanchez.APCoffey Park, a neighborhood in Santa Rosa, California wiped out by a raging forest fire. Forty-one people have been killed so far and scores are still missing. (Marcio José Sanchez/Associated Press)2017-10-17T23:56:20+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/10/16/morning-prayer-10-17-17-ignatius-of-antioch-bishop-martyr-c-115/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/stignatiusantioch-nyc-87thwestendave-nycago.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERASt. Ignatius of Antioch, 87th Street at West End Avenue, New York City. The parish was founded in 1871 by Anglo-Catholic priest Ferdinand Ewer after his dramatic resignation as rector of Christ Church, which did not support his High Church plans. The new congregation bought a Dutch Reformed church on 40th Street opposite Bryant Park, before moving to the Upper West Side in 1902. Bishop Potter of New York, no friend of ritualism, refused to attend the opening, but allowed Bishop of Fond du Lac Charles Grafton to stand in for him. The parish, on a 75 by 100 foot lot, finally felt it had enough room for a proper procession! (New York City chapter, American Guild of Organists)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/speaking-in-tongues-naij-nigeria.jpgSpeaking in Tongues.NAIJ Nigeria(NAIJ Nigeria)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/dove-streptopeliasenegalensis-laughingdove-encyclobritannica.jpgDove.StreptopeliaSenegalensis.LaughingDove.EncycloBritannicaStretopelia senegalensis, known as a laughing dove because of its call. (Encyclopedia Britannica)2017-10-17T14:28:40+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/10/16/evening-prayer-10-16-17-hugh-latimer-nicholas-ridley-bishops-martyrs-1555/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/hughlatimer-nicholasridley-thomascranmer-placeofmartyrdom-balliolcolloxford-junebutler.jpgHughLatimer.NicholasRidley.ThomasCranmer.PlaceOfMartyrdom.BalliolCollOxford.JuneButlerThe place where the Protesting Bishops Latimer, Ridley (and later, Archbishop Thomas Cranmer of Canterbury) were martyred at Balliol College, Oxford, 462 years ago. Until recently The Episcopal Church celebrated all three of them together – their trials were virtually simultaneous, and their deaths within a few months of each other – but the most recent calendar gives Cranmer his own day on 21 March.https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/jesuscommissions-synaxisofthetwelveapostles-constantinoplemaster-14thc-pushkinmuseum.jpgJesusCommissions.SynaxisOfTheTwelveApostles.ConstantinopleMaster.14thC.PushkinMuseumConstantinople Master, 14th C.: Synaxis of the Twelve Apostles (Pushkin Museum)2017-10-16T22:40:09+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/10/15/morning-prayer-10-16-17-hugh-latimer-nicholas-ridley-bishops-martyrs-1555/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/herthaberlin.jpgHerthaBerlinMembers of the Hertha Berlin soccer team knelt in solidarity with NFL football players at the start of their match yesterday. The team tweeted, “Hertha BSC stands for tolerance and responsibility! For a tolerant Berlin and an open-minded world, now and forevermore!” (Hertha Berlin)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/jehoiakimburnsscroll-hiswordinpictures.jpgJehoiakimBurnsScroll.hiswordinpicturesJehoiakim Burns the Scroll of Jeremiah (hiswordinpictures blog)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/crucifix-wood.jpgCrucifix.Wood2017-10-16T19:46:40+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/10/15/evening-prayer-10-15-17-nineteenth-sunday-in-ordinary-time/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/jesus-friend-of-sinners.jpgJesus-friend-of-sinners“Jesus Friend of Sinners,” by an artist unknown to us. Graphics like this have been done since at least the 1960s, enough to become tiresome, a collection of stereotypes – including white Jesus. The first time you see one, it does get your attention, but if you’ve seen one you’ve seen them all. (These figures don’t even have tattoos, and there are no teenage boys with saggy pants.) We’re not shocked anymore at how quick the Pharisees were to judge Jesus and the woman, even as we go on blithely judging others ourselves. So let’s ask ourselves whom we might cast in these sinner roles – maybe specific people, or our own generic Lesbian or redneck or Episcopalian or Rohingya or Jew. One thing is sure: the woman in the following lesson, and the interaction that develops between her and Jesus, isn’t stereotyped at all.https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/georgeweah-leadingliberia-africansoccerplayerofcentury-issoufsanogo-afp.jpgGeorgeWeah.LeadingLiberia.AfricanSoccerPlayerOfCentury.IssoufSanogo.AFPGeorge Weah, one of the greatest soccer/football players Africa has ever produced, is the leading vote-getter in Liberia’s presidential election held a week ago, authorities announced. He has never held political office, so how would that work out for an impoverished country still recovering from a devastating, 20-year civil war? The Daily Office Network has an interest in this election because we support the nursing school at Cuttington University, Liberia’s leader in higher education. Weah ran four years ago and lost to highly qualified Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, who won the Nobel Prize for Peace; her vice-president, Joseph Boakai, is running second this time to Mr. Weah. The results are very preliminary, with only a fraction of ballots counted; final results will be announced 25 October. The voting was deemed generally fair by outside observers; a runoff will occur if no candidate gets a majority. (Issouf Sanogo/Agence France-Presse)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/standrewscath-tokyo-wiki.jpgStAndrew'sCath.Tokyo.WikiSt. Andrew’s Cathedral, Tokyo (Wikipedia)2017-10-15T17:49:33+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/10/15/morning-prayer-10-15-17-nineteenth-sunday-after-pentecost/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/francescamolly-10-11-17.jpgFrancesca&Molly.10.11.17Another of our “Daily Office babies,” Molly with her grandmother Francesca last Wednesday.https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/jeremiahbaruch-scribe-bibleexplained-com.jpgJeremiah&Baruch.Scribe.bibleexplained.comJeremiah dictating to Baruch, his scribe. (Bibleexplained.com)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/stgiles-wrexham-wales-davidpowell.jpgStGiles.Wrexham.Wales.DavidPowellSt. Giles’, Wrexham in the Diocese of St. Asaph, Wales, the largest medieval parish church in the country. (David Powell)2017-10-15T06:19:31+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/10/14/evening-prayer-10-14-17-samuel-isaac-joseph-schereschewsky-bishop-of-shanghai-1906/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/voorheescollegehistoricdistrict.jpgVoorheesCollegeHistoricDistrictSt. Philip's Chapel at Voorhees College, Denmark, South Carolina, part of the Voorhees National Historic District. Students and staff built the first college buildings. https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/mowing-hay.jpgMowing Hay2017-10-14T14:05:42+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/10/13/morning-prayer-10-14-17-samuel-isaac-joseph-schereschewsky-bishop-of-shanghai-1906/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/gun-murders-per-100k.jpgGun Murders per 100K(American Journal of Medicine)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/katahdinwoodsnatlmon-maine-robertfbukaty-ap.jpgKatahdinWoodsNatlMon.Maine.RobertFBukaty.APKatahdin Woods National Monument, Maine. (Robert F. Bukaty/Associated Press)2017-10-14T04:15:49+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/10/13/video-evensong-10-13-17-an-ordinary-friday/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/norwichcath-cricketpark.jpgNorwichCath.CricketParkNorwich Cathedral, England (The Rev. Cricket Park)2017-10-14T03:06:08+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/10/12/morning-prayer-9-13-17-friday-of-the-18th-week-after-pentecost/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/pen-penmotorcycles-alternativenatlcongress-monrovia-10-7-17-janehahn-nyt.jpgPen-penMotorcycles.AlternativeNatlCongress.Monrovia.10.7.17.JaneHahn.NYTPen-pen motorcycle drivers wore T-shirts promoting one Liberian presidential candidate last week, while waiting for fares outside an opponent’s rally in Monrovia. The next day they wore a third candidate’s shirt, whoever paid them last; voters have become inured to (and eager for) politicians’ low-level bribes. (Jane Hahn/The New York Times)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/nebuchadnezzarii-terracottacylinder-buildingconstructionatbabylon-604-562bc-britishmuseum.jpgNebuchadnezzarII.TerracottaCylinder.Building&ConstructionAtBabylon.604-562BC.BritishMuseumA terra cotta cylinder containing records of building and construction in Babylon during the long reign of Nebuchadnezzar II from 604-562 B.C. (British Museum)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/6-4-3-dp-justinbopp.png6-4-3 DP.JustinBoppIn a classic 6-4-3 double play in baseball, the second baseman isn’t allowed to say, “You are a shortstop, I have no need of you.” If the fielders don’t play together, all runners are safe. (Justin Bopp)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/elescorialbasilica-spain-wiki.jpgElEscorialBasilica.Spain.WikiEl Escorial Basilica, Spain (Wikipedia)2017-10-13T17:24:42+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/10/12/evening-prayer-10-12-17-18th-ordinary-thursday/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/caguaspr-wapo.jpgCaguasPR.WaPoSatellite view of Caguas, Puerto Rico, two weeks after Hurricane Maria. Some 86% of Puerto Rico is still without electricity, and elected officials are saying it may not be restored for six months or a year. Some people are predicting a mass migration from Puerto Rico to South Florida and other parts of the mainland U.S. (Washington Post)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/jesushealswomanwithhemorrhages-alexandrebida.jpgJesusHealsWomanWithHemorrhages.AlexandreBidahttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/princegeorgewinyahchurch-georgetownsc-elisarolle.jpgPrinceGeorgeWinyahChurch.GeorgetownSC.ElisaRollePrince George, Winyah is an Episcopal church with a fascinating history in Georgetown, South Carolina. It’s a colonial church dating to 1726, and at one time the parish was the unit of local government; the name refers to the then-Prince of Wales who became George II. This brick church was built in 1745 with port fees and taxpayer money from the Colonial Assembly. Today it’s one of the oldest congregations in the state, with one of the oldest buildings in continuous use; it joined the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. (Elisa Rolle)2017-10-12T22:01:19+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/10/11/morning-prayer-10-12-17-thursday-in-the-18th-week-after-pentecost/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/balukthalrefugeecamp-gregconstantine.jpgExiled To Nowhere: Burma's Rohingya Exiled To Nowhere: Burma's RohingyaBalukhali refugee camp, Bangladesh; 400,000 Rohingyas are now confined to such camps after escaping persecution and death in Myanmar. (Greg Constantine)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/josiahdestroysidols-bibleencyclopedia.jpgJosiahDestroysIdols.BibleEncyclopediaJosiah’s campaign to destroy idols (Bible Encyclopedia)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/chalklevelcmechurch-harnettconc-gerrydincher.jpgChalkLevelCMEChurch.HarnettCoNC.GerryDincherChalk Level C.M.E. Church, Harnett County, North Carolina. The Colored Methodist Episcopal Church was founded in 1870, after the U.S. Civil War, out of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South by ministers and former slaves in Jackson, Tennessee who did not want to be part of a segregated church. The word Colored was dropped in favor of Christian in 1954. In 2012 the C.M.E. Church entered full communion with other U.S. Methodist bodies, including the United Methodists, the A.M.E. and A.M.E. Zion Churches. There were about 800,000 C.M.E. members at last count. (Gerry Dincher)2017-10-12T14:50:39+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/10/11/evening-prayer-10-11-17-philip-deacon-evangelist/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/rohingyasaidtruck-gregconstantine.jpgExiled To Nowhere: Burma's Rohingya Exiled To Nowhere: Burma's RohingyaThe surge of 400,000 Rohingya into Bangladesh has caused a humanitarian crisis. Desperate Rohingya are completely reliant on humanitarian assistance; above: a thousand Rohingya gravitate toward a truck filled with private donations of rice. (Greg Constantine)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/mithon-latestschoolphotooct2017.jpgMithon.LatestSchoolPhotoOct2017The Diocese of Indianapolis is gearing up its fundraising campaign for Lunches and Lessons at the school it built in Mithon, Haiti, where we are supporting eight students this year. A delegation from the diocesan world missions committee just visited and took this picture a few days ago.https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/mundimedicina-ohc.jpgMundiMedicina.OHCThe Cross is the medicine of the world: sign above the guesthouse entrance at Holy Cross Monastery, West Park, New York.2017-10-12T00:35:58+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/10/10/morning-prayer-10-11-17-philip-deacon-evangelist/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/repentwhitesupremacy-100thanniv-mtvernonplaceum-katherinefrey-wapo.jpgRepentWhiteSupremacy.100thAnniv.MtVernonPlaceUM.KatherineFrey.WaPoMethodism in the United States split into northern and southern factions over slavery in 1844, 17 years before the start of the Civil War, and remained separate for almost a century, until 1939. During that time Southern Methodists planned to build a big flagship church in Washington, D.C., but didn’t get it built until 1917 with the completion of Mount Vernon Place Methodist Episcopal, now celebrating its 100th anniversary in an unusual way: erecting banners repenting of white supremacy and “building a foundation for truth and reconciliation.” Current members affixed their signatures to the bottom of the banner. (Katherine Frey/Washington Post)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/josiah-reads-deuteronomy.jpgJosiah Reads DeuteronomyJosiah reads Deuteronomy (artist unknown)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/stphilipdeacon-ethiopianeunuch-reviveuknow-org.jpgStPhilipDeacon & EthiopianEunuch.reviveuknow.orgPhilip and the Ethiopian (reviveuknow.org)2017-10-11T12:32:49+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/10/10/evening-prayer-10-10-17-vida-dutton-scudder-educator-witness-for-peace-1954/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/california-fires-wapo.pngCalifornia Fires.WaPoThe death toll from the wildfires in northern California has risen to 11, according to local officials, with fatalities in Napa, Sonoma and other counties. (Washington Post)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/jesushealsparalyzedman-icon-ignatianspirituality.jpgJesusHealsParalyzedMan.Icon.IgnatianSpiritualityTake up your bed and go home. (Ignatian Spirituality)2017-10-11T01:22:33+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/10/09/morning-prayer-10-10-17-vida-dutton-scudder-educator-witness-for-peace-1954/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/napacounty-10-9-17-joshedelson-afp.jpgNapaCounty.10.9.17.JoshEdelson.AFPFighting wildfires last night in Napa County, California. Ten people are reported killed this far, hundreds have been rushed to emergency rooms, and 1500 homes and other buildings have been destroyed. The fires, involving eight counties, reportedly started Sunday night, fanned by heavy winds and fed by dry conditions. The ferocity and speed of the fires caught many people by surprise, who fled with what they could carry; many highways were reported blocked by fires. (Josh Edelson/Agence France-Presse)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/agape-churchofmessiah-toronto.jpgThe Church of the Messiah on Avenue Road holds a Seder Supper, Washing of Feet and Eucharist for their Maundy Thursday service, Toronto, Canada.Agape meals, known as love feasts, are still held in Christian churches, though practices have changed from New Testament times; the meals criticized by St. Paul in his letter to the Corinthians seem to have been ones where every person or family brought their own food instead of sharing with others. There is a comfort in knowing that church suppers have been around since the beginning. Above: a shared meal as part of the Maundy Thursday services at Church of the Messiah, Toronto. (Michael Hudson)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/names-missildine.jpgNames.MissildineA week ago, the Department of Defense announced the death of an East Texas soldier who was supporting Operation Inherent Resolve. Spc. Alexander W. Missildine, 20, of Tyler, died October 1 in Ninawa Province, Iraq, as a result of injuries sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his convoy. Missildine was assigned to the 710th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Polk, La. The Tyler Independent School District released this statement: “Tyler ISD is saddened to learn of the passing Spc. Alexander Missildine, a 2015 graduate of Robert E. Lee High School. The District joins the Tyler community in thanking him for his service to our country.”2017-10-10T14:37:07+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/10/09/evening-prayer-10-9-17-wilfred-grenfell-medical-missionary-1940/2017-10-09T23:47:39+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/10/08/morning-prayer-10-9-17-wilfred-t-grenfell-medical-missionary-1940/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/columbuscirclenyc-bebetomatthews-ap.jpgColumbusCircleNYC.BebetoMatthews.APStatue of Christopher Columbus, on a circle named for him in Manhattan, New York. Today is officially Columbus Day in the United States and much of Latin America, as well as Spain and Italy, though various U.S. jurisdictions have renamed it Indigenous People’s Day, on the grounds that Columbus introduced slavery and genocide into his so-called New World, which was discovered by Vikings 500 years before him. (Bebeto Matthews/Associated Press)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/isis-surrenders-kurdishprocessingcenter-dibis-ivorprickett-nyt.jpgISIS Surrenders.KurdishProcessingCenter.Dibis.IvorPrickett.NYTSome of the thousand ISIS troops last week at a Kurdish processing center in Dibis, Iraq, after fleeing their last stronghold of Hawija and being told by commanders to surrender to the peshmerga. They all claimed to be cooks or new recruits, not fighters, and said they knew nothing about any terrorism. (Ivor Prickett/The New York Times)2017-10-09T14:36:06+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/10/08/evening-prayer-10-8-17-eighteenth-sunday-in-ordinary-time/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/jeremylin-abbieparr-getty.jpgJeremyLin.AbbieParr.GettyNBA star Jeremy Lin, a Taiwanese-American who publicly professes Christ, answered criticism of his latest hairstyle (he’s had several looks during his career) with praise and thanks for his critic, retired player Kenyon Martin, who accused Lin of “wanting to be black” for having his hair plaited in dreadlocks. Martin’s tweet was widely condemned as racist, while Lin surprised the media by answering with humility and grace. But we doubt he surprised his parents or his church. (Abbie Parr/Getty)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/jesus-resurrectionofwidowsson-jamestissot.jpgJesus.ResurrectionOfWidow'sSon.JamesTissotJames Tissot: Resurrection of the Widow’s Sonhttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/stfrancisday-blessinganimals-stpeterslebanonin-jasonfortner.jpgStFrancisDay.BlessingAnimals.StPeter'sLebanonIN.JasonFortnerBlessing of the animals yesterday at St. Peter’s, Lebanon, Indiana, in honor of St. Francis’ Day. (Jason Fortner)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/blessing-meme.jpgBlessing Meme2017-10-08T23:57:46+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/10/08/morning-prayer-10-8-17-eighteenth-sunday-after-pentecost/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/primates-2017.jpgPrimates 2017The 2017 Anglican Primates Meeting has come and gone without making much news, praise the Lord. (ACNS)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/georgewashingtonssundial-worldation.jpgGeorgeWashington'sSundial.Worldation.Sundial of George Washington (Worldation)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/stpeterinprison-rembrandt.jpgStPeterInPrison.RembrandtRembrandt van Rijn: St. Peter in Prisonhttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/jesusresurrectingsonofwidowofnain-pierrebouillon.jpgJesusResurrectingSonOfWidowOfNain.PierreBouillonPierre Bouillon: Jesus Resurrecting the Son of the Widow of Nainhttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/maisie-pb.jpgMaisie & Bishop CurryOur beloved Maisie Moses with Presiding Bishop Michael Curry at the Camp Allen (Texas) New Community Retreat 17 July. Michael looks like he enjoyed this a good deal more than the Primates’ Meeting; Maisie has a way with people.2017-10-08T05:23:07+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/10/07/evening-prayer-10-7-17-henry-melchior-muhlenberg-lutheran-pastor-in-north-america-1787/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/fannielouhamer-dnc-atlanticcitynj-augu1964-warrenkleffler-usnwr.jpgFannieLouHamer.DNC.AtlanticCityNJ.Augu1964.WarrenKLeffler.USN&WRYesterday was the 100th birthday of Fannie Lou Hamer, a sharecropper’s daughter (one of 20 children) who brought the civil rights movement to the Democratic National Convention in 1964. She was vice chair of the Mississippi Freedom Democrats, a racially mixed delegation which sought to displace the “regular,” all-white segregationist state party, a few weeks after the passage of the monumental Civil Rights Act. The Freedom Democrats were shut out of the convention that year after Minnesota Sen. Hubert Humphrey, a white liberal and eventual vice-president, failed to forge a compromise between the two factions. Ms. Hamer had only a sixth-grade education, but her towering intellect, courage and eloquence spoke truth to power and left Humphrey speechless; she rebuked him for valuing his political ambitions more than his principles, and promised to pray for his impoverished soul. Four years later with Humphrey leading the ticket, her Freedom Democrats won half Mississippi’s seats, and Democrats never again allowed Southern states to send racist slates. (Warren K. Leffler/U.S. News and World Report)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/henrymmuhlenberg-oldtrappechurch-johnthomsonfaris-1919.jpgHenryMMuhlenberg.OldTrappeChurch.JohnThomsonFaris.1919Henry Muhlenberg did not “begin” Augustus Lutheran Church in Trappe, Pennsylvania in 1712, 1717 or any other time; he came to the existing congregation in 1742, served as its first permanent pastor, and designed and built this building, the first Lutheran church in America – now the “Old Church” which the congregation still uses in the summer and at Christmas. The church is named for Augustus Franke, founder of the Franke Foundations in Halle, Germany, a center of Pietism focused on individual Christian behavior, where Muhlenberg trained for the ministry. During the American Revolution the church was a campsite and hospital for the Continental Army; it is now on the National Register of Historic Places.2017-10-08T00:23:04+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/prayer-list-6911/2017-10-13T08:24:43+00:00weekly0.6https://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/10/07/morning-prayer-10-7-17-henry-melchior-muhlenberg-lutheran-pastor-in-north-america-1787/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/jesus-triumphant-stainedglassinc.jpgJesus Triumphant.StainedGlassIncJesus Triumphant (Stained Glass Inc.)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/one-huge-dot.jpgOne Huge Dothttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/annals-of-sennecherbib-bakedclay-neoassyrianperiod-nineveh-metropolitanmus.jpgAnnals of Sennecherbib.BakedClay.NeoAssyrianPeriod.Nineveh.MetropolitanMusAnnals of Sennecherib, baked clay tablets from the Neo-Assyrian Period, Ninevah. The documentation of Hezekiah, Sennecharib and Isaiah as historical figures is extensive. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/everettbward-pres-staugustinesraleigh.jpgEverettBWard.Pres.StAugustine'sRaleighDr. Everett B. Ward, president of St. Augustine’s University in Raleigh, North Carolina, visiting with students. The Episcopal Church Executive Council recently reaffirmed its commitment and financial support for the two remaining historically black Episcopal colleges and universities, St. Augustine’s and Voorhees College in Denmark, Georgia. At one time there were ten historically black Episcopal colleges, yet the schools have never enjoyed full financial or spiritual support from The Episcopal Church as missionary efforts among African-Americans, though the reasons they were founded remain true today, and so do their success stories.2017-10-07T05:21:17+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/10/06/video-evensong-10-6-17-william-tyndale-miles-coverdale-bible-translators-1536-1568/2017-10-07T04:11:04+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/10/05/morning-prayer-10-6-17-william-tyndale-miles-coverdale-bible-translators-1536-1568/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/hezekiah-sennacheribsinvasionofjudah-biblereadingarcheology.jpgHezekiah.Sennacherib'sInvasionOfJudah.BibleReadingArcheologySennecherib Invading Judah (Bible Reading Archaeology)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/eliudkipchonge-mensmarathongold-rio16olympics.jpgEliudKipchonge.Men'sMarathonGold.Rio16OlympicsEliud Kipchoge, winner of the Olympic Marathon, 20162017-10-07T05:53:32+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/10/05/evening-prayer-10-5-17-thursday-in-the-17th-week-after-pentecost/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/capehartbroderickjohnsonpodcast-capeup.jpgCapehart&BroderickJohnsonPodcast.CapeUpBroderick Johnson, chairman of My Brother’s Keeper Alliance, joined Washington Post columnist Jonathan Capehart on his recent Cape Up podcast, talking about the challenges faced today by young men and boys of color, which Johnson’s foundation tries to address. It's a topic the Church needs to engage, too.https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/new-hartford-rings-bells-diocentralny.jpgNew Hartford Rings Bells.DioCentralNYSt. Stephen’s, New Hartford, New York was one of many churches and cathedrals nationwide which rang their bells 59 times at noon on Monday, remembering those killed by the shooter in Las Vegas. New Hartford is in the Diocese of Central New York.https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/durhamcath-jilllittlefield.jpgDurhamCath.JillLittlefieldDurham Cathedral, England, 2016. (Jill Littlefield)2017-10-06T00:52:47+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/10/05/morning-prayer-10-5-17-seventeenth-ordinary-thursday/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/cantaur-top10hymnspoll.jpgCantaur.Top10HymnsPollCanterbury Cathedral is polling visitors on their favorite hymns this fall, with a promised organ concert in December featuring 90 hymns in 90 minutes. With one exception, the leaders are familiar old chestnuts. The #1 hymn, Jerusalem, has patriotic overtones and isn’t considered a worship song at all. (Anglican Communion News Service)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/assyrian-archers-southwest-palace-of-ninevah-c700bc.jpgAssyrian Archers.Southwest Palace of Ninevah.c700BCAssyrian archers attacking Jerusalem and Judah, c. 700 B.C. (Southwest Palace of Ninevah)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/jennifer-quote.jpgJennifer Quotehttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/marathonfl.pngMarathonFLA pile of tree limbs recently at St. Columba’s, Marathon in the Florida Keys, where cleanup continues after Hurricane Irma. St. Columba's buildings were spared heavy damage, but the storm debris took a lot of effort just to get it ready to be hauled away. (parish photo)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/img_20170928_181023298.jpgIMG_20170928_181023298Presiding Bishop Michael Curry last week with students Maureen Martin and the Rev. Gwen Hetler of the Diocese of Northern Michigan at Nashotah House, a conservative Anglo-Catholic seminary in Wisconsin. They don’t approve of women priests there, but Mother Gwen, our chaplain, attended the class and the bishop’s sermon, and was warmly welcomed. (Jill Littlefield)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/doctors-without-borders-indonesianearthquake2009.jpgAsiaDoctors without Borders at work on Sumatra, Indonesia in 2009 after an earthquake killed upwards of a thousand people.2017-10-05T14:04:07+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/10/04/evening-prayer-10-4-17-francis-lover-of-creation-1226/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/arctic-meltdown-climatecentral.jpgArctic Meltdown.ClimateCentralPerhaps we shouldn't celebrate St. Francis Day without first acknowledging we have a lot to do protect and preserve this fragile earth, our island home. This is why, when the Episcopal House of Bishops met in Alaska last week, they spent so much time blessing the rivers, the land and the inhabitants. (Climate Central)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/goodtreebearsgoodfruit-red-falstaff-apples.jpgGoodTreeBearsGoodFruit.Red Falstaff ApplesA good tree bearing red Falstaff apples.https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/stfrancis-namesakechurchwilsonville.jpgStFrancis.NamesakeChurchWilsonvilleFrancis was the son of a prosperous merchant and a French noblewoman, and he enjoyed life's pleasures as a youth, but a spiritual awakening led him away from worldly pleasures into a life of poverty and preaching. He started to identify with simple creatures and everyday pleasures, and developed a contemplative streak; by the end of his life he had withdrawn from public affairs. The most prominent feature of his character is probably joy. (iconographer unknown)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/giraffe-misha-perthzoo-dailyexpress.jpgGiraffe.Misha.PerthZoo.DailyExpressA beloved giraffe named Misha from the Perth Zoo. (The Daily Express)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/las-vegas-rushing-to-help-dailybeast.jpgLas Vegas.Rushing to Help.DailyBeastThere were thousands of heroes Sunday night at the Route 91 Harvest Music Festival in Las Vegas; police, firefighters, EMTs, doctors and nurses, citizens, friends and strangers rushing to help the wounded. Let us not be overcome by evil when there is so much good in the world, and so much God. (The Daily Beast)2017-10-05T02:42:59+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/10/04/morning-prayer-10-4-17-francis-of-assisi-mendicant-friar-1226/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/kimmel-screen-shot-on-las-vegas-10-2-17-abc.pngKimmel Screen Shot on Las Vegas.10.2.17.ABCThe television comedian and talk show host Jimmy Kimmel seemed to speak for millions Monday night calling for gun control after the massacre in Las Vegas. Agree with him or not, he is one of many writers and artists in the U.S. and elsewhere who seem to have the pulse of the nation better than politicians do. ("Jimmy Kimmel Live" screen shot, October 2, 2017, ABC Television) https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/exile-of-northern-kingdom-israel-by-assyria-wiki.pngExile of Northern Kingdom Israel by Assyria.WikiExile of the Northern Kingdom of Israel and gthe desruction of Samaria. (Wikipedia)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/food-offered-to-hindu-deity-pradspress.jpgFood Offered to Hindu Deity.Prad'sPressFood offered to a Hindu deity, part of an ancient daily ritual - not to single out our Hindu brothers and sisters, only to show that religious food offerings are widespread. (Prad’s Press)2017-10-04T14:25:28+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/10/03/evening-prayer-10-3-17-john-raleigh-mott-evangelist-ecumenist-1955/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/stjosephscoll-rensselaer-johnterhune-jc.jpgStJoseph'sColl.Rensselaer.JohnTerhune.J&CSt. Joseph's College, a Roman Catholic liberal arts school in Rensselaer, Indiana, has closed and is auctioning off its equipment and supplies, hoping to raise enough money for one last chance at reopening. The previous administration ran budget deficits and borrowed against a major asset it received in a donor's will, which it planned to sell; when bids on that property came in much lower, lenders foreclosed. The college was founded in 1899 as a boarding school for American Indians, who were forcibly removed from the state 50 years earlier; when that mission failed, it turned to higher education and became a respected, well-loved local institution. O God, please raise up for your Church new generations of capable business managers. (John Terhune/Journal and Courier)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/pearls-before-swine-lifelettercafe.jpgPearls Before Swine.LifeLetterCafe(Life Letter Cafe)2017-10-03T19:43:39+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/10/03/morning-prayer-10-3-17-mourning-the-victims-of-las-vegas/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/calebkeeter-joshabbottband.jpgCalebKeeter.JoshAbbottBandhttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/calebkeeter-thetennesseean.jpgCalebKeeter.TheTennesseeanCaleb Keeter, a guitarist with the Abbott Band, performed Sunday night in Vegas and was still onstage when the shooting broke out. Once he and his bandmates and friends were safe he tweeted an immediate reversal of his pro-gun rights position, saying "This has gone too far - a rare move in the gun-friendly country music business. We won't make it part of the prayers, but we reprint his rremarkable statement after today's final hymn if you want to see it.https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/hezekiah-mourns-apostasy-pinterest.jpgHezekiah Mourns Apostasy.PinterestHezekiah mourns for his people's apostasy. (social media)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/celine-dion.pngCeline DionOther performers in Vegas were shocked and sorrowful at Sunday night's shooting; like others, Celine Dion offered prayers. https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/countrymusicfestvewgas-shotsfiring-lat.jpgCountryMusicFestVewgas.ShotsFiring.LATScrambling to get out of the way Sunday night as shots were firing. (Los Angeles Times)2017-10-03T16:49:26+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/10/02/evening-prayer-10-2-17-seventeenth-ordinary-monday/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/las-vegas-police-run-to-mass-shooting-10-1-17-johnlocher-ap.jpgLas Vegas police run to mass shooting.10.1.17.JohnLocher.APPolice in Las Vegas running to the danger, not away from it, as a heavily-armed American-born man shot 59 people to death at a country music festival and wounded 527 others at last count. (John Locher/Associated Press)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/lilies-of-field-gardenia-net.jpgLilies of Field.gardenia.netDaylilies (gardenia.net)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/tending-wounded-lasvegas-10-1-17-davidbecker-getty.jpgTending Wounded.LasVegas.10.1.17.DavidBecker.GettyTending the wounded Sunday night in Vegas. (David Becker/Getty Images)2017-10-03T05:16:51+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/10/02/morning-prayer-10-2-17-17th-ordinary-monday/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/sermon-on-a-hill.jpgSermon on a Hillhttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/arctic-meltdown-climatecentral.jpgArctic Meltdown.ClimateCentralThe present world is passing away. (Climate Central)2017-09-29T11:42:42+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/10/01/evening-prayer-10-1-17-seventeenth-sunday-in-ordinary-time/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/squireboonecaverns-gristmill2-wiki.jpgSquireBooneCaverns.GristMill2.WikiGrist mill #2 at Squire Boone Caverns, Kentucky (Wikipedia)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/dioindy-convention-graphic.jpgDioIndy Convention GraphicOur vicar is at the diocesan convention (synod) now through Saturday. It will be the first one presided over by Bishop Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows.https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/house-of-bishops-fairbanks2017-davidpaulsen-ens.jpgHouse of Bishops.Fairbanks2017.DavidPaulsen.ENSThe Episcopal House of Bishops meeting last week in Fairbanks, Alaska; when our live congregation saw this photo, they said, "What a bunch of old white men." (David Paulsen/Episcopal News Service)2017-10-03T02:10:31+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/10/01/morning-prayer-10-1-17-seventeenth-sunday-after-pentecost/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/stjosephsonthemountain-mentoneal.pngStJosephsOnTheMountain.MentoneALSt. Joseph's on the Mountain, Mentone, Alabamahttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/jesus-fishing-nets-overflowing-redeeminggod.jpgThe Second Miraculous Catch of Fish(Redeeming God)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/stlukeschapel-ruthefordtonnc-wiki.jpgStLuke'sChapel.RuthefordtonNC.WikiSt. Luke's Chapel, Rutherfordton, North Carolina (Wikipedia)2017-09-29T11:14:50+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/09/30/evening-prayer-9-30-17-jerome-priest-monk-of-bethlehem-420/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/marklattime-stmatthewsfairbanks-9-24-17-davidpaulsenens.jpg+MarkLattime.StMatthewsFairbanks.9.24.17.DavidPaulsenENSMark Lattime, Bishop of Alaska, greeting members of St. Matthew's, Fairbanks last Sunday while the Episcopal House of Bishops were meeting in town. The diocese is spearheading an effort to translate the 1979 Book of Common Prayer into the indigenous Gwich'in language, helped by a $40,000 grant from Episcopal Church Women. (David Paulsen/Episcopal News Service)2017-09-29T06:29:31+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/09/30/morning-prayer-9-30-17-jerome-priest-monk-of-bethlehem-420/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/w-h-auden-birthplace-yorkshire-jilllittlefiield.jpgW.H. Auden Birthplace.Yorkshire.JillLittlefiieldThe poet and playwright W.H. Auden's birthplace in York, England. He became an American citizen after World War II. (Jill Littlefield)2017-09-29T05:54:05+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/09/29/video-evensong-9-29-17-st-michael-all-angels/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/straphael-pinterest.jpgStRaphael.PinterestSt. Raphael the Archangel (iconographer unknown)2017-09-29T04:57:10+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/09/28/morning-prayer-9-29-17-st-michael-all-angels-michaelmas/2017-09-29T15:13:57+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/09/28/evening-prayer-9-28-17-richard-rolle-walter-hilton-margery-kempe-medieval-mystics/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/richardrolle-hermitofhampole-richardrollechurch-alchetron.jpgRichardRolle.HermitOfHampole.RichardRolleChurch.AlchetronRichard Folle, Hermit of Hampole and a Yorkshireman, is remembered for the hundreds of manuscripts he left behind, many of them written for his principal disciple, a nun named Margaret Kirkby, who shortly after his death became a solitary anchoress like him, and helped establish his reputation; for a century or two he was more widely read than Chaucer. Rolle translated the Psalter into English to aid her understanding, and until the Reformation, his was the only English rendering people were freely authorized to read. In his mystical works he described four purgative stages the soul had to experience to get closer to God: open door; heat; song; and sweetness. As the icon shows, the door is open; will you enter in? (Alchetron)2017-09-28T23:51:44+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/09/28/morning-prayer-2-28-17-richard-rolle-walter-hilton-margery-kempe-medieval-mystics/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/herald-trumpeter.jpgPHTO0071.JPGYou can still rent a herald trumpeter when you’ve got a big announcement; this one’s for hire.https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/yemen-war-map-2017-aljazeera.jpgYemen War Map 2017.AlJazeera2017-09-28T16:09:33+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/09/27/evening-prayer-9-27-17-thomas-traherne-priest-poet-1674/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/bishops-protect-the-arctic-nevaraefox-tecpublicaffairs.jpgBishops Protect the Arctic.NevaRaeFox.TECPublicAffairsThe Episcopal House of Bishops, ending its meeting in Alaska, stood with leaders of the Gwich’in Nation on a footbridge over the Chena River in Fairbanks to protect the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge from the latest attempts by Washington to drill for oil and gas. Other small groups of bishops flew to far-flung towns and villages, blessing the lands, rivers and peoples in the interior of the state, where for decades the Episcopal Church labored alone in ministry. Almost everyone the bishops met in these isolated locations was an Episcopalian. (Neva Rae Fox/TEC Office of Public Affairs)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/revsjohnheberton-nz-kennoriantec-ministergenl-3rdorderfransciscans.jpgRevsJohnHeberton.NZ.KenNorianTEC.MinisterGenl.3rdOrderFransciscansThe Rev. John Heberton (left) of New Zealand has been elected Minister General of the Third Order Franciscans, succeeding the Rev. Ken Norian, an American. Third Order religious live in dispersion across the globe, and may be male, female, clergy or lay. There are five Third Order provinces: Asia-Pacific (including Australia, PNG and East Asia), Pacific (Aotearoa, Polynesia and Melanesia) Africa, Europe and the Americas. Mr. Heberton is vicar of Gate Pa, Tauranga in the North Island’s Bay of Plenty; he will serve a six-year term.https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/thomastraherne-stmaryscredenhill-julianpguffogg.jpgThomasTraherne.StMarysCredenhill.JulianPGuffoggThomas Traherne, disparaged as a “Metaphysical Poet” by Samuel Johnson, was just that; his writing is infused with mysticism and a childlike wonder at God’s creation, as the mature writer also grappled with rules, regulations and social expectations. For ten years he was rector of St. Mary’s, Credenhill, Herefordshire. But his work was almost lost; after 200 years an unpublished manuscript was found in a London bookseller’s stall at the turn of the last century. It greatly influenced Thomas Merton, C.S. Lewis and Dorothy L. Sayers, and remains in print today, though most of Traherne’s poetry remains unpublished. (Julian P. Guffogg)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/puerto-rico-aid-santurcepr-9-24-17-carlosgiustiap.jpgPuerto Rico Aid.SanturcePR.9.24.17.CarlosGiustiAPA little aid is starting to be distributed in Puerto Rico and St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, after last week’s devastation caused by Hurricane Maria. These folks in a barrio in Santurce, P.R. are the lucky ones; only 42,000 pounds of food, water and supplies had made it in as of yesterday – for both islands. The woman with the baby clutches one small bag of groceries and three liters of water. (Carlos Giusti/Associated Press)2017-09-28T00:35:57+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/09/27/morning-prayer-9-27-17-vincent-de-paul-priest-friend-of-the-poor-1660/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/food-pantry-standrews-manchesternh-diocese.jpgFood Pantry.StAndrew's.ManchesterNH.diocesehttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/elisharecoversfloatingaxhead-instituteforreligiousresearch.jpgElishaRecoversFloatingAxHead.InstituteForReligiousResearchElisha Recovers the Floating Ax Head (Institute for Religious Research)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/geoff-chapman-2017.jpgGeoff-Chapman.2017The Rev. Geoff Chapman, author of the secret “Chapman Letter” in 2003, outlining the plan of a small, well-funded minority of U.S. conservatives to secede from the Episcopal Church, take parishes and dioceses with them, align with Africans and others in the “Global South,” win recognition from the Archbishop of Canterbury, and displace the Episcopal Church from the Anglican Communion. It outlined how the consecration of openly-Gay Bishop Gene Robinson presented a long-sought opportunity to use controversy to force schism – and the danger to clergy if they were unsuccessful. (The Episcopal Church deposed several bishops and priests, and sued for the return of property worth billions, while the schismatics tried to flog Episcopalians for suing at all, quoting the following passage.) They did create a separate denomination, and despite the waffling of successive Archbishops of Canterbury, the Episcopal Church remains Anglican, while the new denomination simply claims the name. Chapman continues as “pastor” of St. Stephen’s ACNA, Sewickley, Pennsylvania. (parish photo)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/shirt-off-your-back.jpgShirt Off Your BackPoster for a fashion industry's used clothing campaign in Atlanta. (Rasheed Crawford)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/glaciernp-benherndon.jpgGlacierNP.BenHerndonGlacier National Park, Montana, another candidate for downsizing by the current U.S. administration. (Ben Herndon)2017-09-27T14:36:12+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/09/26/evening-prayer-9-26-17-wilson-carlile-founder-of-the-church-army-1942/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/plaintain-trees-yabucoapr-80cropsdestroyed-victorjblue-nyt.jpgPlaintain Trees.YabucoaPR.80%CropsDestroyed.VictorJBlue.NYTA field of plaintain trees near Yabucoa, Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria hit; 80% of all crops were destroyed, making the island’s foot shortage catastrophic. The main airport is open sporadically but it has no power, no radar and no air traffic control. (Victor J. Blue/The New York Times)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/sermononmount-350.jpgSermonOnMount.350Unknown artist: Sermon on the Mount. What follows in tonight’s lesson does not appear in any other Evangelist’s Gospel.2017-09-27T00:42:29+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/09/25/morning-prayer-9-26-17-lancelot-andrewes-bishop-editor-of-the-king-james-bible-1626/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/salliehowardmembaptistchapel-builtintoboulder-lookoutmt-mentoneal-jeffreykeeton.jpgSallieHowardMemBaptistChapel.BuiltIntoBoulder.LookoutMt.MentoneAL.JeffreyKeetonSallie Howard Memorial Baptist Church, built into a boulder on Lookout Mountain in Mentone, Alabama, the highest elevation (1736 feet) in the state. Our member in Mentone tells us this church is a delightful place used for weddings, funerals and special occasions; its churchyard is still maintained. (Jeffrey Keeton)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/elisha-gehazi-lambertjacobsz-c1630.jpgElisha & Gehazi.LambertJacobsz.c1630Lambert Jacobsz, c. 1630: Elisha and Gehazihttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/ststephens-boise-debbiegraham.jpgStStephen's.Boise.DebbieGrahamSt. Stephen’s, Boise, Idaho: no steps, plenty of space, and parishioners can see each other. (The Rev. Debbie Graham on Social Media Sunday)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/jewishdivorce-jewishstar.jpgJewishDivorce.JewishStarIn Orthodox Judaism, men can divorce their wives, but not the other way around; women are at their husband’s mercy, even if he is abusive or refuses to support them. Injustices frequently result, along with protests in the United States and Israel. In the Jewish state, Orthodox rabbis control the marrage laws, though the Orthodox are a minority of all Israelis. Above: a demonstration against a recalcitrant husband in Los Angeles in 2010.2017-09-26T14:43:31+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/09/25/evening-prayer-9-25-17-sergius-abbot-of-holy-trinity-moscow-1392/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/stoprohingyagenocide-karachipakistan-9-10-17-rizwantabassum-afp.jpgStopRohingyaGenocide.KarachiPakistan.9.10.17.RizwanTabassum.AFPA year and a half after the expulsion of Rohingyas from Myanmar intensified, masses of Pakistanis gathered in Karachi September 20 to protest Rohingya genocide, because a Pakistani finally publicized that these folks are mostly Muslims. In the past month, 400,000 Rohingyas have poured into Bangladesh, 20% of them unaccompanied children, where they live in massive, squalid refugee camps. (Riwan Tabassum/Agence France-Presse)2017-09-25T22:41:08+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/09/25/morning-prayer-9-25-17-sergius-abbot-of-holy-trinity-moscow-1392/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/brucemaxwell-oaklandas-santiagomejia-sf-chronicle.jpgBruceMaxwell.OaklandAs.SantiagoMejia.SF ChronicleProtests by professional athletes of U.S. police shootings of African-Americans started with one top-ranked quarterback, Colin Kaepernik (who’s now unemployed because of it), engulfed the National Football League Sunday, including owners and coaches, and spread to Major League Baseball. Saturday night rookie catcher Bruce Maxwell of the Oakland Athletics became the first to take a knee, with white teammate Mark Canha lending a hand. Maxwell comes from a military family which reveres the American flag. (Santiago Mejia/San Francisco Chronicle)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/elisharefusinggiftsfromnaaman-pieterdegrebber-1630.jpgElishaRefusingGiftsFromNaaman.Pieter(de)Grebber.1630Pieter de Grebber, 1630: Elisha Refusing Gifts from Naamanhttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/white-u-s-christian-decline.jpgWhite U.S. Christian DeclineThe latest statistics from the Episcopal Church reveal that average Sunday attendance declined 2.1% in 2016, with 30 dioceses posting slight gains and 80 others down. The Church’s critics like to blame this on liberal policies, but the same trend is evident across all U.S. denominations and none, especially among whites. (Pew Research Center)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/john-paul-ii-mehmetaliagcaassassin.jpgJohn Paul II.MehmetAliAgcaAssassinThe late Pope John Paul II forgiving would-be assassin Mehmet Ali Agca on the latter’s release from prison.https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/maria-sanjuanpr-9-20-17-hectorretamal-afp.jpgMaria.SanJuanPR.9.20.17Surveying the damage after Hurricane Maria last Wednesday in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The entire island remains without power and communications; cities and towns outside the capital are desperate for food and water. (Hector Retamal/Agence France-Presse)2017-09-25T14:50:55+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/09/24/evening-prayer-9-24-17-sixteenth-sunday-in-ordinary-time/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/jazz-vespers-band-christ-church-elca-nashville-recordingstudio.jpgJazz Vespers Band.Christ Church ELCA Nashville.RecordingStudioThe 2nd Sunday Jazz Vespers quartet at Christ Lutheran Church in Nashville, Tennessee laying down some tracks at a recording studio in Music City USA, with Doug Moffet on sax, Ted Wilson on keyboards, Roy Vogt on bass and Duffy Jackson on drums. We featured one of their videos recently and they were a big hit, so we bring them back for an encore tonight. (band photo)2017-09-25T01:08:06+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/09/23/morning-prayer-9-24-17-sixteenth-sunday-after-pentecost/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/social-media-sunday-20171.jpgSocial Media Sunday 2017Any Sunday is a good day for posting from church; today is the designated day for it in the Episcopal Church and many others.https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/michaelsusan-standingstonesofcollonish-isleoflewis-9-16-17.pngMichael&Susan.StandingStonesOfCollonish.IsleOfLewis.9.16.17Retired priest Michael Hartney and wife Susan among the Standing Stones of Callonish, on the Isle of Lewis in Scotland, a week ago. There are five stone circles on that island alone, hundreds of sites throughout Scotland and more in Ireland, England Wales; France, Scandinavia, Poland, Bulgaria, Australia and Israel have them too. The oldest, two sites in Israel, may be 9000 years old - the Stone Age. A variety of purposes have been suggested by scholars, from military to mortuary, but most explanations involve religion in some way. (courtesy of the Hartneys)2017-09-24T03:35:10+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/09/23/evening-prayer-9-23-17-fifteenth-ordinary-saturday-ember-day/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/isaiah-jeremiah-ezekiel-daniel.jpgIsaiah.Jeremiah.Ezekiel.DanielThe prophets Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel and Daniel (blog.bible)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/prophets-timeline-gracecommunionintl.jpgProphets Timeline.GraceCommunionIntlProphetic timelines are not an exact science, but they can be a helpful visual aid to understanding different eras and how one prophet's work affected another's. (Grace Communion International)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/trinity-at-crucifixion-crossroadsinitiative.jpgTrinity at Crucifixion.CrossroadsInitiativeTrinity at the Crucifixion (Crossroads Initiative)2017-09-23T23:44:05+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/09/23/morning-prayer-9-23-17-fifteenth-ordinary-saturday-ember-day/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/sunrise-in-dana-point-katrina.jpgSunrise in Dana Point.KatrinaSunrise in Dana Point, California (Katrina Soto)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/social-media-sunday-2017.jpgSocial Media Sunday 2017https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/unknownchurch-paulajwhite.jpgUnknownChurch.PaulaJWhiteAn unidentified church built so the congregation faces each other; that changes everything. People stop being an audience for the priest or minister, and start being the ones who make church themselves. It seems like a suitable illustration for today's Ember Day prayer.2017-09-24T03:09:25+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/09/22/video-evensong-9-22-17-philander-chase-missionary-bishop-1852/2017-09-23T02:27:31+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/09/21/morning-prayer-9-22-17-philander-chase-bishop-of-ohio-of-illinois-1852-ember-day/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/philanderchase-kenyoncoll-harcourtparish-churchholyspirit.jpgPhilanderChase.KenyonColl.HarcourtParish.ChurchHolySpiritThe Kenyon College chapel is much as it was in Bishop Chase’s day, a spiritual home shared by students, faculty and Harcourt Parish; the town and college are one community.https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/elijah-firefromheaven-domenicofetti-c1622.jpgElijah.FireFromHeaven.DomenicoFetti.c1622Domenico Fetti. c. 1622: Elijah Calls Down Fire from Heaven2017-09-22T15:14:58+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/09/21/evening-prayer-9-21-17-st-matthew-apostle-evangelist/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/wisdom-mileswelch-com.jpgWisdom.mileswelch.com(mileswelch.com)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/pearl.jpgPearl2017-09-22T02:15:40+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/09/20/morning-prayer-9-21-17-st-matthew-apostle-evangelist/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/stmatthewtheangel-guercino-1622.jpgStMatthew&TheAngel.Guercino.1622Guercino, 1622: St Matthew and the Angelhttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/stumbling-block-2-internetcafedevotions.jpgStumbling Block 2.internetcafedevotions(Internet Cafe Devotions)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/beautiful-are-the-feet-pinterest.jpgBeautiful are the feet.Pinterest2017-09-21T15:30:34+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/09/20/evening-prayer-9-20-17-john-c-patteson-bishop-of-melanesia-and-companions-martyrs-1871-ember-day/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/enriquerebsamenschool-wing-collapsed-mexicocity-migueltovar-ap.jpgEnriqueRebsamenSchool.Wing Collapsed.MexicoCity.MiguelTovar.APIn Mexico City, a wing of Enrique Rebsamen School collapsed with dozens of children inside. (Miguel Tovar/Associated Press)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/enrique-rebsamen-school-30childrenkilled-mexicocity-9-20-17-carlosjasso-reuters.jpgEnrique Rebsamen School.30ChildrenKilled.MexicoCity.9.20.17.CarlosJasso.ReutersA child's body was removed today from the rubble of Enrique Rebsamen School today in Mexico City, one of 30 students so far who died there in the earthquake. (Carlos Jasso/Reuters)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/palmyraatoll-pacificremoteislandsmarinenatlmon-jimmaragos-fws.jpgPalmyraAtoll.PacificRemoteIslandsMarineNatlMon.JimMaragos.FWSCoral off Palmyra Atoll in the U.S. Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument, which the current administration has put on a list for downsizing. (Jim Maragos/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/robertoclementecoliseum-sanjuan-hectorretamal-afp.jpgRobertoClementeColiseum.SanJuan.HectorRetamal.AFPRoberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan, overnight. (Hector Retamal/Agence France-Presse)2017-09-20T22:26:31+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/09/19/morning-prayer-9-20-17-john-c-patteson-bishop-of-melanesia-companions-martyrs-1871-ember-day/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/melanesia-micronesia-polynesia-wiki.pngMelanesia.Micronesia.Polynesia.WikiGroupings of Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia, which 19th Century European explorers thought were distinguished by race and skin color, while more recent anthropologists consider more cultural similarities. The groupings are fluid human inventions, seldom used in daily life by the people who live there, but perhaps the groupings help outsiders grasp some similarities among these very diverse peoples. (Wikipedia)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/melanesia-solomon-islands-jimlounsbury.jpgMelanesia.Solomon Islands.JimLounsburySolomon Islands (Jim Lounsbury)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/melanesia-mount-yasur-vanuatu-wiki.jpgMelanesia.Mount Yasur.Vanuatu.WikiCinder plain of Mount Yasur, Vanuatu (Wikipedia)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/melanesia-new-caledonia-wiki.jpgMelanesia.New Caledonia.WikiFor joy in God’s creation: New Caledonia (Wikipedia)2017-09-20T15:00:51+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/09/18/morning-prayer-9-19-17-theodore-of-tarsus-archbishop-of-canterbury-690/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/darvin-darling-tecnewitofficer.jpgDarvin Darling.TECNewITOfficer.The Episcopal Church has a new director of information technology: Darvin Darling has two engineering degrees (computer and industrial) from the New Jersey Institute of Technology and previously served as IT officer for the large ecumenical Riverside Church in New York City, producing live events, audio and video. Earlier he was senior IT manager & application developer at City Harvest Inc., overseeing food delivery to hundreds of homeless shelters and soup kitchens around the city. TEC’s Chief Operating Officer the Rev. Deacon Geoffrey T. Smith said of Darling, “He’s smart, thoughtful and at least three steps ahead when thinking about what the church needs from technology to build up the Jesus Movement.” (Episcopal News Service)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/sackcloth-man.jpgSackcloth ManExchanging regular clothing for sackclock was a classic means in the Old Testament to signify public repentance and mourning. Sinners would typically dump ashes on their heads, a ritual echoed thousands of years later in our Ash Wednesday liturgies. (social media)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/jezebel-davisdog-mactavish.jpgJezebel.Davis&Dog MacTavishSweet little MacTavish about to eat that jezebel up.https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/braggart-rappler-com.jpgBraggart.Rappler.comThe ancient Hebrews seem to have hated bragging worse than anything. (rappler.com)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/jesus-tempted-in-wilderness.jpgJesus Tempted in WildernessJesus tempted in the wilderness. (ofsofmcapnews blog)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/kandahar-8-2-17-talibansuicide-ahmadnadeem-reuters.jpgKandahar.8.2.17.TalibanSuicide.AhmadNadeem.ReutersA car carrying explosives rammed into a convoy of international troops in southern Afghanistan on Friday, killing a Romanian soldier and wounding two others, the Romanian defense ministry said. The attack took place near the provincial capital of Kandahar province. The international troops stationed there, called the Train, Advise and Assist Command South, include troops from six countries: the U.S., Australia, Germany, Bulgaria, Poland and Romania. Above: a similar attack by a Taliban suicide bomber in Kandahar on August 2. (Ahmad Nadeem/Reuters)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/camp-pendleton-sandiegouniontribune.jpgCamp Pendleton.SanDiegoUnionTribuneA fire last Wednesday that apparently engulfed a Marine armored amphibious vehicle sent 15 Camp Pendleton troops to area hospitals, officials said. One of the injured service members was a Navy corpsman, not a Marine as initially reported. The vehicle reportedly struck a gas line; the local utility, Pacific Gas and Electric, said it found after an investigation the pipe wasn’t theirs, and Marine officers declined to comment. (San Diego Union-Tribune)2017-09-20T14:29:06+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/09/19/evening-prayer-9-19-17-theodore-of-tarsus-archbishop-of-canterbury-690/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/waycross-archery-2017.jpgWaycross Archery 2017Kids practicing archery this season at Waycross Camp and Conference Center in the Diocese of Indianapolis. We’re opting for all good news photos tonight, even as we pray for Caribbean residents whose homes are in the path of the latest hurricane, named Maria: Domenica, Martinique, French Guadaloupe and St. Lucia at post time, plus St. Croix and Puerto Rico as of tomorrow. The storm is described as close to St. Kitts, Nevis and Montserrat, while Antigua and Barbuda are called safe so far, after being devastated earlier this month. Spiritually, some of us need kid pictures after all these disasters. (Waycross)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/vbs-bradley-2017.jpgVBS Bradley 2017Vacation Bible School last month at St. John’s, Lafayette, Indiana. Rector Bradley Pace, front, and staff, including organist and choir director Michael Bennett, rear in yellow shirt, have tripled the attendance from last year. (The Rev. Dr. Bradley Pace)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/kings-college-cambridge.jpgKing's College CambridgeMembers of the choir at King’s College, Cambridge. (intermusica.co.uk)2017-09-20T18:18:31+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/09/18/evening-prayer-9-18-17-edward-b-pusey-oxford-movement-leader-1882/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/sanctuaryscreens-staugustinecantaur-rocklinca-tomwelch.jpgSanctuary&Screens.StAugustineCantaur.RocklinCA.TomWelchSanctuary at St. Augustine of Canterbury Church, Rocklin, California. Video screens are widely shunned in Episcopal churches – people seem to want an hour without them on Sunday mornings – but seem increasingly common in parish halls without much controversy. (Tom Welch)2017-09-18T23:24:38+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/09/18/morning-prayer-9-18-17-edward-bouverie-pusey-priest-leader-of-the-oxford-movement-1888/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/elizabethjonesjoshlee-moodyheretics-mattsimonette-windycitytimes.jpegElizabethJones&JoshLee.MoodyHeretics.MattSimonette.WindyCityTimesDaily Office member the Rev. Elizabeth Jones joined the Rev. Josh Lee and about 40 other picketers last week outside the Moody Bible Institute in Chicago, protesting the latest joint statement by fundamentalist leaders, including Moody’s president, condemning LGBTs. Ms. Jones and Mr. Lee are both Moody alumni. (Matt Simonette/Windy City Times)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/ahabjezebel-williypogany.jpgAhab&Jezebel.WilliyPoganyhttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/jezebelgun.jpgJezebel&GunThat jezebel would as soon shoot you as look at you.https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/christians-not-reproducing-pewresearchcenter.pngChristians Not Reproducing.PewResearchCenterChristian deaths now outnumber births in all but eight countries in Europe, according to the Pew Research Center.https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/zebulon-naphtali-meditationsonisrael.jpgZebulon & Naphtali.MeditationsOnIsrael(Meditations on Israel blog)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/irma-stjohn-usvi-anthonyfaiola-wapo.jpgIrma.StJohn.USVI.AnthonyFaiola.WaPoAftermath of Hurricane Irma on St. John in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Nearly all the infrastructure on St. John and St. Thomas was heavily damaged, and the airport on St. Thomas, scheduled to reopen last Friday, remains closed until Wednesday at the earliest. The sister island of St. Croix is in much better shape, and the governor urged parents on St. Thomas and St. John to send their children to schools on St. Croix. (Anthony Faiola/Washington Post)2017-09-18T14:33:14+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/late-nz/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/compline-meme-3.jpgCompline Meme 3https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/celtic-sleep.jpgCeltic Sleephttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/liedowninpeace.jpgLieDownInPeacehttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/itisnight-nzprayerbookviatec.jpgItIsNight.NZPrayerBookviaTEChttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/brotherhoodstgregory2005.jpgBrotherhoodStGregory2005Brotherhood of St. Gregory, 2005.https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/bouguereau-compassion.jpgBouguereau-CompassionWilliam-Adolphe Bouguereau: Compassionhttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/american-samoa-560.jpgAmerican Samoa.560American Samoahttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/antelopevalleypoppyreserveca-annecusack-lat-600.jpgAntelopeValleyPoppyReserveCA.AnneCusack.LAT.600Antelope Valley Poppy Reserve, California. (Anne Cusack/Los Angeles Times)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/anointjesusfeet.jpgAnointJesusFeetAnointing Jesus's feet.https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/annunciation-donatello-450.jpgAnnunciation.Donatello.450Donatello: Annunciation2017-09-17T22:49:46+00:00weekly0.6https://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/late-us/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/compline-diowtx-council-2-26-15.jpgCompline.DioWTX.Council.2.26.15The Annual Council of the Diocese of West Texas gathered for Compline Friday, and we were so taken with the photo we added it to our Latenight services. (via Twitter)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/compline-windmill.jpgCompline windmillhttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/compline-2.jpgCompline 2https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/and-go-to-sleep-ngen-radio.pngAnd Go to Sleep.NGEN Radiohttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/pilotscompline.jpgPilotsComplinehttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/sleep.jpgSleephttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/guideuswaking.jpgGuideUsWakinghttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/boy-dog-praying.jpgBoy & Dog Prayinghttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/angel_antique04.jpgAngel_Antique04https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/strasbourg-cathedral-window2.jpgStrasbourg-cathedral-window2Strasbourg Cathedral, France2017-09-17T22:41:37+00:00weekly0.6https://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/09/17/evening-prayer-9-17-17-fifteenth-sunday-in-ordinary-time/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/christchurchsynod-julannneclarke-morris-anglicantaonga.jpgChristchurchSynod.JulannneClarke-Morris.AnglicanTaongaSix years after their iconic cathedral was destroyed by a deadly earthquake, members of the diocesan synod in Christchurch, New Zealand finally decided what to do with the ruins: demolish what remains and rebuild at the same site according to the original design. Its spire was toppled in the February 2011 quake, parts of the west front collapsed in strong temblors in June and December later that year, the tower was removed in 2012 and the rest has been bickering, accusations and a lawsuit, leaving an eyesore where a tourist attraction had been at the historic town square. In 2015 the government appointed a negotiator to get things moving again, but by early 2017 the mayor asked the government to confiscate the land and do something with it. The rebuilding will take about $NZ 100 million, if they can raise it, through insurance settlements, donations and taxpayer funding. The cathedral’s congregation has been meeting at the famed but temporary Cardboard Cathedral a few blocks away since 2013. Bishop Victoria Matthews pronounced herself delighted with synod’s action, which took three days of Anglican heavy listening to pass with an “overwhelming” 55% of the vote. (Julanne Clarke-Morris/Anglican Taonga)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/christchurchcathnz-scaffold-markbaker-ap.jpgChristchurchCathNZ.Scaffold.MarkBaker.APThe current state of Christchurch Cathedral, six years after the Richter 8.3 earthquake killed 185 people and destroyed thousands of buildings. (Mark Baker/AP)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/altar-staugustinecanterbury-rocklinca-tomwelch.jpgAltar.StAugustineCanterbury.RocklinCA.TomWelchAltar at St. Augustine of Canterbury Church, Rocklin, California. (Tom Welch)2017-09-17T22:35:46+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/09/16/morning-prayer-9-17-17-fifteenth-sunday-after-pentecost/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/mydogsbytheseakeydeercharlie-bigpinekey-dancampbell-thecitizen.pngMyDogsByTheSea&KeyDeerCharlie.BigPineKey.DanCampbell.TheCitizenThis woman runs a canine shelter called My Dogs by the Sea on Big Pine Key off the coast of Florida. She rode out Hurricane Irma with her dogs, and took in a lost Key deer named Charlie. Key deer are an endangered species native to the islands, much smaller than the white-tailed deer Americans are familiar with; Charlie’s now enjoying a comfortable bed in a peaceable kingdom, despite widespread destruction on Big Pine, including mangled trees visible in the background. (Dan Campbell/The Citizen)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/irma-stmarysspanishtown-virgingorda-bvi-yvonneoneal.jpgIrma.StMary'sSpanishTown.VirginGorda.BVI.YvonneO'NealMore of the aftermath of Hurricane Irma in the Caribbean: interior of St. Mary’s, Spanish Town on Virgin Gorda in the British Virgin Islands. All the windows were blown out and some damage is evident, but this locally-hewn stone church stood strong. The rest of the island has seen massive destruction, described yesterday by Sam Branson, son of Virgin Records founder Richard Branson, as worse than a war zone; nearly everything has been leveled, and people are without food, water or shelter. Residents have nothing, everyone is exhausted, children are being evacuated without their parents, he said; but the people have not given up hope. (Yvonne O’Neal)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/stmartinsradnor-dennisbingham-dcn-in-trng.jpgStMartin'sRadnor.DennisBingham.Dcn-in-TrngSt. Martin’s, Radnor, Pennsylvania, where our deacon-in-training Dennis Bingham has begun the latest phase of his ministry.2017-09-17T13:37:07+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/09/16/evening-prayer-9-16-17-ninian-missionary-bishop-in-galloway-scotland-c-430/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/michael-on-isle-of-skye.pngMichael on Isle of SkyeRetired priest (and stalwart Daily Office cantor) the Rev. Michael Hartney last week on the Isle of Skye, one of the Inner Hebrides of Scotland, where he and his wife Susan are enjoying an extended tour. The island has been populated since the Mesolithic Period, with residents numbering about 20,000 in the early 1800s. They are about half that now, and about a third of them spoke Gaelic as of 2001.2017-09-16T21:14:30+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/09/15/morning-prayer-9-16-17-ninian-bishop-in-galloway-c-430/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/mullofgallowaylighthouse-visitscotland.jpgMullOfGallowayLighthouse.visitscotlandMull of Galloway Lighthouse, Scotland (visitscotland.com)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/catamount.jpgCatamountCatamount is one of dozens of names (panther, puma, mountain lion) for the American cougar, which ranges from the Canadian Yukon to the southern Andes. It is solitary, a nocturnal predator, and due to habitat destruction is locally extinct in eastern U.S. states like Vermont, though occasional sightings are reported.https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/ccc-indy-concert-in-spanish.jpgCCC Indy Concert in SpanishIt’s one thing for churches to say they welcome everybody, and a further step to host and serve an immigrant congregation. But too often, parish artistic and cultural offerings continue to appeal exclusively to the descendants of Europeans. This afternoon Christ Church Cathedral in Indianapolis takes its concert series a step further with the Nicaraguan Peasant Mass by Carlos Mejía Godoy, incorporating liberation theology and Nicaraguan folk music, sung by the cathedral’s Latino Choir. The Mass’s 1975 premiere, scheduled for a public plaza in Sandino City, was attacked by the Nicaraguan Army under the Somoza dictatorship, and within days all liturgical use was banned by the Archbishop of Managua. Recordings of the music had to be circulated underground, but gained widespread popularity and artistic acclaim. One civil war later, it will be celebrated today in Indianapolis.2017-09-16T16:02:26+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/09/15/video-evensong-9-15-17-cyprian-of-carthage-bishop-martyr-258/2017-09-16T03:50:00+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/09/14/morning-prayer-9-15-17-james-chisholm-priest-1855/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/brood-of-vipers1.jpgBrood of Vipers(1)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/jezebel-1938-bettedavis-200-wiki.jpgJezebel.1938.BetteDavis.200.Wikihttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/elijah-obadiahpetitions-carmelites-info.jpgElijah.ObadiahPetitions.carmelites.infoObadiah Petitions Elijah (Mt. Carmel Monastery, Niagara Falls, Ontario)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/spiritwindow-marcchagall.jpgSpiritWindow.MarcChagallMarc Chagall: Spirit window (Art Institute of Chicago)2017-09-15T15:00:37+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/09/14/evening-prayer-9-14-17-holy-cross-day/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/adam-eve-hide-from-god-focus-on-jerusalem.jpgAdam & Eve Hide from God.Focus on JerusalemAdam and Eve hide from God; oh, those ancients, so unlike us. (Focus on Jerusalem)2017-09-14T20:36:09+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/09/13/morning-prayer-9-14-17-holy-cross-day/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/holycross-chapelof-sedonaaz-sacreddestinations.jpgHolyCross.ChapelOf.SedonaAZ.SacredDestinationsChapel of the Holy Cross, Sedona, Arizona (Sacred Destinations)2017-09-14T14:56:32+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/09/13/evening-prayer-9-13-17-eve-of-holy-cross/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/astronaut-peggy-whitson.jpgAstronaut Peggy WhitsonU.S. astronaut Peggy Whitson returned to Earth 3 September after spending more time at the International Space Station than anyone else in U.S. history – 665 days, nearly two years. She served as commander twice and also holds the record for most space walks by a woman (10), most hours outside the vehicle (60) and oldest woman in space (57). She was formerly Chief Astronaut of the United States. (So why do men keep saying women just don’t have what it takes to be scientists?)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/solomonsttemple-iinterior-ctronliinejewishstudies.jpgSolomonsTtemple.Iinterior.CtrOnliineJewishStudiesCutaway illustration of Solomon’s Temple. (Center for Online Jewish Studies)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/beauty-of-the-earth-meme.jpgBeauty of the Earth Memehttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/irma-prsuppliesstthomas-ericaprodriguez-nyt.jpgIrma.PRsuppliesStThomas.EricaPRodriguez.NYTSo many citizens of hurricane-stricken Puerto Rico loaded up boats to take supplies to nearby St. Thomas and St. John in the U.S. Virgin Islands, people began calling them the Puerto Rican Navy; one man evacuated 600 people starting Friday, six days before help started arriving from the mainland. Meanwhile USVI Gov. Kenneth Mapp flatly denies that looting set in on the two islands, even after evidence showed that local law enforcement couldn’t respond to calls for assistance once the islands’ infrastructure collapsed. Who could call the cops when nobody had a phone? (Erica P. Rodriguez/The New York Times)2017-09-13T22:48:11+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/09/12/morning-prayer-9-13-17-john-chrysostom-bishop-of-constantinople-407/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/irma-aftermath-cuba-ramonespinosa-ap.jpgIrma Aftermath.Cuba.RamonEspinosa.APPeople lined up Monday for drinking water in Isabela de Sagua, Cuba, after Hurricane Irma, then a Category 5 storm, raked coastal cities from Baracoa to Havana, killing ten, knocking out power, ripping off roofs, collapsing buildings and causing floods. The government said its top priorities were restoring electricity, repairing waterworks and reopening the schools; José Martí Airport in Havana reopened Tuesday. The Miami Herald reported that many people were anxious to get their phones recharged so they could check in with relatives in the United States. (Ramon Espinosa/Associated Press)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/phone.jpgPhoneTechnology made obsolete by the cell phone. Apple Computer unveiled its new iPhone X Tuesday in California, with facial recognition software, edge-to-edge display and a top price of US $999, $200 more than the model it replaces and about equal to its entry level desktop computer. Wall Street sent share prices down 64¢ at yesterday's close.https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/wisemenmary.gifWisemen&Mary2017-09-13T17:26:33+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/09/12/evening-prayer-9-12-17-john-henry-hobart-bishop-of-new-york-1830/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/pope-colombia-9-9_17-stefanorellandini-reuters.jpgPope.Colombia.9.9_17.StefanoRellandini.ReutersPope Francis has finished his six-day visitation to Colombia, where he seemed to make news every time he spoke: in favor of the peace agreement that ended a 50-year-old guerilla war, and the reintegration of FARC rebels into politics; encouraging the conservative hierarchy to go out, find sinners and welcome them; cautioning the bishops not to act “more like Pharisees than Jesus” when considering those who divorce and remarry in a civil ceremony; criticizing climate change deniers and Donald Trump’s proposal to end the legal status of “dreamers” brought illegally into the U.S. as children, saying the idea is not “pro-life and pro-family”; and ending with a plea to help those “still being sold as slaves.” On his last day he bumped his head on the Popemobile while reaching out to well-wishers, ending up with two bruises on his face. (Stefano Rellandrini/Reuters)2017-09-20T16:30:37+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/09/11/morning-prayer-9-12-17-john-henry-hobart-bishop-of-new-york-1830/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/romas-building-in-slovakia-nyt.jpgRomas Building in Slovakia.NYTThe mayor of a dying village in Slovakia has found ways to overcome one of the oldest forms of racism on earth: the prejudice against the Roma people. To stem rapid depopulation, he started a town construction company, put them to work building homes and a school, and treats them with the same respect as anyone else. In 18 years they’ve gone from stateless pariahs living in tents to proud workers with homes of their own, glad to send their children to school. General prosperity has tripled the population, so the construction boom continues. Let Burma and all of Asia take a lesson: stop the ethnic cleansing against Rohingyas. Start living by the Golden Rule. (Akos Stiller/The New York Times)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/jezebel-1938-bettedavis.jpgJezebel.1938.BetteDavis“That jezebel, that hussy, that no-good, lowdown, lying schemer of a woman” always was enough to put the fear of God into any man. (Bette Davis as Jezebel, directed by William Wyler for Warner Bros., 1938, for which Miss Davis won her first Academy Award.)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/stpaulwritinghisepistles-valentindeboulogne-blaffercollection.jpgStPaulWritingHisEpistles.Valentin(de)Boulogne.BlafferCollectionValentin de Boulogne: St. Paul Writing His Epistles (Blaffer Collection)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/names-rivera-lopez.jpgNames.Rivera-LopezA U.S. Army staff sergeant from Tucson was killed in a Black Hawk helicopter crash off the coast of Yemen a week ago. Staff Sgt. Emil Rivera-Lopez went missing when the helicopter crashed during a training incident on Aug. 25. Rivera-Lopez was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico and served in the Army for more than 11 years, according to the U.S. Army Special Operations Command. He had most recently served as a section sergeant and Black Hawk Crew Chief. Rivera-Lopez received numerous awards and decorations, including three bronze service stars, an Afghanistan Campaign Medal, Global War on Terrorism medals and an Overseas Service Ribbon.https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/names-bebiashvili.jpgNames.BebiashviliThe U.S. Embassy extended its deepest sympathies to the family of Junior Sergeant Mdinari Bebiashvili, his fellow soldiers and the people of Georgia for their recent loss in Afghanistan. The embassy also wished those injured in the attack a swift recovery. Bebiashvili’s death is a tragic reminder that the fight for peace and security entails great risk and sacrifice. The Georgian Armed Forces aare making vital contributions to realizing shared objectives under NATO’s Resolute Support Mission in Afghanistan. Georgia is a leading contributor to critical international security efforts. They’re fighting the same enemy alongside U.S. troops. It’s not an everyday thing for Georgia to suffer a casualty; its last fatality was in September 2015. Above: Bebiashvili’s body being repatriated.2017-09-12T16:16:37+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/09/11/evening-prayer-9-11-17-harry-t-burleigh-composer-who-treated-spirituals-as-art-1949/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/harry-t-burleigh-deepriversheetmusic.jpgHarry T. Burleigh.DeepRiverSheetMusicHarry T. Burleigh’s arrangement of hte “Old Negro melody” Deep River was published in 1917 and opened eyes and ears around the world to the humble majesty and power of African-American slave songs. It was a big hit then and is widely sung a century later.2017-09-12T01:23:18+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/09/11/morning-prayer-9-11-17-harry-t-burleigh-composer-1949/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/miami-early9-10-17-kevinhagennyt.jpgMiami.Early9.10.17.KevinHagenNYTMiami early Sunday, just beginning to endure Hurricane Irma's lashing. Floods covered low-lying streets in fashionable areas, tornadoes spun off and the economy ground to a halt. (Kevin Hagen/The New York Times)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/cuba-villaclaraprovince-9-9-17-adalbertoroque-afp.jpgCuba.VillaClaraProvince.9.9.17.AdalbertoRoque.AFPAftermath of Irma in Villa Clara province, Cuba, Saturday. The government claimed its emergency response ran like clockwork, but that included residents hiding out in caves. (Adalberto Roque/Agence France-Presse)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/keywest-9-9-17-roboneil-wapo.jpgKeyWest.9.9.17.RobO'Neil.WaPoA daredevil on Key West, Florida, changed her mind about confronting Irma’s waves Saturday. Damage reports are yet to come, and some forecasters warned of major changes to the keys' geography. (Rob O’Neil/Washington Post)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/harryburleigh-albanytimesunion.jpgHarryBurleigh.AlbanyTimesUnionHarry T. Burleigh, a baritone, composer and arranger, introduced Czech composer Anton Dvorak to African-American spirituals, and Dvorak’s “New World Symphony” quotes several of them as authentic American folk music. Burleigh also set to music the poetry of Langston Hughes and James Weldon Johnson, and his influence reached every great Black singer of the 20th century, as well as churches and choirs of every color and description. (Albany Times-Union)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/bonitaspringsfl-9-10-17-jabinbotsfordwapo.pngBonitaSpringsFL.9.10.17.JabinBotsfordWaPo'Bonita Springs on the Gulf Coast of Florida was already flooded yesterday afternoon before Irma arrived; the stilts under these buildings did their job. But experts say the real test comes with the storm surge after the hurricane leaves sometime this morning. (Jabin Botsford/Washington Post)2017-09-11T14:51:18+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/09/10/evening-prayer-9-10-17-fourteenth-sunday-after-pentecost/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/ourladyguadalupe-stpaulscath-sandiego-anthonyguillen.jpgOurLadyGuadalupe.StPaulsCath.SanDiego.AnthonyGuillenFr. Anthony Guillen, the Episcopal Church’s national Missioner for Hispanic/Latino ministries, posted this photo from St. Paul’s Cathedral, San Diego, California and wondered how many other Episcopal cathedrals signal they welcome immigrants and Spanish-speakers by erecting a shrine to Our Lady of Guadalupe, like that at left. Days after a deadly earthquake struck off the coast of Mexico, his question is worth repeating; do our churches offer comfort to immigrants or not? An icon of a nation’s patron saint, candles and a floral display don’t cost much, but they can make or break a church’s future as populations evolve. As societies become multi-ethnic, churches must too.https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/tortola-bvi-9-6-17-rongurney.jpgTortola.BVI.9.6.17.RonGurneyA harbor on Tortola in the British Virgin Islands after Irma hit Wednesday; pleasure boats stacked on top of each other like Pringles. (Ron Gurney)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/stgeorgesepiscopal-roadtown-tortola-bvi-9-7-17-freemanrogers-bvibeacon.jpgStGeorge'sEpiscopal.RoadTown.Tortola.BVI.9.7.17.FreemanRogers.BVIBeaconWhen Irma hit Road Town, the capital of the British Virgin Islands, 20 neighbors took shelter at St. George’s parish hall; then the roof blew off, so they headed for the church, which looked safer, even though all the windows and doors were blown out. They huddled together and rode out the storm; when they finally ventured outside the next day, here’s what the churchyard looked like. Reporter Freeman Rogers of the BVI Beacon was one of the storm refugees and somehow found enough WiFi, despite the power outage, to write the story and publish this photo.2017-09-10T23:09:25+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/09/10/morning-prayer-9-10-17-fourteenth-sunday-after-pentecost/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/christchurch-stsimonsisland-fredericaga-franklogue.jpgChristChurch.StSimonsIsland.FredericaGA.FrankLogueChrist Church, Frederica, Georgia on St. Simons Island. (Frank Logue)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/pray-for-florida.pngPray for Floridahttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/social-media-sunday-9-24-17.jpgSocial Media Sunday 9.24.17It wasn’t long ago that many Episcopalians discouraged worshipers from engaging with their phones during church; some preachers took offense, until they discovered that some people “check in” on Facebook, telling where they are, and some tweet the lessons, sermon and prayers. Now the whole Church is into it, and other denominations too. If most forms of public witnessing are not to your liking, consider the impact on friends with the simple statement, “Having a great time at St. Swithin’s today,” “Awesome Bach prelude by organist Jane Doe,” and “Father Rob is rocking the Gospel this morning” may be your most popular tweet all week. (Episcopal Communicators)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/jensenbeachfl-jasonhenry-nyt.jpgJensenBeachFL.JasonHenry.NYTClosing the storm gates at a Cajun seafood shop in Jensen Beach, Florida, on the Atlantic Ocean two hours north of Miami. Hurricane Irma is now predicted to travel up the Gulf side of Florida, but officials say the whole state will be inundated and blown around this morning. (Jason Henry/The New York Times)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/alexmickeykor-purdue-vs-louisville.jpgAlex&MickeyKor.Purdue vs LouisvilleHolocaust survivor Mickey Kor, right, and son Alex at Purdue University’s football game two Saturdays ago against the University of Louisville; here’s what’s remarkable about it. As soon as liberation came after World War II, Mickey made his way to Israel, married a fellow survivor named Eva Mozes, and settled with her in Terre Haute, Indiana, where he enrolled in Purdue’s renowned School of Pharmacy. Since then, he never missed a big Purdue game. But he and Eva are 90 years old now, and his health declined enough that he had to move to an assisted living center. It has done him so much good that he needs less care and has regained some independence. Today Eva Kor is known around the world through lectures, media appearances, documentary films, videos and books; she founded a museum devoted to Adolf Mengele’s monstrous “medical” experiments on twins, and developed a coping strategy of radical forgiveness. If she can forgive the Nazis who killed her parents (and ultimately her twin sister Miriam), she can teach us to forgive our demons, too. But there’s more than one way to get there; Mickey has seldom discussed what he and his family went through, and their children have followed their own paths to wellness and integrity. Alex knew that the best thing he could do for his dad was to take him to a ballgame, just as Alex sometimes accompanies his mother back to Auschwitz to lead tours and tell the story. Forgiving doesn’t mean forgetting, but it does enable us to find our way back to joy; so does cheering for your favorite team no matter what, and spending a day with your son when you’re 90. (Dave Bangert/Lafayette Journal and Courier)2017-09-10T15:43:24+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/09/09/evening-prayer-9-9-17-constance-companions-martyrs-of-memphis-1878/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/mexico-bldgtopples-58dead-wapo1.jpgMexico.BldgTopples.58Dead.WaPoThe death toll in Mexico’s 8.2 earthquake off the coast of Chiapas State stands at 58 so far, authorities said. Mexico City has imposed stronger building codes and better warning systems since 5000 people died in a quake in 1985, but much more remains to be done. (Washington Post)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/crosbytx-9-2-17-ktrk.jpgCrosbyTX.9.2.17.KTRKStorage tanks blew up at a chemical plant in Crosby, Texas a week ago after Hurricane Harvey hit. The Environmental Protection Agency in Washington says 40 “superfund” sites have released toxic pollutants in the Houston area. (KTRK TV)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/redeemer-sarasotafl.jpgRedeemer.SarasotaFLChurch of the Redeemer, Sarasota, Florida, where the altar in a side chapel has been covered with plastic to protect it when Hurricane Irma comes calling on Sunday. The storm is now expected to track up the Gulf Coast side of Florida, but the whole state is threatened with fierce winds, perhaps two feet of rain, a powerful storm surge and tornadoes spinning off from it. (parish photo)2017-09-09T22:32:37+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/09/08/morning-prayer-9-9-17-constance-companions-martyrs-of-memphis-1878/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/ted-paget.jpgTed PagetThere is a great deal of mayhem in the world right now, but this is important too: We ask your prayers for Ted Paget, a member of this congregation, husband of our webcaster and retreat leader Amy Paget, and father of Edward and Will, as his memorial service is held today at St. John’s, Lafayette, Indiana. Though he was hospitalized briefly this summer, he had returned to work, traveled on business and welcomed immigrants and foreign visitors to his city until his unexpected death last month. His parish, which he served long and well, misses him acutely.https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/12-tribes-map-jewish-virtual-lib.gif12 Tribes Map.Jewish Virtual LibThe 12 tribes (Jewish Virtual Library)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/grumpy-face-usefulbreath-blog.jpgGrumpy Face.UsefulBreath blogBeloved, do not grumble against one another.https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/mexico-bldgtopples-58dead-wapo.jpgMexico.BldgTopples.58Dead.WaPoThe death toll in Mexico's 8.2 earthquake off the coast of Chiapas stands at 58 so far, authorities said. Mexico City has imposed stronger building codes and better warning systems since 5000 people died in a quake in 1085. (Washington Post)2017-09-10T02:19:45+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/09/08/video-evensong-9-8-17-soren-kierkegaard-teacher-philosopher-1885/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/indigenouspeoples-italianheritageday-losangeles-josehuizar.jpgIndigenousPeoples.ItalianHeritageDay.LosAngeles.JoseHuizarLos Angeles is the latest U.S. city to rename Columbus Day, a civic holiday next month which has diminished meaning and increasing controversy, as Indigeous Peoples and Italian Heritage Day. Christopher Columbus certainly has his place in history, but he didn’t discover America, never set foot on its two continents, and introduced slavery, disease and genocide. A once-drab holiday is being transformed into a colorful celebration of Native and Latino culture for the way we live now. (José Huizar)2017-09-09T03:16:17+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/09/07/morning-prayer-9-8-17-nikolai-grundtvig-bishop-hymnwriter-1872/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/shelter-lasterrenas-dr-9-6-17-tatianafernandez-ap.jpgShelter.LasTerrenas.DR.9.6.17.TatianaFernandez.APAn emergency shelter at an unidentified church in Las Terrenas, Dominican Republic, Wednesday. At press time, Hurricane Irma was churning north of the island of Hispaniola, which the Dominican shares with Haiti, on its way to the Turks and Caiacos, the Bahamas and Florida. (Tatiana Fernandez/Associated Press)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/pendletonor-sept3-4-fire165miaway-ejharris-eastoregonian.jpegPendletonOR.Sept3-4.Fire165MiAway.EJHarris.EastOregonianAshy smoke from a forest fire 165 miles away turned the air over Pendleton, Oregon from clear to unbearable in less than a day September 3 - and has stayed ever since over much of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and Colorado, forcing people indoors and sending others to hospitals, if only to have air conditioned, filtered air to breathe. Adding insult to injury, national media haven't had time or attention to cover the emergency, with hurricanes in Texas and the Caribbean "taking up all the oxygen" in the United States. But before-and-after photos by E.J. Harris in The Eastern Oregonian tell the story. https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/crucifix-cedaroflebanon-jerzystrzelecki.jpgCrucifix.CedarOfLebanon.JerzyStrzeleckiCrucifix carved into a cedar of Lebanon. (Jerzy Strzelecki)2017-09-08T15:51:58+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/09/07/evening-prayer-9-7-17-elie-naud-huguenot-witness-to-the-faith-1722/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/removingdrywall-crosbytx-andrewburton-nyt.jpgRemovingDrywall.CrosbyTX.AndrewBurton.NYTRemoving moldy drywall from a flooded home in Crosby, Texas two days ago. Meanwhile Hurricane Irma has battered much of the Caribbean islands, including Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, and is taking dead aim for the Dominican Republic and Haiti right now. (Andrew Burton/The New York Times)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/crown-of-thorns-minnesotaprairieroots.jpgCrown of Thorns.MinnesotaPrairieRoots(Minnesota Prairie Roots)2017-09-08T00:12:40+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/09/07/morning-prayer-9-7-17-elie-naud-huguenot-witness-to-the-faith-1722/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/irma-sanjuan-9-6-17-alvinbaez-reuters.jpgIrma.SanJuan.9.6.17.AlvinBaez.ReutersHurricane Irma battered San Juan yesterday afternoon with winds up to 185 miles an hour, and it's heading for the Dominican Republic and Haiti today. Five people are known dead so far, and the storm surge could reach 20 feet. (Alvin Baez/Reuters)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/acolytefest-tampa.jpgAcolyteFest.Tampahttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/stsimoncyrene-stchrysostomsmanchesterengland.jpgStSimonCyrene.StChrysostom'sManchesterEnglandSt. Simon of Cyrene carries the cross. (St. Chrysostom’s, Manchester, England)2017-09-07T15:03:38+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/09/06/evening-prayer-9-6-17-13th-wednesday-in-ordinary-time/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/blackmadonna-2013-elenadijour-shutterstock.jpgBlackMadonna.2013.ElenaDijour.ShutterstockAs part of a highly controversial renovation, the world-famous Black Madonna of Chartres is now white – as she was originally, we are told. The result is public outrage all over France, because of the arrogance of those who directed the renovation in complete disregard of what she has meant to people for 800 years; a source of comfort, an object of fascination and veneration. The restoration, however accurate and necessary, has been called a case of pastoral malpractice, even abuse of the highest order, especially as Western European churches become empty shells and the population rejects Christianity. This is what she looked like in 2013; see the “after” photo below. (Elena Dijour)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/chartres-blackmadonnasnowwhite-robertofrankenberg-nyt.jpgChartres.BlackMadonna'sNowWhite.RobertoFrankenberg.NYTHere’s what the Black Madonna looks like now; not just shocking, but utterly common. Now it’s the niche that looks great, not the statue; who worships a niche? (Roberto Frankenberg/The New York Times)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/chartres-renovatednot-robertofrankenberg-nyt.jpgChartres.Renovated&Not.RobertoFrankenberg.NYTChartres Cathedral, renovated and not. The medieval gloom, smoke and dirt are gone, but when the sun shines, the restored church is almost too bright for the eyes. (Roberto Frankenberg/The New York Times)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/sanjuan-erikaprodriguez-nyt.jpgSanJuan.ErikaPRodriguez.NYTBoarding up in San Juan, Puerto Rico. (Erika P. Rodriguez/The New York Times)2017-09-07T01:14:14+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/09/06/morning-prayer-9-6-17-thirteenth-wednesday-after-pentecost/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/rohingyas-18500newarrivals-coxsbazaarbangladesh-mohammadponirhossain-reuters.jpgRohingyas.18,500NewArrivals.Cox'sBazaarBangladesh.MohammadPonirHossain.ReutersTens of thousands of Burmese-born Rohingyas are being driven out of their native country and into Bangladesh by violent Buddhists and a state-sponsored campaign of terror, while the Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi, the de facto premier, stays silent and looks the other way for her own political advantage – much like the other nations of the region and the world, whether Christian, Muslim, Hindu or Buddhist. Above are a few of the latest arrivals at Cox’s Bazar in the former East Pakistan. We renew our prayers for the Rohingyas and condemn their persecution. (Mohammad Ponir Hossain/Reuters)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/millo-steppedstonestructure-yoavdothan.jpgMillo.SteppedStoneStructure.YoavDothanThe Millo referred to in the lesson below is thought to be a stepped stone structure in the old City of David in Jerusalem, first excavated in the 1920s. The word millo derives from the Hebrew word for fill and suggests the structure was meant to fill a gap in the Old City wall caused by sloping terrain. Some scholars say it was connected to Solomon’s royal palace. (Yoav Dothan)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/rush-limbaugh.jpgRush LimbaughA search for traditional illustrations of the following lesson from the Epistle of James turns up associations with gossip, nearly always involving women. Well, gossip is surely one type of destructive talk, but that small-minded interpretation ignores the dangers of rumors, innuendo, outright lies and propaganda spread by powerful men in media and government. Alex Jones comes to mind among many others, but we were concerned few people would recognize him, so we picked on this famous old gentleman in the waning days of his influence, because he almost looks good by comparison. (We considered the Rev. Al Sharpton in his younger days too, particularly the hysteria he stoked in support of a teenager who claimed to be victimized by racists; Mr. Sharpton has moderated his views since then.)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/kaygoldsworthy-abp-electperth-westernaustrali.jpgKayGoldsworthy.Abp-ElectPerth.WesternAustraliThe Rt. Rev. Kay Goldsworthy has been elected Archbishop of Perth in Western Australia, the first female metropolitan in that country; she became Australia's first woman bishop in 2008, when she was appointed Assistant Bishop of Perth; she became diocesan Bishop of Gippsland in 2015. She was elected by a committee of ten priests and ten laypeople. https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/butterfly-beverlyvanhorne.jpgButterfly.BeverlyVanHorneA garden visitor a few days ago. (Beverly Van Horne)2017-09-06T14:45:16+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/09/05/evening-prayer-9-5-17-gregorio-aglipay-priest-ifi-founder-patriot-1940/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/solar-eclipse-at-sunset.jpgSolar Eclipse at SunsetEclipse at sunset 21 August: total over twelve U.S. states, partial in Britain, Portugal, Central America and Caribbean nations, Iceland and Hawaii. (photographer unknown)2017-09-06T01:37:12+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/09/05/morning-prayer-9-5-17-gregorio-aglipay-founder-of-the-philippine-independent-church-1940/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/jakeolson-usc-markjterrillap.jpgJakeOlson.USC.MarkJTerrillAPIn American football, a long snapper is a specialty player who never takes the field unless a certain scenario occurs; the fans don’t see him and never know he’s there, until one crucial moment. At that, they have no cause to think about him unless he messes up. Jake Olson of the 4th-ranked University of Southern California made the team two seasons ago but had never entered a game – until Saturday, when the situation finally unfolded, and he came through against an unexpectedly strong opponent. Then bingo, just like he’d practiced 50,000 times, three seconds of action before he headed off the field, a student, a blind man and a player. “Hey Mom, that’s me holding the Trojan Sword!” His teammates mobbed him, his coaches leapt up and the crowd roared in approval. (Mark J. Terrill/Associated Press)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/solomonswisdomindream-lucagiordano.jpgSolomon'sWisdomInDream.LucaGiordanoLuca Giordano: Solomon has another dream.https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/nightministry-chicago-20-bedcrib-lakeviewlutheran-natlrunawaysafeline.jpgNightMinistry.Chicago.20-bedCrib.LakeviewLutheran.NatlRunawaySafelineNight Ministry in Chicago, offering outreach, health care and a 20-bed shelter at Lakeview Lutheran for homeless youth; faith is seen in works. (National Runaway Safeline)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/stpeter-cockcrow-christianresearchinstitute.jpgSilhouettes rooster crows in the morning(Christian Research Institute)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/pfcjamesmccloughan-1969.jpgPfcJamesMcCloughan.1969Private 1st Class James McCloughan, Vietnam, 1969; it took 50 years and an act of Congress to get him his Medal of Honor – and we can’t help thinking the Secretary of the Army ought to have to go on live TV for hours to explain every last bit of why. (You can read his citation yourself on Wikipedia.)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/medalhonor-jamesmccloughan-usa-alexbrandon-ap.jpgMedalHonor.JamesMcCloughan.USA.AlexBrandon.APU.S. Medal of Honor recipient James McCloughan was an Army medic in Vietnam in 1969, who ran into crossfire more than a dozen times to pull injured platoon members to safety,took out an enemy rocket launcher with a grenade and continued as a full combatant, saving lives and taking the opponents’ until his unit was finally airlifted out three days later. When he got to South Haven, Michigan, he became a high school teacher and coach; he just had too much giving in him to be stopped. (Alex Brandon/Associated Press)2017-09-06T00:52:09+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/09/04/evening-prayer-9-4-17-paul-jones-pacifist-bishop-1941-canada-usa-labour-day/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/sumitero-taniguchi-baredscarsfromnaagasaki-eugenehoshikoap.jpgSumitero Taniguchi.BaredScarsFromNaagasaki.EugeneHoshikoAPSumitero Taniguchi has died, a survivor of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki in 1945, who became a leading advocate for nuclear disarmament. He was burned over most of his body, lost all the skin on his back and one arm so that his muscles and organs were exposed; he begged nurses to kill him, but they would not. He had to lie on his stomach for two years in the hospital and then spent another year and a half recovering enough to go home. It took him ten years to learn to sit up, stand and walk, and he was in pain the rest of his life. But he was able to marry and had two children, plus grandchildren and great-grands. He told his story countless times, at the UN and all over the world, and sometimes showed photos of his wounds, urging audiences to look at what first-generation A-bombs did to people. (Today’s H-bombs are a thousand times worse.) In time he became fearless and even joyful; whatever pain he was in, he was glad to be alive and work for peace. Every year on the bombing anniversary, and every time a nation tested nuclear weapons, he and others would stage a sit-in at Nagasaki’s Peace Park – 396 times. He died at 88, a month after the UN finally passed a voluntary treaty prohibiting nuclear weapons; without every nation’s signature, it probably won’t change much. Look, listen and learn while you still can, world; in ten years there won’t be any hibakusha left. (Eugene Hoshiko/Associated Press)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/jesusbeforecaiaphashighpriest-thoughtco.jpgJesusBeforeCaiaphasHighPriest.ThoughtCoJesus before Caiaphus, the high priest. (uncredited artist, thoughtco.com)2017-09-05T03:55:59+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/09/03/morning-prayer-9-4-17-paul-jones-bishop-peace-advocate-1941-usa-canada-labor-day/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/anjel-ministers-march.jpgAnjel.Ministers MarchClergy from the Diocese of Maryland, including our own Anjel Scarborough+, second from right, at the recent 1000 Ministers March for Justice, led by Martin Luther King III and the Rev. Al Sharpton in Washington, D.C. An estimated 3000 clergy attended, attracting a small counter-protest by fundamentalist White House boosters; one of them later joined the justice marchers, saying the two sides had values in common.https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/solomonsbuildingthetemple.jpgSolomon'sBuildingTheTempleBuilding Solomon’s Temple – with forced labor. (from an atheist site in Manitoba)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/homelessjesus-davidsonnc.jpgHomelessJesus.DavidsonNCTimothy Schmalz, sculptor: Jesus the Homeless. The Rev. David Buck, then-rector of St. Alban’s, Davidson, North Carolina, caused a stir in the prosperous college town when he exhibited the statue – then homeless itself – in 2013. A few months later Pope Francis accepted and blessed another casting of the statue.2017-09-04T15:43:28+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/09/03/evening-prayer-9-3-17-thirteenth-sunday-after-pentecost/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/libertytx-timwallace-derekwatkins-nyt.jpgLibertyTX.TimWallace.DerekWatkins.NYTThe news media are starting to obtain more reporting from areas cut off from Houston since Hurricane Harvey brought deadly floods eight days ago, but many roads are blocked, like this one in Liberty, Texas. The waters are massively polluted by Superfund sites and oil refineries; homes are being invaded by alligators, and a few days ago storage tanks at a chemical plant exploded. Preliminary damage estimates top $100 billion. (Tim Wallace and Derek Watkins/The New York Times)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/jesusescapesstoning-pinterest.jpgJesusEscapesStoning.PinterestJesus escapes a stoning. (uncredited)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/outstretched-arms-of-jesus.jpgOutstretched Arms of Jesus2017-09-04T00:40:11+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/09/03/morning-prayer-9-3-17-thirteenth-sunday-after-pentecost/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/christchurch-millwoodva-kofcyardsale-nc.jpgChristChurch.MillwoodVA.KofCYardSale.NCOnce upon a time in the 1850s, Communion vessels disappeared from a church; no one knew whether they were stolen, hidden for safekeeping before the U.S. Civil War, looted by enemy soldiers, repossessed by an unpaid merchant or a disgruntled donor, or what. All the church knew was that they went missing, as recorded in vague vestry minutes at the time; out of sight, out of mind. – Until this year, when they turned up as anonymous donations in a cardboard box for a Knights of Columbus yard sale in New Bern, North Carolina. A volunteer in charge of antiques thought she had another old pitcher, ho-hum. But then she matched up a silver goblet, and then a sort of candy dish – and this time she knew what they were. The ewer was engraved with the name of a chapel she’d never heard of; she wondered if she could track down the original owner. A search online revealed only one Cunningham Chapel in the United States: founded 1762, the oldest Episcopal church still in use west of the Blue Ridge Mountains, and part of Christ Church, Millwood, Virginia. Polishing revealed the donor’s name too, a lawyer in Fort Worth, Texas who had family near Millwood. So she telephoned; the deacon-in-charge said he would search the old records, page after fragile page of ancient history. Finally there it was; somebody absconded with their Communion set, no reason given. The woman in Carolina packed these vessels like the crown jewels, shipped them off, and on 27 August they sat, veiled on the Christ Church credence table until the end of the service, when Deacon Matt Rhodes revealed them to ooh’s and ahh’s and “Imagine that!” He plans to use them at least one more time when a priest is available to celebrate the Eucharist, then put them on display so parishioners know their history. Now a bond has been created between the Roman Catholic brotherhood and their Episcopal cousins, while efforts continue to learn more about the prodigal silver set that finally came home. Both in New Bern and Millwood, leaders are hoping publicity will bring out whoever donated them to the yard sale; maybe their travels can be pieced together from that. No one has come forward, the donor may not even have known what was in the box they dropped off, just some old junk they had no use for and donated without a second thought. But in Millwood, they are more precious now than ever, and somewhere, a smiling angel whispers, “The Lord works in mysterious ways, y’all.” (Reportage and photo: the Rev. Mary Frances Schjonberg, Episcopal News Service)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/solomondedicatestemple-johnjamestissot.jpgSolomonDedicatesTemple.JohnJamesTissotJames Tissot: King Solomon Dedicating the Templehttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/facepainting-at-waycross2017.jpgFacepainting at Waycross2017Facepainting at Waycross this summer: Let no one despise your youth. (Diocese of Indianapolis)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/stoning.jpgStoning(artist unknown)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/grandmarescuedbyjetski-brandonmorse.jpgGrandmaRescuedByJetSki.BrandonMorseStrangers rescuing Grandma on a jet-ski last week in Houston, smiling as they escaped. (Brandon Morse)2017-09-03T05:08:35+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/09/02/evening-prayer-9-2-17-the-martyrs-of-new-guinea-1942/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/richardchang-ivhawaii1stnativeofislands.jpg+RichardChang.IVHawaii&1stNativeOfIslands.The Rt. Rev. Richard Chang has died, IV BIshop of Hawaii (1997-2006) and the first to be born in the islands. He was formerly chief assistant to Edmond Browning, both in Hawaii and as XXIV Presiding Bishop of The Episcopal Church. During Chang’s episcopate he was vice-president of the House of Bishops. The Rev. Deacon Leilani Lucas, a great friend of The Daily Office and a Native Hawaiian now living in Arizona, tells this story about him: “His life story encompasses so much of my own. A fond memory: When he was bishop my mother stormed into his office full of anger about something – his response was to hear her out then he started his response with the words, “Lois, you are the only one who gets to call me Dicky!” with a smile. BTW, he listened, affirmed her and they had a good discussion, I believe. She had known him since he was very young.”https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/judasbetraysjesus-giovannibarbieri-1621.jpgJudasBetraysJesus.GiovanniBarbieri.1621Giovanni Barbieri, 1621: The Betrayal of Jesus2017-09-02T23:05:13+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/09/01/morning-prayer-9-2-17-the-martyrs-of-new-guinea-1942/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/portarthur-aug31-adreeslatif-reuters.jpgPortArthur.Aug31.AdreesLatif.ReutersWading through polluted floodwaters in Port Arthur, Texas yesterday; in neighboring Beaumont, 120,000 are without drinking water for the second day in a row. State and local officials report 46 deaths related to Hurricane Harvey, which made its first landfall a week ago, and the death toll keeps rising. About 70,000 people in East Texas and southwest Louisiana are without power; in Harris County, Texas, home of Houston, fourth-largest city in the U.S., 136,000 homes and other buildings have been inundated or destroyed. The Red Cross and similar agencies sheltered 42,000 people overnight in Texas alone. Harvey’s impact is expected to be far worse than Hurricane Katrina, which hit New Orleans in 2005, because this year’s twister affects a much larger area. (Adrees Latif/Reuters)2017-09-02T04:59:19+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/09/01/video-evensong-9-1-17-david-p-oakerhater-deacon-medicine-maker-1931/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/labyrinth-chartrescath-wiki.jpgLabyrinth.ChartresCath.WikiChartres Cathedral, for Amy Paget. (Wikipedia)2017-09-02T02:43:32+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/08/31/morning-prayer-9-1-17-david-p-oakerhater-deacon-missionary-1931/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/houstonwaitingtovolunteer-michaelberry.jpgHoustonWaitingToVolunteer.MichaelBerryLining up in downtown Houston after Hurricane Harvey: not for food or shelter, but to volunteer to help others. Ordinary people from near and far have rescued untold numbers of people who were stranded and needing help, and have inspired residents of the Gulf Coast and the entire nation. (Michael Berry)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/cedars-of-lebanon-jerzystrzelecki.jpgCedars of Lebanon.JerzyStrzeleckiDespite thousands of years of deforestation, some Cedars of Lebanon still stand in a highly protected reserve on the elevations of Mount Lebanon; it is now a World Heritage Site. These slow-growing evergreens can reach a height of 115 feet and circumference of 45 feet. A symbol of Lebanon, they are represented on the national flag and are also known as the Cedars of God. (Jerzy Strzelecki)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/maltesecross-oforderofstjohn.pngMalteseCross.OfOrderOfStJohnThe Maltese Cross derives from the Knights of the Order of the Hospital of St. John (the Baptist) of Jerusalem, which began with the First Crusade in the 12th Century.https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/madonnachild-indigenous.jpgMadonna&Child.IndigenousIndigenous American Madonna and Child, by an unknown iconographer.2017-09-01T20:31:13+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/08/31/evening-prayer-8-31-17-aidan-cuthbert-bishops-of-lindisfarne-651-687/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/portarthurshelterflooded-beulahjohnson.jpgHarveyEven the shelters in Port Arthur, Texas are flooded, and authorities yesterday didn’t know where these people would go. (Beulah Johnson)2017-08-31T22:43:04+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/08/31/morning-prayer-8-31-17-aidan-and-cuthbert-bishops-of-lindisfarne-651-687/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/portarthur-joeraedle-getty.jpgPortArthur.JoeRaedle.GettyThe floods from Harvey have affected millions who live outside Houston and Harris County, Texas, like these folks in Port Arthur, 100 miles east, and disasters are frequently worse in small towns. Moss Hill, Texas received 47 inches of rain, about three inches less than Houston, but is much harder to reach from the outside. Lighthouse Church found itself sheltering 20 people with no food or facilities until the town diner sent meals. Interstate 10 is shut down and local routes involve a series of shifting detours. Most of the 24,000 National Guard troops are from out of state. (Joe Raedle/Getty)2017-08-31T15:23:52+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/08/30/evening-prayer-8-30-17-charles-chapman-grafton-bishop-ecumenist-1912/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/harvey-elderlydisabled-jonshapley-ap.jpgHarvey.Elderly&Disabled.JonShapley.APAn elderly woman was rescued Monday amid rising floodwaters in Houston, where rainfall has broken the all-time record in the continental United States at 51.88 inches/132 centimeters. The death toll has risen to more than 20, including a police officer. An overnight curfew was imposed after scattered reports of minor looting, the convention center is jammed with twice as many people as planned for, and National Guardsmen are sleeping on the merchandise in furniture showrooms. Last night Houston saw its first sunset in five days, and now the rains are pounding Port Arthur and Beaumont. (Jon Shapley/Associated Press)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/judas-betrays-jesus-giotto.jpgJudas Betrays Jesus.GiottoGiotto di Bondone: Judas Betrays Jesushttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/peregrinefalcon2-morrobayca-kevincole.jpgPeregrineFalcon2.MorroBayCA.KevinColePeregrine falcon in flight, Morro Bay, California (Kevin Cole)2017-08-30T21:00:23+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/08/30/morning-prayer-8-30-17-charles-chapman-grafton-bishop-of-fond-du-lac-1912/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/harvey-steve-otis-rockport-joeraedle-getty.jpgHarvey.Steve & Otis.Rockport.JoeRaedle.GettySteve and his dog Otis consoling each other after Hurricane Harvey made landfall in Rockport, Texas, last Saturday. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/solomonsdream.jpgSolomon'sDreamSolomon's dream; artist unknown.https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/jesusanointed.jpgJesusAnointedJesus anointed with oil. (Artist unknown)2017-08-30T16:12:49+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/08/29/evening-prayer-8-29-17-john-bunyan-author-of-pilgrims-progress-1688/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/erd-logo-300.jpgERD Logo.300https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/no-one-knows-the-hour-thesun.jpgNo one knows the hour.TheSunhttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/harvey-telephonerdhouston-thomasbshea-afp.jpgHarvey.TelephoneRdHouston.ThomasBShea.AFPTelephone Road, Houston. The downtown business district is closed; people have no way to get there. Every major thoroughfare and highway is flooded in low-lying areas. Tens of thousands of people have to be evacuated with nothing but the clothes on their backs. Convention centers in Dallas and Austin, hundreds of miles away, are scheduled to receive those who can be saved; officials have asked people with flat-bottomed boats to help with the rescues, and they are responding – including the “Cajun Navy” from the swamps of neighboring Louisiana. (Thomas B. Shea/Agence France-Presse)2017-08-30T02:56:20+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/08/29/morning-prayer-8-29-17-john-bunyan-nonconformist-writer-1688/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/harvey-1stbaptist-rockporttx-tamirkalifa-nyt.jpgHarvey.1stBaptist.RockportTX.TamirKalifa.NYTFirst Baptist Church in Rockport, Texas suffered some major damage when Hurricane Harvey punched onto shore Saturday, and so did nearby St. Peter’s by the Sea Episcopal Church, but the blows were not catastrophic. Flooding in Houston is the current emergency, with 30,000 people needing evacuation; rescues from streets and rooftops continue at this hour. The storm’s death toll has risen to 8. (Ramir Kalifa/The New York Times)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/zadok-anoints-solomon-lucagiordano.jpgZadok Anoints Solomon.LucaGiordanoLuca Giordano: Zadok Anointing Solomonhttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/schizoid.jpgSchizoidPurported dramatization of a man with mental illness. The earliest Christians were sometimes considered insane by friends and family, and the Episcopal Presiding Bishop Michael Curry wrote a book called Crazy Christians: A Call to Follow Jesus. (Note: “Mental illnesses” are actually brain diseases which can often be controlled by medication and supportive services. The stigma surrounding mental illness is a form of persecution born of “normal” people’s ignorance, superstitions and fears.)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/no-one-knows-the-hour-fineartamerica.jpgNo One Knows the Hour.fineartamericaNo one knows the hour, not even Jesus. (fineartamerica)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/navycollisionphotos.jpgNavyCollisionPhotos2017-08-29T15:02:33+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/08/28/evening-prayer-8-28-17-moses-the-black-desert-father-martyr-c-405/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/harvey-helicopter-rescue-alyssa-schukar-nyt.jpgHarvey Helicopter Rescue.Alyssa Schukar.NYTA rare banner headline in today’s New York Times: “Rising Floodwaters Plunge Houston into Chaos.” With 6.6 million residents, it’s the fourth largest city in the USA, and officials are saying this will become the worst disaster in Texas history. Even the National Weather Service seemed overwhelmed, tweeting “This event is unprecedented & all impacts are unknown & beyond anything experienced. Follow orders from officials to ensure safety.” (Alyssa Schukar/The New York Times)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/antichristdevil-lucasignorelli-1501.jpgAntichrist&Devil.LucaSignorelli.1501Lucas Signorelli, 1501: Deeds of the Antichrist2017-08-29T00:48:45+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/08/27/morning-prayer-8-28-17-augustine-bishop-of-hippo-theologian-430/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/erd-harvey.jpgERD Harveyhttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/absalomsentrourage-pinterest.jpgAbsalom'sEntrourage.PinterestToday we meet another pretender to the throne of David, and this time it’s Adonijah with a rented entourage like his dead brother Absalom once enjoyed. In the United States politicians sometimes hire fake fans to fill seats, feign enthusiasm or stand behind them looking Black or Latino. In the Old Testament, rent-a-crowds are a dead giveaway that some troublemaker’s up to no good. (found on social media)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/goodshepherd-freefood.jpgGoodShepherd.FreeFoodCampus callouts continue at U.S. colleges and universities, with lots of events like this one, held again yesterday at the Chapel of the Good Shepherd at Purdue. Their slogan is Ritual, Community and Free Food!https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/moloch-pinterest.jpgMoloch.PinterestMoloch often got so angry he had to be appeased with child sacrifice. (social media)2017-08-28T14:57:33+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/08/27/evening-prayer-8-27-17-twelfth-sunday-after-pentecost/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/brays-bayou-houston-markmulligan-ap.jpgBrays Bayou.Houston.MarkMulligan.APBrays Bayou, Houston, this morning. (Mark Mulligan/Associated Press)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/rockporttx-rickwilking-reuters.jpgRockportTX.RickWilking.ReutersThis was a condominium complex in Rockport, Texas, until yesterday; Rockport is where Hurricane Harvey made landfall. (Rick Wilking/Reuters)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/dyingregrets.jpgDyingRegrets2017-08-27T18:06:51+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/08/27/morning-prayer-8-27-17-twelfth-sunday-after-pentecost/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/harvey-cattle-rockporttx-tamirkalifa-nyt.jpgHarvey.Cattle.RockportTX.TamirKalifa.NYTHurricane Harvey slammed into the Texas Gulf Coast yesterday morning as a Category 4 storm; at least one person is dead and the toll may rise, as the twister is expected to linger in the region for up to a week. Flooding and power outages are widespread. (Tamir Kalifa/The New York Times)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/david-census2010-uscensusbureau.jpgDavid.Census2010.USCensusBureauIn ancient Israel, only the owner of something could count how many she had; in the following passage David’s sin is that he didn’t own what he was counting, God did. (U.S. Census Bureau)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/harvey-3-clint.jpgHarvey 3.ClintOur honorary deacon Clint’s back yard after the initial hit in Pearland, Texas, just south of Houston; so far so good, with tree limbs down but no structural damage. (Clint Gilliland)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/light-of-the-world-anitamathias-com.jpgLight of the world.anitamathias.com(anitamathias.com)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/duke-ellington-at-grace-cathedral-1965.jpgDuke Ellington at Grace Cathedral.1965Jazz great Duke Ellington, center, at Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, with Dean C. Julian Bartlett, left, and Bishop of California James A. Pike, 1965. (unknown credits)2017-08-27T15:11:25+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/08/26/evening-prayer-8-26-17-eleventh-week-after-pentecost/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/st-kitts-maisie.jpgSt Kitts.MaisieSt. Kitts, with the Atlantic Ocean on one side and the Caribbean Sea on the other. (Maisie Moses)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/escape.jpgEscape2017-08-27T02:04:59+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/08/26/morning-prayer-8-26-17-eleventh-ordinary-saturday/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/williamatcheson-grandcyclops-crossburnedhome.jpgWilliamAtcheson.GrandCyclops.CrossburnedHome.William Atcheson has been a Roman Catholic priest for many years – but before that he was the “grand cyclops” of a Ku Klux Klan group in Virginia. He burned crosses in the front yards of African-Americans, not once but six times, was convicted of arson and other offenses, jailed and ordered to pay $20,000 in fines. He recently wrote an essay in the diocesan newspaper mentioning all this but saying it was so long ago he can’t believe it was him, and meanwhile he’d be stepping away from his current ministry for a time. In the wake of the racist riots in Charlottesville, Virginia, this caused a stir – and put public pressure on his bishop to explain what happened, with the usual half-disclosure Church leaders often resort to when covering their hindparts. It turns out the priest was about to be exposed by a former parishioner, and the article was self-centered and self-serving. Most people would remember they were convicted of threatening the life of Coretta Scott King, Martin’s widow, and most bishops would at minimum have ordered him to pay his fine and publicly repent before being considered for ordination. Naturally the current bishop wasn’t responsible for any of this and doesn’t know how it could possibly have happened. Neither do we.https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/davidwatersofbethlehem-greenvillepresbyseminary.jpgDavid&WatersOfBethlehem.GreenvillePresbySeminaryDavid and the Waters of Bethlehem (Greenville Presbyterian Seminary)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/peregrinefalcon-royalnp-nsw-nortbertfischer.jpgPeregrineFalcon.RoyalNP.NSW.NortbertFischerPeregrine falcon, Royal National Park, New South Wales (Norbert Fischer)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/elescorial-library-spain-wiki.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAEl Escorial near Madird, Spain, is a royal monastery complex and World Heeritage Site in Spain. Built by Philip II (with large quantities of New World gold) to counteract the Protestant Reform movement, it symbolized the unity of Church and state.The large complex, visited by half a million visitors a year, contains a royal palace, basilica, school, gardens and, above, the royal library filled with rare books. (Wikipedia)2017-08-26T08:41:34+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/08/25/video-evensong-8-25-17-louis-ix-king-of-france-1270/2017-08-26T03:15:48+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/08/24/morning-prayer-8-25-17-st-louis-king-of-france-1270/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/israeljudahmap-830.pngIsrael&JudahMap.830Politics, factionalism, external pressures and tribal rivalries led to a north-south split between Israel and Judah; the Hebrew Bible gives one timeline and account of the division, especially after the death of David’s son Solomon – an account which differs from the findings of archaeologists, though there is no doubt two different kingdoms were established. Judah was sparsely populated at first, but it contained the emerging holy city of Jerusalem. (source unknown)2017-08-25T15:14:24+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/08/24/evening-prayer-8-24-17-st-bartholomew-the-apostle/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/stbartholomewmonastery-armenia-walterbachmann-1913.pngStBartholomewMonastery.Armenia.WalterBachmann.1913St. Bartholomew Monastery, built on the site of his supposed martyrdom in historic Armenia, now Turkey; this photo by Walter Bachmann was taken in 1913, just before the start of the Armenian Genocide, the collapse of the Ottoman Empire and its replacement by the Young Turks at the end of World War I. Bartholomew and Jude remain the patron saints of Armenia.https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/stbartholomew-shield-markwarner-stthomaseugeneor.jpgStBartholomew.Shield.MarkWarner.StThomas'EugeneORA shield of St. Bartholomew at St. Thomas’, Eugene, Oregon; more knives, though the claim of his being skinned alive arose in the 5th Century in an Italian town that previously honored a pagan who was similarly flayed; once the town went Christian, it may well have simply substituted Bart for the previous occupant. (Mark Warner)2017-08-25T03:11:30+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/08/24/morning-prayer-8-24-17-st-bartholomew-the-apostle/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/stnathanie-antiochianarchdio.jpgStNathanie.AntiochianArchdioThe three synoptic Gospels mention Bartholomew and always pair him with Philip. St. John’s Gospel omits Bartholomew and pairs Nathanael with St. Philip. Most scholars presume they’re the same man, about whom we have many legends and very few facts. It may be that he was called Bart in the West and Nate in India and Armenia, where he is said to have evangelized. Images of his flayed skin shortly before he was crucified upside down, including a sculpture said to be sheathed in his actual dermis, are widespread and gruesome, but their accuracy is doubtful. (Antiochian Archdiocese)2017-08-24T14:10:41+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/08/23/evening-prayer-8-23-17-martin-de-porres-rosa-de-lima-toribio-de-mogrovejo-defenders-of-the-oppressed/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/typical-bible-buyer-nielsen.gifTypical Bible Buyer.NielsenWho buys Bibles? Younger, relatively prosperous men, according to The Nielsen Company. Could our churches start showing them a little more love?https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/7-brides-for-7-brothers-1954.jpgSEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERSTitle: SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS ¥ Pers: D'AMBOISE, JACQUES / RALL, TOMMY / POWELL, JANE / TAMBLYN, RUSS / PLATT, MARC / MATTOX, MATT / RICHARDS, JEFF ¥ Year: In “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers,” Milly found a solution to the following problem. (MGM, 1954)2017-08-23T18:33:37+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/08/23/morning-prayer-8-23-17-martin-de-porres-rosa-de-lima-toribio-de-mogrovejo/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/felix-guillaumerouille.jpgFelix.GuillaumeRouilleGuillaume Merouille: Felix, governor or prefect of Judea. He was appointed by Rome and served from A.D. 52-58, which helps us locate Paul’s travels and ministry in time.https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/manokinrivermd-easternshore-ashleyholloway-adphotogdeesign.jpgManokinRiverMD.EasternShore.AshleyHolloway.ADPhotog&DeesignManokin River, on the Eastern Shore of Maryland; the state’s east and west shores form the famed and fragile Chesapeake Bay. (Ashley Holloway, AD Photography and Design)2017-08-23T15:33:23+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/08/22/evening-prayer-8-22-17-eleventh-tuesday-after-pentecost/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/stjohnslafsteeple-9-10-15-courtenaymurakowski.jpgStJohn'sLafSteeple.9.10.15.CourtenayMurakowskiSteeple at ye old home parish, by Courtenay Murakowski.2017-08-23T02:04:29+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/08/22/morning-prayer-8-22-17-11th-ordinary-tuesday/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/names-butler.jpgnames-butlerThe Green Beret who died 16 August in Afghanistan was a former high school wrestling champion who was always determined to succeed, his former coach said Thursday. Staff Sgt. Aaron R. Butler was supporting Operation Freedom's Sentinel when an explosive device detonated during combat operations in eastern Afghanistan. Other U.S. and Afghan soldiers suffered "various degrees of injury" while clearing a booby-trapped building in Nangarhar Province, Utah Gov. Gary Herbert said at a news conference. Butler was remembered by his family, wrestling coach and hometown on Thursday. "In a life that was all too brief, our dear son and brother made the ultimate sacrifice for his country," his family said in a statement. "While we are heartbroken to become a Gold Star family, we honor Aaron's service and sacrifice. Aaron was a strength to us, an inspiration to those around him, and a joy to have in our family." His death comes as the White House is set to send up to 4,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan to roll back Taliban gains. The combined U.S. and NATO troop contingent currently in Afghanistan is about 13,500; it is by far the longest war in U.S. history. (Reportage: Benjamin Brown and Lucas Tomlinson, Fox News)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/names-stigler-brooks.jpgnames-stigler-brooksAn artillery round meant for an Islamic State target in northern Iraq exploded prematurely, killing two American soldiers 13 August, defense officials said. The soldiers and five others wounded in the blast were evacuated by helicopter from an undisclosed firebase in Iraq, where U.S. troops are aiding Iraq forces battle ISIS after the militants were ousted from their Mosul stronghold last month. The two artillerymen died after they were evacuated. The other five injured soldiers were expected to survive their wounds. "Our best wishes are with the families of the two soldiers who died and their fellow servicemembers," Col. Rob Manning said. The unit was firing an M777 howitzer, a towed 155 mm artillery piece, according to another defense official. Despite ISIS' claims, Manning said, "There is no indication at all that ISIS had anything to do with" it. (Photos: Pentagon; reportage: Corey Dickstein/Stars and Stripes)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/dignity-sd-8-17-17.jpgdignity-sd-8-17-17A 50-foot tall sculpture called Dignity was erected last year on a bluff overlooking the Missouri River near Chamberlain, South Dakota, honoring the Lakota and Dakota indigenous peoples of the region and the 125th anniversary of South Dakota’s admission to the United States. Sculpted by state artist laureate Dale Lamphere and a team of assistants, it depicts a Native woman wrapping herself in the star quilt she’s just received, a high honor among the tribes. The statue proclaims that the Native peoples are alive and standing tall. Lamphere wants to add a plaque at the base with the names of each Federally recognized tribe in the US – which would leave out a lot of people, since Federal recognition has always been grudging at best; big money’s involved, and Congress doesn’t want to admit the genocide committed by our ancestors, which is far from over. This beautiful sculpture is a most welcome addition to American culture. (found on Twitter)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/stpaul-plotagainst-graceofourlord-com.jpgstpaul-plotagainst-graceofourlord-comThe plot against St. Paul (graceofourlord.com)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/absalom-caught-in-tree-graigsbibleblog.jpgabsalom-caught-in-tree-graigsbibleblogAbsalom caught in the tree. (graigsbibleblog)2017-08-23T09:09:04+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/08/21/morning-prayer-8-21-17-an-ordinary-monday/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/boilersheep-campuscallout-ben.jpgBoilerSheep.CampusCallout.BenU.S. colleges are reopening for the fall term, and every student organization holds “callout” events to attract new members – including campus ministries like Chapel of the Good Shepherd at Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana. Above: Ben Eaton and “flawless” D. Hrach, Episcopal students trying to recruit more. I got to work with Ben, a Division I athlete in track and field, in the summer of 2015 as volunteers at the St. John’s Food Pantry at my home parish; he spent the whole summer that year helping to feed the poor. (parish photo)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/joab-riding-to-put-an-end-to-rebel-prince-absalom-wiki.jpgJoab Riding to Put an End to Rebel Prince Absalom.WikiJoab Riding Out to Put an End to the Rebel Prince Absalom (Wikipedia)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/newalbany-townclockchurch-2ndbapt-1852-ugrr-jeffreymorris.jpgNewAlbany.TownClockChurch.2ndBapt.1852.UGRR.JeffreyMorrisThe Town Clock Church (Second Baptist), New Albany, Indiana, was built in 1852 so residents would know what time it is. New Albany is across from Louisville, Kentucky on the Ohio River, which marked the Mason-Dixon Line separating slave states from free ones. This church was a stop on the Underground Railroad. (Jeffrey Morris)2017-08-21T16:09:09+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/08/21/evening-prayer-8-21-17-11th-monday-after-pentecost/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/stmarks-nenanaak-tec.jpgStMark's.NenanaAK.TECSt. Mark’s Nenena, Alaska: lift high the Cross. (The Episcopal Church)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/prayer-blog.pngPrayer BlogRemember these, internet veterans? Online pioneers used to award each other these little graphics to decorate and promote their sites, though the symbols have all but disappeared since the Web went commercial. After 13 years of twice-daily posts, we finally received one from a stranger, so we have now Arrived. Sweet thought, really, that someone decided to create this to honor those who pray; God bless the encouragers.https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/mlk-center-on-dick-gregory.jpgMLK Center on Dick GregoryDick Gregory was an American satirist who gained fame in the 1950s and ’60s, then eased out of entertainment to become a civil rights activist and health food advocate. He died Saturday, and fans from politics and showbiz tweeted their memories and tributes. This is from the Martin Luther King Jr. Center in Atlanta.2017-08-21T13:50:06+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/08/20/evening-prayer-8-20-17-eleventh-sunday-in-ordinary-time/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/stephenfosterstatue-pittsburgh-olddarkey-wiki.jpgStephenFosterStatue.Pittsburgh.'OldDarkey'.Wiki"The most racist statue in America" has nothing to do with Confederate generals; it depicts Stephen Foster, composer of a once-popular song about “Old Kentucky,” seated magisterially while beneath him a barefoot “old darkey” – those words are specified in the artist’s commission – happily strums along on the banjo. It’s in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and so far officials can’t get rid of it, though they’re trying. (Wikipedia)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/chris-cantwell-okcupid.jpgChris Cantwell.OkCupidChris Cantwell organized one of the racist groups that rioted in Charlottesville, Virginia last week, and emerged as the “star” of a hard-hitting, highly-rated TV documentary a few days later; he looks the part of a heavily-armed white thug and talks a good game. But within days he made a pathetic, blubbery video begging followers to send money because those terrible anti-racist activists are so relentless they’re ruining his life and, and he had no idea and… OkCupid even banned him for life from its dating site; at 39, no surprise, he’s still looking for a good woman. Good luck with that, pal; you’re now the object of national scorn and revulsion, and headed straight for prison.https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/berke-bates-funeral-satpaulsbaptist-richmond-chipsomodevilla-getty.jpgBerke Bates Funeral.SAtPaul'sBaptist.Richmond.ChipSomodevilla.GettyFunerals were held this weekend for Lieutenant H. Jay Cullen and Trooper-Pilot Berke Bates, experienced Virginia State Police helicopter pilots whose aircraft crashed at Charlottesville during the racist riot. Their main assignment was transporting and guarding Gov. Terry McAuliffe, but they also handled all types of emergencies where a chopper was useful; last weekend they were providing air surveillance when they went down. Before the accident Bates was able to film – and upload to headquarters – the murder-by-automobile of anti-racist activist Heather Heyer and subsequent police chase. “He captured an incredible video that shocked us in the command post,” said State Police Commander Col. Steven Flaherty. “He captured that pursuit. That is great evidence.” Gov. McAuliffe told mourners at Cullen’s funeral, at a Church of the Nazarene, that he and wife Dorothy are heartbroken over losing the officers they considered friends. “It’ll never be the same when I step into that helicopter and not see Jay in that front right seat with Cullen on the back of his helmet.” Above: the governor greeted state police mourners at Bates’s funeral at a Baptist church in the state capital; hundreds of officers attended from 22 states. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/stpauls-rochesterny.jpegStPaul's.RochesterNY(parish photo)2017-08-21T00:40:11+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/08/20/morning-prayer-8-20-17-eleventh-sunday-after-pentecost/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/herefordcathevnesong-ashmills.jpgHerefordCathEvnesong.AshMillsCathedrals and minsters in the British Isles have been shocked by a huge increase in attendance at Evensong – up to 10 times more visitors – because of a new website for music lovers. It uses global positioning technology to highlight the nearest church offering the classic evening service of Anglicanism, which dates to 1549. Hereford Cathedral, above, has seen attendance jump from 20 to 200; generations of today’s choral music fans have seldom set foot in a church nor had any idea they could hear fine singing there – which ought to be a public scandal. Clergy and musicians, grab more chairs! (Ash Mills/Christian Today)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/choralevensong-org.pngchoralevensong.orgScreengrab from choralevensong.org, which also highlights individual parishes and choirs for addresses and service times. The site is the work of the Hampstead Music Trust, backed by the Royal College of Church Music, other foundations and individuals. https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/evensong-leicestercath-christiantoday.jpgEvensong.LeicesterCath.ChristianTodayEvensong attendance has quadrupled at Leicester Cathedral, too. (Christian Today)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/choristers-leicestercath-christiantoday.jpgChoristers.LeicesterCath.ChristianTodayChoristers at Leicester Cathedral suddenly have someone to sing for. (Ash Mills/Christian Today)2017-08-20T16:45:34+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/08/19/evening-prayer-8-19-17-tenth-common-saturday/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/lawrenceprovenzano-leejacksonplaques-stjohnsfthamilton-dioli.jpgLawrenceProvenzano.Lee&JacksonPlaques.StJohnsFtHamilton.DioLILawrence Provenzano, the Bishop of Long Island, New York, addressing reporters this week about two Confederate plaques he ordered removed from a closed Episcopal church, St. John’s in the Fort Hamilton neighborhood of Brooklyn. He said he received a call Wednesday, which was the first he’d ever heard about the plaques, and had them removed within 24 hours. The diocese’s rapid response is highly commendable – but having no idea they were there seems less so. The parish, where two Confederate generals were once members, became known as the “Church of the Generals” because many officers from the fort have worshiped there; the building sits right across the street from the fort’s old parade grounds. The Brooklyn Congresswoman who represents the area is trying to get Confederate street names removed from the fort, and publicity about them seems to have spurred a complaint about the plaques to the diocesan office. The whole area is historic (which wasn’t enough to prevent closing the church), but few Episcopalians get festive because Stonewall Jackson once plunked his butt in a pew. The Church needs to hear a full explanation. (Diocese of Long Island)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/sjtd-peacockphil.jpgSJTD.PeacockPhilAnother look at Phil, a white peacock at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York City, showing us his best Liberace impression. (source unknown)2017-08-19T23:02:51+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/08/19/morning-prayer-8-19-17-tenth-ordinary-saturday/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/kinggeorgestatuenyc.jpgKingGeorgeStatueNYChjkghjghttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/stpaulsilasfloggedatphilippi-louistestelin-virtualmusofprotestantism.jpgStPaul&SilasFloggedAtPhilippi.LouisTestelin.VirtualMusOfProtestantismLouis Testelin: St. Paul and St. Silas Flogged at Philippi; the following lesson takes place in Jerusalem. (Virtual Museum of Protestantism)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/shimei-curses-david-chongsoonkim-blog.jpgShimei Curses David.chongsoonkim blogShimei Curses David; artist unknown. (chongsoonkim blog)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/durhamturnsitselfin-auburnseminary-katrinaparker.jpgDurhamTurnsItselfIn.AuburnSeminary.KatrinaParkerYou may have heard that a small crowd of far-left activists - Workers of the World, for example - pulled down a Confederate statue in Durham, North Carolina, a college town, after the racists’ riot a week ago in Charlottesville, Virginia. Police identified one woman in Durham and arrested her, charging her with violating a state law aimed at anti-racist activists, prohibiting the removal of public statues. But what about all the other people with her that night? Durham turned itself in. (Photo: Katrina Parker. Distributed by: Auburn Theological Seminary, New York City)2017-08-19T17:27:07+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/08/18/video-evensong-8-18-17-william-porcher-dubose-sewanee-theologian-1918/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/jesushealsblindbartimaeus-johannheinrichstocc88ver-1861.jpgJesusHealsBlindBartimaeus.JohannHeinrichStöver.1861Johann Heinrich Stöver, 1861: Jesus Heals a Blind Man2017-08-19T02:43:11+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/08/17/morning-prayer-8-18-17-william-porcher-dubose-priest-theologian-1918/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/dwb-sosmediterranecc81eofflibya-august2017-angelostaortzinis-afp.jpgDWB.SOSMediterranéeOffLibya.August2017.AngelosTaortzinis.AFPDoctors Without Borders announced this week it is withdrawing its rescue ship the SOS Mediterranée off the coast of Libya, as the Italian Navy imposes control over rescue and interdiction ships throughout the region. Many Libyans and other African refugees have ended up in Italy, which is clamping down; the doctors’ group predicts drownings for the sake of politics. (Angelos Taortzinis/Agence France-Presse)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/wadi-kidron-israel-tours.jpgWadi Kidron.Israel ToursThe Wadi Kidron, or Kidron River valley, is a forbidding wilderness where Israelites often went to escape trouble at home, where Jesus was tempted and often went to pray. (Israel Tours)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/stpaularrestedinjerusalem.jpgStPaulArrestedInJerusalemSt. Paul Arrested in Jerusalem (Providence Litho)2017-08-18T15:05:40+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/08/17/evening-prayer-8-17-17-johnson-cutler-chandler-colonial-priests/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/heather-heyer-funeral-salwangeorges-wapo.pngHeather Heyer Funeral.SalwanGeorges.WaPoHeather Heyer’s funeral was held yesterday in Charlottesville, Virginia, at a downtown theater to accomodate the crowds. Her mother spoke eloquently of Heather’s commitment to racial justice. She was run down and killed, and 19 others were injured, by a white suremacist; two state troopers died in the line of duty when their helicopter went down. (Salwan Georges/The Washington Post)2017-08-18T04:48:44+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/08/17/morning-prayer-8-17-17-three-colonial-priests/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/golden-calf.jpgGolden CalfWorshiping the golden calf, a false god. (From "The Ten Commandments," Paramount Pictures, 1956)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/falwell-jr.pngFalwell Jrhttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/cross-burning-daily-mail.jpgCross Burning.Daily MailWorshiping the burning cross of hatred. (The Daily Mail)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/goldencalf-10commandmentsfilm-paramountpictures.jpgGoldenCalf.10CommandmentsFilm.ParamountPicturesWorshiping the golden calf. (Paramount Pictures, “The Ten Commandments,” 1956)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/charlottesville8-12-17-edubayer-nyt.jpgCharlottesville8.12.17.EduBayer.NYT“Some very nice people… protesting quietly.” (Edu Bayer/The New York Times)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/wrapped-in-prayer.jpgWrapped in Prayer2017-08-17T15:07:18+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/08/16/evening-prayer-8-16-17-tenth-ordinary-wednesday/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/sierra-leone-nbc.jpgSierra Leone.NBCTragedy has again struck Sierra Leone, with hundreds of people drowning in floods and being buried in mudslides. Let us pray for the victims, and that the world community give all possible assistance to survivors. (NBC News)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/jesusrich-young-man.jpgJesus&Rich Young ManThis rendering of Jesus and the rich young man emphasizes Christ’s compassion for him, which is easy to overlook in the lesson below. The fellow’s questions seem self-righteous and he comes off as naive or worse – but Jesus doesn’t need us to be perfect; he needs us to be better. (artist unknown)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/stmarysnottingham-reredos-wiki.jpgStMary'sNottingham.Reredos.WikiAltar, reredos and windows at St. Mary’s, Nottingham in England's East Midlands. (Wikipedia)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/watkinsglensp-ny-wiki.jpgWatkinsGlenSP.NY.WikiWatkins Glen State Park, New York (Wikipedia)2017-08-16T17:17:02+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/08/15/morning-prayer-8-16-17-tenth-ordinary-wednesday/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/anjelrevlindafernandez2.jpgAnjel&RevLindaFernandez2The Revs. Anjel Scarborough and Linda Fernandez led a public witness for peace and racial justice Sunday evening in Brunswick, Maryland, just one of hundreds of such gatherings led by citizens, civic leaders and clergy of all stripes since the deadly riot last weekend in Charlotteville, Virginia. (Grace Church, Brunswick)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/absalom.jpgAbsalomAbsalom, praised for his beauty. (Desiree M. Mondesir)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/stpaulstjames-cristoforocaselli.jpgStPaul&StJames.CristoforoCaselliCristoforo Caselli: St. Paul and St. James, leaders of the Gentile church and the Jewish one.https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/jpmorgan-wiki.pngJPMorgan.WikiA parlor game question: since rich people have a hard time entering the kingdom of heaven, would the American financier J.P. Morgan make it? He was nobody’s idea of a saint, but for many years he never failed to attend General Convention (in his private rail car, with his mistress onboard) to help govern and finance the Episcopal Church; he once locked other bankers in his library until they agreed to solve a financial crisis that would have hurt millions of people. Perhaps he had his reasons to trust in the Lord. (Wikipedia)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/solidaritycharlottesville-tapawingopark-crestacates.jpgSolidarityCharlottesville.TapawingoPark.CrestaCatesCivic solidarity with Charlottesville, Virginia last weekend in another U.S. college town, West Lafayette, Indiana. (Cresta Cates)2017-08-16T14:26:48+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/08/15/evening-prayer-8-15-17-st-mary-the-virgin/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/stmaryjesus-persianminiature.jpgStMary&Jesus.PersianMiniatureA Persian miniature of Mary and Jesus (Wikipedia)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/stmarystjohnbeloved-alonzocano.jpgStMary&StJohnBeloved.AlonzoCanoAlonzo Cano: St. John Gives Communion to the Virgin Maryhttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/stmary-bvm-sassoferrato-c1650.jpg1640-50Sassoferrato, c. 1650: The Virgin in Prayer (National Gallery, London)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/cullenbates-vsp.jpgCullen&Bates.VSPLieutenant Cullen and Trooper Bates. Cullen, a 21-year veteran who piloted the helicopter that went down near Charlottesville, was the commander of the Virginia State Police aviation squad. Bates, a member of that unit, was also a bodyguard to Gov. Terry McAuliffe and his family. (Virginia State Police)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/susanbroheatherheyer-joshuareplogle-ap.jpgSusanBro&HeatherHeyer.JoshuaReplogle.APSusan Bro of Charlottesville, Virginia shows a photo of herself and her daughter Heather Heyer. Weeping at times, Ms. Bro told AP, “Let’s take from her death that we’re going to move forward in conversation. We’re going to move forward in understanding and listening to one another and seeing how we can come together.” (Joshua Replogle/Associated Press)2017-08-16T08:56:45+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/08/14/morning-prayer-8-15-17-st-mary-the-virgin/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/jesus-hugs-mary-his-mother-lizlemonswindle.jpgJesus Hugs Mary His Mother.LizLemonSwindleLiz Lemon Swindle: Jesus Hugs Mary, His Mother2017-08-15T14:47:41+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/08/14/evening-prayer-8-14-17-jonathan-daniels-civil-rights-martyr-1965/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/jonathandaniels-rubysales-chgoreader.jpgJonathanDaniels.RubySales.ChgoReaderRuby Sales, a 17-year-old organizer for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, was arrested with Jonathan at a civil rights demonstration a week before he was killed; they were jailed together, held six days, then suddenly freed together to strangely deserted streets, where they walked to a ramshackle store nearby to buy a cold soda. They never made it inside. A state highway employee and part-time sheriff’s deputy aimed his shotgun and pulled the trigger. Jonathan shoved Ruby out of the way and was hit by the bullet; then the gunman aimed for the white Catholic priest. Ms. Sales, now 69, has devoted her life to peace and racial reconciliation, founding institutions and academic journals, writing and speaking on these issues. She calls Jonathan’s assassination “state-sanctioned murder.” (The Chicago Reader)2017-08-15T06:03:44+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/08/13/morning-prayer-8-14-17-jonathan-daniels-civil-rights-martyr-1965/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/jonathandaniels.jpgJonathanDanielsEpiscopal seminarian and civil rights volunteer Jonathan Daniels, tutoring a little girl whose family he stayed with while working to register African-Americans to vote in Alabama. He was shot 52 years ago today. (source unknown)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/jonathandaniels-bettervarners-selmatimesjournal.jpgJonathanDaniels.BetterVarners.SelmaTimesJournalVarner’s Cash Store, where Jonathan was murdered, was torn down without notice a few months earlier, but in its place a historical marker was unveiled in 2015 during the annual pilgrimage sponsored by the Diocese of Alabama. Click to enlarge and read. (Selma Times Journal)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/stumbling-block-johnhembree.pngStumbling Block.JohnHembree(John Hembree)2017-08-14T15:50:48+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/08/13/evening-prayer-8-13-17-tenth-sunday-after-pentecost/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/charlottesville-bodiesflying-ryanmkelly-thedailyprogress.jpgCharlottesville.BodiesFlying.RyanMKelly.TheDailyProgressBodies were sent flying as Racial violence flared again this weekend in Charlottesville, Virginia, with three people killed, including two state police officers and a pedestrian, and another 19 pedestrians injured, several critically, after an Ohio man plowed into peaceful counter-demonstrators to hurt as many people as he could. Hundreds of armed Neo-Nazis, Klansmen and white suremacists descended on the city, chanting “White lives matter” and “Jews will not replace us,” and wearing Donald Trump campaign hats. (Ryan M. Kelly/The Daily Progress)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/yorkminsterwestfront-decoratedgothic-windowtracery-andybarrett.jpgYorkMinsterWestFront.DecoratedGothic.WindowTracery.AndyBarrettThe west front of Yorkminster, seat of the Archbishop of York, England. (Andy Barrett)2017-08-13T21:41:56+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/08/13/morning-prayer-8-13-17-tenth-sunday-after-pentecost/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/journeymen-hannovergermany-tomasmunita-nyt.jpgJourneymen.HannoverGermany.TomasMunita.NYTTradesmen and women in Germany have preserved a very old custom that has died out elsewhere: when they finish an apprenticeship, many take off on foot to a “faraway” town (60 km or more) to practice their trade in exchange for room and board, not money. The theory is they will learn best practices used elsewhere, then bring them back to their hometown after a year of itineracy. They travel in small groups and dress in clothes symbolic of their trade so they and the public can recognize each other; the lessons of the journey become part of their trade. (Tomas Munita/The New York Times)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/smokymarys.jpgSmokyMary'sChurch of St. Mary the Virgin, Times Square, New York City, perhaps the best known Anglo-Catholic parish in the United States; Google "Smoky Mary's" and it pops right up. (source unknown)2017-08-13T05:31:21+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/08/12/evening-prayer-8-12-17-florence-nightingale-nurse-public-health-reformer-1910/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/sunsetchicago-8-9-17-barrybutler.jpgSunsetChicago.8.9.17.BarryButlerSunset in Chicago on Wednesday. That’s Lake Michigan on the left. (Barry Butler)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/jesusgirl.jpgJesus&GirlWhoever welcomes one such child in my name welcomes me.2017-08-12T22:02:45+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/08/11/morning-prayer-8-12-17-florence-nightingale-nurse-public-health-reformer-1910/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/samesexmarriagedemo-sydney-8-6-17-peterparks-afp.jpgSameSexMarriageDemo.Sydney.8.6.17.PeterParks.AFPSame-sex marriage demonstration a week ago in Sydney; the Turnbull government has arranged for a buck-passing, non-binding, $120 million plebiscite on whether to allow Gay and Lesbian couples to marry. Would you like your rights put to a vote? (Peter Parks/Agence France-Presse)2017-08-12T15:31:38+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/08/11/video-evensong-8-11-17-clare-abbess-of-assisi-1253/2017-08-12T02:25:23+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/08/10/morning-prayer-8-11-17-clare-abbess-of-assisi-1253/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/stmarkspalatkafl-carpentergothic1854-wiki.jpgStMark'sPalatkaFL.CarpenterGothic1854.WikiSt. Mark’s, Palatka, Florida, the first church in town, built 1854 in the Carpenter Gothic style popularized by architect Richard Upjohn; note the buttresses at the base of the bell tower. (Wikipedia)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/stpaulpreachingbeforetempleofartemisatephesus-adolfpirsch-1885.jpgStPaulPreachingBeforeTempleOfArtemisAtEphesus.AdolfPirsch.1885Adolf Pirsch, 1885: St. Paul Preaching Before the Temple of Artemis2017-08-11T14:21:55+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/08/10/evening-prayer-8-10-17-laurence-deacon-martyr-at-rome-258/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/canadianpastorreleasednkorea-hyeonsoolim-lightkoreanpresbyteriantoronto-ap.jpegCanadianPastorReleasedNKorea.HyeonSooLim.LightKoreanPresbyterianToronto.APA Presbyterian megachurch pastor from Canada was released yesterday from captivity in North Korea, officially for health reasons. Hyeon Soo Lim is senior pastor at Light Korean Presbyterian Church in Mississauga, Ontario, near Toronto. He was born in South Korea, then became a Canadian citizen, and has reportedly made 100 humanitarian trips to the North, worth millions of dollars; the last one in 2015 got him sentenced to life in prison at hard labor. (Associated Press)2017-08-10T21:38:40+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/08/09/morning-prayer-8-10-17-laurence-deacon-martyr-at-rome-258/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/benhamsatah-iran-loregau-manusislandpng-2016-baratimurdered2014-ashleygilbertson-nyt.jpgBenhamSatah.Iran.Loregau.ManusIslandPNG.2016.BaratiMurdered2014.AshleyGilbertson.NYTBenham Satah, a refugee from Iran held at the Loregau concentration camp on Manus Island, Papua New Guinea, in 2016, wearing a T-shirt remembering Reza Barati, a fellow refugee murdered during a riot there two years earlier. PNG courts have ordered the facilities closed and the inmates released to live on the island, whose residents have taken to attacking them with machetes; the most recent body was found Monday, another Iranian and a known mental patient “carefully monitored” by Australian immigration, which says he committed suicide. The victim’s family are demanding an autopsy. (Ashley Gilbertson/The New York Times)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/david-marries-bathsheba-morganbible.jpgDavid Marries Bathsheba.MorganBibleFrench, 13th C.: Bathsheba is presented to David, from the J.P. Morgan Bible.https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/stateless-manusisland-ashleygilbertson-nyt.pngStateless.ManusIsland.AshleyGilbertson.NYTAt the behest of the government of Britain’s former penal colony of Australia, which pays Papua New Guinea to confine boat people to concentration camps on Manus Island, PNG issues papers to inmates marked (in very careful letters) STATELESS. Supporters of this remnant of the old “White Australia” policy, themselves the descendants of undesirables and felons, may want to avoid today’s Collect of the Day concerning a saint who “fulfilled God’s commandments by defending and supporting the poor.” (Ashley Gilbertson/The New York Times)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/yemen-cholera.jpgYemen & Cholera2017-08-10T14:38:07+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/08/09/evening-prayer-8-9-17-herman-of-alaska-missionary-1837/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/molly-the-cherub-model-day-1.jpgMolly the Cherub Model.Day 1We have another Daily Office grandchild: her name is Molly, she was born Saturday in Texas and slept in grandma Francesca’s arms. All the cherubs in heaven are jealous of Molly’s perfect lips!https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/buffalo-kankakeesands-naturalbton.jpgBuffalo.KankakeeSands.NaturalBtonThis is the last of our Wednesday photos of American bison for awhile; they have returned to my home county in Indiana, more than a century after being driven out by human encroachment as the U.S. population expanded west. Humans hunted these magnificent animals for sport until they were nearly extinct, but now a small herd has thousands of acres of restored prairieland to graze on, thanks to the Nature Conservancy. (Natural Bloomington)2017-08-09T21:18:08+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/08/08/morning-prayer-8-9-17-herman-of-alaska-missionary-1837/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/pineridgesd-badlands-natlparksvc-dluchsinger.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAFor joy in God’s creation: Pine Ridge, Badlands National Park, South Dakota. (D. Luchsinger/National Park Service)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/take-up-your-cross-polishchapel-3rdstationcross-viadolorosa.jpgTake Up Your Cross.PolishChapel.3rdStationCross.ViaDolorosa(Polish Chapel at the Third Station of the Cross on the Via Dolorosa, Jerusalem)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/stpaulfresco-ephesus-stpaulscave-ephesustravelguide.jpgStPaulFresco.Ephesus.StPaulsCave.EphesusTravelGuideFresco of the apostle at St. Paul’s Cave, Ephesus. (Ephesus Travel Guide)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/david-mephibosheth-jpmorganbibleleaf40-13thc.gifDavid & Mephibosheth.JPMorganBibleLeaf40.13thCJonathan’s son Mephibosheth brought to David the King. (French, 13th C., Morgan Bible, Leaf 40)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/rcchurchbombed12dead-ozobuluanambranigeria-channelstv.jpgRCChurchBombed12Dead.Ozobulu,Anambra,Nigeria.ChannelsTVGunmen opened fire and killed 12 people at Sunday Mass at this Roman Catholic church in Ozubulu, Anambra, Nigeria; it’s being blamed not on political terrorism but on drug-related warfare by a gang from South Africa. The wealthy man who paid to build the church is said to be a drug dealer, and the bishop’s spokesman implied the Church accepted the man’s money “to call sinners to repentance.” (Channels Television)2017-08-09T14:40:08+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/08/08/evening-prayer-8-8-17-dominic-founder-of-the-order-of-preachers-1221/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/orbis-monk-on-twitter.jpgOrbis Monk on Twitter(Orbis Monk on Twitter)2017-08-08T22:38:37+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/08/07/morning-prayer-8-8-17-dominic-priest-friar-1221/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/david-with-scepter-crystalinks.jpgDavid with Scepter.crystalinksKing David (crystalinks)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/tsgtdavidboard.jpgTSgtDavidBoardThe Defense Department identified the airman who died Wednesday in a noncombat-related incident in Kuwait as Tech. Sgt. David Board of Barboursville, W.Va. Board, 49, was an aircraft fuels systems craftsman assigned to the 130th Airlift Wing at McLaughlin Air National Guard Base, W. Va. He was deployed to Kuwait in support of Operation Inherent Resolve. He had served with the unit for eight years, according to a video message released by Col. Johnny M. Ryan Jr., the wing’s commander. “We are deeply saddened by the loss of such an outstanding Airman and member of the 130th Airlift Wing,” Ryan said.https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/hunterharris.jpgHunter&HarrisSgt. Jonathon Michael Hunter, 23, of Columbus, Indiana, and Spc. Christopher Michael Harris, 25, of Jackson Springs, North Carolina, were killed when an explosive device detonated near their convoy, officials announced 3 August. They were assigned to 2nd Battalion, 504th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division in Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Col. Toby Magsig, commander of the 1st Brigade Combat team, said the “Devil” Brigade is deeply saddened by the loss. “Spc. Christopher Harris was an extraordinary young man and a phenomenal paratrooper. He regularly displayed the type of courage, discipline, and empathy that the Nation expects from its warriors.” Magsig added, “Sgt. Jonathon Hunter was the leader we all want to work for – strong, decisive, compassionate, and courageous. He was revered by his paratroopers and respected throughout his unit.”2017-08-08T15:17:34+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/08/07/evening-prayer-8-7-17-john-mason-neale-priest-1866/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/johnmasonneale-sackvillecollege-simoncarey.jpgJohnMasonNeale.SackvilleCollege.SimonCareyJohn Mason Neale was a young priest with Anglo-Catholic views when he was forced to resign as Vicar of Crawley; English Protestants were still smarting from the defection a few years earlier of John Henry Newman to the Roman Church, and got paranoid that all High Church priests were secret agents for the Vatican. Neale became Warden of Sackville College, an almhouse built in 1609 to shelter the elderly poor. Neale remained there – and remained Anglican – until his death, having co-founded the Sisters of St. Margaret in 1854, the first permanent restoration of the monastic life in the Church of England since the Reformation. (Simon Carey)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/leftover-loaves-and-fish-leonachoy.jpgLeftover loaves and fish.LeonaChoy(Leona Choy)2017-08-07T21:50:52+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/08/06/morning-prayer-8-7-17-catherine-winkworth-poet-translator-1878/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/mosesthebrazenserpent-transfiguration-cristocc81baldevallalpando-1683.jpgMoses&TheBrazenSerpent.Transfiguration.Cristóbal(de)Vallalpando.1683A 1683 altarpiece by Cristóbal de Vallalpando depicting the Transfiguration, above, and Moses and the Brazen Serpent, is now on temporary exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum in New York City.https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/davidnathan-matthiasscheits.jpgDavid&Nathan.MatthiasScheitsMatthias Scheits: King David and the prophet Nathanhttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/stpaul-companionsof-stchloe-mystagogyresourcecenter.jpgStPaul.CompanionsOf.StChloe.mystagogyresourcecenterIn ancient Corinth, it is reported, the Church used to celebrate a Feast of the Co-Workers of St. Paul in remembrance of his helpers in that city, including Crispus, Titius Justus and Chloe, pictured above, on a designated Sunday in mid-February. (Mystagogy Resource Center)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/jesusfeeding-12-basketsleftover.pngJesusFeeding.12 BasketsLeftoverHow many baskets of leftovers did you get? (source unknown)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/catherine-winkworth-426.jpgCatherine Winkworth.426Catherine Winkworth is celebrated as the foremost translator of German hymns and chorales into English; her “Praise to the Lord, the Almighty” is loved all over the English-speaking world. She was also an advocate for women’s rights, including higher education; she was on her way to an international women’s conference when she died of a sudden heart attack at 51.2017-08-07T14:17:25+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/08/06/evening-prayer-8-6-17-transfiguration-of-our-lord/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/transfiguration-elijahmoses.jpgTransfiguration.Elijah&MosesChrist with Elijah and Moses at the Transfiguration; iconographer unknown.https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/godthefatherangels-pietroperugino_stanza_dellincendio_di_borgo-ceilingmedallion-vaticancity.jpgSONY DSCPietro Perugino: God the Father and Angels, a ceiling medallion in the Stanza dell’Incendio di Borgo, Apostolic Palace, Vatican City.2017-08-06T19:32:17+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/08/06/morning-prayer-8-6-17-ninth-sunday-after-pentecost/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/rafaelmoralesmaldonado-viipuertorico-7-22-17.jpg+RafaelMoralesMaldonado.VIIPuertoRico.7.22.17Puerto Rico has a new bishop, Rafael Morales Maldonado, consecrated 22 July by Presiding Bishop Michael Curry, lower right. (diocesan photo)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/daviddancedinephod-pinterest.jpgDavidDancedInEphod.PinterestDavid danced in an ephod. (artist unknown)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/queenphilip-coronationday-1953-ap.jpgQueen&Philip.CoronationDay.1953.APAs we salute Prince Philip on his retirement, we look back at the sheer length of it: this was Coronation Day, 1953. They haven’t changed all that much - she was lovely then and she still is - but the little boy in the corner is now a pensioner. (Associated Press)2017-08-06T08:36:20+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/08/05/evening-prayer-8-5-17-albrecht-durer-matthias-grunewald-lucas-cranach-the-elder-renaissance-artists/2017-08-06T00:00:07+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/08/04/morning-prayer-8-5-17-durer-grunewald-cranach-the-elder-renaissance-artists/2017-08-05T16:38:01+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/08/04/video-evensong-8-4-17-an-ordinary-friday/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/philip-yuimok.jpegPhilip.YuiMokHRH The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, retired after 65 years of public life Wednesday in a low-key ceremony at Buckingham Palace. He spent the day with the Royal Marines. (Yui Mok pool photo)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/jesushealsdeaf-ephphatha-richardcaemmerer.jpgJesusHealsDeaf.Ephphatha.RichardCaemmererRichard Caemmerer: Ephphathahttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/philip-hat-tip-hannahmckay-reuters.jpegPhilip Hat Tip.HannahMckay.ReutersThe author of “Competition Carriage Driving” has said goodbye. (Hannah Mckay/Reuters)2017-08-05T06:35:57+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/08/03/morning-prayer-8-4-17-friday-in-the-8th-ordinary-week/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/papalmass-msg-2015-michaelappleton-nyt.jpgPapalMass.MSG.2015.MichaelAppleton.NYTThe regular clergy at worship during the Papal Mass at Madison Square Garden in New York City, 2015. (Michael Appleton/The New York Times)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/david-anointingof-paoloveronese-1555.jpgDavid.AnointingOf.PaoloVeronese.1555Paolo Veronese, 1555: David was anointed by the prophet Samuel while still a boy; in today’s lesson all the elders of Israel have gathered to declare him king, and oil is again the sign of the covenant they are making.https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/stpaulpreaching-berea.jpgStPaulPreaching.BereaSt. Paul preaching at Berea; source unknown.https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/jesussyrophoenician-dogundertable-dogbuddyblog.jpgJesus&Syrophoenician.DogUnderTable.dogbuddyblogBegging? No, not me. (dogbuddy blog)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/theesmith-palmsunday-stphilipscathatlanta.jpgTheeSmith.PalmSunday.StPhilipsCathAtlantaFriend of ours; you probably know him, accompanying the Palm Sunday procession this year in Atlanta. (St. Philip’s Cathedral)2017-08-04T14:32:18+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/08/03/evening-prayer-8-3-17-george-f-bragg-jr-priest-historian-1940/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/parseghian-joeraymond-ap.jpgParseghian.JoeRaymond.APAra Parseghian has died, one of the great coaches of American college football, especially at the University of Notre Dame, a celebrated club that had fallen on hard times until he brought them back spectacularly with national championships in 1966 and 1973. He was a “players’ coach” who supported and encouraged his team and didn’t have to yell to correct his players; a look was enough. He brought hidden talents ouf of his men; in 1964 he picked a no-name senior to be his quarterback and guided him to a 9-1 record and the Heisman Trophy as the sport’s best player. (Joe Raymond/Associated Press)2017-08-03T21:18:00+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/08/02/morning-prayer-8-3-17-w-e-b-dubois-sociologist-1963/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/venezuelagovtkidnapsleopoldolopez-antonioledezma-afp.jpgVenezuelaGovtKidnapsLeopoldoLopez.AntonioLedezma.AFP.The most important thing that’s happened in the world so far this week is the crushing of democracy in Venezuela, with opposition politicians including Leopoldo Lopez, left, and Antonio Ledezma were kidnapped by masked government agents in the dead of night. The government's voting machine vendor said yesterday the government tampered with a million votes in Sunday's up-or-down vote to strip Parliament and the courts of all power. (Agence France-Press)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/web-dubois-thecrisis.jpgWEB DuBois.TheCrisisWilliam Edward Burghardt DuBois was an American civil rights leader and public intellectual. He was a co-founder of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in 1909 and founding editor of its magazine The Crisis, a leading artistic and literary journal during the Harlem Renaissance and today the longest-running Black publication in the world. (NAACP)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/stpaulphilippianjailer-airocross-com.jpgStPaul&PhilippianJailer..airocross.comPaul, Silas and the Philippian jailer (airocross.com)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/yemencholera-400kcases-who.jpgYemenCholera.400KCases.WHOWhy we pray for Yemen: 400,000 suspected cases of cholera since 2015 because of the civil war, according to the World Health Organization. (WHO photo)2017-08-03T15:12:28+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/08/02/evening-prayer-8-2-17-samuel-ferguson-bishop-of-liberia-1916/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/trinitycath-monrovia-flickriver.jpgTrinityCath.Monrovia.FlickriverTrinity Cathedral, Monrovia, Liberia. (Flickriver)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/buffalocloseup-kankakeesands-naturalbton.jpgBuffaloCloseUp.KankakeeSands.NaturalBton"Why yes, I AM the beauty of the Earth": American bison at Kankakee Sands prairie restoration in Newton County, Indiana. (Natural Bloomington)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/swift-to-love.jpgSwift to Love2017-08-02T22:36:28+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/08/01/morning-prayer-8-2-17-samuel-ferguson-missionary-bishop-in-west-africa-1916/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/vbs-2017-craft-stjamesfremontca-alisonsaichek.jpgVBS 2017 Craft.StJamesFremontCA.AlisonSaichekMiniature pillows made during Vacation Bible School at St. James’s, Fremont, California. (Alison Saichek)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/joab-kills-abner-jpmorganbible.jpgJoab Kills Abner.JPMorganBibleJoab Kills Abner, French, illumination c. 1250, J.P. Morgan Bible. (Morgan Library, New York City)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/haiti-nurses-meme.jpghaiti-nurses-meme2017-08-02T14:20:19+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/08/01/evening-prayer-8-1-17-joseph-of-arimathea-guardian-of-christs-body/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/ccc-oxford-wiki.jpgCCC.Oxford.WikiChrist Church Cathedral, Oxford, England is both the principal church of the diocese and the chapel of a college of Oxford University. (Wikipedia)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/stjosephofarimathaea-tobiashaller.jpgStJosephOfArimathaea.TobiasHallerJoseph, one of the great heroes of the faith, took Christ’s crucified body and placed it in his own secure tomb – an act of love with an essential consequence; Christ couldn’t be resurrected credibly without his body being entirely accounted for. The time of death was also crucial; Joseph only had a short period to get Jesus into the tomb and seal it, before sundown and the Sabbath made all activity cease. (The Rev. Tobias S. Haller)2017-08-01T21:55:54+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/07/31/morning-prayer-8-1-17-joseph-of-arimathea-protector-of-christs-body/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/cena-3afghantours-10y-o-blacklab-joelbissell-muskegonchron.jpgCena.3AfghanTours.10y.o.BlackLab.JoelBissell.MuskegonChronCena, a black Labrador trained to sniff out bombs, served three tours of duty in Afghanistan and befriended a Marine from Michigan, and finally came to live with him. But Cena had to be put down last week after suffering an aggressive form of cancer, so his human Jeff DeYoung made sure he was given full military honors. We have the story in two videos at the end of this service. (Joel Bissell/Muskegon Chronicle)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/david-abnertakesmichalfrompaltiel-jpmorganbible.jpgDavid.AbnerTakesMichalFromPaltiel.JPMorganBibleAbner Takes Michal from Paltiel (French, 13th C., J.P. Morgan Library, New York City)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/stjosephofarimathaea-christsdescentfromcross-14thc-churchofagiamarina-cyprus.jpgStJosephOfArimathaea.Christ'sDescentFromCross.14thC.ChurchOfAgiaMarina.CyprusChrist’s Descent from the Cross; 14th C., Church of Agia Marina, Cyprus.2017-08-01T14:48:29+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/07/31/evening-prayer-7-31-17-ignatius-of-loyola-priest-monastic-1556/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/cardinalgeorgepellincourt-7-26-17-markdadswell-reuters.jpgCardinalGeorgePellInCourt.7.26.17.MarkDadswell.ReutersCardinal George Pell of Australia, the long-running conservative media star, finally got hauled into court last week for long-rumored, unspecified sexual offenses earlier in his career. He was a priest in Ballarat, Victoria, then Archbishop of Melbourne and later of Sydney, before becoming the Vatican’s finance minister in 2014. He’s now on a leave of absence as he fights the charges. (Mark Dadswell/Reuters)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/stignatiusloyola-catholicmommyblogs.jpgStIgnatiusLoyola.catholicmommyblogsA nobleman’s son, Ignatius went to war early and was wounded in battle. During his recovery he went through a profound spiritual awakening, which later became the basis for his book on “Spiritual Exercises.” In 1534 he took vows of poverty and service to the poor with six companions, thus founding the Jesuits. (catholicmommyblogs)2017-07-31T22:00:24+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/07/30/morning-prayer-7-31-17-ignatius-of-loyola-priest-monastic-1556/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/profbrittanycooper-rutgers-schjonberg-ens.jpgProfBrittanyCooper.Rutgers.Schjonberg.ENSProfessor Brittany Cooper of Rutgers University, speaking from a Baptist perspective, told the joint convention of Black Lutherans and Episcopalians last week, “We’re in a moment when too many black churches are still obsessed with individual sin. We don’t talk about social sin.” She added, “I wonder if our theology needs a shift and what God is calling us to do is to get our own stuff together so that we can do this work of justice.” (Photo and reportage: the Rev. Mary Frances Schjonberg/Episcopal News Service)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/hebron-caveofthepatriarchs-occwestbank-timesofisrael.jpgHebron.CaveOfThePatriarchs.OccWestBank.TimesOfIsraelCave of the Patriarchs in Hebron, Occupied West Bank. (The Times of Israel)2017-07-31T14:53:31+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/07/30/evening-prayer-7-30-17-eighth-sunday-after-pentecost/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/briancole-5theasttn.jpgBrianCole.5thEastTNThe Rev. Brian Cole was elected V Bishop of East Tennessee on Friday, which, pending consents, will give him full-time access to some of the prettiest mountain scenery in the United States. (diocesan photo)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/crucifix-at-sunset-stanneshrine-ilelamottevt.jpgCrucifix at Sunset.StAnneShrine.Ile(la)MotteVTCrucifix at sunset, at the St. Anne Shrine on Isle la Motte in Lake Champlain, Vermont, as the sun goes down over New York State; Quebec is just a few miles north. (convent photo)2017-07-30T19:59:42+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/05/30/evangelism-17-budget-goal-met-streaming-on-facebook-live-begins-june-5/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/all-it-takes.jpgALL IT TAKEShttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/5-30-17-fund-thermo.jpg5.30.17 Fund Thermohttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/thankyou-kidsstring-mpix.jpgThankYou.Kids&String.Mpix2017-07-30T14:55:15+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/07/30/morning-prayer-7-30-17-eighth-sunday-after-pentecost/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/deonjohnson-michael-elizabetheaton-ube-stthomasphila-maryfrancesschjonberg-ens.jpgDeonJohnson.Michael.++ElizabethEaton.UBE.StThomasPhila.MaryFrancesSchjonberg.ENSThe Rev. Deon Johnson, rector of St. Paul’s, Brighton, Michigan, assists Presiding Bishop Michael Curry of The Episcopal Church and Elizabeth Eaton of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America during the first-ever joint meeting of the Union of Black Episcopalians and Lutherans of African Descent, earlier this month in Philadelphia. TEC and ELCA are ecumenical partners in full communion, with numerous shared ministries around the country. (The Rev. Mary Frances Schjonberg/Episcopal News Service)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/berlinpride2017-samesexmarriage-fabriziobensch-reuters.jpgBerlinPride2017.SameSexMarriage.FabrizioBensch.ReutersBerlin a week ago Saturday. The Books of Samuel use the phrase "passing the love of women" three times to describe David's love for Jonathan, and we're at a loss for any other way to illustrate the following example. (Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/stthomasafrican-ube225-schjonberg.jpgStThomasAfrican.UBE225.SchjonbergThe Choir of St. Thomas African Episcopal Church in Philadelphia led the Lord’s praise at the joint meeting of UBE and the Lutherans of African Descent. St. Thomas’ African was founded in 1792 by Fr. Absalom Jones, the first Black priest in The Episcopal Church. (The Rev. Mary Frances Schjonberg/Episcopal News Service)2017-07-30T06:15:09+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/07/29/evening-prayer-7-29-17-ordination-of-the-1st-women-priests-in-the-episcopal-church-1974/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/barbaraharris-2-13-14-tracysukraw.jpgBarbaraHarris.2.13.14.TracySukraw(Tracy Sukraw)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/phila-11-the-witness.jpgPhila 11.The WitnessThe moment that grace was imparted to 11 female deacons, making them priests, on 29 July 1974 at the Church of the Advocate, Philadelphia. The Anglican Consultative Council had approved the idea in local cases in 1971, but the following General Convention (Synod) turned aside a resolution to permit women’s ordination on a technicality two years later – and the time came to act. With a lot of male grumbling and some defections, General Convention approved the motion and regularized these early ordinations at its next meeting in 1976. (The Witness)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/phila-11-inquirer.jpgPhila 11.InquirerChurch of the Advocate, Philadelphia, July 29, 1974: 2000 in attendance, including some protesters, police and lots of media. Then, despite objections, four male bishops led by Daniel Corrigan, retired Suffragan of Colorado, laid their hands on Deacons Merrill Bittner, Alla Renée Bozarth-Campbell, Alison Cheek, Emily Hewitt, Carter Heyward, Suzanne Hiatt, Marie Moorefield Fleischer, "first woman in space" Dr. Jeanette Piccard, Betty B. Schiess, fourth-generation clergy daughter Katrina Swanson, and Nancy C. Wittig, each one of them made in the image of God. (Philadelphia Inquirer)2017-07-30T03:23:37+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/07/28/morning-prayer-7-29-17-mary-martha-lazarus/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/weddingdresses-beirut-abaad-article522-absolvesrapists-husseinmalla-ap.jpgWeddingDresses.Beirut.Abaad.Article522.AbsolvesRapists.HusseinMalla.APWedding dresses hung in silent protest in Beirut, Lebanon, protesting Article 522, which absolves rapists of their crime when they marry their victims “to save the family honor.” Similar laws throughout the Muslim world are being challenged and slowly dismantled, AP reports. (Hussein Malla/Associated Press)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/david-rends-his-garments-whatshotn.jpgDavid Rends His Garments.whatshotnDavid tears his clothes on receiving news of the death of Saul and Jonathan. (whatshotn)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/flowers-july-2017-hartney.jpgFlowers July 2017.HartneyBackyard flowers a few days ago in Watkins Glen, New York. (Michael Hartney)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/stsilas-wiki.jpgStSilas.WikiSilas is first mentioned in the Acts, but also appears in several epistles as a companion and felliow evangelist with Paul; Luke tells us he was a prophet, too. (Wikipedia)2017-07-29T14:25:00+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/07/28/video-evensong-7-28-17-j-s-bach-g-f-handel-henry-purcell-composers/2017-07-29T03:20:12+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/07/27/morning-prayer-7-28-17-j-s-bach-g-f-handel-henry-purcell-composers/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/standrewsgreencastle-affirmtrans-terrynoble.jpgStAndrew'sGreencastle.AffirmTrans.TerryNobleGreencastle, Indiana (pop. 10,500) in the Diocese of Indianapolis, posted yesterday. (Terry Noble)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/saul-deathof-politicaltheology.jpgSaul.DeathOf.PoliticalTheologyThe death of Saul; artist unknown. (politicaltheology.com)2017-07-28T14:47:06+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/07/27/evening-prayer-7-27-17-william-reed-huntington-priest-1909/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/drgyunupingu-2015-danhimbrechts-epa.jpgDrGYunupingu.2015.DanHimbrechts.EPADr. G. Yunupingu has died, the biggest music star Aboriginal Australia has ever produced, whose sweet voice, haunting melodies, Aboriginal themes and humble demeanor often put listeners in tears. He was only 46, in a land where Aboriginal health outcomes are a national scandal; his very life illustrates the folly and injustice of racist oppression. Nations need to encourage minorities, to unlock all the talent they contain; don’t let God’s gifts go to waste. (Dan Himbrechts/European Pressphoto Agency)2017-07-27T21:27:08+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/07/26/morning-prayer-7-27-17-william-reed-huntington-priest-1909/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/briananthonywilson-thurgood-georgestevensjr-stanbarouh.jpgBrianAnthonyWilson.Thurgood.GeorgeStevensJr.StanBarouhActor Brian Anthony Wilson is currently playing American jurist (and Episcopal saint) Thurgood Marshall onstage in the one-man play “Thurgood,” by Geroge Stevens, Jr., in Washington, D.C. The play ran on Broadway in 2008 and at the Kennedy Center in 2010 with Laurence Fishburne. A local newspaper critic praised the actor but panned the “unimaginative dramaturgy” as a “stilted framework (for) pure hero worship.” Maybe so, but it’s nice to see any kind of hero onstage, much less a saint known to us for overcoming racial injustice for millions; he was a lawyer and later Supreme Court justice who won a unanimous decision outlawing American apartheid in public schools. (Stan Barouh)2017-07-31T19:03:35+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/07/26/evening-prayer-7-26-17-joachim-anne-parents-of-the-blessed-virgin-mary/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/sewanee-theologychapel.jpgSewanee.TheologyChapelChapel of the School of Theology at Sewanee: The University of the South in Tennessee. (source unknown)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/stjoachimstanne-lovebirdsicon-pinterest.jpgStJoachim&StAnne.LovebirdsIcon.PinterestAll religious art has a propaganda function; the suggestion here, which is entirely modern, is that Joachim and Anne must have been the most romantic lovebirds imaginable, to have produced such an immaculate and perfect daughter as Mary. (artist unknown)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/baby-giraffe-cheyennemountainzoo-colospgsco.jpgBaby Giraffe.CheyenneMountainZoo.ColoSpgsCOA baby giraffe at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, Colorado Springs, Colorado. (zoo photo)2017-07-26T21:52:45+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/07/25/morning-prayer-7-26-17-joachim-anne-parents-of-the-blessed-virgin-mary/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/indydelegation-eye17-victoriahoppes-7-14-17.jpgIndyDelegation.EYE17.VictoriaHoppes.7.14.17Diocese of Indianapolis delegation at the Episcopal Youth Event ten days ago in Oklahoma, unable to hide the evidence of excitement and fun. (Victoria Hoppes)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/bisonbaby-kankakeesands-naturalbton.jpgBison&Baby.KankakeeSands.NaturalBtonAmerican bison and baby at Kankakee Sands Prairie Restoration near Morocco, Indiana, about 60 miles south of Chicago. A herd of 23 buffalo was introduced on the 8000-acre property, owned by the Nature Conservancy, last October, and in January ten calves were born; here is one, seen two weeks ago. (Natural Bloomington)2017-07-26T15:15:43+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/07/25/evening-prayer-7-25-17-st-james-the-apostle/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/stjamesthegreat-gateslocked.jpgStJamesTheGreat-GatesLockedChurch of St. James the Great, Newport Beach, California, after its congregation was locked out a couple of years ago as Bishop Jon Bruno tried to sell it to raise needed cash. A judge ruled recently that he was within his legal rights as the "corporation sole," that earlier covenants restricting the parcel's use to a church had been long since eliminated; but the verdict is considered moot, since a concurrent church trial called the sale improper and forbade him from selling. The same panel has recommended the bishop, due to retire next year, be suspended from ministry for three years. (source unknown)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/stjamesthegreat-guidoreni.jpgStJamesTheGreat.GuidoReniGuido Reni: St. James the Greater. As Santiago, he is the patron saint of Spain; his presumed burial place at Campostela attracts hundreds of thousands of pilgrims a year.2017-07-25T22:46:49+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/07/24/morning-prayer-7-25-17-st-james-the-apostle/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/hoosierspringsvalley-naturalbton1.jpgHoosierSpringsValley.NaturalBtonA fuller view of Springs Valley Lake, an Indiana state recreational area that’s part of the Hoosier National Forest near French Lick. (Natural Bloomington)2017-07-25T14:26:34+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/07/24/evening-prayer-7-24-17-thomas-a-kempis-author-of-imitation-of-christ-1471/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/jenniferulsteryouth-christchurchmadison-evelynwheeler.jpgJennifer&UlsterYouth.ChristChurchMadison.EvelynWheelerContinuing the legacy of the peace movement in Northern Ireland, a dozen youth from Ulster spent a week at Christ Church, Madison, Indiana, culminating in an episcopal Evensong with Bishop Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows, plus a picnic with the pontiff. Back during the sectarian “troubles,” parents on both sides were eager to get their children away from the violence between Roman Catholics and Protestants. Today’s trips are still peacemaking efforts, paying off in smiles, fun and new friends. (The Rev. Evelyn Wheeler)2017-07-25T00:00:50+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/07/23/morning-prayer-7-24-17-thomas-a-kempis-priest-1471/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/ancienthumansaustralia-davidvadivelou-gundjeihmiaboriginalcorp.jpgAncientHumansAustralia.DavidVadivelou.GundjeihmiAboriginalCorpA new study says humans populated Australia much earlier than previously thought – at least 65,000 years ago, when they would have shared the land with giant wombats and wallabies. Here Elspeth Hayes, one of the study authors, with Aboriginal leaders Mark Djandjomerr and May Nango, taking samples in a cave near Kakadu National Park in the Northern Territory. Researchers have found over 11,000 artifacts, including human remains, fireplaces and tools like sharpened axes with handles, that are 20,000 years older than those discovered anywhere else in the world. The Aboriginal people are thought to have migrated from Africa, and their culture is the oldest in the world. (David Vadiveloo/Gundjeihmi Aboriginal Corp.)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/jesuspreachesinboat-catholicmannight-com.jpgJesusPreachesInBoat.catholicmannight.comJesus preaches in a boat. (catholicmannight.com)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/thomas-a-kempis-anon-17thc-munmusofzwollenl-852.jpgThomas à Kempis belonged to the lay Brothers of the Common Life in Zwolle, the Netherlands; they cultivated a practical spirituality, taught by Geert Groote, focused on the inner life and the practice of virtues. They supported themselves by teaching and copying manuscripts. (Groote also taught that lay brothers who wanted to become monastics should join the Augustinian canons regular, which Kempis did; he was ordained about 1415.) From these influences rose “The Imitation of Christ,” a devotional guidebook he composed or compiled, which has sold so widely it’s been translated into more languages than any other book except the Bible. (Stedelijk Museum, Zwolle)2017-07-24T17:15:34+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/07/23/evening-prayer-7-23-17-seventh-sunday-in-ordinary-time/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/hoosiernf-trail-alltrails-com.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAHiking trail in the Hoosier National Forest in southern Indiana. (alltrails.com)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/hoosiernf-buzzardroostfalls-usfs.jpgHoosierNF.BuzzardRoostFalls.USFSBuzzard Roost Falls, Hoosier National Forest near Bloomington, Indiana (U.S. Forest Service)2017-07-23T22:13:19+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/07/22/morning-prayer-7-23-17-seventh-sunday-after-pentecost/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/ccc-stlouis-galleryview-diocese.jpgCCC.StLouis.GalleryView.dioceseChrist Church Cathedral, St. Louis, Missouri, from the gallery, during the ordination last June of Maria L. Evans, Leslie Barnes Scoopmire and Andrew Suitter as priests. (diocesan photo)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/wildernessofziph-judeanhillsfromdeadsea-wiki.jpgWildernessOfZiph.JudeanHillsFromDeadSea.WikiJudean Hills from the Dead Sea, near the Wilderness of Ziph. (Wikipedia)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/ccc-stlouis-fromreredos.jpgCCC.StLouis.fromReredosChrist Church Cathedral, St. Louis, from the reredos behind the altar into the nave. (diocesan photo)2017-07-23T15:04:03+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/07/22/evening-prayer-7-22-17-st-mary-magdalene-trusted-friend-of-jesus/2017-07-23T01:10:00+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/07/21/morning-prayer-7-22-17-st-mary-magdalene/2017-07-22T19:52:42+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/07/21/video-evensong-7-21-17-albert-john-luthuli-prophetic-witness-in-south-africa-1967/2017-07-22T02:16:11+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/07/20/morning-prayer-7-21-17-albert-john-luthuli-apartheid-resistance-leader-1967/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/36bodiesmassgrave-thailandnrmalaysiaborder-2015-damirsagolj-reuters.jpg36BodiesMassGrave.ThailandNrMalaysiaBorder.2015.DamirSagolj.ReutersThe bodies of 36 Rohingya slaves were found in a mass grave in Thailand near the Malaysia border in 2015; now over a hundred defendants, including Thai police and an army general, have been convicted in the human trafficking scheme. Consumers: Thai seafood is cheap because it’s produced by slave labor. (Damir Sagolj/Reuters)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/davidtakesgoliathsswordfromahimelech-sharingknowledge.jpgDavidTakesGoliath'sSwordFromAhimelech.sharingknowledgeDavid takes Goliath’s sword from Ahimelech (sharingknowledge)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/stpauls1stmissionaryjourney-cypruspisidia.jpgStPaul's1stMissionaryJourney.Cyprus&Pisidia2017-07-21T14:17:23+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/07/20/evening-prayer-7-20-17-four-liberating-women-stanton-bloomer-truth-tubman/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2007/07/elizcadystanton.jpgStanton2017-07-21T07:22:08+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/07/19/morning-prayer-7-20-17-four-liberating-women-stanton-bloomer-tubman-truth/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/jonathandavidhandshake-tes-com.jpgJonathan and David are Friends I Samuel 18:1King Saul bitterly assailed his son Jonathan for “choosing David” in a speech about “the shame of your mother’s nakedness,” but all Jon and David ever did was shake hands. (tes.com)2017-07-20T14:15:17+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/07/19/evening-prayer-7-19-17-macrina-monastic-teacher-379/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/stmacrina-setapartinchrist-com.jpgStMacrina.setapartinchrist.comMacrina was the older sister of four brothers, three of whom became bishops and saints, and she influenced them tremendously by her religious teaching. We have a good deal of insight into her from the writings of one of them, Gregory of Nyssa. The time he spent with her deepened his faith and unleashed his spirit, which came out in his writing. “On the Making of Man” takes delight in creation, and his “Commentary on the Song of Songs” is a celebration of earthly love. His “Prayer of Macrina on Her Deathbed” is considered one of the most beautiful ever written.2017-07-20T11:55:51+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/07/18/morning-prayer-7-19-17-macrina-monastic-teacher-379/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/valongowharf-500-1000k-unesco-halleypachecodeoliveira.jpgValongoWharf.500-1000K.Unesco.HalleyPacheco(de)OliveiraUNESCO has named Valongo Wharf in Rio de Janeiro a World Heritage Site, years after it was abandoned, built over and forgotten despite its central importance in Brazil’s economic and social history: up to a million slaves passed through here, more than all the ports in North America. After Europeans banned the slave trade by 1814, Brazil continued to tolerate human trafficking until 1888, the last Western nation to stamp it out. (Halley Pacheco de Oliveira)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/adorersofbloodofchrist-chapeltoblockpipeline-columbiapa-michaelswilliamson-wapo.jpgAdorersOfBloodOfChrist.ChapelToBlockPipeline.ColumbiaPA.MichaelSWilliamson.WaPoAdorers of the Blood of Christ is a Roman Catholic order of nuns in southeast Pennsylvania; environmental stewardship is one of their charisms and mandates. One day an oil pipeline company asked for an easement to run a pipe through their property; the nuns wouldn’t even discuss it. Faced with recalcitrant landowners, the pipeline company moved to take the land by eminent domain; so the sisters decided to build a new chapel right in the path – and they may succeed in blocking the pipeline substantially, because their religious rights may negate the company’s right to condemn the land. The nuns are hoping to mobilize public support like that at the Standing Rock Indian Reservation in the Dakotas; the case may end up at the Supreme Court. (Michael S. Williamson/The Washington Post)2017-07-19T14:58:15+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/07/18/evening-prayer-7-18-17-bartolome-de-las-casas-missionary-to-the-west-indies-1566/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/liturgymusiccxsewanee-tomwelch.jpgLiturgy&MusicCxSewanee.TomWelchLiturgy and music conference last weekend at the Theology School at Sewanee in Tennessee; the music in chapel was delightful. (Tom Welch)2017-07-18T20:37:53+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/07/17/morning-prayer-7-18-17-bartolome-de-las-casas-friar-missionary-to-the-indies-1566/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/kevinbrown-delaware.pngKevinBrown.DelawareThe Rev. Kevin Brown was elected Bishop of Delaware Saturday. An Air Force veteran, he is currently rector of the Church of the Holy Comforter in Charlotte, North Carolina. Pending canonical consents, he’s expected to be consecrated in December at Delaware State University in Dover. (diocesan photo)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/saulthrowinghisspearatdavid-constantinhansen.jpgSaulThrowingHisSpearAtDavid.ConstantinHansenConstantin Hansen: Saul Throwing His Spear at Davidhttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/us-navy-logo.jpgUS Navy Logohttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/us-marines-logo.gifUS Marines Logohttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/15marines1sailor-mississippi-nyt.jpg15Marines1Sailor.Mississippi.NYTFirst row: Maj. Caine M. Goyette; Capt. Sean E. Elliott; Gunnery Sgt. Mark A. Hopkins; Gunnery Sgt. Brendan C. Johnson. Second row: Staff Sgt. Joshua Snowden; Sgt. Owen J. Lennon; Sgt. Julian M. Kevianne; Cpl. Daniel I. Baldassare. Third row: Cpl. Collin J. Schaaff; Staff Sgt. William Kundrat; Staff Sgt. Robert H. Cox; Sgt. Talon R. Leach. Fourth row: Sgt. Chad E. Jenson; Sgt. Joseph J. Murray; Sgt. Dietrich A. Schmieman; Petty Officer Second Class Ryan Lohrey. (graphic: The New York Times)2017-07-18T14:24:33+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/07/17/evening-prayer-7-17-17-william-white-bishop-organizer-of-the-episcopal-church-1836/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/maidsriot-noidaindia.jpgMaidsRiot.NoidaIndiaThere are conflicting reports about who and what caused maids to riot at a luxury high-rise in Noida, India, but no doubt that widening income inequality leads to violence; hundreds of domestic service employees, who work for poverty wages, invaded an apartment building a few days ago and terrorized one employer, who cowered in a locked bathroom with her husband and child while rebellious maids ransacked the place. Now thousands of maids are locked out of their jobs and worried about feeding their families. Noida, a prosperous suburb, has added fuel to the fire by segregating household help in tin-roofed shacks outside of town; Indian “madams” have a growing worldwide reputation for exploiting workers, stealing their wages, kidnapping and even enslaving them. (The New York Times)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/williamwhite-house-independencenatlhistoricalpark.jpgWilliamWhite-House.IndependenceNatlHistoricalParkWilliam White was ordained a deacon in the Chapel Royal at St. James’s Palace, London, in 1770, and a priest two years later. He was rector of Christ Church, Philadelphia for 57 years, as the city became the capital of the United States when the Revolution was won. He was consecrated Bishop of Pennsylvania in London in 1787, the second American bishop after Samuel Seabury of Connecticut. He modeled the governance of The Episcopal Church on the U.S. Constitution, with a General Convention patterned after Congress with its two houses, one for bishops and one for “deputies,” both clergy and lay – the first time Anglican laymen gained power to govern their church. Above: White’s townhouse is now part of Independence National Historical Park. (Jack Boucher)2017-07-17T20:17:37+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/07/16/morning-prayer-7-17-17-william-white-bishop-of-pennsylvania-1836/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/jesushealsmanwithleprosy-rhythmontherock.jpgJesusHealsManWithLeprosy.RhythmOnTheRockJesus heals a man with leprosy. (rhythmontherock.com)2017-07-17T14:20:55+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/07/16/evening-prayer-7-16-17-sixth-sunday-after-pentecost/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/clarencedarrowstatue-sculptorzenosfrudakis-viaap.jpgClarenceDarrowStatue.sculptorZenosFrudakis.viaAPClarence Darrow, an attorney who defended a high school science teacher at one of the U.S. “trials of the 20th Century,” finally has a statue in Dayton, Tennessee to match one for his opponent William Jennings Bryan erected in 2005. Eighty years earlier the Scopes “monkey trial,” in which an educator was charged with teaching evolution in violation of state law, drew national media, curious onlookers and praise for both lawyers, but only Bryan, the Biblical literalist, got a statue, until civil libertarians commissioned sculptor Zenos Frudakis, above, to build one. The town, which has always welcomed “monkey trial” tourists, would like more travelers to come – except for one cranky old lady who publicly hopes that Bible believers “up in the hills” will ride in one night and tear the whole thing down. (Zenos Frudakis)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/clarencedarrowwmjenningsbryan-scopes-daytontn-1925-ap.jpgClarenceDarrow&WmJenningsBryan.Scopes.DaytonTN.1925.APClarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan at the Scopes trial in Dayton, Tennessee in 1925. Bryan was a very famous orator and three-time Democratic presidential nominee when he argued his last big case, prosecuting the teacher. Bryan won, but Biblical literalism lost in the court of public opinion, and Bryan died just a few days after the verdict was announced. Tennessee’s anti-evolution law, aimed at banning an idea and protecting a particular Biblical interpretation, violated the Constitutional separation of church and state. (Associated Press)2017-07-16T20:16:57+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/07/15/morning-prayer-7-16-17-sixth-sunday-after-pentecost/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/ray-phori-stimela-jburg2007-leftyshivambu-galloimages.jpgRay Phori.Stimela.Jburg2007.LeftyShivambu.GalloImagesOne of the great musicians of the anti-apartheid movement has died, singer-songwriter and Stimela founder Ray Phori. He had songs banned from the radio but won gold and platinum records, South African Music Awards and Grammys; he was a major contributor to Paul Simon’s 1986 Album of the Year “Graceland” and toured worldwide. The African National Congress said in a statement, “Phiri was a voice for the voiceless and a legend of our time. An immensely gifted composer, vocalist and guitarist, he breathed consciousness and agitated thoughts of freedom through his music.” Above: onstage in Johannesburg, 2007. (Lefty Shivambu/Gallo Images)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/sewaneecross-tomwelch.jpgSewaneeCross.TomWelchA big public statement from the top of the mountain at Sewanee: The University of the South in Tennessee. (Tom Welch)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2007/07/davidjonathan.jpg2017-07-16T07:55:31+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/07/15/evening-prayer-7-15-17-saturday-of-proper-9/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/maoriflag-michaelsmithnd.jpgMaoriFlag.+MichaelSmithNDThis Maori Anglican flag has hung in the office of North Dakota Bishop Michael Smith since 2003, symbolizing relationships among indigenous peoples in the Lord. It was carried all over New Zealand by marchers at the Hikoi of Hope in 1998, where 40,000 demonstrators converged on Wellington on their way to Parliament, demanding rights, respect and better conditions for Maori people. The march “kind of put social justice back on the agenda,” Bishop Don Tamihere of the Tikanga Maori Diocese of Tairawhiti told Episcopal News Service last month. Smith received the flag as a gift from Maori Bishop Whakahuihui Vercoe as part of an Anglican Indigenous Network meeting in Rotorua when Smith was still a priest working on an Indian reservation in Minnesota. He treats the Maori flag with great respect and doesn’t want to be ungracious concerning a gift, but as he gets older he feels the flag, with all its history, belongs back home. Smith, a Potawatomi from Oklahoma, said he plans to keep telling the flag’s story until, at his death, it returns to New Zealand. (photo: Bishop Michael Smith; reportage: Episcopal News Service)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/salisburycath-jaypea.jpgSalisburyCath.JayPeaSalisnury Cathedral (Jay Pea)2017-07-15T19:10:00+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/07/14/morning-prayer-7-15-17-saturday-of-proper-9/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/richard-serota-tec-it.jpgRichard Serota.TEC.ITRichard Serota, who founded the information technology department at Episcopal Church headquarters in New York City, is retiring after 27 years in August. He’s gone from building desktop computers to overseeing vastly more complicated systems and communications networks. Today’s Presiding Bishop can do more than just write a letter or balance his checkbook; he can use his phone or other device to look up a Bible passage, call a taxi, order Chinese takeout and buy a new cope and miter no matter where he is. Mr. Serota’s career is worth celebrating. (Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/davidgoliath-guillaimecourtois.jpgDavid&Goliath.GuillaimeCourtoisGuillaume Courtois: David and Goliathhttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/cratersofmoonnatlmon-id-tetonadunlap-times-news.jpgCratersOfMoonNatlMon.ID.TetonaDunlap.Times-NewsCraters of the Moon National Monument, Idaho: spared, we are told, by the Secretary of the Interior. (Tetona Dunlap/The Times-News)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/kingscollcambridge-rainbow-choristerparentnfb.jpgKingsCollCambridge.Rainbow.ChoristerParentNFBRainbow over King’s College, Cambridge, captured by the parent of a chorister and posted on Facebook a few days ago.2017-07-15T13:41:53+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/07/14/video-evensong-7-14-17-samson-occum-1st-ordained-presbyterian-minister-among-native-americans-1792/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/liuxiaobo-nobelpeace-oslo2010-livullmann-oddandersen-afp.jpgLiuXiaobo.NobelPeace.Oslo2010.LivUllmann.OddAndersen.AFPLiu Xiaobo, the Chinese intellectual and democracy activist who kept vigil at Tienanmen Square with student protesters in 1989, running afoul of China’s repressive government but winning the Nobel Peace Prize, has died of cancer at 61, after being held under house arrest since 2008 and denied treatment until it was too late. Above: the Nobel ceremony in Oslo seven years ago, when the actress Liv Ullmann, left, read from his writings after China refused to let him attend. (Odd Andersen/Agence France-Presse)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2007/03/haitianjesusbaptismcathholytrinport-au-prince.jpgHaiti Jesus baptism2017-07-17T11:34:25+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/07/13/morning-prayer-7-14-17-samuel-occum-witness-to-the-faith-in-new-england-1792/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/revteresahordowens-disciplesgeneralminpres.jpgRevTeresaHordOwens.DisciplesGeneralMin&PresThe Rev. Teresa Hord Owens has been elected the new General Minister and President of the Christian Church-Disciples of Christ, a small (500,000), congregationally-governed church group based in Indianapolis. She becomes the first African-American woman to lead a mainline Protestant denomination in the USA. She is the Dean of the University of Chicago Divinity School and Senior Minister of a mostly-white congregation in Chicago. (church photo)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/revsharonewarkins-currentdiscpres-2009-indystar.jpgRevSharonEWarkins.CurrentDiscPres.2009.IndyStarThe Rev. Sharon E. Watkins is stepping down as General Minister and President of the Disciples of Christ, whose roots date to the Second Great Awakening in the early 19th Century; its founders rejected denominationalism, and the church has long been an ecumenical leader in the National and World Council of Churches. Above: at the biennial assembly in 2009. (The Indianapolis Star)2017-07-14T14:54:10+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/07/13/evening-prayer-7-13-17-conrad-weiser-witness-to-peace-reconciliation-1760/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/bc-fires-100milehouse-clint-trahan.pngBC Fires.100MileHouse.Clint TrahanYesterday we received an urgent message from the Ven. Archdeacon Paul Feheley, Principal Secretary to Archbishop Fred Hiltz, the Primate of Canada: “Friends: I have had a chance to talk to Bishop Barbara Andrews in the Territory of the Peoples area of British Columbia. Her diocese sits within the heart of the raging forest fires. She has asked for particular prayers for Williams Lake as another lightning storm is heading their way. There are about 1000 people in her diocese and every one of them has been affected in some way. Many parishes are offering shelter to others. Please remember all of their communities in your daily prayers.” Above: smoke over 100 Mile House, B.C. (Clint Trahan)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/christatemmaus-rembrandt.jpgChristAtEmmaus.RembrandtRambrandt: Christ at Emmaus. He was hungry after the resurrection, so someone gave him a piece of fish. He ate it; they watched.2017-07-14T12:45:24+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/07/12/morning-prayer-7-13-17-conrad-weiser-witness-to-peace-reconciliation-1760/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/brunoprohibitedfromsellingstjamesnewportbeach-schjonberg-ens.jpgBrunoProhibitedFromSellingStJamesNewportBeach.Schjonberg.ENSThe incumbent Bishop of Los Angeles, Jon Bruno, has been prohibited by an ecclesiastical court and the Presiding Bishop from selling St. James’s, Newport Beach, a valuable property fought over for years by schismatic “Anglicans” and loyal Episcopalians among the parishioners, with a final decision favoring the Episcopalians. Bishop Bruno tried to re-establish a viable parish, but the cost of litigation was so high he needed money and tried to sell. Pairishioners complained, he was brought up on charges, he has lost on appeal, and will soon face mandatory retirement. (The Rev. Mary Frances Schjonberg/Episcopal News Service)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/david-playing-on-the-harp-before-saul-williambrasseyhole.jpgDavid-playing-on-the-harp-before-Saul.WilliamBrasseyHoleWilliam Brassey Hole: David Playing on the Harp before Saul2017-07-13T03:36:27+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/07/12/evening-prayer-7-12-17-nathan-soderblom-archbishop-ecumenist-1931/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/johntaylor-la-donnamachado.jpg+JohnTaylor.LA.DonnaMachadoConsecration of the Rt. Rev. John Taylor as Bishop Coadjutor of Los Angeles, Saturday at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. IDonna Machado)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/ordination-anaphora-carolyngordon.jpgOrdination.Anaphora.CarolynGordonThe anaphora, or consecration of bread and wine as the Body and Blood of Christ, during the Eucharist for the ordination of Maria L. Evans, Leslie B. Scoopmire and Andrew Suitter as Episcopal priests 27 June: Christ known in the breaking of bread. (Carolyn Gordon)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/nathansocc88derblom-800.jpgNathanSöderblom.800As Archbishop of Uppsala, Söderblom was primate of the Church of Sweden and a world leader for peace and church unity; he won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1930 for urging churches, whichever side their country was on, to take the lead in ending World War I. Above: with ecumenical leaders, including an unidentified Orthodox prelate.https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/cardinal.pngCardinal2017-07-13T05:01:37+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/07/11/morning-prayer-7-12-17-nathan-soderblom-archbishop-of-uppsala-ecumenist-1931/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/stpetersvision-arisekill-spiritfilledlife.jpgStPeter'sVision.Arise&Kill.SpiritFilledLifePeter’s vision. (spiritfilledlife blog)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/samuelanointsdavid-mattiapreti.jpgSamuelAnointsDavid.MattiaPretiMattia Preti: Samuel Anoints Davidhttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/pb-at-eye-17-lynettewilson-ens.jpgPB at EYE 17.LynetteWilson.ENSPresiding Bishop Michael Curry opened EYE 17, the triennial Episcopal Youth Event, yesterday, celebrating the Holy Eucharist at a stadium at the University of Central Oklahoma in Edmond. It attracts over a thousand youth and adult staff from all the Episcopal Church and the Anglican Communion. (Lynette Wilson/Episcopal News Service)2017-07-12T14:19:10+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/07/11/evening-prayer-7-11-17-benedict-of-nursia-abbot-of-monte-cassino-c-540/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/bob-eva-alexkor-kadish-birkenau.jpgBob.Eva.AlexKor.Kadish.BirkenauHolocaust survivors Bob and Eva Kor and their son Alex as Bob read Kadish, Jewish prayers for the dead, last week at Birkenau, the Nazi extermination camp in Poland. (Eva Kor on Twitter)2017-07-11T22:17:52+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/07/10/morning-prayer-7-11-17-benedict-of-nursia-abbot-c-540/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/kirkpatrick.jpgkirkpatrickPrivate First Class Hansen Kirkpatrick, a 19-year-old Wasilla, Alaska man, died July 3 from an indirect fire attack in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, according to the Department of Defense, with shells launched from a mortar. Kirkpatrick joined the Army in June 2016. He was a member of the U.S. Army’s 1st Battalion, 36th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, based at Fort Bliss, Texas. The battalion deployed to Helmand Province earlier this year for a “train, advise, and assist mission” with Afghan security forces in a war soon to finish its 16th year. According to reports, Kirkpatrick was in a building when a Taliban mortar round struck the roof. Soldiers returned fire, killing two Taliban militants and wounding others. The incident comes as the Pentagon is planning to deploy several thousand more troops to Afghanistan in an effort to roll back Taliban gains. An announcement is expected later this month. “PFC Hansen Kirkpatrick served honorably as a mortarman in 1-36 Infantry, the Spartans,” said Maj. James C. Bithorn, executive officer, Stryker Brigade Combat Team. “He was a caring, disciplined, and intelligent young soldier who daily lived the Spartan motto of ‘Deeds Not Words.’ He will be missed greatly by his fellow soldiers and leaders alike.”https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/stbenedict.jpgStBenedictSt. Benedict, father of Western monasticism. About half the world’s Christians know him very well, while the other half never heard of him. The Collect of the Day indicates highlights of his communal approach to humanity’s quest for spiritual union with God: prayer, labor and hospitality. (artist unknown)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/thecomforter-janetstrickler.jpgTheComforter.JanetStricklerJanet Strickler: The Comforter2017-07-11T14:22:14+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/07/10/evening-prayer-7-10-17-a-ferial-monday/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/ms-sheila-michaels-garbisphotostudio.jpgMs. Sheila Michaels.GarbisPhotoStudioMs. Sheila Michaels has died, and the fact that you recognize the abbreviated title Ms. is partly her doing. It’s been around for over a century, but was never widely adopted until she took up the cause at the start of the second wave of feminism in the early 1960s. Many of the movement’s leaders considered the question trivial compared to other priorities, but Ms. Michaels led a quiet, “timid” campaign for it anyway, convinced that women needed a title of respect that didn’t refer to their marital status, the same as Mister does – and time proved her right. But Ms. didn’t take hold until Gloria Steinem heard of it and decided to use it as the name for a new magazine she was planning. Ms. magazine debuted in 1970, immediately sold out, and now the title Miss sounds quaint and outdated. (Garbis Photo Studio)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/lincolncathedralchapterhouse-650.jpgLincolnCathedralChapterhouse.650The chapter house of Lincoln Cathedral, England, a meeting room for the governing body of a monastery, cathedral or collegiate church; other large meetings are also held there. (Wikipedia)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/drive-in.jpgDrive-in2017-07-10T20:08:14+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/07/09/morning-prayer-7-10-17-monday-of-proper-9/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/deaconsprostrate-evansscoopsuitter-carolyngordon.jpgDeaconsProstrate.EvansScoopSuitter.CarolynGordonProstration of the Deacons June 29, prior to their ordination as priests at Christ Church Cathedral, St. Louis, Missouri: Maria L. Evans, Leslie B. Scoopmire (both of our congregation) and Andrew Suitter. This act of humility, prayer and loyalty is directed toward the altar of God, not to any person. (Carolyn Gordon)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/samuelcursingsaul-hansholbein-younger.jpgSamuelCursingSaul.HansHolbein.YoungerHans Holbein the Younger: Samuel Cursing Saulhttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/jesusdeathof-thelamentation-marcobasaiti.jpgJesusDeathOf.TheLamentation.MarcoBasaitiMarco Basaiti: Lamentation, or the Death of Jesushttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/scoops1stmass-cogs.jpgScoop's1stMass.COGSNewly-ordained priest the Rev. Leslie B. Scoopmire celebrated her first Eucharist a week ago at the Church of the Good Shepherd in Town and Country, Missouri. Thanks be to God!2017-07-10T14:42:15+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/about/staff/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/tom-mug-shot-needsreducing.pngTom Mug Shot.NeedsReducinghttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/cate-x-1997-7thwoman-4thdiocesan.jpg+Cate.X.1997.7thWoman.4thDiocesanhttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/deaconleilaninelsonabby.jpgDeaconLeilaniNelson&AbbyLani baptizing her granddaughter Abby.https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/johnpaulmallery-150.jpgJohnPaulMallery.150https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/johnpaulmallery.jpgJohnPaulMalleryhttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/dinah-crop.jpgDinah.Crophttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/luke-day-2.jpgLuke Day 2Luke, our verger and acolyte, yelps, “There were dogs in that canticle too! Rabbits and cattle, moths and dogs!”https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/codythanksgiving.jpegCodyThanksgivinghttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/clint-mug-shot.jpgClint mug shothttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/joshheadshot.jpgJoshHeadShot2017-07-10T04:31:23+00:00weekly0.6https://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/07/09/evening-prayer-7-9-17-fifth-sunday-after-pentecost/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/46thpct-thebronx-ofcmiosotisfamiliar-bryananselm-nyt.jpg46thPct.TheBronx.OfcMiosotisFamiliar.BryanAnselm.NYTOfficers and personnel of the 46th Police Precinct in The Bronx, New York, gathered in prayer after one of their officers was “assassinated” July 4th by a mentally ill gunman as she sat in her mobile command post, according to the police commissioner. The suspect, who was killed by police, had a criminal record and had recently posted threats to the police on Facebook; his girlfriend contacted authorities when he went paranoid and took off, but by then it was too late. (Bryan Anselm/The New York Times)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/ofcmiosotisfamilia-nypd.jpgOfcMiosotisFamilia.NYPDOfficer Miosotis Familia, the third female officer in New York Police Department history killed in a criminal confrontation, was a good cop with 12 years’ experience and a calming presence in the community. She raised three children, with one now in college, while caring for her aging mother nearby. (N.Y.P.D.)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/halifax-minster-cornishchurches-com.jpgHalifax Minster.Cornishchurches.comHalifax Minster, from the crossing to the back. (Cornishchurches.com)2017-07-09T19:17:09+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/07/09/morning-prayer-7-9-17-fifth-sunday-after-pentecost/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/revbillmillerwilli.jpgRevBillMiller&WilliThe Rev. Bill Miller is a priest and rector (Christ Church, Covington, Louisiana) whose beloved dog Wili is dying of cancer at age 12. Miller decided, while Wili’s still healthy enough to travel, to take him on a farewell road trip (the “Last Howlelujah Tour”) this summer through several Southwestern states, where they appear at animal shelters, bookstores, breweries and churches to raise money for local shelters; one recent appearance gained $1600. Miller, the author of a book about his earlier dog, called “The Gospel According to Sam,” and one titled “The Beer Drinker’s Guide to God, calls dogs “God’s best work” because of their unconditional love. The trip’s expected to take about 5000 miles, culminating in Las Vegas; maybe Wili will get to meet showgirls, jugglers and movie stars. (reporting: Episcopal News Service)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/howlelujah-tour.jpgHowlelujah TourWili is a Hawaii-born Texan now; his given name is Nawiliwili Nelson, he’s a terrier mix, and Fr. Miller adopted him from a shelter while serving a church in the islands.https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/wili-billmiller.jpgWili.(BillMiller)Wili in the back of his chauffeur-driven Honda CRV. (Bill Miller)2017-07-09T05:36:48+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/07/08/evening-prayer-7-8-17-an-ordinary-saturday/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/humanright-evakor.jpgHumanRight.EvaKorHolocaust survivor Eva Mozes Kor’s T-shirt this week as she leads a pilgrimage of remembrance at Auschwitz. (from her Twitter feed)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/jesus-on-peace.jpgJesus on Peace2017-07-08T20:01:41+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/07/08/morning-prayer-7-8-17-an-ordinary-saturday/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/hobbylobby-claycuneiformsmuggledfromiraq-usatty-eastdistny.jpgHobbyLobby.ClayCuneiformSmuggledFromIraq.USAtty.EastDistNYClay cuneiform confiscated from Hobby Lobby. (U.S. Justice Department)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/hobbylobby-1-6mil-5500artifacts-usatty.jpgHobbyLobby.$1.6mil.5500artifacts.USattyA U.S. retail chain named Hobby Lobby, privately owned by a fundamentalist Christian family, has been charged with looting thousands of ancient artifacts from Iraq by the U.S. government – like this cuneiform tablet. In a settlement, the government confiscated the artifacts, for which the company paid $1.6 million USD, and fined it an additional $3 million. The head of the family expressed regret and blamed his own naiveté, but he’s an experienced collector and this was an elaborate scheme, with deliveries to seven different company facilities in its home city, each falsely labeled as merchandise samples. It took sophistication and shady contacts to arrange; this wasn’t his first time at the rodeo. (U.S. Department of Justice)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/spring-day-on-seneca-lake.jpgSpring day on Seneca LakeSpring at Seneca Lake, New York (The Rev. Michael Hartney)2017-07-08T15:19:34+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/07/07/video-evensong-7-7-17-an-ordinary-friday/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/larsenc-icerift-antarctica-2000sqmi-1trilliontonsjohn-sonntag-nasa.jpgLarsenC.IceRift.Antarctica.2000sqmi.1TrillionTonsJohn Sonntag.NASAn ice rift the size of Delaware (2000 square miles) and weighing a trillion tons is about to break off the Larsen Shelf in Antarctica; a few days ago the crack had only a mile or two to go before the iceberg breaks free. Scientists aren’t sure it’s caused by global warming – others have happened fairly close by – and say it should not cause a rise in sea levels, but many are concerned about how fast this break is happening. (John Sonntag/NASA)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/maria-scoop-andrew-carolyn-gordon.jpgMaria, Scoop & Andrew.Carolyn GordonAs is the custom, Maria Evans, Leslie Scoopmire and Andrew Suitter were presented to the People immediately after Bishop Wayne Smith (gold hat, center) laid his hands upon them; applause and shouts rang out, at Christ Church Cathedral, St. Louis, last week. (Carolyn Gordon)2017-07-08T04:45:34+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/07/06/morning-prayer-7-7-17-friday-of-proper-8/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/maria-ordained-6-29-17-carolyngordon.jpgMaria Ordained.6.29.17..CarolynGordonThe Rev. Dr. Maria L. Evans, all smiles last week after being ordained at Christ Church Cathedral, St. Louis. She has been our Daily Office Missioner for years, and we got to see how hard she worked for this, how completely seminarians disrupt for their lives for the Lord. The Church asks a lot of its seminarians, ordination is a life-changing commitment – and we know that Maria earned that Super Bowl smile. (Carolyn Gordon)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/jonathanarmorbearer-fredericleighton-1stbaronleighton_of_stretton_-_jonathan_s_token_to_david.jpgJonathan&ArmorBearer.FredericLeighton.1stBaronLeighton_of_Stretton_-_Jonathan_s_Token_to_DavidFrederic Leighton: Jonathan and his armor-bearerhttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/simoncyrenecarriescross-jesuswomen-thebiblestudy-co-uk.jpgSimonCyreneCarriesCross.Jesus&Women.thebiblestudy.co.ukSimon of Cyrene, Jesus and the women, including Mary Magdalene and Mary his mother. (thebiblestudy.co.uk)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/maria-preaches-1st-mass-in-our-stole-7-3-17.jpgMaria Preaches 1st Mass in Our Stole.7.3.17The Rev. Maria Evans preaching Sunday in her home parish, Trinity, Kirksville, Missouri, just before she celebrated the Eucharist for the first time. (Kevin Minch)2017-07-07T15:05:09+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/07/06/evening-prayer-7-6-17-jan-hus-forerunner-of-the-reformation-1415/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/virtual-dj.jpegVirtual DJTwo days ago on America’s birthday, Daily Office Radio went on the air, broadcasting the fourfold Office liturgies (Morning, Noonday, Evening and Latenight Prayer) several hours a day, read by our members. Soon we will provide more original shows for the Episcopal Church and mainstream Christians. This exciting project has greatly strained our capabilities, but the Holy Spirit has called us to the work and enabled us to perform it – the first such station, we believe, for a U.S. denomination. Like evangelists before us, we are meeting the digital natives and learning their language. Above: the cockpit control panel of an app called Virtual DJ; no antenna needed, because this radio’s all online. (To listen: go to our landing page dailyoffice.org and use the Nav menu, upper right.) Can you spare a prayer for our success? We covet prayers. Thanks be to God!https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/janhusatthestake-jenacodex.jpgJanHusAtTheStake.JenaCodexJan Hus Burned at the Stake, from the Jena Codex, c. 1600. Hus was a priest and professor at Charles University in Prague who promoted the views of John Wycliffe, whose doubts about Church teaching still sound radical to most Anglicans today. But the Church’s violent reaction is equally shocking; people were murdered for believing the wrong things. Among the issues: the Real Presence of Christ in the Sacrament (Hus believed in it, but not Rome’s explanation for it), selling of indulgences, the moral laxity of clergy and religious, and the primacy of Scripture in determining doctrine. But this you may not have heard: Rome taught that the Church consisted solely of priests. Laypeople weren’t actual members of the Church, so without the priest’s approval no one could be saved. But nowhere in the Bible is such a thing suggested – which was the whole problem. Wycliffe and Hus both paid with their lives for pointing that out. Six centuries later, Pope John Paul II apologized for Hus’s execution. (National Museum of Czech Republic)2017-07-07T05:13:13+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/07/05/morning-prayer-7-6-17-jan-hus-prophetic-witness-martyr-1415/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/themoravians-2013cd-texas-polkabeat-com.jpg4panel.inddSome of Jan Hus’s spiritual heirs are good ol’ boys: The Moravians’ debut album in 2013. They’re from Texas and yes, they’ve got that accordion thing going times two – but the real giveaway’s the guy who doubles on bass guitar and tuba. Care to dance? (polkabeat.com)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/valley-of-seboim-michmash-biblewalks-com.jpgValley of Seboim.Michmash.biblewalks.comThe Valley of Seboim (biblewalks.com)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/stphilipdeacon-eunuch-icon-churchadvocate-chapelhillnc.jpgStPhilipDeacon & Eunuch Icon.ChurchAdvocate.ChapelHillNCThe deacon St. Philp and the Ethiopian Eunuch (Church of the Advocate, Chapel Hill, North Carolina)2017-07-06T14:34:54+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/07/05/evening-prayer-7-5-17-wednesday-in-ordinary-time/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/carmelmission-michaeldresbach.jpgCarmelMission.MichaelDresbachCarmel Mission, California, the headquarters of Fr. Junipero Serra from 1770-1804. It was secularized by the Mexican government, then began to be restored in the 1880s. It’s now a parish church on the National Register. (Padre Mickey Dresbach, Oficio Diario)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/christ-before-pilate-ecce-homo-antoniociseri-1871.jpgChrist Before Pilate.Ecce homo.AntonioCiseri.1871Antonio Ciseri, 1871: Christ before Pilatehttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/agonyingarden-antoniodecorreggio-1524-apsleyhouse-london.jpgAgonyInGarden.Antonio(de)Correggio.1524.ApsleyHouse.LondonAntonio de Correggio, 1524: Agony in the Garden (Apsley House, London)2017-07-05T21:31:04+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/07/04/morning-prayer-7-5-17-wednesday-of-proper-8-ordinary-time/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/catholicresidencehall-aquinasctr-44mill-350students.jpgCatholicResidenceHall.AquinasCtr.$44mill.350studentsA church-owned residence hall will be built behind the Roman Catholic student center at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, a taxpayer-funded institution. Leaders at the St. Thomas Aquinas Center say they will welcome 350 students of all religions and none, but believe there is a need for housing with a quieter atmosphere. University leaders welcomed it. (architect’s drawing)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/confederatewindows-wnc-leestonewalljackson-johnkelly-wapo.jpgConfederateWindows.WNC.Lee&StonewallJackson.JohnKelly.WaPoThe pro-slavery Confederate battle flags are now gone from the Confederate windows at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., replaced by small inoffensive pieces at the top of each window. But a local columnist for the Washington Post complains that removing the windows themselves, depicting Gens. Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson as pious innocents, is taking too long – a full two years of churchtalk and CYA before moving them into their own historical exhibit with context, explanations and (the real issue) apologies. (John Kelly/Washington Post)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/hector-falls-michaelhartney.jpgHector Falls.MichaelHartneyFor joy in God’s creation: Hector Falls, Hector, New York. (Michael Hartney)2017-07-05T15:11:39+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/07/04/evening-prayer-7-4-17-independence-day/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/holy-oil-marialevans.jpgHoly Oil.MariaLEvansMaria shows off one of her ordination gifts: a vial containing holy oil for anointing. It’s a thick paste, generally aromatic; a priest sticks the bottom of her thumb into the container, rubs on a dab, then makes the sign of the cross with her thumb on the forehead of the person being blessed. It is often used for baptism, healing, and the reconciliation of a penitent, especially near the time of death. It’s typically blessed by the bishop during the First Vigil of Easter, then diocesan clergy gather in the see city and receive a year’s supply, just enough to fit into a little case about an inch in diameter. This is a nice one.https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/maria1stmass-7-2-17-trinitykirksvislle.jpgMaria1stMass.7.2.17.TrinityKirksvislleOur longtime lay missioner Dr. Maria L. Evans was ordained a priest last Thursday before a packed house at Christ Church Cathedral, St. Louis, Including our Vicar and Chaplain. On Sunday Rev. Maria, as she styles herself, celebrated her first Holy Eucharist at her home parish, Trinity in Kirksville, Missouri, which was also a joyous event with tears and laughter. So far so good – but we’re going to have to do something about that stole, which is too big on her. We don't want someone mistaking her for a coat closet.2017-07-04T21:27:42+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/07/04/morning-prayer-7-4-17-independence-day/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/opendoors-stalbansdc.jpgOpenDoors.StAlban'sDCToday is a major feast day in the U.S. dioceses of The Episcopal Church, by order of the General Convention. Many Episcopal churches will be open today for services; above; open doors at St. Alban’s, Washington, D.C. (parish photo)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/risefallofromanempire.jpgRise&FallOfRomanEmpirehttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/chesteraarthur.jpgChesterAArthurEleven U.S. presidents have been Episcopalian, some to lasting fame and some to permanent obscurity. Few people now living can identify this one, of whom a newspaper wrote in its obituary, “No duty was neglected in his administration, and no adventurous project alarmed the nation,” which sounds like a one-way ticket to Poughkeepsie. He reformed the civil service, though; Chester Alan Arthur, Republican of New York. God bless America!2017-07-04T15:18:16+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/07/03/evening-prayer-7-3-17-monday-of-proper-8-ordinary-time/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/revsusanfrederick-gary-1stwomanuu-nancypierce-uuworld.jpgRevSusanFrederick-Gary.1stWomanUU.NancyPierce.UUWorldThe Unitarian Universalist Association, the most liberal denomination in America, has finally gotten around to electing its first woman president, the Rev. Susan Frederick-Gray, at its convention last month in New Orleans. (Nancy Pierce/UU World)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/stmaryourmotherrc-horseheadsny.jpgStMaryOurMotherRC.HorseheadsNYSt. Mary Our Mother Roman Catholic Church in Horseheads, New York – or maybe you thought it was the Church of the Ascension. (parish photo)2017-07-03T21:23:30+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/07/03/morning-prayer-7-2-17-monday-of-proper-8-in-ordinary-time/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/cardinalgeorgepell-eastervigil2017vatican-maxrossi-reuters.jpgCardinalGeorgePell.EasterVigil2017Vatican.MaxRossi.ReutersCardinal George Pell, the former Roman Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne and later of Sydney, now treasurer of the Vatican under three Popes, has been ordered to appear before an Australian court this month to answer multiple charges that he sexually abused children. He has been accused for years of ignoring similar complaints against priests and brothers in his diocese, but now he’s personally accused as well. Media reports say he is as well connected among Australian politicians as he is at the Vatican; above, at the Easter Vigil at St. Peter’s in Rome six weeks ago. (Max Rossi/Reuters)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/saopaulocathedral-brasil-1249.jpgSaoPauloCathedral.Brasil.1249The Roman Catholic cathedral in Sao Paolo, Brazil; source unknown.2017-07-03T14:21:52+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/07/02/evening-prayer-7-2-17-fourth-sunday-after-pentecost/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/stjohns-catharineny.pngStJohn's.CatharineNYSt. John’s, Catherine, New York, built by Revolutionary War veterans from Connecticut who accepted land instead of back wages from the war. (The Rev. Michael Hartney)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/jesustaxcollectors-stmarysrc-leyland.jpgJesus&TaxCollectors.StMarysRC.LeylandJesus with tax collectors and sinners (St. Mary’s RC, Leyland, Lancashire)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/allsaintschapel-choir-sewanee-tomwelch.jpgAllSaintsChapel.Choir.Sewanee.TomWelchChoir at All Saints’ Chapel at Sewanee: the University of the South in Tennessee, owned by 28 Southern dioceses of the Episcopal Church. (Tom Welch)2017-07-02T17:16:04+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/07/02/morning-prayer-7-2-17-fourth-sunday-after-pentecost/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/all-saints-chapel-univsouth-tomwelch-2016.jpgAll Saints Chapel.UnivSouth.TomWelch.2016All Saints Chapel at Sewanee: the University of the South, Tennessee. (Tom Welch)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/1stcouncilnicaea-400.jpg1stCouncilNicaea.400First Council of Nicaea; source unknown2017-07-02T05:14:26+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/06/30/video-evensong-6-30-17-friday-of-proper-7/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/dontamihere-maoridelegation-niobraraconvo-davidpaulsenens.jpg+DonTamihere.MaoriDelegation.NiobraraConvo.DavidPaulsenENSThe Rt. Rev. Don Tamihere, Bishop of Te Tairawhiti, leading a Maori delegation from New Zealand at the beloved Niobrara Convocation of Lakota/Dakota Sioux Episcopalians this week in South Dakota, a meeting of two indigenous peoples with genocidal persecution and deep, abiding faith in common. Thank you for bringing folks to America, bishop! (David Paulsen/Episcopal News Service)2017-07-01T18:32:47+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/07/01/evening-prayer-7-1-17-harriet-beecher-stowe-writer-prophetic-witness-1896-canada-150/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/rainbowsikh.jpgRainbowSikhhttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/niobraraconvo145-redshirtproject-davidpaulsen-ens.jpgNiobraraConvo#145.RedShirtProject.DavidPaulsen.ENSFamiliar faces and new ones at the 145th Niobrara Convocation of Lakota/Dakota Sioux Episcopalians in South Dakota, joined this year by Maori friends from New Zealand. (David Paulsen/Episcopal News Service)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/canada-royalmilitarycollegeof-wiki.jpgCanada.RoyalMilitaryCollegeOf.WikiRoyal Military College of Canada (Wikipedia)2017-07-01T21:20:41+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/07/01/morning-prayer-7-1-17-pauli-murray-priest-prophetic-witness-1985/2017-07-01T15:33:00+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/06/30/morning-prayer-6-30-17-friday-of-proper-7/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/mark-strange-anglicanink.jpg++Mark Strange.AnglicanInkThe Rt. Rev. Mark Strange, Bishop of Moray, Ross and Caithness, has been elected Primus of the Episcopal Church of Scotland. He has been Bishop of Moray for 10 years, will remain in that role as well, and succeeds the Most Rev. David Chillingworth. The Scottish Church recently voted to permit same-sex marriage. (Anglican Ink)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/donkeys-snowder-com.jpgDonkeys.snowder.comDonkeys on the loose (snowder.com)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/jesus-sword.jpgJesus & Sword(found on Pinterest)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/proper-7.jpgProper 72017-07-12T14:56:07+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/06/28/morning-prayer-6-29-17-st-peter-and-st-paul-apostles/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/stpeterpaul-byzantine.jpgStPeter&Paul.ByzantineThe church builders (iconographer unknown)2017-06-29T14:30:01+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/06/29/evening-prayer-6-29-17-st-peter-st-paul-apostles/2017-06-29T14:17:04+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/06/28/evening-prayer-6-28-17-irenaeus-bishop-of-lyons-c-202/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/farc-disarms-colombia-jaimesaldarriaga-reuters.jpgFARC.Disarms.Colombia.JaimeSaldarriaga.Reuters“Goodbye, weapons! Goodbye, war!” cried the FARC leader Rodrigo Londoño (right) yesterday as he shook hands with Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos and fighters laid down their arms after 52 years of war against the government. (UN inspectors slammed shut the door on a shipping container full of rifles, just to make sure.) FARC plans to become a political party, special tribunals will be convened to consider war crimes, and farmers will receive incentive payments to stop growing coca plants; FARC financed its operations by controlling most of Colombia’s cocaine trade. (Jaime Sadarriaga/Reuters)2017-06-28T18:20:48+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/06/27/morning-prayer-6-28-17-irenaeus-bishop-of-lyons-c-202/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/astarte-ancient-origins-net.jpgAstarte.ancient-origins.netA plate depicting Astarte, also known as Ishtar, the Phoenician goddess of sex, fertility and war. (ancient-origins.net)2017-06-28T14:39:29+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/06/27/evening-prayer-6-27-17-cornelius-hill-priest-oneida-chief-1907/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/corneliushill-holyapostlesoneidawi-175thanniv.jpgCorneliusHill.HolyApostlesOneidaWI.175thAnnivHistorical exhibit at the 175th anniversary celebration last year at Church of the Holy Apostles, Oneida, Wisconsin. The parish was founded in New York State in the early 1700s, then had to be reconstituted after the U.S. government forced the Indians to give up their land and move to the wilderness of Wisconsin. (parish photo)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/corneliushill-holyapostles-oneidawi-1893-nashotahhouse.jpgCorneliusHill.HolyApostles.OneidaWI.1893.NashotahHouseThe ordination to the diaconate of Cornelius Hill, whose Oneida name was Onangwatgo (“Big Medicine”), at Church of the Holy Apostles, Oneida, Wisconsin, in 1893.2017-06-27T17:30:54+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/06/26/morning-prayer-6-27-17-cornelius-hill-priest-chief-among-the-oneida-1907/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/7-panel-navy-times.jpg7-panel Navy Times(Navy Times)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/corneliushill-oneidanation.jpgCorneliusHill.OneidaNationFr. Hill knew that the U.S. government’s individual allotment policy regarding Indian lands would ensure indigenous Americans’ financial and cultural poverty for more than a century. White businessmen were ever eager to swindle Indians out of their property in exchange for whiskey and credit; “Buy now, pay later” sounded good, until they couldn’t pay later. The same thing happened to almost every Indian tribe in the USA, and Congress knew it. (Oneida Nation)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/sanhedrin-tvaraj2inspirations-blog.jpgSanhedrin.tvaraj2inspirations blogMembers of the Sanhedrin (tvaraj2inspirations blog)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/ark-of-covenant-returns-to-beth-shemesh-engraving-gustavedore.jpgArk of Covenant Returns to Beth-shemesh.Engraving..GustaveDoreGustave Doré engraving: Return of the Ark of the Covenant to Beth-shemesh2017-06-27T14:47:12+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/06/26/evening-prayer-6-26-17-isabel-hapgood-ecumenist-translator-1929/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/albanianorthodoxchurch-worcesterma-rafaelgarcia.jpgAlbanianOrthodoxChurch.WorcesterMA.RafaelGarciaAlbanian Orthodox Church in Worcester, Massachusetts, a member parish of the Orthodox Church in America. (Rafael Garcia)2017-06-26T19:08:23+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/06/25/morning-prayer-6-26-17-isabel-hapgood-ecumenist-1929/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/nba-float-nycpride2017-hilaryswift-nyt.jpgNBA Float.NYCPride2017.HilarySwift.NYTThe National Basketball Association had a float in yesterday's LGBT Pride Parade in New York City. (Hilary Swift/The New York Times)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/ark-of-covenant-deeplyrooted-net.jpgArk of the CovenantArk of the Covenant inside the Holy of Holies. (deeplyrooted.net)2017-06-26T14:47:03+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/06/25/evening-prayer-6-25-17-third-sunday-after-pentecost/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/trinityindianapolis-frankespich-thestar.jpgTrinityIndianapolis.FrankEspich.TheStarTrinity Church, Indianapolis hosted events related to the recent consecration of Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows as Bishop, and the Presiding Bishop's news conference. (Frank Espich/The Indianapolis Star)2017-06-25T17:32:32+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/06/25/morning-prayer-6-25-17-third-sunday-after-pentecost/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/stpaulscath-detroit.jpgStPaul'sCath.DetroitSt. Paul’s Cathedral, Detroit, Michigan (source unknown)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/philistinecaptivityofark-dura-europasynagogue-fresco.jpgPhilistineCaptivityOfArk.Dura-EuropaSynagogue.FrescoPhilistine Capture of the Ark, fresco at Dura-Europa Synagogue. (Wikipedia)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/stpaulscath-fonddulacwi-wiki.jpgStPaul'sCath.FondduLacWI.WikiSt. Paul’s Cathedral, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin (Wikipedia)2017-06-25T06:22:44+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/06/24/evening-prayer-6-24-17-nativity-of-st-john-the-baptist/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/london-apt-evacuees-hannahmckay-reuters.jpgLondon Apt Evacuees.HannahMckay.ReutersFive high-rise apartment buildings in London were evacuated in the middle of the night last night after officials decided the structures had the same suspicious cladding as in the disastrous high-rise fire last week that killed at least 79 people. Parents were sent out into the darkness clutching children and luggage, not knowing where they would spend the night. The fire department couldn’t have decided all this around noon instead? (Hannah Mckay/Reuters)2017-06-24T17:26:58+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/06/23/morning-prayer-6-24-17-nativity-of-st-john-the-baptist/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/yorkminster-vault-500.jpgYorkMinster.Vault.500Vaulted ceiling at Yorkminster, England (source unknown)2017-06-24T03:40:55+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/06/23/video-evensong-6-23-17-friday-of-proper-6/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/phillippines-secret-cell-getty.jpgPhillippines Secret Cell.GettyPolice in the Philippines are taking advantage of Duterte’s campaign to exterminate drug dealers by kidnapping people and holding them for ransom in secret cells in police stations. These folks were discovered when inspectors rapped on a wooden bookcase and someone on the other side of it rapped back. (Getty Images)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/ottowarmbierfuneral-jun-22-2017-wyominghs.jpgOttoWarmbierFuneral.Jun 22 2017.WyomingHSThe funeral was held Thursday for Otto Warmbier, the 22-year-old University of Virginia student who went to North Korea, allegedly ripped off a propaganda poster, was sentenced to 20 years, poisoned, put into a coma and shipped back home last week to die. The service was held at Wyoming High School near Cincinnati, Ohio, before an overflow crowd. (family photo)2017-06-24T02:37:59+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/06/23/morning-prayer-6-23-17-friday-of-proper-6/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/samuelhearsthecall-chongsukim-blogspot.jpgSamuelHearsTheCall.ChongsuKim.blogspotSamuel hears the call (chongsukim.blogspot.com)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/mercerstcinti-wcpo.jpgMercerStCinti.WCPOYesterday the city of Cincinnati renamed a portion of Mercer Street downtown for John Arthur and Jim Obergefell, local residents who were plaintiffs in the case that legalized same-sex marriage in the United States. In 2013 Arthur was dying of a long illness; after 20 years together they wanted to get married, but Ohio wouldn’t give them a license. Obergefell rented a med-evac plane, had it fly to Maryland where they were married on the tarmac, and then flew home again. They sued the state, Arthur died but his husband fought on. The Supreme Court legalized marriage equality in 2015. (WCPO-TV)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/oldchurch-amsterdam-sunset-peterschroder.jpgOldChurch.Amsterdam.Sunset.PeterSchroderOld Church, Amsterdam (Peter Schroder)2017-06-23T17:39:46+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/06/22/evening-prayer-6-22-17-alban-1st-martyr-of-britain-c-304/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/greatmosque-al-nuri-mosuliraq-isis-march2017-khalid-al-mousili-reuters.jpgGreatMosque al-Nuri.MosulIraq.ISIS.March2017.Khalid al-Mousili.ReutersISIS, fighting to prevent the fall of its capital of Mosul, Iraq, blew up the city’s landmark, 800-year-old Grand Mosque of al-Nuri yesterday rather than see it fall into the hands of infidels. The minaret, which leans like the Tower of Pisa, gave the city its nickname, the Hunchback. Video shows a blast within the complex, while ISIS claimed it was hit by an American bomb. In this photo taken in March, the ISIS flag flew from the minaret, but now it’s all gone. (Khlaid al-Mousili/Reuters)2017-06-22T16:45:27+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/06/21/morning-prayer-622-17-alban-1st-martyr-of-britain-c-304/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/stthomascanyoncityor-bigger.pngStThomasCanyonCityOR biggerSt. Thomas’s, Canyon City, a “pioneer” church in the Diocese of Eastern Oregon. Maybe the baby deer would like to pray?2017-06-22T15:05:40+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/06/21/evening-prayer-6-21-17-first-book-of-common-prayer-1549/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/bcp-nz.jpgBCP.NZThe bilingual New Zealand Prayer Book for Aotearoa and Polynesia is widely admired for its originality and spiritual depth. It’s perhaps the biggest departure ever from the original English version, but its structure and contents are similar, and its respect for language is very Anglican.https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/bcp-japanese-mammana-org.jpgBCP Japanese.mammana.orgThe Japanese Book of Common Prayerhttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/bcp-canada-bcp-calgary-ca.jpgBCP Canada.bcp-calgary.caIn Canada, the Book of Common Prayer of 19XX remains in official use, but the Book of Alternative Services is more frequently used.https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/blueridgemts-deepgapoverlook-kenthomas-wiki.jpgBlueRidgeMts.DeepGapOverlook.KenThomas.WikiDeep Gap, North Carolina, from an overlook on the Blue Ridge Parkway, a slow, two-lane, 400-mile highway built for sightseeing. (Ken Thomas)2017-06-21T19:56:16+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/06/20/morning-prayer-6-21-17-first-book-of-common-prayer-1549/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/bcp-1549-patheos-com.jpgBCP 1549.patheos.comThe First Book of Common Prayer, compiled and edited by Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Cranmer, was published the Day after Pentecost, 1549. It consolidated the monastic Liturgy of the Hours into Morning and Evening Prayer for twice-daily public use, and returned the liturgy of the Eucharist to the common language “understanded of the people” instead of in Latin. Dozens of the BCP’s eloquent phrases have entered everyday speech in English-speaking countries all over the world. (patheos.com)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/bluebonnets-muleshoebendtx-finleyharris.jpgBluebonnets.MuleshoeBendTX.FinleyHarrisFor joy in God’s creation: Texas bluebonnets at Muleshoe Bend. (Finley Harris)2017-06-21T14:27:57+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/06/20/evening-prauer-6-20-17-tuesday-of-proper-6/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/anabrnabic-lesbianpm-serbia-darkovojinovic-ap.jpgAnaBrnabic.LesbianPM.Serbia.DarkoVojinovic.APFew people expected it of a conservative Orthodox country, but Serbia is poised to have the world’s next Lesbian prime minister, Ana Brnabic, 41. The previous PM was elected president, normally a ceremonial post, but he is expected to retain most of the power; she is a minor cabinet minister and nonpartisan technocrat. Serbia joins Ireland and Luxembourg with Gay PMs; Iceland elected the world’s first in 2008, and Belgium followed in 2011. (Darko Vojonovic/Associated Press)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/christchurchcath-oxford-andyhaslamnyt.jpgChristChurchCath.Oxford.AndyHaslamNYTChrist Cjurch Cathedral, Oxford (Andy Haslam/The New York Times)2017-06-20T20:48:56+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/06/20/morning-prayer-6-20-17-tuesday-of-proper-6/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/stvincentcoll-latrobepa-michaelswilliamsonwapo.jpgStVincentColl.LatrobePA.MichaelSWilliamsonWaPoSt. Vincent College, atop a ridge near Latrobe, Pennsylvania (Michael S. Williamson/Washington Post)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/samueldedicatedbyhannah-frankwwtopham.jpgSamuelDedicatedByHannah.FrankWWTophamFrank W.W. Topham: Samuel Dedicated by Hannahhttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/countryroadchurch-shermanwv-michaelswilliamson-wapo.jpgCountryRoad&Church.ShermanWV.MichaelSWilliamson.WaPoSherman, West Virginia (Michael S. Williamson/Washington Post)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/3-panel-names.jpg3-panel NamesThree soldiers from the Army’s 101st Airborne Division who were allegedly killed by an Afghan soldier on Saturday have been identified as Cpl. Dillon Baldridge, Sgt. William Bays and Sgt. Eric Houck. They died of gunshot wounds while deployed to Peka Valley in Afghanistan’s Nargarhar province. The Taliban claimed responsibility, the Associated Press reported, saying one of its fighters had infiltrated an Afghan army. Baldridge, 22, and Bays, 29, both infantrymen, were members of D Company, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division. Baldridge was posthumously promoted to sergeant, and both soldiers were awarded the Bronze Star, Purple Heart, Combat Infantry Badge and Army Commendation Medal with one oak leaf cluster. Houck, a 25-year-old forward observer, Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 3rd Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, 101st Airborne Division. He earned Bronze Star, Purple Heart, Combat Action Badge and Army Commendation Medal with a second oak leaf cluster. Their deaths bring the toll of American troops killed in Afghanistan this year to six.2017-06-20T14:33:04+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/06/19/evening-prayer-6-19-17-monday-in-proper-6/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/chimayonm.jpegChimayoNMThe Sanctuary of Chimayo near Santa Fe, New Mexico was built at a site where, tradition says, a crucifix was discovered one Good Friday, buried in a hillside near the Santa Cruz River, with a shaft of light emanating from the ground to reveal its location. The holy ground has long been considered a place of miraculous cures. (source unknown)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/carmelmissionca-dresbach.jpgCarmelMissionCA.DresbachCarmel Mission in California was founded by Fr. Junipero Serra in Monterey, then moved a few years later to the area at the mouth of the Carmel River. It was secularized by the Mexican government, then was returned to the Roman Catholic Church by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln in 1865. Since 1886 it has been a parish church, and is now listed as a National Historic Landmark. (The Rev. Michael Dresbach/Oficio Diario)2017-06-19T18:03:28+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/06/18/morning-prayer-6-19-17-monday-in-the-2nd-week-of-ordinary-time/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/strawberries-owegonyfestjeffmiller.jpgStrawberries.OwegoNYFestJeffMillerBerries for sale last weekend at the Owego, New York Strawberry Festival. (Jeff Miller)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/stpaulshalifaxns-built1750-oldestincanada.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAHistoric St. Paul’s in downtown Halifax, Nova Scotia, was built in 1750 and is the oldest Protestant church in Canada. After the American Revolution and the creation of the Diocese of Nova Scotia, it became the first Anglican cathedral outside Great Britain, serving all the Maritimes, Quebec and Ontario as far west as Windsor, and even stretching down to Bermuda. A variety of future British monarchs have attended services in the royal pew. (source unknown)2017-06-19T18:38:06+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/06/18/evening-prayer-6-18-17-second-sunday-after-pentecost-fathers-day/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/helmutkohl-2001-tobiasschwarz-reuters.jpgHelmutKohl.2001.TobiasSchwarz.ReutersHelmut Kohl has died, the Chancellor of Germany who deftly reunited East and West after the fall of the Berlin Wall. He was a European of equal stature with Reagan and Thatcher; current Chancellor Angela Merkel was Kohl’s protegée. (Tobias Schwarz/Reuters)2017-06-19T00:01:38+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/06/17/morning-prayer-6-18-17-second-sunday-after-pentecost-fathers-day/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/antiquetractors-bathny-dairyparade.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAAntique tractors at the Steuben County, New York Dairy Parade, held the first week in June.https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/sevenangels-sevenplagues-gulfcoastpraiseassn.jpgSevenAngels.SevenPlagues.GulfCoastPraiseAssnSeven angels carrying seven plagues. (Gulf Coast Praise Association)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/cathbasilicasacredheart-newark-bryananselm-nyt.jpgCathBasilicaSacredHeart.Newark.BryanAnselm.NYTMass welcoming LGBTs at the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart, Newark, New Jersey. (Bryan Anselm/The New York Times)2017-06-18T02:05:53+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/06/17/evening-prayer-6-17-17-saturday-in-the-1st-week-of-ordinary-time/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/chaldeanchristians-detroitfedbldg6-14-17-alliegross-detfreepress.jpgChaldeanChristians.DetroitFedBldg6.14.17.AllieGross.DetFreePressChaldean Christians who fled Iraq protested Wednesday in front of the Federal Building in Detroit, Michigan, calling for an end to U.S. deportations. They say there is no safe place in Iraq for them to go back to. The government claims it’s only deporting Chaldeans convicted of serious crimes in the U.S., but Iraqi Americans dispute that. They are descendants of the 1st Century church established by St. Thomas the Apostle, and the Current Occupant has said his immigration policy prefers Christian refugees. (Allie Gross/Detroit Free Press)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/sacredheartcathbasilicanewark-bryananselm-nyt.jpgSacredHeartCathBasilicaNewark.BryanAnselm.NYTCathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Newark, New Jersey (Bryan Anselm/The New York Times)2017-06-17T14:13:11+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/06/16/morning-prayer-6-17-17-saturday-in-the-1st-week-after-pentecost/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/iceberg-mcmurdostation-antarctica-11-11-16-afp.jpgIceberg.McMurdoStation.Antarctica.11.11.16.AFPA giant iceberg is appearing where it's not supposed to be in Antarctica, the result of a new melting episode that has scientists worried; they say that enough of this ice is threatened that a meltdown could raise global ocean levels ten inches. (Agence France-Presse)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/vermont-summer-day.jpgVermont Summer DayA Vermont summer day. (Pinterest)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/antarcticicemelt-1-2016-juliennicolas-ohiostateuniv.pngAntarcticIceMelt.1.2016.JulienNicolas.OhioStateUniv(Julien Nicolas/The Ohio State University)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/sbc-condemnsaltright-rossdfranklin-ap.jpgSBC CondemnsAltRight.RossDFranklin.APThe Southern Baptist Convention voted to condemn the racist "alt-right" movement Thursday, one day after a similar resolution submitted by a Black pastor was voted down in committee, supposedly because of strong language. Convention delegates wanted to go on record against the white supremacist movement. On the racial matters that once defined its existence, the Southern Baptist Convention has changed for the better, and we applaud them for it. (Ross D. Franklin/Associated Press)2017-06-17T12:49:50+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/06/16/video-evensong-6-16-17-george-berkeley-joseph-butler-bishops-theologians-1753-1752/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/manusislandpng-ashleygilbertson-nyt.jpgManusIslandPNG.AshleyGilbertson.NYTAustralia announced it has settled a lawsuit brought by almost 2000 refugee inmates of Manus Island, PNG, incarcerated indefinitely for being found at sea trying to escape violence and persecution at home. The country agreed to pay A$ 70 million plus legal fees to “save taxpayer money” rather than undergo a long, costly trial it might lose. Australia has said boat people will never be admitted to its shores, so it paid Papua New Guinea and the island nation of Nauru to run these offshore prisons, a policy condemned by the United Nations and human rights groups around the world. Courts in PNG found Manus Island prison unlawful and ordered it closed by October. (Ashley Gilbertson/The New York Times)2017-06-16T18:36:53+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/06/15/morning-prayer-6-16-17-george-berkeley-samuel-butler-bishops-theologians-1753-1752/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/aarons-vestments-illustrated-raykliu-wordpress-com.jpgAaron's Vestments Illustrated.RayKLiu.wordpress.com(raykliu.wordpress.com)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/wyomingoh-commctr-ottowarmbier-johnmanchilloap.jpgWyomingOH CommCtr.OttoWarmbier.JohnManchilloAPWhat his hometown of Wyoming, Ohio, a suburb of Cincinnati, thinks about the return of Otto Warmbier in a coma from North Korea. He's a popular kid and the town is heartsick for his parents. (John Manchillo/Associated Press)2017-06-16T14:35:25+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/06/15/morning-prayer-6-15-17-evelyn-underhill-writer-1941/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/christislife-tangierva-sinkingchesapeakebay-jimwatson-afp.jpgChristIsLife.TangierVA.SinkingChesapeakeBay.JimWatson.AFPA cross with the legend Christ Is Life stands on Tangier Island, Virginia in Chesapeake Bay, which shrinks about 15 feet a year. But yesterday the mayor of Tangier got a call from the current president, who told him not to worry about it; coastal erosion may be a problem, but not rising sea levels. Tha mayor, a big fan, agreed; he’s hoping the government will build a jetty, or even a seawall, around the whole island, but Trump’s budget aliminated Federal funding for the Chesapeake Bay Project altogether. Now Congress has now put the money back. (Jim Watson/AFP)2017-06-15T19:30:43+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/06/15/evening-prayer-6-15-17-evelyn-underhill-spiritual-writer-1941/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/whitbyabbeyruins-jameswhitesmith.jpgWhitbyAbbeyRuins.JamesWhitesmithWhitby Abbey (James Whitesmith)2017-06-15T17:56:37+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/06/14/morning-prayer-6-14-17-basil-the-great-bishop-of-caesarea-379/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/cardinaljosephwtobin-newark.jpgCardinalJosephWTobin.NewarkThe Roman Catholic Cardinal Archbishop of Newark, New Jersey is making news for welcoming Gay, Lesbian, Bi and Trans people to church – at a special “pilgrimage” Mass, like a journey rarely taken. His predecessor was virulently anti-Gay, but the new archbishop, appointed by Pope Francis last year, has silenced the rhetoric of exclusion without changing a word of church teaching, which continues to demonize Gay people. (Bryan Anselm/The New York Times)2017-06-14T18:35:46+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/06/14/morning-prayer-6-14-17-basil-bishop-of-caesarea-379/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/mission-board-mtg-wed-9pm.jpgMISSION BOARD Mtg Wed 9pmhttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/jennifer-ccc-strawberryfest.jpegjennifer-ccc-strawberryfestNo one can be Bishop of Indianapolis without slinging desserts at the Christ Church Cathedral Strawberry Festival, held again last week at Monument Circle downtown, so Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows, 2nd from left, is now an official apostle of the Hoosier Elect. Ladies and gentlemen, start your spoons! (diocesan photo)2017-06-14T18:31:53+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/06/13/evening-prayer-6-13-17-g-k-chesterton-christian-writer-1936/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/eleanorsanderson-asstwellington-julianneclarke-morris.jpg+EleanorSanderson.AsstWellington.JulianneClarke-MorrisEleanor Sanderson was consecrated Assistant Bishop of Wellington, New Zealand last weekend, the fourth woman to serve in episcopal office in the Aotearoan Anglican Church, and the first in Wellington. (Julianne Clarke-Morris)2017-06-13T18:22:58+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/06/12/morning-prayer-6-13-17-g-k-chesterton-apologist-writer-1936/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/justinpaul-benjpasek-dearevanhansen-dirtysugarphotog.jpgJustinPaul.BenjPasek.DearEvanHansen.DirtySugarPhotogThese smiling fellows are Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, 32-year-old songwriters of Dear Evan Hansen, which won Broadway’s Tony Award Sunday night for Best Musical. It’s the story of a teenage boy with behavioral problems who finds his popularity increasing once he insinuates that he was close friends with a fellow student being mourned after committing suicide. Evan Hansen won 6 Tonys, including Ben Platt for Best Actor; he’s only 23. (Dirty Sugar Photography)2017-06-13T14:42:04+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/06/12/evening-prayer-6-12-17-st-barnabas-the-apostle/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/equalitymarch-evelynhockstein-wapo.jpgEqualityMarch.EvelynHockstein.WaPoAn Equality March was held yesterday in Washington, D.C. to remember 49 people, mostly young, Latino and Gay, killed a year ago at Pulse nightclub in Orlando. It was the largest mass murder in U.S. history. (Evelyn Hockstein/Washington Post)2017-06-12T18:17:25+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/06/11/morning-prayer-6-12-17-st-barnabas-apostle-tr/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/namibia-antonlubowski-andimbatoivoyatoivo-hagegeingob-pres-1989-johnlibenberg-univcapetown.jpgNamibia.AntonLubowski.AndimbaToivo(ya)Toivo.HageGeingob.Pres.1989.JohnLibenberg.UnivCapeTownOne of the founding fathers of Namibia has died, Andimba Toivo ya Toivo (center), who organized the forerunner of SWAPO, which fought a guerilla war against South African apartheid. He was imprisoned for 16 years on Robben Island with Nelson Mandela, and refused to cooperate with South African authorities on anything. When they finally released him, they had to trick him to get him to leave his cell, and then lock the door behind him. He was given a hero’s welcome at home, but never became president; the man above right, Hage Geingob, is president now. (John Libenberg/University of Cape Town)2017-06-12T16:00:54+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/06/11/evening-prayer-6-11-17-trinity-sunday/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/trinity-dome.jpgtrinity-dome(trinitydome.org)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/christ-the-word-icon-freerepublic.jpgChrist the Word icon.FreeRepublic(Free Republic)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/trinity-holytrinukrainianorthcath.jpgTrinity.HolyTrinUkrainianOrthCath(Holy Trinity Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral, Vancouver, B.C.)2017-06-11T17:38:42+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/06/10/morning-prayer-6-11-17-trinity-sunday/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/anatomy-skeletal.jpgAnatomy.Skeletal(Anatomy Warehouse)2017-06-11T03:27:42+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/06/10/evening-prayer-6-10-17-ephrem-of-edessa-deacon-373-ember-day/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/2br-housing-wage-30-or-less-natllowincomehousingcoal.png2BR Housing Wage.30% or less.NatlLowIncomeHousingCoalThere isn’t a state in the USA where a worker paid the minimum wage of $7.25 an hour can afford to rent a 2-bedroom apartment without spending more than 30% of their income, the maximum suggested by financial planners. In all but four states a worker would have to make at least twice their current wage to afford a place to stay. Even the proposed $15 minimum is too little in a majority of states. (National Low Income Housing Coalition)2017-06-10T18:01:45+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/06/09/morning-prayer-6-10-17-ephrem-of-edessa-deacon-373-ember-day/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/scootergennetteugeniosuarez-5h4hr10rbi-johnminchilloap.jpgScooterGennett&EugenioSuarez.5H4HR10RBI.JohnMinchilloAPRarer than a perfect game, his feat has only been done 17 times in the history of Major League Baseball: four home runs in one game. Scooter Gennett of the Cincinnati Reds did it before a hometown crowd Tuesday night – and no one was more surprised than he was. A utility player, he didn’t even expect to play in the game, especially in the middle of a 1-for-20 slump. But he blooped a single in the 1st inning, a grand slam in the third, a 2-run homer in the 4th, a solo shot in the 6th and another 2-run blast in the eighth, going 5-for-5 and batting in 10 runs in a 13-1 laugher against St. Louis. Two months ago it didn’t look Gennett would make it out of spring training; the Reds claimed him on waivers when no one else wanted him. The Reds, baseball’s oldest team, have never had a player hit 4 home runs before, much less a local boy who made good while he could. Teammate Eugenio Suarez lifted him up when fans demanded a curtain call; something every player lives for but very few get. (John Minchillo/Associated Press)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/harveymilk.jpgHarveyMilkYou seekers of meaning, women and men, all who inhabit the land by the Bay: Harvey Milk, 19782017-06-10T04:31:14+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/06/09/video-evensong-6-9-17-columba-abbot-of-iona-597-ember-day/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/parableofphariseetaxcollector-johnthebaptistartworks.jpgParableOfPharisee&TaxCollector.JohnTheBaptistArtworksRebecca Brogan: Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector (John the Baptist Artworks)2017-06-09T17:57:54+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/06/08/morning-prayer-6-9-17-columba-abbot-of-iona-597-ember-day/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/pauljancrouch-tbn-1988-markboster-lat.jpgPaul&JanCrouch.TBN.1988.MarkBoster.LATPaul and Jan Crouch were American TV preachers who got rich on the “prosperity gospel,” complete with his and her mansions a block apart; they died a few years ago. But there was a seamy underbelly to their ministry, and now a California jury has awarded millions to a Crouch granddaughter who said she was molested as a teenager by a ministry employee. She said she told her grandmother about it and was yelled at, blamed for it and shunned as a result. –> A “gospel” based on appealing to the greed and vanity of the audience always brings bad news. Anyone can raise their hands for the TV cameras and pretend to pray; Jesus said his followers must take up their cross and follow him. (Mark Boster/Los Angeles Times)2017-06-09T03:10:35+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/06/08/evening-prayer-6-8-17-roland-allen-mission-strategist-1947/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/chartresatnight-johnridder.jpgChartresAtNight.JohnRidderChartres at Night. (John Ridder)2017-06-08T19:06:39+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/06/07/morning-prayer-6-8-17-roland-allen-mission-strategist-1947/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/elenaverdugo-robertyoung-abc.jpgElenaVerdugo.RobertYoung.ABCElena Verdugo has died, an Emmy-nominated actress who created the first character to be Latina and professional on U.S. television, as a nurse in "Marcus Welby, M.D." She made her first movie at age 6 and had a varied career, but suffered typecasting based on her name; with her blonde hair she never was a stereotypical "Mexican girl." When the Welby part came up she was determined not to play a maid or housekeeper, but producers promised her "Consuelo" would be a real nurse. The show hit #1 in its second season and lasted for seven years. (ABC)2017-06-08T14:18:12+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/06/07/evening-prayer-6-7-16-pioneers-of-the-episcopal-anglican-church-of-brazil-1890-ember-day/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/iguazufalls-brazil-270waterfalls-cnn.jpgIguazuFalls.Brazil.270waterfalls.CNNIguazu Falls is one of Brazil’s most famous natural landmarks; it’s made up of 270 waterfalls, from modest to gigantic. (CNN)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/brazil-pioneers-lucienleekinsolving-samuelhart.jpgBrazil.Pioneers.+LucienLeeKinsolving.SamuelHartThrough most of the 19th Century Brazil was an officially Roman Catholic country and conversions to other churches were illegal; Mass could only be said in English for foreigners. But after independence and the founding of the secular republic, Protestant missionary efforts were more successful, and the American priest Lucien Lee Kinsolving became the first Missionary Bishop of Brazil in 1890. (Samuel Hart)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/jeansammet-benbarnhart-mtholyokealumnaeassn.jpgJeanSammet.BenBarnhart.MtHolyokeAlumnaeAssnJean Sammet has died, a pioneering computer programmer who helped invent COBOL, a computing language which powered mainframe computers and led to the first business applications in accounting, personnel and manufacturing operations. A mathematician, she didn’t like computers the first time she encountered them, but she turned out to have a talent for writing code, and within ten years she thought everyone should have access to them. She lived to see her vision come true; today’s phones are smaller and more powerful than the punchcards she used to load into machines the size of a living room. (Mount Holyoke College Alumnae Association)2017-06-07T19:10:14+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/06/06/morning-prayer-6-7-17-pioneers-of-the-episcopal-anglican-church-of-brazil-1890-ember-day/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/elephanthug-hellabrunnzoomunich.jpgElephantHug.HellabrunnZooMunichHellabrunn Zoo, Munich, Germany, 20122017-06-07T04:55:12+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/06/06/evening-prayer-6-6-17-ini-kopuria-founder-of-the-melanesian-brotherhood-1945/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/melbourne-reuters.jpgMelbourne.ReutersPolice near a hostage and murder scene in the Melbourne suburb of Brighton Monday night, with the attack blamed on a criminal who claimed to sympathize with ISIS and Al Qaeda. Much more is yet to be known about the situation, in which a female hostage was rescued unharmed but a man was killed. (Christine McGinn/European Pressphoto Agency)2017-06-06T21:22:40+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/06/06/morning-prayer-6-6-17-ini-kopuria-founder-of-the-melanesian-brotherhood-1945/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/rendering-holycomforterspringtx.jpgrendering-holycomforterspringtxA model of the new building going up at Holy Comforter, Spring, Texas. The overall budget is about $3 million, most from the diocese, plus a smaller loan. (parish photo)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/groundbreaking-holycomforterspringtx.jpggroundbreaking-holycomforterspringtxGroundbreaking for the new building at Church of the Holy Comforter in Spring, Texas, a suburb of Houston, Sunday on the Feast of Pentecost. The Rt. Rev. Hector Monterroso, Assistant Bishop of Texas, manned the spade alongside Rector Jimmy Abbott. Our Mission Board member Linda Barry spearheaded the parish’s million-dollar fundraising effort. (parish photo)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/navysealremingtonpeters.jpgnavysealremingtonpetersA Navy SEAL team member who plummeted to death Sunday after his parachute failed to open during a Fleet Week demonstration has been identified as 27-year-old Remington J. Peters of Colorado. Special Warfare Operator 1st Class Peters was a member of the the Leap Frogs, the Navy’s elite parachuting team. The cause of the parachute malfunction is under investigation. “Our hearts and prayers go out to his family, and I ask for all of your prayers for the Navy SEAL community who lost a true patriot today,” said Rear Adm. Jack Scorby, commander of the Navy Region Mid-Atlantic.2017-06-06T12:27:25+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/06/04/morning-prayer-6-5-17-boniface-archbishop-missionary-to-germany-martyr-754/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/isis-will-lose-wapo.jpgISIS Will Lose.WaPoSigns are popping up all over London, "ISIS Will Lose," in the aftermath of the terror attack Saturday night on the London Bridge. Seven were killed and scores injured. (Washington Post)2017-06-05T14:19:25+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/06/05/evening-prayer-6-5-17-boniface-missionary-to-germany-martyr-754/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/arianagrande-onelovemanchester-dennylawson.jpgArianaGrande.OneLoveManchester.DennyLawsonAriana Grande at the One Love Manchester concert on Sunday in Manchester, England, expressing Britain's resolve to resist terror attacks. (Denny Lawson)2017-06-05T12:00:54+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/06/04/evening-prayer-6-4-17-pentecost-whitsunday/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/camp-bratton-green-introcamp.jpgCamp Bratton-Green.IntroCampSummer church camp has started at Camp Bratton-Green in the Diocese of Mississippi, with first-timers arriving for Intro Camp yesterday. (camp photo)2017-06-04T11:46:56+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/06/03/morning-prayer-6-4-17-day-of-pentecost/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/shootfromstump-bergfamilyafrica.jpgShootFromStump.BergFamilyAfrica(BergFamilyAfrica)2017-06-04T03:44:53+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/06/03/evening-prayer-6-3-17-eve-of-pentecost/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/moses-godonmtsinai-jewelsofjudaism.jpgMoses.GodOnMtSinai.JewelsOfJudaismGod descended in a cloud on Mount Sinai. (Jewels of Judaism)2017-06-03T15:12:10+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/06/02/morning-prayer-6-3-17-the-martyrs-of-uganda-1886/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/roxannejimerson-friday-1stnativeamwomanpriest-diowy.jpgRoxanneJimerson-Friday.1stNativeAmWomanPriest.DioWYRoxanne Jimerson-Friday was ordained last week, the first Native American woman priest in the Diocese of Wyoming, where John S. Smylie is bishop. She is a member of the Seneca Nation of New York and the Shoshone Tribe of Wyoming, on the Wind River Reservation. On becoming the first ordained woman she said, “It’s a matter of uplifting all the Native American women, that you can do whatever you want to do.” (diocesan photo)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/mounthood-mirrorlakeoregon-wiki.jpgMountHood.MirrorLake,Oregon.WikiMount Hood reflected in Mirror Lake, Oregon (Wikipedia)2017-06-03T13:12:27+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/06/02/video-evensong-6-2-17-blandina-companions-martyrs-of-lyons-177/2017-06-03T02:25:17+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/06/01/morning-prayer-6-2-17-blandina-companions-the-martyrs-of-lyons-177/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/lebronjames-gregoryshamus-getty.jpgLeBronJames.GregoryShamus.GettyAmerican basketball star LeBron James, often compared to Michael Jordan as the greatest players in NBA history, was the target of a hate crime at his Los Angeles home Wednesday morning while he and his family were at their winter home in Ohio; someone spray-painted the N-word on his front gate – on the eve of the NBA championship series. He told a news conference he was glad his wife and children weren’t there to see the evidence, and took on the racism he lives with every day. He said, “No matter how much money you have, no matter how famous you are, no matter how many people admire you, being black in America is tough. We’ve got a long way to go, for us as a society and for us as African Americans, until we feel equal in America.” If anyone thought he was a dumb jock before this, they know better now; he increasingly uses his fame and verbal skills to comment on social inustices. (Gregory Shamus/Getty)2017-06-02T14:23:58+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/06/01/evening-prayer-6-1-17-justin-martyr-at-rome-c-167/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/baptisminhudsonriver-brjosephohc.jpgBaptismInHudsonRiver.BrJosephOHCA recent baptism in New York’s Hudson River, performed by Brother Joseph of the Order of the Holy Cross; the monastery sits just above the riverbank at West Park, across from Poughkeepsie and the Roosevelt home at Hyde Park.2017-06-01T17:19:00+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/05/31/morning-prayer-6-1-17-justin-martyr-at-rome-c-167/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/marawi-5-30-17-erikdecastro-reuters.jpgMarawi.5.30.17.ErikDeCastro.ReutersThe battle is on for Marawi, a city of 200,000 on Mindinao, the Philippines. It’s a mostly Muslim city in a mostly Christian country, and ISIS-sympathizing extremists have used it as a safe haven from their longrunning battle with the government. A recent attempt to arrest the militant leaders has resulted in carnage in the streets and a presidential declaration of martial law. (Erik de Castro/Reuters(2017-06-01T14:02:52+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/05/31/evening-prayer-5-31-17-visitation-of-mary/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/visitation-dellarobbia-katherinetaylornyt.jpgVisitation.dellaRobbia.KatherineTaylorNYTDella Robbia: Visitation (Katherine Taylor/The New York Times)2017-05-31T17:19:20+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/05/30/morning-prayer-5-31-17-visitation-of-mary/2017-05-31T14:10:32+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/05/30/evening-prayer-5-30-17-eve-of-the-visitation-of-mary/2017-05-30T18:41:12+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/05/30/morning-prayer-5-30-17-joan-of-arc-mystic-soldier-1431/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/3-heroes-portlandor-gillianflaccusap.jpg3 Heroes.PortlandOR.GillianFlaccusAPThree American men from Portland, Oregon are being acclaimed as heroes after they tried to stop a right-wing extremist who was threatening two young women, one wearing a hijab, on a commuter train on Friday. The assailant stabbed all three men and killed two of them: Taliesen Meche, 23, a business consultant, and Rick Best, 53, a retired Army sergeant. Micah Fletcher, 21, a student at Portland State University, remains hospitalized. The young women were unhurt. (Gillian Flaccus/Associated Press)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/specetiennejmurphy-abc.jpgSpecEtienneJMurphy.ABCHe’d wanted to serve his country since 9/11, and Etienne J. Murphy was just 6 years old at the time. “I remember everything,” Murphy would say years later. “That was life-changing.” In June 2013, Murphy tenlisted in the U.S. Army. On May 25, SPC Murphy died during a non-tactical vehicle rollover in northern Syria, serving his country, the Army announced. He was 22. He was an Infantryman assigned to Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment at Georgia’s Hunter Army Airfield. He completed infantry training at Fort Benning before heading to Fort Drum, N.Y., where he was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division. A native of Boston, Murphy volunteered to serve with the 75th Ranger Regiment in October 2015 and attended the Basic Airborne Course and Ranger Assessment and Selection Program 1. After graduation, Murphy served as an anti-tank gunner. He was posthumously awarded the Army Commendation Medal.2017-05-30T16:40:38+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/05/16/evangelism-17-site-redesign-endowment-started-still-way-behind-on-funding/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/5-18-17-fund-thermo.jpg5.18.17 Fund Thermohttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/5-17-17-fund-thermo.jpg5.17.17 Fund Thermohttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/5-16-17-fund-thermo.jpg5.16.17 Fund Thermohttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/god-loves-a-cheerful-giver.jpgGod Loves A Cheerful Giverhttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/thank-you-kids.pngThank You Kidshttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/fsil-capping-9thgraduation-nov2016.jpgFSIL Capping & 9thGraduation.Nov2016Nurses' capping ceremony at FSIL's 9th graduation in Leogane, Haiti, last November. FSIL is Haiti's first and biggest school of nursing, part of the Episcopal University of Haiti. (school photo)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/barbaraharris-jennifer.pngBarbaraHarris.Jennifer.+Barbara C. Harris and +Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows, onstage at Clowes Hall of Butler University April 29 in Indianapolis. https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/02/cuttingtonnursesmeme.jpgCuttingtonNursesMemehttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/ourschoolmithon.jpgOurSchoolMithon2017-05-30T05:47:16+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/05/29/evening-prayer-5-29-17-monday-of-easter-7-usa-memorial-day/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/memorialday-margratennl-2015-rickycarioti-wapo.jpgMARGRATENThe Netherlands American Cemetery on Memorial Day, 2015 in Margraten, NL. The site, containing 8301 graves (including seven Medal of Honor winners), is near an ancient Roman highway used by Julius Caesar, Charlemagne, Napoleon and Hitler, both invading in 1940 and retreating in 1944. Townspeople remember. (Ricky Carioti/The Washington Post)2017-05-29T17:58:18+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/05/28/morning-prayer-5-29-17-monday-of-easter-7-usa-memorial-day/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/zoom-logo-jayjackson.jpgZOOM VIDEO COMMUNICATIONS LOGOhttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/men-horses-plowing-pbs.jpgMen & Horses Plowing.PBS(PBS)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/indiana-veterans-home-activerain.jpgIndiana Veterans Home.ActiveRainIndiana Veterans Home, West Lafayette (Active Rain)2017-05-29T17:44:43+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/05/28/evening-prayer-5-28-17-seventh-sunday-of-easter-sunday-after-ascension-day/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/ascensioninscription-pinterest.jpgAscension&Inscription.PinterestDeath is swallowed up in victory. (artist unknown)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/ushers-stpriscillasrc-chgo.pngUshers.StPriscilla'sRC.Chgo“Whoever welcomes you welcomes me”: ushers at St. Priscilla’s Roman Catholic Church, Chicago, Illinois. (parish photo)2017-05-28T19:32:23+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/about/our-mission-partners/2017-05-28T17:43:34+00:00weekly0.6https://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/05/28/morning-prayer-5-28-17-seventh-sunday-of-easter-sunday-after-ascension-day/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/ascensiondaymass-gracechurchbrunswickmd-anjelscarborough.jpgAscensionDayMass.GraceChurchBrunswickMD.AnjelScarboroughAscension Day Mass at Grace Church, Brunswick, Maryland; yes, that Paschal candle still burns for one more week until the Day of Pentecost. (The Rev. Anjel Scarborough)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/knitters-bladenboro1stbaptist-nc.jpgKnitters.Bladenboro1stBaptist.NCWhich God prepared beforehand to be our way of life: the knitting ministry at First Baptist Church, Bladenboro, North Carolina. (parish photo)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/cup-of-water-soulmunchies.jpgCup of Water.SoulMunchies(Soul Munchies)2017-05-28T05:00:14+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/05/27/evening-prayer-5-27-17-bertha-ethelbert-queen-king-of-kent-616/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/cathchoralsociety-75thanniv-wnc-mauriciocastro.jpgCathChoralSociety.75thAnniv.WNC.MauricioCastroThe Cathedral Choral Society of Washington, D.C. ended its 75th anniversary season last week with a well-received concert at the National Cathedral. The choir’s longtime musical director J. Reilly Lewis planned the concert but died last year before the season began; he commissioned a new work by Nico Muhly, and closed the program with Dvorak’s Te Deum. (Mauricio Castro)2017-05-27T17:29:47+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/05/26/morning-prayer-5-27-17-bertha-ethelbert-quuen-king-of-kent-616/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/somalia-cholera-160k-displacedcamp-andrewrennelsen-wapo.jpgSomalia.Cholera.160K.DisplacedCamp.AndrewRennelsen.WaPoAbout 160,000 people in Somalia have been displaced by war, drought and famine, and forced to live in sprawling camps where infectious disease can easily spread. Without proper sanitation, cholera can kill the vulnerable, especially children, within hours. (Andrew Rennelsen/Washington Post)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/paparoanp-nz-colinmonteath.pngPaparoaNP.NZ.ColinMonteathPaparoa National Park, New Zealand (Colin Monteath)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/disinfectantspray-andrewrennelsen-wapo.jpgDisinfectantSpray.AndrewRennelsen.WaPoA Somalian refugee gets sprayed down with disinfectant to prevent the spread of cholera. (Andrew Rennelsen/Washington Post)2017-05-27T18:02:10+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/05/26/video-evensong-5-26-17-augustine-1st-archbishop-of-canterbury-605/2017-05-27T18:42:09+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/05/25/morning-prayer-5-26-17-augustine-1st-archbishop-of-canterbury-605/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/rodrigodutertemartiallawmindinao-afp.jpgRodrigoDuterteMartialLawMindinao.AFPRodrigo Duterte, the elected strongman of the Philippines, has declared martial law nationwide to consolidate power, undermine the judiciary and enrich himself. Churches and others can expect a crackdown on anyone who tries to stand up to him; the current American government is encouraging him. (AFP)2017-05-26T13:56:42+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/05/25/evening-prayer-5-25-17-ascension-day/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/ascension-middletownoh-diosohio.pngAscension.MiddletownOH.DioSohioChurch of the Ascension, Middletown, Ohio (diocesan photo)2017-05-25T17:33:29+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/05/24/morning-prayer-5-25-17-ascension-day/2017-05-25T13:47:20+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/05/24/evening-prayer-5-24-17-eve-of-the-ascension-of-christ/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2007/05/ascensionangels.jpgascension angelsAfter the Resurrection, Jesus spent almost six weeks teaching his apostles, then was bodily lifted into heaven. (unknown artist)2017-05-24T17:42:05+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/05/23/morning-prayer-5-24-17-jackson-kemper-1st-missionary-bishop-in-usa-1870-rogation-day/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/rogationday-anjelprays.pngRogationDay.AnjelPraysRogation Days, and outdoor processions in general, are all about getting out of the church building to make a public witness of faith; in Anglicanism, witnessing is almost never one person preaching to save your soul, but a collective expression with prayers, music and blessings. Every Rogation Sunday since 2014, Grace Church, Brunswick asks God’s blessing on the crops and on all creation. (The Rev. Anjel Scarborough)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/rogationday-brunswicknj-anjelscarborough.pngRogationDay.BrunswickNJ.AnjelScarboroughRogation Days are observed for three days before the Feast of Christ’s Ascension into heaven tomorrow. Clergy and lay ministers often conduct a public parade of litany, psalms, prayers and hymns, blessing crops, gardens, schools and businesses along the way. In 2014, Grace Church in Brunswick, Maryland, addressed the scarcity of food in the community caused by the closing of the town’s only grocery store. Members tilled up the rectory yard, planted vegetables, and added fruit trees to the back of the church property. The Brunswick Food Forest spawned a Farmers Market which provides affordable local produce through the summer at very low prices, and accepts public assistance payments to help those who are food insecure in the community. (The Rev. Anjel Scarborough)2017-05-24T13:46:51+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/05/23/evening-prayer-5-23-17-nicolaus-copernicus-johannes-kepler-astronomers-rogation-day/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/spacewindow-wnc-atlasobscura.jpgSpaceWindow.WNC.AtlasObscuraThe space window at Washington National Cathedral, designed by Rodney Winfield and containing a moon rock obtained and presented by moonwalkers Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins of Apollo 11. (Atlas Obscura)2017-05-23T18:04:27+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/05/23/morning-prayer-5-23-17-nicolaus-copernicus-johannes-kepler-astronomers-1543-1630-rogation-day/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/episcopal-migration-ministries-emarkstevenson-welcomingstranger-ens.jpgEpiscopal Migration Ministries.EMarkStevenson.WelcomingStranger.ENSThe Rev. E. Mark Stevenson, director of Episcopal Migration Ministries, holds up a sign listing some of the Biblical passages that tell us to welcome and provide for the stranger. Widows and orphans were uniquely defenseless – and kept that way unjustly by the men of ancient Israel to elevate their own status. Today refugees are arguably the most vulnerable people in the world. (Episcopal Digital Network)2017-05-23T13:49:32+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/05/22/evening-prayer-5-22-17-monday-in-easter-6-rogation-day/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/roxcybolton-daughofconfederacy-era-aldiaz-miamiherald.jpgRoxcyBolton.DaughOfConfederacy.ERA.AlDiaz.MiamiHeraldRoxcy Bolton has died, a longtime American feminist who campaigned for the unsuccessful Equal Rights Amendment in the 1970s, but who founded the first rape treatment center and persuaded meteorologists to stop naming every hurricane and typhoon after women. She was born in Mississippi, a Daughter of the Confederacy, and only graduated from high school, but a lynching in her town changed her life and made her dedicated to human and civil rights for all. (Al Diaz/Miami Herald)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/good-friday-2017-christchurchcorningny-revtroypreston.jpgGood Friday 2017.ChristChurchCorningNY.RevTroyPrestonGood Friday procession 2017 at Christ Church, Corning, New York. (The Rev. Troy Preston)2017-05-22T17:47:02+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/05/22/morning-prayer-5-22-17-monday-of-easter-6/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/maddirunkles-heritageacad-hagerstownmd-natepesce-nyt.jpgMaddiRunkles.HeritageAcad.HagerstownMD.NatePesce.NYTHer name is Maddi Runkles; she’s a high school senior and she got pregnant, as many others have. But she believes in the pro-life movement, so she’s keeping the baby, and was recently lauded at a recent rally on the subject in Washington, D.C. Her Christian high school, Heritage Academy of Hagerstown, Maryland, is praising her, right? No, it’s stripped her of her student council position and refused to allow her to walk across the stage at high school graduation because she shouldn’t have gotten pregnant at all. “Let those without sin cast the first stone” – her principal, maybe. (Nate Pesce/The New York Times)2017-05-22T18:51:22+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/05/21/evening-prayer-5-21-17-sixth-sunday-of-easter/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/elca-pbelizabethaeaton-upstatenysynod.pngELCA.PBElizabethAEaton.UpstateNYSynodThe Presiding Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of North America, Elizabeth A. Eaton, preaching recently at the Upstate New York Synod.2017-05-21T16:50:44+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/05/21/morning-prayer-5-21-17-sixth-sunday-of-easter/2017-05-21T09:32:03+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/05/20/evening-prayer-5-20-17-alcuin-deacon-abbot-of-tours-804/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/feedhungry-nwarkansasnews.jpgfeedhungry-nwarkansasnewsThis could be anywhere, and the Christian duty to feed the hungry is universal. (Northwest Arkansas News)2017-05-20T13:47:54+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/05/19/video-evensong-5-19-17-dunstan-archbishop-of-canterbury-988/2017-05-20T02:39:00+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/05/19/morning-prayer-5-20-17-alcuin-deacon-abbot-of-tours-804/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/yaledivinityschool-spring.pngYaleDivinitySchool.SpringSpringtime at Yale Divinity School, New Haven, Connecticut.2017-05-20T19:05:41+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/05/18/morning-prayer-5-19-17-dunstan-archbishop-of-canterbury-988/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/episcopal-methodistdialogue.jpgEpiscopal-MethodistDialogueAfter 15 years of study and dialogue, these Episcopalians and United Methodists have released a proposal for full communion between their churches, saying “There are no theological impediments to unity.” It is not a merger proposal, but a “full communion” plan much like what Anglicans have with Evangelical Lutherans, Moravians and others. The effort requires approval from both governing conventions and cannot go forward until 2020 at the earliest. But it’s probably best not to get hopes too high; a similar plan 30 years ago was approved by Episcopalians but rejected by Methodists, and the latter may be more divided now than they were then. (Episcopal News Service)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/stdunstan-anjelscarborough-afteririnabohdanova.jpgStDunstan.AnjelScarborough.AfterIrinaBohdanovaThe Rev. Anjel Scarborough, after Irina Bohdanova: St. Dunstan. He was a monk as well as Archbishop, and led a revival of English monasticism after Viking invaders laid waste to much of the country and the Church. He is the patron saint of metalworkers and bell-casters; think of him the next time a church bell sings.2017-05-20T13:17:11+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/05/18/evening-prayer-5-18-17-thursday-of-easter-5/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/jake-worleydeniedconsents-diocaledonia-acc-amia-lascrucesnm.jpgJake WorleyDeniedConsents.DioCaledonia.ACC.AMiA.LasCrucesNMThe Rev. Jake Worley has failed to gain consents to become Bishop of Caledonia in the Anglican Church of Canada. The House of Bishops of the Province of New Westminster and Yukon turned him down for poaching outside his diocese without episcopal consent when he started a church in Las Cruces, New Mexico which became affiliated with the Anglican Mission in America, a schismatic effort out of Rwanda, and which later joined the Anglican Church in North America, which is not a member of the Anglican Communion. Within the past five years he stated again that he would not respect diocesan boundaries, which is anathema to the ecclesiastical authority already in place – in this case, The Episcopal Church. It’s continuing fallout from the attempts of some in the “Global South” to force a kind of Anglican fundamentalism on the rest of the Communion. Christianity has historically been plagued by renegade clergy who try to set up their own operations in defiance of the local bishop. Mr. Worley, an American, is likely to find his career path blocked in both Canada and the U.S., and parishes in the Diocese of Caledonia will also feel the sting; a new election must be held, and they will go without the bishop they wanted. (Anglican Journal)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/willowsloughgeese-southshorecvb.jpgWillowSloughGeese.SouthShoreCVBCanada Geese at J.C. Murphey Lake, Willow Slough Fish and Wildlife Area, Indiana (South Shore CVB)2017-05-18T17:55:48+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/05/18/morning-prayer-5-18-17-thursday-of-easter-5/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/iroquoisriver-nwitimes.jpgIroquoisRiver.NWITimesIroquois River, Indiana (The Times of Northwest Indiana)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/kankakeeriversp.jpgKankakeeRiverSPKankakee River State Park, Illinoishttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/jesushealsdemoniac-1137.jpgJesusHealsDemoniac.1137Jesus heals the Gerasene demoniac. (source unknown)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/chicagoriver-layoverguide.jpgChicagoRiver.LayoverGuideChicago River (layoverguide.com)2017-05-18T14:44:27+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/05/17/evening-prayer-5-17-17-william-hobart-hare-bishop-of-niobrara-and-of-south-dakota-1909/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/ohiooilspill-energytransferpartners-2millgal-iohioepas.jpgOhioOilSpill.EnergyTransferPartners.2millgal.IOhioEPAsThe same oil pipeline company that recently got Trump Administration approval to complete the Dakota Access project adjacent to the Standing Rock Indian Reservation in South Dakota has now been hit with an immediate stop-work order halting another $4 billion pipeline through Ohio, after a 2 million gallon spill ruined wetlands in Stark County, south of Cleveland. Thousands of indigenous peoples from all over the world protested for months at Standing Rock, saying that Energy Transfer Partners’ project under the Missouri River endangers the Lakota/Dakota tribes’ water supply and desecrates sacred sites. ETP’s contractor started getting slapped with violations in Ohio less than a week after starting construction, and within a month had already racked up 17 more. A spokesman for Ohio’s Environmental Projection Agency said, “It’s going to be decades before that wetland can be restored.” The company claims Ohio has no right to intervene despite the massive spill, so state officials got their counterparts in Washington to do it for them. (Ohio EPA)2017-05-17T18:53:24+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/05/17/morning-prayer-5-17-17-thurgood-marshall-americas-civil-rights-giant-1993/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/jesuscalmsstormonseaofgalilee-rembrandt1632.jpgJesusCalmsStormOnSeaOfGalilee.Rembrandt1632Rembrandt, 1632: Jesus Calms the Storm on the Sea of Galilee2017-05-17T15:03:40+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/05/16/evening-prayer-5-16-17-the-martyrs-of-sudan/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/kathrineswitzer-bostonmarathon1967-paulconnell-bostonglobe.jpgKathrineSwitzer.BostonMarathon1967.PaulConnell.BostonGlobeThe Boston Marathon ran peacefully last month, with both the men’s and women’s races won by gifted Kenyans. But 50 years ago women weren’t allowed to race, as Kathrine Switzer found out when the Boston Athletic Association sent four officials onto the course to shove her out and keep their precious boys’ club. The anniversary was remembered this year in news accounts, and I couldn’t forget this image. There’s nothing inherently male about a road race; call it cootie-phobia or pure insanity. She registered with everyone else (though only using an initial for her first name), she paid her fees, she was a qualified and experienced athlete. Why were the men so upset? Finally it hit me; they were scared she’d beat them. Of course the best women beat men all the time; less than 4 minutes separated the male and female winners this year. But here’s a happy twist; Ms. Switzer was back to run it again this year, welcomed by all as a hero and competitor – and she finished in almost the same time as she did in ’67. There’s a champion in this picture, and it isn’t the men. I bet the Holy Spirit pumped her fist and cheered as Switzer crossed the finish line, loving the sweet irony of it. (Paul Connell/The Boston Globe)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/wausudan-refugee-camp-2016-rc-cath-jillcraig-voa.pngWau,Sudan Refugee Camp.2016.RC Cath.JillCraig.VOAA refugee camp near the Roman Catholic cathedral in Wau, South Sudan, 2016-17. Wau, a state capital of 230,000, has seen heavy fighting and many thousands of casualties in 1998, 2007 and 2016. (Jill Craig/Voice of America)2017-05-16T19:02:20+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/05/15/morning-prayer-5-16-17-the-martyrs-of-sudan/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/joela-pachao-primebishop-ecphilippines-carolinecarson.jpg+JoelA.Pachao.PrimeBishop.ECPhilippines.CarolineCarsonThe Episcopal Church in the Philippines has a new Prime Bishop, the Rt. Rev. Joel A. Pachao. He’s been Bishop of North Central Philippines (Baguio City) since 1993. The Church in the Philippines became an independent Province in the Anglican Communion in 1990; in February U.S. Presiding Bishop Michael Curry signed a concordat with current Prime Bishop Renato Abibico declaring the two national churches “provincial companions” during his mission trip to the island nation. (Caroline Carson)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/mandela-peacemaking.pngMandela Peacemaking2017-05-16T14:02:22+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/05/15/evening-prayer-5-15-17-monday-of-easter-5/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/racistmarch-charlottesvilleva-5-13-17-allisonwrabel-thedailyprogress.jpgRacistMarch.CharlottesvilleVA.5.13.17.AllisonWrabel.TheDailyProgressThe latest iteration of American racism, half-Nazi and half-Klan, marched on Charlottesville, Virginia Saturday night with torches blazing and white supremacist chants, including “Russia is our friend.” They claimed they were protesting the removal of a public statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee, the pro-slavery Confederate general and traitor to his country, but their real purpose, like the statue itself, is intimidating minorities and the community as a whole. They’re energized and on the march with Donald Trump in the White House, but police broke up this display 10 minutes later when counter-demonstrators turned up too. Earlier in the day Trump gave a commencement speech/political rally at a fundamentalist college founded by segregationist Jerry Falwell. Makes you proud of Jesus, doesn’t it? (Allison Wrabel/Charlottesville Daily Progress)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/veryrevearle-king-rectorstmartininfields-grandislandny-diorochester.jpgVeryRevEarle King.RectorStMartinInFields.GrandIslandNY.DioRochesterThe Very Rev. Earle King, rector of St. Martin in the Fields, Grand Island, New York in the Diocese of Rochester: Praise, Bless, Adore, Glorify. (parish photo)2017-05-16T02:13:46+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/04/10/evangelism-17-our-internet-radio-startup/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/4-12-17-fund-thermo.jpg4.12.17 Fund Thermohttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/just-jump.jpgJUST JUMPhttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/4-9-17-fund-thermo.jpg4.9.17 Fund Thermohttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/all-it-takes.jpgALL IT TAKEShttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/clint-dailyofficelogo-resize200.jpgClint DailyOfficeLogo.Resize2002017-05-15T23:39:12+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/05/14/morning-prayer-5-15-17-monday-of-the-5th-week-of-easter/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/johnpcraine-stdavidsbeanblossom.jpg+JohnPCraine.StDavidsBeanBlossomBishop Craine breaking ground at St. David’s, Bean Blossom, Indiana, 1959. (parish photo)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/johnpcrainepresentsotcassettes-georgedanielbrowne-liberia-wdestafrica-1973-tecarchives1.jpg+JohnPCrainePresentsOTcassettes.+GeorgeDanielBrowne.Liberia.++WdestAfrica.1973.TECarchivesBishop Craine presenting Old Testament audio cassettes to the Rt. Rev. George Daniel Browne, Bishop of Liberia, in 1973. (Be sure to tell the kids what cassettes were – or Google yourself.) Bishop Browne went on to become Archbishop of West Africa in 1982. (Archives of the Episcopal Church)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/jackie-means-1-1-77-donaldjdavis-erie-wideworldphotos.jpgJackie Means 1.1.77.+DonaldJDavis.Erie.WideWorldPhotosBishop Craine’s biggest claim to fame was the ordination of that female prison chaplain, the Rev. Jackie Means, the first “regularly” ordained female priest in the Episcopal Church, on January 1, 1977 – though Bishop Craine was ill that day and unable to officiate. But he had the Bishop of Erie Donald J. Davis all lined up to take his place, and despite demonstrators outside, disrupters inside, threats of violence from so-called Christians and national media coverage, her ordination came off without a hitch. Bishop Craine died a few months later, forever proud of his chaplain. (World Wide Photos)2017-05-15T13:59:56+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/05/14/evening-prayer-5-14-17-fifth-sunday-of-easter-mothers-day/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/confrimations-diomo-ccc-stlouis-maria.jpgConfrimations.DioMO.CCC.StLouis.MariaDiocesan confirmations yesterday at Christ Church Cathedral, St. Louis. That’s our own Deacon Maria in the upper right. (Trinity, Kirksville)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/nightlifehongkong-lan-kwai-fong.jpgNightlifeHongKong.Lan Kwai FongThe gate is wide, and nightlife is there if you want it. (Hong Kong street scene, Lan Kwai Fong)2017-05-14T18:32:22+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/05/13/evening-prayer-5-13-17-frances-perkins-guardian-of-the-poor-1865/2017-05-14T13:57:08+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/05/13/morning-prayer-5-14-17-fifth-sunday-of-easter-mothers-day/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/motherfeedingchildporridgezambia-bread-org.jpgMotherFeedingChildPorridgeZambia.bread.orgBread for the World nutrition education program in Zambia; what beauty. (bread.org)2017-05-14T03:52:20+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/05/12/morning-prayer-5-13-17-frances-perkins-mother-of-u-s-social-security-1965/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/mstrsgtwilburnkross-mohsociety.jpgMstrSgtWilburnKRoss.MOHSocietyU.S. Medal of Honor winner Master Sergeant Wilburn K. Ross has died; he was cited for astonishing bravery in a battle with Nazi forces in the Vosges Mountains of eastern France in 1944. His unit had lost more than half their 88 men when he took a forward position ahead of his riflemen, then proceeded to wage virtually a one-man battle for five hours. Armed only with a machine gun, with enemy forces advancing to within four yards of him, he mowed down 50 Germans in less than a minute and broke the assault single-handedly. Heroism was widespread that day; four other members of his unit also won the Medal, awarded in 1945 at a stadium in Nuremberg where Adolf Hitler used to stage his disgusting rallies. How did Sgt. Ross become so precise a marksman? As a boy in tiny Strunk, Kentucky, he used to set a wooden kitchen match in a tree in the backyard, take his stand and try to light it with his .22. His Mom used to yell at him for wasting her good matches – until she found out later he didn’t waste a one. (Medal of Honor Society)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/stjohnbaptistsendsdisciplestojesus-rouencath-gordonplumb.jpgStJohnBaptistSendsDisciplesToJesus.RouenCath.GordonPlumbJohn the Baptist, in prison, sending his disciples to Jesus. (Rouen Cathedral, France; Gordon Plumb)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/francesperkins-fdr-socialsecurityact1935.jpgFrancesPerkins.FDR.SocialSecurityAct1935The only woman in the room: Frances Perkins, Episcopal laywoman, Secretary of Labor and first woman cabinet member in U.S. history, stands directly behind President Franklin D. Roosevelt as he signs the Social Security Act of 1935. It was her idea, but he had misgivings about whether it would ever pass Congress. Today it’s remembered – monthly – as the greatest and most lasting achievement of the New Deal. (photographer unknown)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/communityofsistersofloveofgod.jpgCommunityOfSistersOfLoveOfGod2017-05-13T03:50:50+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/05/12/video-evensong-5-12-17-friday-of-easter-4/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/blond-white-dude.jpgBlond White Dudehttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/centurionsservant-paucaverba.jpgCenturion'sServant.PaucaVerbaHealing of the Centurion’s servant. This is a contemporary work by an anonymous Greek iconographer, treated to appear aged - not to deceive the viewer but to make it look more spiritually "iconic." (from Pauca Verba blog)2017-05-13T01:56:35+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/05/12/morning-prayer-5-12-17-friday-of-easter-4/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/jeremylin2009-moreracismincollegethanpros-fredbackhamap.jpgJeremyLin2009.MoreRacismInCollegeThanPros.FredBackhamAPNBA star Jeremy Lin, a Taiwanese-American and committed Christian, told a sports podcast this week that he experienced more racism in college basketball than he does in the pros, and cited two schools by name: fans at Cornell University and the coach at the University of Vermont, who screamed repeatedly in full hearing of referees about supposed violations by the “chink.” Lin played for Harvard, which like Cornell is a member of the Ivy League, America’s most elite universities. These days, Lin said, it doesn’t happen much and when it does, he just laughs at the fool who tries it, instead of internalizing everything like he did in school. Above, from 2009: driving to the hole against a Connecticut defender. (Fred Backham/Associated Press)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/wisdom-audreyhepburn-telegraph.jpgWisdom.AudreyHepburn.TelegraphWisdom radiant and unfading. (The Telegraph)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/chechengaymen-moscowsafehouse-jameshill-nyt.jpgChechenGayMen.MoscowSafeHouse.JamesHill.NYTGay refugees from Chechnya at a safe house in Moscow; as many as 100 others are reportedly being held in a concentration camp in Chechnya, and others have died. (James Hill/The New York Times)2017-05-12T14:39:13+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/05/11/evening-prayer-5-11-17-thursday-of-easter-4/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/drmarkwainberg-stuartnimmo-canadianpress.jpgDrMarkWainberg.StuartNimmo.CanadianPressDr. Mark Weinberg has died, a renowned Canadian AIDS researcher who surprised his scientific colleagues by becoming an outspoken activist as well, especially for expanding treatment in developing nations. A professor at McGill University, co-discoverer of the antiviral properties of lamivudine (3TC), editor of medical journals and former president of the International AIDS Society, he was a fierce critic of AIDS denialists like former South African President Thabo Mbeki. People like that, Weinberg said, should be charged with endangering public health and jailed if convicted. He was made an Officer of the Order of Canada and a Chevalier of the French Legion of Honor - but his real distinction was saving millions of lives. (Stuart Nimmo/Canadian Press)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/blindleadingblind-deacongarydumer.jpgBlindLeadingBlind.DeaconGaryDumer(Deacon Gary Dumer)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/calvin-hampton-quilt-2.jpgCalvin Hampton Quilt 2Panels from the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt, including (lower right) one for Calvin Hampton, the composer and organist/choirmaster of Calvary/St. George’s, New York City.2017-05-11T18:12:19+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/05/11/morning-prayer-5-11-17-thursday-of-easter-4/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/jakartagovbasukitjahajapurnama-blasphemy-bayismoyo.jpgJakartaGovBasukiTjahajaPurnama.Blasphemy.BayIsmoyoThe Christian governor of Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia, has been convicted of blasphemy against Islam and jailed, after an electoral campaign against him by Islamic hardliners who claimed the Koran forbids Muslims from voting for a non-Muslim. Gov. Basuki Tjahaja Purnama tried to deflect this claim, but lost the election in a landslide and now faces years in prison. Religious tolerance is waning in Indonesia, a secular democracy and the world’s most populous Muslim nation. (Bay Ismoyo)2017-05-11T13:48:02+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/05/10/evening-prayer-5-10-17-nicolaus-ludwig-von-zinzendorf-moravian-witness-1760/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/gracemoravian-ny.jpgGraceMoravian.NYIt's incorrect to think of Moravians as only the descendants of Bohemian Brethren from Central Europe many centuries ago; they are well-known for gentle, effective evangelism in many parts of the world. Here we see members of Grace Moravian Church in Springfield Gardens, Queens, New York; today's Moravians number 750,000 widely distributed around the world, and they have found notable success among Afro-Caribbeans. (parish photo)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/zinzendorf-tec-moravianrecognition-ens.jpgZinzendorf.TEC.MoravianRecognition.ENSThis would have pleased Ludwig von Zinzendorf greatly: a Moravian bishop laying hands on Paul Marshall, Episcopal Bishop of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, while their colleagues do the same, liturgizing full communion between the two churches in 2011. What we call Eucharist, they call the lovefeast. (Episcopal News Service)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/reconciliation-handsacrossthedivide-londonderry-mauriceharron.jpgReconciliation.HandsAcrossTheDivide.Londonderry.MauriceHarronReconciliation monument known as Hands Across the Divide in Londonderry, Ireland, scene of so many Catholic-Protestant battles; the Good Friday Agreement of 1998 brought a degree of power-sharing and reconciliation in 1998. (Maurice Harron)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/ezekielkumirkondo-primate-newprovincesudan-paulinewalker-sudanchurchassn1.jpg++EzekielKumirKondo.Primate.NewProvinceSudan.PaulineWalker.SudanChurchAssnThe Anglican Consultative Council has accepted the former “internal province” of the Episcopal Church of Sudan as the 39th and newest Province of the Anglican Communion, and the Most Rev. Ezekiel Kumir Kondo has been named Archbishop and Primate. The ACC has thus split the Sudanese Church from South Sudan and exacerbated a constitutional crisis, as the Sudanese broke communion in 2011 with The Episcopal Church based in the United States, which is also an Anglican Province, and recognized the schismatic sect known as ACNA, which is not. Lambeth Palace and the current incumbent at Canterbury are apparently hoping TEC will take no notice, and the American members of the Consultative Council have thus far kept mute. The sticking point throughout has been homosexuality, and the Sudanese have made it clear they have no intention of loving their Gay enemy; American dioceses have made many efforts to maintain relationships, and for six years have mourned the loss of their South Sudanese friends. The longterm loser in all this looks to be the Church of England, with buildings to maintain in every village and hamlet that few people care to attend. (Sudan Church Association)2017-05-10T20:15:31+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/05/10/morning-prayer-5-10-17-nicolaus-von-zinzendorf-moravian-protector-1760/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/bearsearsnm-utah-markholm-nyt.jpgBearsEarsNM.Utah.MarkHolm.NYTBears Ears National Monument in Utah is now threatened with losing its Obama era-protected status by the current administration in Washington, which seeks to curry votes from “conservatives” in the region who are determined to exploit it. (Mark Holm/The New York Times)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/loveyourenemies-mandeladeklerk-dailymail.jpgLoveYourEnemies.Mandela&DeKlerk.DailyMailLove your enemies, forgive those who hate you? Nelson Mandela and F.W. de Klerk in 1996; three years earlier they won a true prize, the Nobel for Peace, for negotiating the end of apartheid. (Daily Mail)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/refugeejustice-melbourne-rexfeatures.jpgRefugeeJustice.Melbourne.RexFeaturesA Refugee Justice march a few days ago in Melbourne. Australia has earned its world pariah status on refugee issues, but so many countries are vying for the title it’s hard to know who might win. Yesterday came word that almost 250 migrants perished at sea between Libya, the current front-runner in human smuggling, and Italy, which was credited with saving 50 while losing 132. Also yesterday, an Italian magazine released audio tapes from 2013 in which it claimed the Italian Navy, with a ship in clear sight of a sinking rubber raft, told victims to “call Malta” instead; 268 people died, including 60 children. A few weeks later, Italy quietly changed its rescue policy. (Rex Features)2017-05-10T14:12:17+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/05/09/evening-prayer-5-9-17-gregory-of-nazianzus-theologian-of-the-trinity-389/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/woodstock-of-capitalism-2017-natiharnik-ap.jpgWoodstock of Capitalism 2017.NatiHarnik.AP“The Woodstock of Capitalism”: investors Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger, in red tie, filled up a sports arena in Omaha, Nebraska on Saturday for the annual meeting of their giant holding company Berkshire Hathaway, owner of several insurance and consumer products companies. Buffett, the world’s second richest man according to Forbes magazine, holds forth for hours every year, reading a humor-filled annual report he writes on his own, answering journalists’ and shareholder questions (some investors only own a single share, worth $247,000 at yesterday’s close), commenting on politics and economic trends, while sipping Coca-Cola (he owns it) and munching on a certain brand of candy (same deal). Munger, his managing partner, is arguably the better stock analyst, but together they’ve grown and sustained one of the world’s most admired companies. Buffett and fellow gazillionaires Bill and Melinda Gates of Microsoft created the Giving Pledge in 2010, in which very wealthy people promise to give away half their fortunes to charity before or upon their deaths; as of last year, 136 others have promised a total of $365 billion. If a person has to be rich, Buffett is the man to follow. (Nati Harnik/Associated Press)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/stgregorynazianzus-theologyforum.jpgStGregoryNazianzus.TheologyForumAmong the Fathers of the Church, Gregory alone is known as “the Divine.” He was a principal architect of the doctrine of the Trinity, in opposition to those who claimed that Jesus was inferior to the Father, a created being without an independent existence. Gregory countered with a profound defense of Christ’s incarnation. This isn’t just doctrine, either, but an affirmation of God’s infinite love for humanity and each one of us. (Theology Forum)2017-05-09T23:56:52+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/05/09/morning-prayer-5-9-17-gregory-of-nazianzus-bishop-of-constantinople-389/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/lt-weston-lee.jpgLt Weston LeeFriends of a Georgia soldier killed in Iraq are making sure his sacrifice will not be forgotten. They said 1st Lt. Weston C. Lee paid the ultimate price after leaving a huge legacy at the University of North Georgia. Flags were at half-staff at the university; Lee was commissioned by UNG’s Military College in 2014. The Department of Defense said he was killed this past Saturday when an IED detonated during a patrol outside Mosul as part of advise and assist support group. Friends said Lee had an infectious spirit as fraternity brothers and at the campus barracks as part of the military college, where the older, wiser Lee was a leader. “He was really just a motivation, inspiration to us all. If you walked around with Wes on campus, everyone knew him. When I go into the service, he was an inspiration. I hope to be half the soldier he was,” said friend Paul Mitchell. Lee will soon be among other fallen services members etched on a campus memorial. His classmates also said they started a GoFundMe account to set up a scholarship in his name at UNG. Lt. Lee was from Bluffton, Georgia, but will be buried with honors at Arlington Cemetery. Awards and decorations include the National Defense Service Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, the Ranger Tab, the Parachutist Badge, and the Army Service Ribbon. He was posthumously awarded the Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart, and the Meritorious Service Medal.. (Reporting: Fox 5, Atlanta)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/jesus-in-world-online-750.jpgjesus-in-world-online 750https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/changshaprotchurch-260ft-tallerthanmao-60milxianslamyikfei-nyt.jpgChangshaProtChurch.260ft.TallerThanMao.60milXiansLamYikFei.NYTDiehard Maoists in Changsha, China and Mao's hometown, are reportedly alarmed that a new, official Protestant Church is rising 260 feet tall (plus cross), higher than a giant statue of the Great Leader himself just ten miles away. One said, “It’s a threat to our ideological security.” (When have ideologies ever been secure?) China has 60 million Christians, most directed to the official Catholic and Protestant “patriotic societies,” while others worship underground in house churches. Meanwhile most residents say they’re in favor of Jesus, in favor of Mao, and whatever else they’re supposed to be in favor of; apparently it’s all good in Changsha. (Lam Yik Fei for The New York Times)2017-05-09T13:55:17+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/05/08/evening-prayer-5-8-17-julian-of-norwich-anchorite-c-1417/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/abbaye-du-loroux-14thc-france-1steuch100yrs.jpgAbbaye du Loroux.14thC.France.1stEuch100YrsA priest in California and his wife, Michael and Tine Corrigan, have restored the chapel of the Cistercian Abbaye du Loroux in France that dates from the 14th Century, the same era as Dame Julian. The monastery was de-consecrated in 1791 and allowed to ruin, and the chapel hasn’t had a Eucharist celebrated there in more than a hundred years. But two weeks ago on the Second Sunday of Easter, it echoed again with praise by happy voices. Thanks be to God! (Michael Corrigan for The Daily Office)2017-05-08T19:29:58+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/05/07/morning-prayer-5-8-17-julian-of-norwich-anchorite-c-1417/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/bokoharamrelease-oct2016-82free100missing-philipojisua-afp.jpgBokoHaramRelease.Oct2016.82Free100Missing.PhilipOjisua.AFPThe Nigerian government has announced that another 82 kidnapped schoolgirls have been released by the terrorist group Boko Haram, in exchange for an undisclosed number of prisoners – but Nigeria has announced such breakthroughs before without their coming to pass, so the news awaits confirmation. Above: Some of the young women who were in fact released last October. (Philip Ojisua/Agence France-Presse)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/bread-of-presence-gode280a6-in-the-beginning.jpgBread of Presence.God… in the BeginningThe bread of Presence: seldom eaten (and then only by priests in a holy place), replaced every Sabbath as a sign of the LORD’s dwelling in the Temple with Israel. For Christians it’s a reminder once again that Jesus was a Jew. (God… in the Beginning blog)2017-05-08T14:40:43+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/05/07/evening-prayer-5-7-17-fourth-sunday-of-easter/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/goodtreegoodfruit-wisegeek-com.jpgGoodTreeGoodFruit.wisegeek.comGood oranges on a good tree. (wisegeek.com)2017-05-07T17:12:53+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/05/06/morning-prayer-5-7-17-fourth-sunday-of-easter/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/easteraltar-stjamesmilwaukee-jilllittlefield.jpgEasterAltar.StJamesMilwaukee.JillLittlefieldEaster altar at St. James’s, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Once one of the largest churches in the city (and the first stone one), a National Historic Site, adjacent to the Central Library, it has fallen victim to changes in traffic and development, and will be closed in a few months – which did not prevent its small congregation from pulling out all the stops to celebrate the Resurrection. (Jill Littlefield)2017-05-07T04:36:57+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/05/06/evening-prayer-5-6-17-saturday-of-easter-3/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/venezuelaonvergeofcollapse.jpgVenezuelaOnVergeOfCollapseVenezuela is said to be on the verge of collapse, with massive demonstrations occurring almost daily. Please pray for the Episcopal Diocese of Venezuela, Bishop Orlando Guerrero and his 28 churches, missions and preaching stations. (source unknown)2017-05-06T17:35:43+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/05/06/morning-prayer-5-6-17-saturday-of-easter-3/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/parish-adminroxannegaylord-stthomas-bathny.pngParish AdminRoxanneGaylord.StThomas.BathNYParish Administrator Roxanne Gaylord of St. Thomas’s, Bath, New York; do you suppose the rector bought that for her after she accomplished the impossible? (parish photo)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/daniel-inlionsdenandrecc81durand-2007-800.jpgDaniel.InLions'DenAndréDurand.2007.800André Durand, 2007: Daniel in the Lions Denhttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/plainszebras-namibia-hanshillewaert.jpgPlainsZebras.Namibia.HansHillewaertPlains zebras of Namibia (Hans Hillewaert)2017-05-06T06:30:04+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/05/05/video-evensong-5-5-17-friday-of-easter-3/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/philip-songrandson-diamondjubilee2012-johnstillwell.jpgPhilip.Son&Grandson.DiamondJubilee2012.JohnStillwellBuckingham Palace has announced that Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, will retire from public life in August at the age of 95. He began serving in the Royal Navy in 1939, married then-Princess Elizabeth in 1947, and became the Queen’s Consort on her accession in 1952. The oldest male royal in British history, the man deserves a rest. Besides, his memory is going; at a Canadian ceremony he once said, “I hereby dedicate this thing, whatever it is.” Above: with son Charles and grandsons William and Harry at the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee in 2012. (John Stillwell)2017-05-06T01:47:21+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/05/05/morning-prayer-5-5-17-friday-of-easter-3/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/child-abuse-for-clicks.pngChild Abuse for ClicksChild abuse for clicks and greed: a Maryland judge has issued an emergency order removing two children from the home of their father and stepmother, who amassed millions of followers on YouTube (and the resulting ad revenue) for such titles as “Kid Eats Most Disgusting Food Ever,” “Dad Stink Bombs Sons Room,” “Ryan Gets Egged,” “Kid Gets a Whooping,” “Jake Gets Left Behind” and “Prank Goes Horribly Wrong.” The two kids (out of five) were singled out, and the parents’ antics weren’t pranks, the judge said, awarding custody to the biological mother. YouTube, owned by Google billionaires, suddenly decided to shut the channel down; "Don’t Be Evil," indeed. (The Washington Post)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/jennifer-bpsunitedagainstgunviol-hydeparkchgo-davidpaulsenens.jpgJennifer.BpsUnitedAgainstGunViol.HydeParkChgo.DavidPaulsenENSTwo weeks ago, shortly before she was consecrated Bishop of Indianapolis, the Rev. Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows helped lead the “Unholy Trinity” conference and procession by Bishops United Against Gun Violence in Chicago, protesting racism and poverty as well as America’s lax gun laws. When bishops take to the streets, bullhorn in hand, to denounce the dominant culture’s warped values, they demonstrate the courage to proclaim Jesus Christ as Savior. (David Paulsen/Episcopal News Service)2017-05-05T14:09:57+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/05/04/evening-prayer-5-4-17-monnica-mother-who-brought-out-greatness-in-augustine-of-hippo-387/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/kelseyhutto-michael-michael-stdavidsbeanblossom.jpgKelseyHutto.++Michael.Michael+.StDavidsBeanblossomThe Rev. Kelsey Hutto, priest-in-charge, Episcopal Presiding Bishop Michael Curry, and Curry’s assistant the Rev. Michael Hunn at St. David’s in tiny Bean Blossom, Indiana, where Curry celebrated and preached on Sunday to support the congregation, which suffered Election Night vandalism six months ago with spray-painted slogans like “Heil Trump” and “Fag Church.” Yesterday police arrested the church organist, a doctoral student in music at nearby Indiana University, and charged him with the crime. He reportedly hoped to spur a popular uprising against the election results, but was surprised by national news coverage; another Episcopal church near Washington, D.C. was also vandalized the same night. Three days after he played for the Presiding Bishop, the organist was booked on a misdemeanor charge; we ask your prayers for him as well as the congregation. (screen shot from diocesan video)2017-05-04T17:07:09+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/05/04/morning-prayer-5-4-17-monnica-mother-of-augustine-of-hippo-387/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/andrespromoteseye17-episcoyouth.jpgAndresPromotesEye17.EpiscoYouthA promotional photo for EYE 17, the biennial Episcopal Youth Event drawing participants from dioceses in 17 nations, to be held this year from 10-14 July on the campus of the University of Central Oklahoma in Edmond. The model’s name is Andres and he’ll be there; so will we. (EpiscoYouth)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/daniel-belshazzarsfeast-johnmartin-c1821.jpgDaniel.Belshazzar'sFeast.JohnMartin.c1821John Martin, c. 1821: Belshazzar’s Feast for a thousand lords, ladies and concubines.2017-05-04T13:57:54+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/05/03/evening-prayer-5-3-17-wednesday-of-easter-3/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/mashaleon-savedbychiunesugihara-forwardassn.jpgMashaLeon.SavedByChiuneSugihara.ForwardAssnMasha Leon has died, a Jewish refugee saved from the Holocaust by Chiune Sugihara, the Japanese vice-consul in Lithuania and one of the Righteous Gentiles honored by Israel. Through incredible hardships, treacherous betrayals, acts of grace and amazing escapes, she journeyed from Warsaw to the Soviet Union and eventually made her to way to New York City, where she became a fixture as the society columnist for the Yiddish newspaper The Forward. But none of the stories she wrote could match one of her own; while visiting her father in a Lithuanian prison, another prisoner’s wife confided her hope of getting a message to her husband by carving a bar of soap. Ms. Leon’s mother suggested embroidering it on a handkerchief instead. The item did make it through, and the prisoner’s cellmate, Ms. Leon’s father, was able to tell what the shaky lettering meant: the woman was escaping to pre-statehood Israel. That prisoner was Menachem Begin, one of the founders of Israel and later its prime minister. (Forward Association)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/bible-reading-chart.jpgBible Reading ChartBible-reading habits, or lack of, among Americans, according to a just-released study published by the Public Religion Research Institute in Washington, D.C.2017-05-03T19:01:03+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/05/03/morning-prayer-5-3-17-wednesday-in-the-3rd-week-of-easter/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/cateslaststand-seansullivan.jpgCate'sLastStand.SeanSullivanBishop Cate’s last stand: with the crozier or shepherd’s crook, a symbol of her office as diocesan bishop, the now-retired Bishop Catherine M. Waynick of Indianapolis at the diocese’s celebration of her 20-year ministry a week ago Saturday; see more of Consecration Week below. (Sean Sullivan)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/daniel-writingonwall-rembrandt.jpgDaniel.WritingOnWall.RembrandtRembrandt: The Writing on the Wall – in Hebrew, naturally.https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/jenniferfamily.jpgJennifer&FamilyBishop Jennifer was joined onstage by her husband Harrison Burrows, a former youth minister in the Bahamas, and their son Timothy, 6, a kindergartner at St. Richard's School. (diocesan photo)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/handover-seansullivan.jpgHandover.SeanSullivanBishop Cate handed over her crozier to her successor, Bishop Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows, at Clowes Hall, Indianapolis, last Saturday. Jennifer had just been consecrated, and both bishops were wearing another symbol of their office, a pointed hat called a mitre; the handover is another symbolic climax in the installation of a new bishop. (Sean Sullivan)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/stjohnsgardenblooms-crestacates.jpgStJohnsGardenBlooms.CrestaCatesFor joy in God’s creation: the parish garden in bloom last Sunday at St. John’s, Lafayette, Indiana, our Vicar’s home parish. (Cresta Cates)2017-05-03T13:54:16+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/05/02/evening-prayer-5-2-17-athanasius-defender-of-the-faith-373/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/mariachisforjennifer-moncir-seansullivan.jpgMariachisForJennifer.MonCir.SeanSullivanMariachis serenaded Bishop Jennifer and other worshipers gathered for her enthronement at Christ Church Cathedral on Monument Circle, the most prominent address in Indianapolis. (Sean Sullivan)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/seated-ccc-seansullivan.jpgSeated.CCC.SeanSullivanThe new Bishop of Indianapolis Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows was seated on the bishop’s cathedra or throne Sunday at Christ Church Cathedral. A cathedral gets its name from a bishop’s special chair, which only she may occupy; likewise, a cathedral is considered the bishop’s own church, and all other churches in a diocese rank behind it, for "Where the bishop is, there is the Church." (Sean Sullivan)2017-05-02T22:09:43+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/04/25/evening-prayer-4-25-17-st-mark-the-evangelist/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/stmark-gospelpage.jpgStMark.GospelPageUnder Howard Galley, Brooke Bushong and Ervin Faulkenberry, Church Army USA always began its lay evangelist training with Mark’s Gospel, It’s fast-paced, action-packed, and Mark arranged Christ’s healing miracles to lead to the climactic first-half passage in Mark 8:27-30, where Peter confesses that Jesus is the Messiah.https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/stmark-lorenzodibicci.jpgStMark.Lorenzo(di)Bicci(Lorenzo di Bicci, d. 1427)2017-05-02T17:19:35+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/04/24/morning-prayer-4-24-17-genocide-remembrance/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/morning-prayer-live-webcast1.jpgMorning Prayer Live Webcasthttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/armenia-dudancaveturkey-bryandenton-nyt.jpgArmenia DudanCaveTurkey.BryanDenton.NYTDudan Cave in Turkey, a province formerly part of Armenia, where 102 years ago today, some 250 Armenian community leaders, including artists, teachers and clergy, were marched to this desolate spot, executed and dropped down the hole (foreground). They were the first of up to 1.5 million Armenians murdered at the hands of the Young Turks who sought to topple the Ottoman Empire. Turkey has refused to take responsibility to the present day, claiming a lack of primary evidence in government documents. Now a scholar who is called the Sherlock Holmes of the Armenian Genocide says he has found the smoking gun: documents smuggled first to London, then to an Armenian monastery in Jerusalem, where they were locked in a vault, never shown to the world and never talked about. He photographed them and showed them to other scholars who have confirmed their authenticity. He released the news Friday in advance of this day. (Bryan Denton/The New York Times)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/armenia-2-monastery-diyarbakirturkey-bryandenton-nyt.jpgArmenia 2.Monastery.DiyarbakirTurkey..BryanDenton.NYTRuins of the Armenian monastery near Diyarbakir in modern Turkey, used now as a cattle barn. Theodore Roosevelt called the Armenian genocide the worst crime of World War I. (Bryan Denton/The New York Times)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/armenia-3-tripodgallows-cultureclub-getty.jpgArmenia 3.TripodGallows.CultureClub.GettyTripod gallows were used to hang groups of Armenians; others were raped, tortured, starved, massacred and shot. There’s never been a lack of photographic evidence of the killings, or of contemporaneous news accounts in world newspapers; Tiurkey has hung its entire defense on the lack of documents proving that the Turkish government planned and carried out the whole thing. Those government plans are the documents discovered by Taner Akcam, a historian at Clark University in Massachusetts, a Turkish-born scholar who has devoted his entire career to finding the truth about his country. (Culture Club/Getty)2017-05-02T17:18:51+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/04/30/morning-prayer-5-1-17-monday-of-easter-3/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/climatemarch-trumpday100-wapo.jpgClimateMarch.TrumpDay100.WaPoA large crowd marched on Washington, D.C. Saturday, protesting U.S. government policy on climate change. It was the 100th day of Donald Trump’s presidency, amid record-setting heat. The most popular signs said “There is no Planet B.” (Washington Post)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/easter-stthomas-bathnycarljohengen.pngEaster.StThomas.BathNYCarlJohengenEaster window at St. Thomas’s, Bath, New York. (Carl Johengen)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/popesincairo-copticorthodox-osservatoreromano.jpgPopesInCairo.CopticOrthodox.OsservatoreRomanoPope Francis of Rome made a quick trip to Egypt last week, hoping to protect and strengthen the Coptic community and reaching out to Muslim leaders to encourage religious tolerance and peace. He’s seen above with Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II at an outdoor Mass at a soccer stadium, a relatively small crowd for Francis. Tensions have been high after the most recent bombings of Coptic churches, which killed scores and injured over 100. About 10% of Egypt’s population of 90 million is Coptic, of whom 1% follow Francis and 99% follow Tawadros. (L’Osservatore Romano)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/clint-dailyofficelogo-resize250.jpgClint DailyOfficeLogo.Resize2502017-05-02T17:16:25+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/05/02/morning-prayer-5-2-17-athanasius-bishop-of-alexandria-373/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/famine-southsudan-laurenharnettoxfamintl.jpgFamine.SouthSudan.LaurenHarnettOxfamIntlYou may have seen the headlines about famine in South Sudan, and you may have prayed with us for the relief of the people there and an end to the fighting; none of what’s been said is an abstraction. Men, women and children are dying of starvation for no reason except human greed and hatred, while world politicians bicker, flail and change the subject. But this photo shows what God sees, and if we are followers of Christ, we must see it too. These folks are actually the lucky ones; they are still alive, but barely, and someone is trying to help. (Lauren Harnett/Oxfam International)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/nebuchadnezzarcrawling-williamblake-tategallery.jpgNebuchadnezzarCrawling.WilliamBlake.TateGalleryWilliam Blake: Nebuchadnezzar crawling on hands and knees. (Tate Gallery, London)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/stathanasius-carlrohl-smith-frederikschurchcopenhagen-wiki.jpgStAthanasius.CarlRohl-Smith.Frederik'sChurchCopenhagen.WikiAthanasius, Patriarch of Alexandria, was the greatest defender of Christ as both Son and Equal of God the Father. He wrote, “The Savior of us all, the Word of God, in his great love took to himself a body and moved as Man among men, meeting their senses, so to speak, halfway. He became himself an object for the senses, so that those who were seeking God in sensible things might apprehend the Father through the works which he, the Word of God, did in the body.” He battled with Arius, whose heresy denying Christ’s equality with God was probably the biggest threat to Trinitarian belief in church history. (Giovanni D’Allorto, sculptor, Catania, Sicily)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/soldiers-rodgers-thomas.jpgSoldiers Rodgers & ThomasThe two U.S. service members killed fighting ISIS in Afghanistan in April 2017 were both decorated Army Rangers from the American heartland who were on their third deployments. The U.S. Army has identified the soldiers as Sgt. Joshua P. Rodgers, 22, who was assigned to Company C, 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, and stationed at Fort Benning, Georgia and Sgt. Cameron H. Thomas, 23, who was assigned to Company D, 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, also at Fort Benning. The Pentagon is investigating whether the men were killed by friendly fire, ABC News reported. Both service members were killed while conducting combat operations against ISIS in Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan, in the area near where the U.S. recently dropped the “Mother of All Bombs” on the terrorist organization, the military said.2017-05-02T13:57:08+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/05/01/evening-prayer-5-1-17-st-philip-st-james-apostles/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/bpkarenoliveto-davidzalubowskiap.jpgBpKarenOliveto.DavidZalubowskiAPThe United Methodist Ecclesiastical Court announced its verdict last week in the case of openly-Lesbian Bishop Karen Oliveto, coming down solidly on the side of traditionalists who called for her removal. The court also rebuked several divisions, called conferences, including those in New York and Chicago. Church leaders have announced a special General Conference meeting in 2019 to try to resolve the long-running dispute over Gay and Lesbian clergy and avoid a schism, especially between African and Asian Conferences and those in the West. Some observers say the division is now unavoidable and is already underway. (David Zalubowski/Associated Press)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/pope-francis-at-ted-ryanlash-ted.jpgPope Francis at TED.RyanLash.TEDPope Francis gave a TED talk last week, prompting surprise and disbelief from many in attendance. “Let us help each other, all together, to remember that the ‘other’ is not a statistic, or a number,” he said. “We all need each other.” (Ryan Lash/TED)2017-05-01T19:01:17+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/about/our-mission-work/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/mithon-budget.gifMithon budgethttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/mithonkid.jpgMithonKidKid in Mithon, Haiti.https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/lunches-and-lessons-dedicationstandreschoolmithon2014.jpgLunches-and-Lessons.DedicationStAndreSchoolMithon2014Dedication of St. André's School, Mithon, Haiti, 2014, built by the Episcopal Diocese of Indianapolis.2017-05-01T06:03:48+00:00weekly0.6https://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/about/lgbts-welcome-here/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/duncan-500-pittpostgazette.jpgDuncan.500.PittPostGazetteHe's got congenital eyebrow disease. (Pittsburgh Post Gazette)2017-05-01T06:02:43+00:00weekly0.6https://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/about/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2006/12/allsaints-festivaloflights-johnaugustswanson-2006.jpgAllSaints.FestivalOfLights.JohnAugustSwanson.2006John August Swanson: Festival of Lights for All Saints2017-05-01T05:41:35+00:00weekly0.6https://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/about/our-videos/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/daily-office-logo.jpgdaily office logo2017-05-01T05:40:34+00:00weekly0.6https://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/about/our-faith-stories/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/ventura-co-pride-8-24-13.jpgVentura Co. Pride 8.24.13Ventura County Pride, 8.24.13https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/palestinechristians-churchofnativitybethlehem580.jpgPalestineChristians.ChurchOfNativityBethlehem580Palestinian Christians at the Church of the Nativity, Bethlehem. (source unknown)2017-05-01T05:40:13+00:00weekly0.6https://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/about/timing-our-services/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/world-map.jpgworld-map2017-05-01T05:39:31+00:00weekly0.6https://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/about/how-we-webcast/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/connect-main-screen.gifconnect. main screenhttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/adobe-icon-menus.pngAdobe Icon Menus2017-05-01T05:33:04+00:00weekly0.6https://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/about/introduction-to-the-book-of-common-prayer/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/500_christchurchhamiltonwenhamma-helenweatherall-500.jpg500_ChristChurchHamiltonWenhamMA.HelenWeatherall.500Christ Church, Hamilton Wenham, Massachusetts. (Helen Weatherall)2017-05-01T05:26:47+00:00weekly0.6https://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/about/faq/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/hoverfly-bermudabuttercup-700.jpgHoverfly.BermudaButtercup.700For Joy in God's Creation: hoverfly on a Bermuda buttercup.https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/peaceablekingdom-edwardhicks-c1834-716.jpgPeaceableKingdom.EdwardHicks.c1834.716Edward Hicks, c. 1834: Peaceable Kingdom2017-10-26T01:08:34+00:00weekly0.6https://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/04/30/evening-prayer-4-30-17-third-sunday-of-easter/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/mayorhogsett-jennifer-juliawhitworth.jpgMayorHogsett.Jennifer.JuliaWhitworthThe Mayor of Indianapolis, Joe Hogsett, came to Trinity Church Friday to greet the new Bishop Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows. Parish rector Julia Whitworth then led them on a neighborhood walkabout, including a stop at adjacent St. Richard’s School, which the mayor knows well because his daughter went there as a little girl. (diocesan photo)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/jennifercate-selfieofselfies.jpgJennifer&Cate.SelfieOfSelfiesA week ago Saturday, before she was consecrated XI Bishop of Indianapolis, Jennifer Baskerville-Burroughs took this photo of herself with the X Bishop Cate Waynick, at the diocese’s big sendoff for its 20-year incumbent (and our Episcopal Visitor). Jennifer calls this her Selfie of Selfies.2017-04-30T17:26:38+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/04/30/morning-prayer-4-30-17-third-sunday-of-easter/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/jenniferisbishop-4-29-17-meghanmcconnell.jpgJenniferIsBishop.4.29.17.MeghanMcConnellIt is done, spectacularly: Jennifer Baskerville-Burroughs is the new Bishop of Indianapolis, with colleagues standing behind her: Bishops Barbara C. Harris (in red), first woman bishop in Anglican history, and Catherine M. Waynick, left, the new bishop’s predecessor. Jennifer is the first black woman to have full charge of a diocese, and the first woman to succeed another woman in the Episcopal Church. Hallelujah! (Meghan McConnell)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/nebuchadnezzardreamstree.jpgNebuchadnezzarDreamsTreeKing Nebuchadnezzar dreams of a magnificent tree – which will be cut down. (Pinterest)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/knowninbreaking-beyondreachfilmworks.jpgKnownInBreaking.beyondreachfilmworks(beyondreachfilmworks blog)2017-04-30T06:01:36+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/04/29/evening-prayer-4-29-17-catherine-of-siena-nun-mystic-1380/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/ramapoughsmudges-oilpipeline-christopherocchicone-nyt.jpgRamapoughSmudges.OilPipeline.ChristopherOcchicone.NYTThe Keystone XL oil pipeline – which drew fierce protests from the Standing Rock Lakotas – is not the only proposed development project to face opposition from American Indian neighbors; the Ramapough of New Jersey are fighting a similar proposal, worrying about a big spill ruining the drinking water on their historic lands and desecrating their ancient religious sites. Last fall they conducted a smudging ceremony to bless and purify the people, much like Christians who use incense to aid in prayer. (Christopher Cocchione/The New York Times)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/jamierose-ramapough-splitrocksweetwaterprayercamp-christophercocchione-nyt.jpgJamieRose.Ramapough.SplitRockSweetwaterPrayerCamp.ChristopherCocchione.NYTJamie Rose lights the sacred fire at the Ramapough Split Rock Sweetware prayer camp. (Christopher Cocchione/The New York Times)2017-04-29T17:53:41+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/04/29/morning-prayer-4-29-17-catherine-of-siena-mystic-1380/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/templechurch-johnsalmon.jpegTempleChurch.JohnSalmonThe Temple Church, London; you’ve heard of the Inner Temple, the Middle Temple and the Temple Bar, a ceremonial arch; this is the place, built by the Knights Templar as their London headquarters and dedicated in 1185. (John Salmon)2017-04-29T15:46:57+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/04/28/video-evensong-4-28-17-a-tribute-to-cate/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/cateflowers.jpgCate&FlowersOur favorite photograph of our favorite bishop, Catherine M. Waynick of Indianapolis. She’s softspoken, without guile, gentle and persuasive, a strong leader who guided her united diocese through Anglicanism’s worldwide schism of 2003 with barely a scratch. Her diocese is a happy place, and has been throughout her tenure. Her successor, Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows, will make history tomorrow as the first American woman bishop to succeed a woman bishop because Cate gave voters the confidence to do it, that it wasn’t necessary to elect a man to “balance things out,” so delegates could go ahead and elect whoever was best for the job. (diocesan photo)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/cate-lambeth98.jpgCate.Lambeth98Bishop Cate singing out in 1998 at her first Lambeth Conference, the every-ten-year gathering of Anglican bishops from all over the world. She got used to being one of 10-12 women among about 760 men; she never disappeared or lost her cool. (Lambeth Palace)2017-04-29T06:17:05+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/04/27/morning-prayer-4-28-17-friday-in-the-2nd-week-of-easter/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/nigelzachaaronnickwade-topstudents.jpgNigelZachAaron&NickWade.TopStudentsNext month this group of fraternal quadruplets fron Ohio are due to graduate from high school, where they are top students; where should they go to college? Go as a group or as individuals? They had to apply as individuals, so they picked their favorite schools, didn’t discuss it with each other, and waited to see what would happen. Now the results are in; all four of them have been approved by every member of the elite Ivy League. And why not? Every one of them wrote application essays talking about how weird and fun it is to be quadruplets – and they have the grades to match. Congratulations, (from left) Nigel, Zach, Aaron and Nick Wade, go make your Mama proud. (family photo)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/nebuchadnezzarsgoldenstatue-1tbaptchurch.jpgNebuchadnezzar'sGoldenStatue.1tBaptChurchNebuchadnezzar’s golden statue (from First Baptist Church, Nebraska City, Nebraska)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/livingcompass.pngLivingCompassThe Living Compass is a faith-based wellness program for individuals, families and congregations seeking to live out the abundant life that God intends. Certified trainers guide participants in exploring the four points of the compass. What are your strengths? Where do you need more work?2017-04-28T14:11:33+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/04/27/evening-prayer-4-27-17-christina-rossetti-poet-1894/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/revnathanieldixon-ststephensum-marblehillmanhattan-michellevaginsnyt.jpgRevNathanielDixon.StStephen'sUM.MarbleHillManhattan.MichelleVAginsNYTThe Rev. Nathaniel Dixon of St. Stephen’s United Methodist Church in the Marble Hill section of Manhattan, New York is also known as a jazz musician; he’s played with a lot of famous names, and that sax in the pulpit also draws a crowd. (Michelle Vagins/The New York Times)2017-04-27T18:35:19+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/04/26/morning-prayer-4-27-17-christina-rossetti-poet-1894/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/bpkareniliveto-um-co-wy-mt-ut-davidzalubowskiap.jpgBpKarenIliveto.UM.CO.WY.MT.UT.DavidZalubowskiAPA United Methodist ecclesiastical court in New Jersey heard arguments this week on removing Bishop Karen Iliveto because she’s a Lesbian. Iliveto was elected to the church’s 4-state Western Conference knowing she is openly Gay – she formerly was a pastor at famed Glide Memorial Church in San Francisco, which is as rainbow as you can get – but an Oklahoma layperson complained that this violated church law, so she’s seeking to invalidate the election; the bishop’s position is that under church law, one conference (equivalent to a diocese) may not overturn another conference’s election. The court promised a judgment in a few days – while other authorities have announced they will call a special meeting of the worldwide General Conference in 2019 to try to avert a schism. If Anglican Wars have been hard, this may be much worse; Methodism doesn’t recognize national churches, but throws representatives from all nations into one big General Synod. Now please re-read St. John’s remarks about schism, above and below this photo. (David Zalubowski/Assocated Press)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/fruits-of-spirit.jpgFruits of Spirit2017-04-27T14:20:01+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/04/26/morning-prayer-4-26-17-robert-hunt-1st-chaplain-at-jamestown-1607/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/crucifix-tapestry-cathstjohndivinenyc-karstenmoran-nyt.jpgCrucifix Tapestry.CathStJohnDivineNYC.KarstenMoran.NYTCrucifixion tapestry at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York City. (Karsten Moran/The New York Times)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/monk-birdie-vianadeemshami-fb.jpgMonk & Birdie.viaNadeemShami.FB(Nadeem Shami photo)2017-04-26T22:33:04+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/04/26/evening-prayer-4-26-17-robert-hunt-chaplain-at-jamestown-1607/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/mauriciosandraandrade-jennifer-jeffreybower.jpgMauricio&SandraAndrade.Jennifer.JeffreyBowerIt’s Consecration Week in Indianapolis, with bishops flying in from all over the world, including Mauricio Andrade (2nd from left) and his wife Sandra of Brasilia, with whom DioIndy has a longterm relationship (that even extends to The Daily Office). Four dozen purple shirts are expected to help set apart the Rev. Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows, 2nd from right, who will make history Saturday as the first woman to succeed a woman as Bishop Ordinary. The Rev. Jeffrey Bower, right, head of foreign missions for Indianapolis, joined the party for breakfast yesterday at a popular eatery. Please lift up Jennifer in prayer this week; she will be consecrated Saturday at the biggest auditorium in town. (diocesan photo)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/malariavaccinetesting-ghanakenyamalawi-ap.jpegMalariaVaccineTesting.GhanaKenyaMalawi.APHere’s an important development: the World Health Organization has announced that it will soon begin testing a vaccine against malaria in three nations in Africa: Ghana, Kenya and Malawi. All have high incidences of the disease, which kills half a million people a year, and those nations also have strong prevention programs already in place. The vaccine, which will be free, is not expected to work so well as to eradicate the malady; scientists are hoping for a positive enough response that it can be added to existing prevention methods until that miracle drug is found. Malaria is spread by the world’s most dangerous animals, mosquitoes, which, doctors say, may be turning resistant to the insecticide of today’s malaria nets protecting people as they sleep. (Associated Press)2017-04-26T18:33:59+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/04/25/morning-prayer-4-25-17-st-mark-the-evangelist/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/stmark-600-tresrichesheuresduducdeberry.jpgStMark.600.TresRichesHeuresDuDucDeBerrySt. Mark, from the Très Riches Heures, or illuminated Daily Office, of the Duc de Berry. St. Mark the Gospel Writer was the first bishop and most illustrious martyr of the Church of Alexandria.https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/stmark-african-emmanueltzanes-1657-benakimuseum-greece.jpgStMark.African.EmmanuelTzanes.1657.BenakiMuseum.GreeceEmmanuel Tzanes, 1657: St. Mark. (Benaki Museum, Greece)2017-04-25T13:47:59+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/04/24/evening-prayer-4-24-17-genocide-remembrance/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/slave-ship-interior-history-com.jpgInterior of Slave ShipTo white and black Americans this image needs no explanation whatever. It’s the inside of a slave ship, with kidnapped human beings chained up and packed like sardines in the hold. The enslavement of West Africans does not fit the classic definition of genocide in its intent – slavers wanted their captives to survive so they could turn them into money – but in its effect: death by the millions. (history.com)2017-04-24T23:06:10+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/04/23/evening-prayer-4-23-17-second-sunday-of-easter/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/actingsg-rearadmsylviatrent-adams.jpgActingSG.RearAdmSylviaTrent-AdamsA nurse has become the acting Surgeon General of the United States, Rear Admiral Sylvia Trent-Adams. The surgeon general is the principal spokesperson for the Public Health Service and operational head of its Commissioned Corps of uniformed officers, who form a non-combatant branch of the military. She is the first nurse to ascend to the position without a doctor of medicine degree, though a previous surgeon general was both a doctor and a nurse. Her most famous predecessor was Dr. C. Everett Koop in the 1980s, who goaded the reluctant Reagan Administration and the nation as a whole to respond adequately to the AIDS crisis; others have led campaigns against smoking and other threats to human health.2017-04-23T19:32:21+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/04/23/morning-prayer-4-23-17-second-sunday-of-easter/2017-04-23T06:18:06+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/04/22/evening-prayer-4-22-17-easter-saturday/2017-04-22T19:03:44+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/04/22/morning-prayer-4-22-17-easter-saturday-earth-day/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/buffalojump-rosebud-dannydgangone.jpgBuffaloJump.Rosebud.DannyDGangoneBuffalo Jump artwork, Rosebud Episcopal Mission, South Dakota, a mission partner of ours. The four directions (N, S, E, W) form a cross in holy colors, as the sacred animals dance around it. (Danny D. Gangone)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/buffalojump-windcave-natlparksvc.jpgBuffaloJump.WindCave.NatlParkSvcBuffalo jumps, scattered throughout the western USA and Canada, are cliff formations where Native American hunters gathered, prayed, and then descended on their horses into the valley below for community hunts of the sacred animals. This one is within Wind Cave National Park, South Dakota. Buffalo jumps remain holy places today. (National Park Service)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/cate-jennifer.jpgCate & JenniferBishop Cate Waynick, left, our Episcopal Visitor, and her Bishop Coadjutor-Elect Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows, who will be consecrated a week from today. (diocesan photos)2017-04-22T06:44:56+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/04/20/morning-prayer-4-21-17-easter-friday/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/eastchicagoripsepasscottpruitt-scottolson-getty.jpgEastChicagoRipsEPA'sScottPruitt.ScottOlson.GettyA few days ago we mentioned a housing project for the poor in East Chicago, Indiana that was built on the site of an old smelter that contaminated the ground with lead, arsenic and other toxic chemicals; yesterday the new head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency visited the area “to talk to residents.” He held a news conference that lasted two minutes, took no questions and refused to meet with those affected. The city has finally decided the complex must be bulldozed and residents relocated, but it has no place to send them except the high-crime south suburbs of Chicago, Illinois. Pruitt is an opponent of his own agency’s mission, and the result was a public donnybrook. Thousands of Black and Latino residents are affected, of whom 40% are children. Critics say it’s a textbook case of environmental racism. (Scott Olson/Getty)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/eastchicago-4-19-17-scottolson-getty.jpgEastChicago.4.19.17.ScottOlson.GettyWhen the only defense against a toxic environment is an EPA warning sign in the front yard, there's no defense at all. The EPA has known this Superfund site was a time bomb for decades; the same Chicago EPA office that gave us lead-poisoned water in Flint, Michigan, yet remediation and public attention have only now begun. (Scott Olson/Getty)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/stjosephschapel-battparkcity-changwlee-nyt.jpgStJosephsChapel.BattParkCity.ChangWLee.NYTThe new pastor of a Roman Catholic parish in Battery Park City, Manhattan, New York, facing a daunting financial deficit, is moving to close St. Joseph’s Chapel despite its role as a shelter and staging area for first responders after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. As the area rebuilt, the historic chapel was razed and relocated – to the ground floor of a new luxury apartment building at a rent of $264,000 a year. The landlord has offered a minor rent reduction, but parishioners are caught in the middle, as the neighborhood they helped reclaim after the terror attack is now pricing them out. (Chang W. Lee/The New York Times)2017-04-21T20:42:08+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/04/21/video-evensong-4-21-17-easter-friday/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/holy-spirit-wind.jpgHoly Spirit.WindThe Holy Spirit is often compared to the wind, blowing wherever it will.https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/easter-evensong.jpgEaster Evensong2017-04-21T19:22:04+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/04/20/evening-prayer-4-20-17-easter-thursday/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/fridayschool-goodshep.jpgFridaySchool.GoodShepThey call it Friday School, not Sunday School, at the Chapel of the Good Shepherd at Purdue University in Indiana, where the campus minister meets over lunch and chat with students at the nearby high school every week. The chapel’s just a block away from both schools, which makes it very convenient, but it’s the only campus ministry we know of that serves both age groups. Our vicar is an alumnus of both schools. (The Rev. Peter Bunder)2017-04-21T14:56:32+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/04/19/morning-prayer-4-20-17-easter-thursday/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/valley-of-dry-bones-themillennialpastor.jpgValley of Dry Bones.TheMillennialPastorThe valley of dry bones: about as dead as you can get. (The Millennial Pastor)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/frederickborsch-la-skidrow-revalicecallaghan-1988-briangadbery-lat.jpgFrederickBorsch.LA.SkidRow.RevAliceCallaghan.1988.BrianGadbery.LATThe Right Rev. Frederick H. Borsch has died, the former Bishop of Los Angeles and Dean of Berekeley Divinity School at Yale University. He was known for his emphasis on social and racial justice and serving the poor; he built the diocesan Cathedral Center in Echo Park near downtown, and is seen above in 1988, walking the streets of Skid Row with one of his clergy, the Rev. Alice Callaghan. (Brian Gadbery/Los Angeles Times)2017-04-20T14:16:14+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/04/19/evening-prayer-4-19-17-easter-wednesday/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/arson-stjohnshuntingtonwv.jpgArson.StJohnsHuntingtonWVThe altar at St. John’s, Huntington, West Virginia, was hit by an arsonist Monday night; police have taken a 12-year-old girl into custody. A community meal had to be canceled, but no one was hurt, and the congregation was back the next night to pray for her and give thanks the damage wasn’t worse. (parish photo)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/mission-board-mtg-wed-9pm.jpgMission Board Mtg Wed 9pmhttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/marymagdaleneattomb-detail-giotto.jpgMaryMagdaleneAtTomb.Detail.GiottoSt. Mary Magdalene at the tomb of Christ, detail of a larger Resurrection painting we showed yesterday by Giotto di Bondone. To modern eyes this is a much more compelling image than the work overall; she reaches for him, the first person to see his rising from the dead.https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/flight-path.jpgFlight PathSt. Mary Magdalene at the tomb of Christ, detail of a larger Resurrection painting we showed yesterday by Giotto di Bondone. To modern eyes this is a much more compelling image than the work overall; she reaches for him, the first person to see his rising from the dead.2017-04-19T19:35:25+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/04/18/morning-prayer-4-19-17-easter-wednesday/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/terryfinlay-acc.jpg++TerryFinlay.ACCThe Most Rev. Terrence Finlay, former Archbishop of Toronto, has died. He is best known for dismissing a Gay priest, the Rev. Jim Ferry, in 1992, then having his own license to officiate at weddings suspended in 2006 for presiding at the marriage of two women. Years later Finlay and Ferry met at the altar for a public reconciliation. (Anglican Church of Canada)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/riverdisappearscanada-glacialmelt-ausbc.jpgRiverDisappearsCanada.GlacialMelt.AusBCThis is a pretty picture, but not our usual scene of beauty for joy in God’s creation; the Slims River in the Canadian Yukon disappeared last spring after a massive glacier melted due to climate change. In four days, the river was gone; water that used to empty into the Bering Sea now flows into the Gulf of Alaska, hundreds of miles away. (Australian Broadcasting Co.)2017-04-19T13:47:31+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/04/18/evening-prayer-4-18-17-easter-tuesday/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/headstogether-williamkateharry-ap.jpgHeadsTogether.WilliamKate&Harry.APHeads Together is the name of the royal charity for mental health founded by William, Kate and Harry Windsor. Harry recently gave an interview discussing the emotional issues he went through after losing his mother Diana, Princess of Wales, when he was just a child. The royals could do a great deal of good with this foundation if they keep up their advocacy; that British stiff upper lip can drive a person crazy. (Associated Press)2017-04-18T16:41:22+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/04/17/morning-prayer-4-18-17-easter-tuesday/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/troop6000-homelessqueens-samhodgson-nyt.jpgTroop6000.HomelessQueens.SamHodgson.NYTThe Girl Scouts of America have formed a troop for homeless girls sheltered in a hotel in Queens, New York, in a part of town represented by a city councilmember who was himself homeless as a child and now regularly visits shelters in his district. He suggested the Girl Scouts could help, the organization waived its usual enrollment fees, and now 21 girls are receiving leadership training, merit badges, extra educational opportunities and the chance to serve others. (Sam Hodgson/The New York Times)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/60khomelessnyc-40kids-samhodgson-nyt.jpg60KHomelessNYC.40%Kids.SamHodgson.NYTSixty thousand people are homeless in New York City, and 40% of them are children under 18. Government doesn’t do a very good job of serving them, unless community organizations like the Girl Scouts step up and help. People without a permanent address need ties to community institutions like churches and schools; now the members of Troop 6000 are having fun and learning again, instead of missing out. (Sam Hodgson/The New York Times)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/ssgt-de-alencar.jpgSSgt De AlencarA Special Forces soldier killed April 8 in Afghanistan has been identified as Staff Sgt. Mark De Alencar, according to a Defense Department release. De Alencar, 37, died of injuries from enemy small arms fire while his unit was conducting counter-ISIS operations in Nangarhar Province. A weapons sergeant, he was assigned to 1st Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group, based at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. Alencar, whose father is an Army veteran, enlisted in 2009 and graduated from the Special Forces Qualification Course in 2016.2017-04-18T14:11:03+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/04/17/evening-prayer-4-17-17-easter-monday/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/holysat-rehearsingstory-jennifeheley-stchadstoronto.jpgHolySat.RehearsingStory.JenniFeheley.StChadsTorontoOn the day before Easter at St. Chad’s, Toronto, seminarian Jenni Feheley rehearsed the whole story of salvation so kids would understand what the big holiday hoopla was about. By the end all the kids agreed: the Lord is risen indeed! (parish photo)2017-04-17T17:41:46+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/04/16/morning-prayer-4-17-17-easter-monday/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/easterbaptism-rosebud.jpgEasterBaptism.RosebudEaster baptism yesterday on the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota. A joyous occasion was expected - but this gorgeous photo was a complete surprise. (Rosebud Episcopal Mission)2017-04-17T13:48:08+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/04/16/evening-prayer-4-16-17-easter-day/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/hot-cross-buns.jpgHot Cross BunsHot cross buns on sale in Watkins Glen, N.Y. last week; at 8 for $5, these are a good deal. Limited time only! (The Rev. Michael Hartney)2017-04-16T17:15:17+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/04/15/morning-prayer-4-16-17-resurrection-of-christ-easter-day/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/angelatthetombofchrist-benjaminwest-bklynmuseum.jpgAngelAtTheTombOfChrist.BenjaminWest.BklynMuseumBenjamin West: Angel at the Tomb of Christ (Brooklyn Museum)2017-04-16T03:40:23+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/04/15/evening-prayer-4-15-17-holy-saturday/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/holysepulcher-visitingtomb-nbc-news.jpgHolySepulcher.VisitingTomb.NBC NewsPilgrims waiting to see the tomb of Christ at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem. (NBC News)2017-04-15T18:43:58+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/04/14/morning-prayer-4-15-17-holy-saturday/2017-04-15T04:03:26+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/04/14/video-evensong-4-14-17-good-friday/2017-04-15T01:57:18+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/04/13/morning-prayer-4-14-17-crucifixion-of-jesus-good-friday/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/good-friday-make-it-good.jpgGood Friday.Make It Good2017-04-14T13:55:52+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/04/13/evening-prayer-4-13-15-maundy-thursday/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/last-supper-dougblanchard-555.jpglast-supper-dougblanchard-555(Douglas Blanchard)2017-04-13T19:18:20+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/04/12/morning-prayer-4-13-17-maundy-thursday/2017-04-13T13:48:55+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/04/12/evening-prayer-4-12-17-wednesday-in-holy-week/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/eugenemlang-ps121-1985-chesterhigginsjrnyt.jpgEugeneMLang.PS121.1985.ChesterHigginsJrNYTEugene M. Lang has died, an accidental educational philanthropist in New York City. In 1985 he was asked to speak about business at P.S. 121, a middle school with a lot of students in poverty. He encouraged them to stay in school, but none of them thought they could do it – so he promised that if they’d finish high school and go to college, he’d pay for it. These are the kids in that first class who did – but many more students came to follow. (Chester Higgins, Jr./The New York Times)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/christ-the-light-of-the-world-theroadtofaith-com.jpgChrist The light-of-the-world.theroadtofaith.comChrist the light of the world. (theroadtofaith.com)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/novembersunset-guatemalacity-waseemsyed.jpgNovemberSunset.GuatemalaCity.WaseemSyedFor the beauty of the Earth: sunset in Guatemala City last November. (Waseem Syed)2017-04-12T18:41:55+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/04/11/morning-prayer-4-12-17-wednesday-in-holy-week/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/weepingoverdead-egypt.jpgWeepingOverDead.EgyptWeeping over the dead after the Palm Sunday terror attacks in Tanta and Alexandria, Egypt. (Reuters)2017-04-12T13:50:16+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/04/11/evening-prayer-4-11-17-tuesday-in-holy-week/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/northparkelementary-sanbernardino-ktla-tv.jpgNorthParkElementary.SanBernardino.KTLA-TVChildren being evacuated from North Park Elementary School yesterday in San Bernardino, California, where a middle-aged man with a grievance and a gun shot his wife to death - a teacher - plus a random 8-year-old, before taking his own life. It’s become routine when schools are locked down because of emergencies to march children out like this, but no child should ever have to endure such a thing; a minority of Americans value their gun rights more than children’s right to safety. (KTLA-TV)2017-04-11T18:43:13+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/04/10/morning-prayer-4-11-17-tuesday-in-holy-week/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/eastchicagolead-alyssaschukar-nyt.jpgEastChicagoLead.AlyssaSchukar.NYTThe soil beneath a public housing project in East Chicago, Indiana is contaminated with lead from an old industrial plant – so much lead that children haven’t been allowed to play outside for years. Now the city is trying to close the complex but having trouble relocating the residents; most have been placed elsewhere, but a few families are holding out for a decent offer. The city wants to move them across the state line to the south side of Chicago, with significantly higher crime, but parents don’t want their kids living there. Tearing down contaminated housing doesn’t increase the availability of low-cost alternatives; a city has to build more just to stay even. (Alyssa Schukar/The New York Times)2017-04-11T13:44:18+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/04/10/evening-prayer-4-10-17-monday-in-holy-week/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/makeshifthospitalsyria-ammarabdullah-reuters.jpgMakeshiftHospitalSyria.AmmarAbdullah.ReutersA makeshift hospital in Syria after the sarin gas attack. The chemical bombs killed at least 72; this war is so evil. (Ammar Abdullah/Reuters)2017-04-10T18:32:35+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/04/09/morning-prayer-4-10-17-monday-in-holy-week/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/stgeorgescoptic-tantaegypt-khaledelfiqi-epa.jpgStGeorgesCoptic.TantaEgypt.KhaledElfiqi.EPAISIS is claiming responsibility for the blood on the floor yesterday during Palm Sunday services at St. George’s Coptic Church in Tanta, Egypt. Forty people were killed and 71 injured; meanwhile Pope Tawadros II escaped another attack at St. Mark’s Cathedral, Alexandria, which killed 13 and wounded 21 others. As someone put it mildly on Twitter, “it isn’t easy being Christian in Egypt.” (Khaled Elfiqi/European Pressphoto Agency)2017-04-10T13:59:25+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/04/09/evening-prayer-4-9-17-palm-sunday/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/palmsunday2015-hilarycooke-waterthrower.jpgPalmSunday2015.HilaryCooke.WaterThrowerThe Rev. Hilary Cooke, associate rector at St. John’s, Lafayette, Indiana, throwing water with a branch on the Palm Sunday parade in 2015; the pastoral team from Trinity United Methodist Church, right across the street, joined in the festivities.https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/palmsunday2014-allsaintswatsonvilleca-michaeldresbach.jpgPalmSunday2014.AllSaintsWatsonvilleCA.MichaelDresbachAll Saints’/Cristo Rey, Watsonville, California, 2014. (Padre Mickey Dresbach)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/palmsunday2015antiguaguatemala-javierordoncc83ez.jpgPalmSunday2015AntiguaGuatemala.JavierOrdoñezPalm Sunday 2015 drew a crowd in Antigua, Guatemala, including 100 purple-clad extras who played Arabs. It is surely an inspiring spectacle. (Javier Ordoñez)2017-04-09T21:24:32+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/03/14/evangelism-17-a-retreat-that-was-grace-upon-grace/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/butterfly.pngButterflyhttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/garden-with-stone-bridge.jpgrb2586-17The Dell Garden, Bressingham, Norfolkhttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/garden-design-spring-bulbs.jpgGarden Design Spring Bulbshttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/do-logo-193x193.jpgDO logo 193x1932017-04-09T18:44:30+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/04/08/morning-prayer-4-9-17-sunday-of-the-passion-palm-sunday/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/palmsunday2015-stpaulsatlanta-donkeywouldntleave.jpgPalmSunday2015.StPaulsAtlanta.DonkeyWouldn'tLeaveEverything was going great on Palm Sunday 2015 at St. Paul’s, Atlanta – until the guest of honor decided he was having so much fun he didn’t want to leave. (Facebook)2017-04-09T04:39:54+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/04/08/evening-prayer-4-8-17-william-augustus-muhlenberg-priest-1877-anne-ayres-religious-1896/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/chipmarble-ms-viii.jpgChipMarble.MS.VIIIPeople in Mississippi, North Carolina and around the Episcopal Church are mourning the Rt. Rev. Chip Marble, VIII Bishop of Mississippi and later an assistant bishop under Michael Curry in the Diocese of North Carolina. Bishop Marble is credited with reviving the vocational diaconate in Mississippi.https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/syriaquote-jocox.jpgSyriaQuote.JoCox2017-04-09T01:26:27+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/04/08/morning-prayer-4-8-17-william-augustus-muhlenberg-priest-1877-anne-ayres-religious-1896/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/integritywindow-ststephensfargond-valleynewslive.pngIntegrityWindow.StStephensFargoND.ValleyNewsLiveAn Episcopal church in Fargo, North Dakota thinks so highly of Christian inclusiveness that they’ve commissioned a stained glass window for Gay, Lesbian, Bi & Trans people. The people of St. Stephen’s, Fargo, call this the Integrity window, after the LGBT caucus in the Episcopal Church; besides rainbow stripes and a commemoration of St. Aelred of Rievaulx, the patron saint of friendship, it includes these essential words from the Baptismal Covenant of the 1979 Book of Common Prayer: “Will you strive for justice and peace among all people, and respect the dignity of every human being?” To which the candidate for baptism replies, “I will.” (Valley News Live)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/mtsutro-sanfrancisco-sarahgustafson.jpgMtSutro.SanFrancisco.SarahGustafsonIn the heart of San Francisco is an urban wilderness called Mount Sutro Forest. Situated in the city’s fog belt, it was mostly planted in non-native Asian eucalyptus 100 years ago; at the top of the 900-foot hill, Rotary Meadow provides a garden of native California plants. (Sarah Gustafson in The New York Times)2017-04-09T10:34:33+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/04/07/video-evensong-4-7-17-tikhon-patriarch-of-russia-ecumenist-1925/2017-04-08T01:51:26+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/04/06/morning-prayer-4-7-17-tikhon-patriarch-of-russia-ecumenist-1925/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/rosebud-to-dioct.jpgRosebud to DioCTA visitation will be held on Easter Saturday between the Dioceses of South Dakota and Connecticut, as Sage Fast Dog and Mother Lauren R. Stanley of the Rosebud Episcopal Mission travel to New England to present a cultural program at the Pequot Library in Southport, co-sponsored by Trinity Church. Rosebud is one of our mission partners; Connecticut’s relationship with them goes back a long time.https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/lazarus-raisingof-eduardvongebhardt-1896.jpgLazarus.RaisingOf.Eduard(von)Gebhardt.1896Eduard von Gebhardt, 1896: The Raising of Lazarus2017-04-07T13:56:30+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/04/06/evening-prayer-4-6-17-daniel-wu-priest-missionary-among-chinese-americans-1956/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/zumamustgo-pretoria4-4-17-ap.jpgZumaMustGo.Pretoria4.4.17.APAnti-government demonstration Tuesday in Pretoria, South Africa; some analysts say that if President Jacob Zuma isn’t forced out, he will turn the constitutional democracy into a kleptocracy of corruption and cronyism, much like Robert Mugabe has done in Zimbabwe. (Associated Press)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/loving-ours-not-hating-yours.jpgLoving Ours, Not Hating Yours2017-04-06T17:06:42+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/04/05/morning-prayer-4-6-17-daniel-wu-priest-missionary-among-chinese-americans-1956/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/civilrts1964-7thcircuit-manniegarcia-reuters.jpgCivilRts1964.7thCircuit.MannieGarcia.ReutersThe U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals, one step below the Supreme Court, has declared that discrimination against Gay, Lesbian, Bi and Trans people is illegal under the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964 as discrimination on the basis of sex, though “sexual orientation” is not spelled out there. If upheld by the Supreme Court in future years, this would accomplish the first and most important goal of the LGBT civil rights movement. (Other circuit courts of equal standing have followed the wording of the act and disallowed claims based on sexual orientation.) The High Court will eventually have to resolve the legal conflict; meanwhile the case before the 7th Circuit, which originated at a community college in Indiana, will not be appealed, so the ruling stands law in three states, Indiana, Illinois and Wisconsin. Above: the original manuscript of the act. (Mannie Garcia/Reuters)2017-04-06T13:51:52+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/04/05/evening-prayer-4-5-17-pandita-mary-ramabai-prophetic-witness-in-india-1922/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/gasattack-idlibprovincesyria-ammarabdullah-reuters1.jpgGasAttack.IdlibProvinceSyria.AmmarAbdullah.ReutersA rescue worker carries the lifeless body of a child, one of the victims of the gas attack yesterday which killed and injured more than a hundred people in Idlib Province, Syria. Western officials are blaming the Syrian government for the deadly assault, like others before it. Hours later, hospitals were hit too. (Ammar Abdullah/Reuters)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/gasattack-idlibprovincesyria-ammarabdullah-reuters.jpgGasAttack.IdlibProvinceSyria.AmmarAbdullah.Reutershttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/redrocklakemontana-natureconservancy.jpegRedRockLakeMontana.NatureConservancyFor the beauty of the Earth: Red Rock Lake, Montana (The Nature Conservancy)2017-04-05T18:27:06+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/04/04/morning-prayer-4-5-17-pandita-mary-ramabai-prophetic-witness-evangelist-in-india-1922/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/cadburycancelseaster.jpgCadburyCancelsEasterCadbury Cancels Easter: The British national Easter egg hunt, sponsored by the National Trust, sold naming rights years ago to a candymaker, which decided that it might sell more cheap chocolate bunnies this year if it got rid of Easter altogether. The move has been denounced by the prime minister and archbishops of Canterbury and York, as well as calls for a boycott, but maybe the National Trust should have thought of this earlier. (screen grab)2017-04-09T18:41:50+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/04/04/evening-prayer-4-4-17-martin-luther-king-jr-civil-rights-leader-martyr-1968/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/littlefreepantry-trinitykirksville.jpgLittleFreePantry.TrinityKirksvilleLittle Free Pantry at Trinity Church, Kirksville, Missouri. It doesn’t stay full like this long. (parish photo) A little free pantry has appeared outside Trinity Church, Kirksville, Missouri, and we suspect Deacon Maria L. Evans had something to do with it. Bread, peanut butter, pasta, ramen noodles… “Give what you can – Take what you need – But above all Be Blessed.” (parish photo)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/jesushealsblind-manhauledbeforepharisees.jpgJesusHealsBlind.ManHauledBeforePhariseesThe blind man Jesus healed was hauled before the Pharisees. (source unknown)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/mlk-kidscar-nydailynews.pngMLK.Kids&Car.nydailynewsOne of our favorite photos of Dr. King, a rare moment of fun giving the kids a ride in his new convertible. Money was always tight in his family; he spent whatever he made on the movement, which was always short of funds. But folk take pride in the prosperity of their pastor, and Dr. King had certain standards to maintain; his wife Coretta saw to it. (New York Daily News)2017-04-04T22:29:32+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/04/03/morning-prayer-4-4-17-martin-luther-king-jr-civil-rights-leader-martyr-1968/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/austin-bieren.jpgAustin BierenStaff Sgt. Austin Bieren died a week ago while serving as a security forces airman in northern Syria. The Department of Defense stated that he appeared to have died from natural causes in a non-combat situation. His mother Tracy Finck said joining the military had been her son’s plan from a young age. “He was amazing, kind, smart, always wanted to join the service,” she said. He leaves behind an “amazing” wife of six years, Rachel, sister Brianne Bieren and a nephew Jaren, “who he adored,” as well as parents Tracy and Jody Finck and John and Amber Bieren. According to Air Force Times, Bieren is the second American serviceman known to have died in Syria. There are currently about 900 U.S. troops there providing support to Operation Inherent Resolve. Bieren was assigned to the 21st Space Wing at Colorado’s Peterson Air Force Base. Peterson’s Facebook page said Bieren “was a valuable and beloved member of our team and will be sorely missed. His dedication to his country was evident in his actions – he was a superb Airman.”https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/paulimurrayhome-natlhistlandmark-dionc.jpgPauliMurrayHome.NatlHistLandmark.DioNCThe childhood home of civil rights lawyer, priest and feminist icon Dr. Pauli Murray in Durham, North Carolina has just been named a National Historic Landmark, and the Diocese of North Carolina released this photo on Twitter. Built by her grandfather, a Civil War veteran, in 1898, the home is scheduled to open to the public in 2020.https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/jeremiah-cup-of-wine-theindependent.jpgJeremiah.Cup of Wine.TheIndependentJeremiah serves it up.2017-04-04T13:50:38+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/04/03/evening-prayer-4-3-17-richard-bishop-of-chichester-1253/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/supremecourtbldg-stephencrowleynyt.jpgSupremeCourtBldg.StephenCrowleyNYTThe U.S. Supreme Court has unanimously rejected the legal claim that public schools are within the law when they provide only the most minimal education to children with disabilities. The law is vague, the court said, but for a reason: every child is different and education must be tailored to them. This is considered a victory for parents and children - but the court didn’t touch the question of whether parents can sue schools for private tuition reimbursement when parents find a better alternative than the school offers. (Stephen Crowley/The New York Times)2017-04-03T19:18:55+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/04/03/morning-prayer-4-3-17-richard-bishop-of-chichester-1253/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/frkylebennettfriends-marcoislandfl.pngFrKyleBennett&Friends.MarcoIslandFLFr. Kyle Bennett, the rector of St. Mark’s, Marco Island, Florida, celebrating Mass with an assistant. Fr. Bennett is one of the leaders of Camp Able, a growing movement to provide safe, joyful church camp experiences for the developmentally disabled, and an advocate for their full inclusion and radical hospitality in every aspect of church life. (parish photo)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/goodfigsbadfigs-heavenawaitsblog.jpgGoodFigsBadFigs.HeavenAwaitsBlogGood figs and bad. (Heaven Awaits blog)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/strichardchichester-alchetron.jpgStRichardChichester.AlchetronSt. Richard was a humble ascetic, scholar and professor; as bishop he was an able administrator committed both to disciplining the clergy and protecting them during periodic clashes with King Henry III. Many clergy were secretly living with wives, while Richard enforced celibacy and disinherited the women. (Alchetron)2017-04-03T13:49:00+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/04/02/evening-prayer-4-3-17-fifth-sunday-in-lent/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/richardnbolles-whatcolorparachute-peterdasilva-nyt.jpgRichardNBolles.WhatColorParachute.PeterDaSilva.NYTRichard N. Bolles has died, bestselling author of What Color Is My Parachute? and a former Episcopal priest. The book, an employment guide for job changers and the unemployed, helps readers identify the kind of job they want, and go out and get it (if it exists) or create it (if it doesn't). Self-published in small print runs at first, Bolles updated it annually through dozens of editions and a new publisher, and onto the bestseller lists. (Peter da Silva/The New York Times) https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/currypreaches-chashbrentpulpit-stpaulscath-buffalo.pngCurryPreaches.ChasHBrentPulpit.StPaulsCath.BuffaloPresiding Bishop preaching from the Charles Henry Brent pulpit (and in front of a marker to Bishop Brent) at the 200th anniversary of St. Paul's Cathedral, Buffalo, New York. 2017-04-02T18:28:22+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/04/02/morning-prayer-4-2-17-fifth-sunday-in-lent/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/gilbertbaker-gaybetsyross-stockholmpride2003-fredrikpersson-afp.jpgGilbertBaker.GayBetsyRoss.StockholmPride2003.FredrikPersson.AFPGilbert Baker has died, the creator in 1978 of the first rainbow flag that's become a worldwide symbol for Gay Pride. Friends, including City Supervisor Harvey Milk, knew him as a longtime activist and maker of clever banners for protest marches, and asked him to create a symbol for the movement. Baker gathered volunteers in the attic of the San Francisco Gay Community Center and dyed strips of cloth, which he sewed together; dozens appeared that first year. Activist Cleve Jones told The New York Times, "“We stood there and watched and saw the flags, and their faces lit up. It needed no explanation. People knew immediately that it was our flag.” In later years Baker took to calling himself "the Gay Betsy Ross." Above: carrying a giant version in Stockholm for Pride Day 2003. (Fredrik Persson/Agence France-Presse)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/mississippistatebeatsuconn-ericgayap.jpgMississippiStateBeatsUConn.EricGayAPMississippi State Bulldogs rejoice after beating the UConn Huskies Friday night, ending UConn's 111-game winning streak and denying them a fifth straight national championship. The smallest player on the court, Morgan William, center, hit a buzzer-beater in overtime to send the Huskies back home. MSU will face South Carolina tonight for the National Championship. (Eric Gay/Associated Press)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/jesusrebukespeter-williamhole.jpgJesus asking his disciples whom the people say he isWilliam Hole: Jesus Rebukes Peterhttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/gretchenrehbergyouth.jpgGretchenRehberg&YouthThe Rt. Rev. Gretchen Rehberg, newly installed Bishop of Spokane, with diocesan youth at her recent consecration. We suppose one must ask what the purple wings are about… (diocesan photo)2017-04-02T19:05:08+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/04/01/evening-prayer-4-1-17-frederick-denison-maurice-priest-1872/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/jonbruno-schjonbergens.jpgJonBruno.SchjonbergENSThe ecclesiastical trial of the Bishop of Los Angeles, Jon Bruno, concluded after 3 days without announcing a verdict, which is now expected around Easter. He is accused of financial malfeasance and conduct unbecoming a priest, but not because he personally profited; the diocese owed massive legal bills from the infamous and schismatic Gay Bishop Panic of a decade ago, so he tried to sell the real estate out from under one of the affected parishes, St. James the Great in Newport Beach. Whatever the verdict, the only winner here is Howard Ahmanson, one of the billionaires who tried to steal The Episcopal Church - but he doesn't win either, because successive courts gave his parish back to the diocese, and because no one can build a lasting church out of bigotry. (The Rev. Mary Frances Schjonberg/Episcopal News Service)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/jesusdisciples-miltongohblog.jpgJesus&Disciples.MiltonGohBlog(unknown artist; Milton Goh blog)2017-04-01T19:45:33+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/04/01/morning-prayer-4-1-17-frederick-denison-maurice-priest-1872/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/francine-hughes-ngri-1977-upi.jpgFrancine Hughes.NGRI.1977.UPIFrancine Hughes Wilson has died, a Michigan woman who endured years of abuse from her husband until, one day in 1977, she set fire to his bedroom while he slept, grabbed her children and ran to the police. She was charged with first-degree murder but was found not guilty by reason of (temporary) insanity; she claimed a voice had urged her to do it. Faith McNulty wrote a book about the case called The Burning Bed, which was turned into a 1984 TV movie starring Farrah Fawcett, watched by a reported 75 million Americans. All are credited with spurring police and prosecutors to take domestic violence more seriously, and women around the country to organize shelters for women and children escaping the abuse. (United Press International)2017-04-01T06:42:42+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/03/31/evening-prayer-3-31-17-john-donne-priest-poet-1631/2017-04-01T02:14:03+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/03/30/morning-prayer-3-31-17-john-donne-priest-poet-1631/2017-06-15T07:49:29+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/03/30/evening-prayer-3-30-17-innocent-bishop-of-alaska-1879/2017-03-30T18:45:59+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/03/30/morning-prayer-3-30-17-innocent-of-alaska-bishop-1879/2017-03-30T13:58:36+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/03/29/evening-prayer-3-29-17-john-keble-priest-1866/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/rep-stacey-plaskett-d-vadaughter-capitolhill-gabriellademczuk-nyt.jpegRep. Stacey Plaskett.D-Va&Daughter.CapitolHill.GabriellaDemczuk.NYTSign held by a Congresswoman and her young daughter at a women's rights rally on Capitol Hill in Washington two months ago. (Gabrielle Demczuk/The New York Times)2017-03-29T21:39:08+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/03/29/morning-prayer-3-29-17-john-keble-priest-1866/2017-03-29T12:20:14+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/03/28/evening-prayer-3-28-17-tuesday-in-the-4th-week-of-lent/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/owanah-episcopalarchives.pngOwanah.EpiscopalArchivesAn Episcopal Church Archives photo of Owanah Anderson.https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/owanahanderson-choctawlaywoman.jpgOwanahAnderson.ChoctawLaywomanOwanah Anderson has died, the former Native American missioner for the national Episcopal Church and a Choctaw wise woman. In her retirement she served the loyalist Diocese of Fort Worth against the claims of a former bishop who objected to liberalizing trends - and tried to take church property with him. The loyalist church was devastated, but they have reconstituted and largely won their legal rights. (Episcopal Café)2017-03-28T22:16:03+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/03/26/morning-prayer-2-37-17-charles-henry-brent-bishop-of-the-philippines-of-western-new-york-1929/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/mertoncolloxford-stpetersrome.pngMertonCollOxford.StPetersRomeThe choir of Merton College at Oxford University sang at the first Anglican Evensong ever conducted at St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome a couple of weeks ago; a historic event, surely, but so uncontroversial in 2017 that few people noticed, though today’s saint might well have liked it. (Vatican photo)2017-03-27T14:28:04+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/03/27/evening-prayer-3-27-17-charles-henry-brent-bishop-of-the-philippines-of-western-new-york-1929/2017-03-28T01:27:13+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/03/27/morning-prayer-3-28-17-tuesday-in-lent-4/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/generalwashingtonatchristchurch-phila-jlgferris-c1908.jpgGeneralWashingtonatChristChurch.Phila.JLGFerris.c1908J.L.G. Ferris, c. 1908: General George Washington at Christ Church, Philadelphia. Besides winning a revolutionary war, presiding over the founding of a new nation and managing a plantation, he served as a church warden and vestryman for decades in Virginia. He embodied the principle that if you want to get something done, ask a busy person for help.https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/christchurchphila-boxpews-saraellis.jpegChristChurchPhila.BoxPews.SaraEllisBox pews at Christ Church, Philadelphia; artifacts used by General Washington, Benjamin Rush, Sally Franklin Bache and others help draw 250,000 visitors a year. (Sara Ellis)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/christchurchphila-wmwhite15signers-wiki.jpgChristChurchPhila.WmWhite&15Signers.WikiAfter the Revolutionary War, the Episcopal Church was reborn here at historic Christ Church, Philadelphia, the oldest parish in Pennsylvania, mandated in William Penn’s royal land grant; this building was erected in 1744, thirty years before American colonists seceded from the British Empire. Bishop William White, longtime rector of the parish, and 15 signers of the nation’s founding documents are buried in the churchyard. (Wikipedia)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/sfc-robert-boniface.jpgSFC Robert BonifaceSgt. Boniface enlisted in the Army in March 2006 and went straight into Special Forces training after completing both infantry basic training and advanced individual training at Fort Benning, Georgia. He was bestowed the coveted Green Beret on Jan. 14, 2010. He served as a Special Forces medical sergeant, “considered to be the finest first-response/trauma medical technicians in the world,” according to the Army’s recruitment website. Boniface and his unit, the U.S. Army’s 1st Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group, were in Afghanistan’s Logar Province, near the eastern border with Pakistan, supporting Operation Freedom’s Sentinel. He is survived by his wife, Rebekah Boniface, and daughter, Mia Elia Boniface, who live near the Eglin base in Niceville, Florida; and his parents, Elia and David Boniface, who reside in El Centro. (SLO Tribune)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/ssgtalexanderiamaemorrow.jpgSSgtAlexanderiaMaeMorrowStaff Sgt. Alexandria Mae Morrow, 25, of Dansville, New York, was stationed in Mountain Home, Idaho. She died on March 22 in Southwest Asia while executing maintenance duties in support of combat operations. She was assigned to the 366th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. "Those who knew her valued her love of life and art, her leadership, her skills and her passion," said Col. Jefferson O'Donnell, 366th Fighter Wing commander. "Her actions and contributions as a weapons loader just in five months overseas, let alone seven years as a Gunfighter, have set records for weapons employment in combat. We honor her for making the greatest sacrifice."2017-03-27T13:55:47+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/03/26/evening-prayer-3-26-17-fourth-sunday-in-lent/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/holyfamilyinjeans-kellylatimore.jpgHolyFamilyInJeans.KellyLatimoreKelly Latimore: Holy Family. Others are calling it “Refugees.”2017-03-26T17:46:00+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/03/26/morning-prayer-3-26-17-fourth-sunday-in-lent/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/medstudentsunivchicago-rosebud-laurenrstanley.jpgMedStudentsUnivChicago.Rosebud.LaurenRStanleyAmong the recent missioner-guests at the Rosebud Episcopal Mission on the Lakota reservation in South Dakota were these medical students from the University of Chicago, who learned how to chop firewood for the mission’s Heat for the Elders program. These are some of the most gifted and privileged students in the United States, learning to serve the poor and save lives not through chemistry or surgery, but by physical labor. (The Rev. Lauren R. Stanley)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/jesusinboat-thechurchinmalta-org.jpgJesusInBoat.thechurchinmalta.org(thechurchinmalta.org)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/armenianheritage-easterndio-armenianchurchinamerica.pngArmenianHeritage.EasternDio.ArmenianChurchInAmerica(Eastern Diocese, Armenian Church in America)2017-03-26T06:07:24+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/03/25/evening-prayer-3-25-17-annunciation-of-our-lord/2017-03-25T17:44:30+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/03/25/morning-prayer-3-25-17-annunciation-of-our-lord/2017-03-25T05:46:06+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/03/24/video-evensong-3-24-17-oscar-romero-archbishop-the-martyrs-of-el-salvador-1980/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/oscarromero-mural-sansalvador.jpgOscarRomero.Mural.SanSalvadorA mural of Romero and the Salvadoran Martyrs in San Salvador, 2015: those roots go deep.2017-03-25T02:11:16+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/03/23/morning-prayer-3-24-17-oscar-romero-archbishop-the-martyrs-of-el-salvador-1980/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/stand-with-london.jpgStand With Londonhttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/george-weinberg-coinedhomophobia.jpgGeorge Weinberg.CoinedHomophobiaDr. George Weinberg has died, a heterosexual American psychologist who coined the term “homophobia” to describe the fear, hatred and revulsion toward Gay men expressed by Straight male therapists. With one word, he shifted the location of society’s “Gay problem” away from the minds, souls and parental relationships of Gay people to the intolerance and bigotry of violent opponents. The word has been criticized by LGBT theorists and anti-Gay bigots, who always insist they’re not afraid of Gay people, they simply blame them for the any-day-now collapse of Western civilization – so they should be locked up, lobotomized, discriminated against, beaten up and shot by the dozens in Orlando and Atlanta. Sorry, political fundamentalists, the word is here to stay.2017-03-24T22:55:01+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/03/23/morning-prayer-3-23-17-gregory-the-illuminator-bishop-missionary-of-armenia-c-332/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/boy-scouts-epiphany-gatesny.jpgBoy Scouts.Epiphany.GatesNYThis Boy Scout window at Church of the Epiphany in Gates, New York is a living tribute to Troop 36 and the “manly youth” movement of Sir Robert Baden-Powell, author of Scouting for Boys. (The Rev. Canon Johnnie Ross)2017-03-24T11:57:44+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/03/23/evening-prayer-3-23-17-gregory-the-illuminator-bishop-missionary-of-armenia-c-332/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/bishop-jim-jelinek.jpgBishop Jim JelinekThe Rt. Rev. Jim Jelinek, VIII Bishop of Minnesota, was the first to teach me about the Armenian Genocide, when he celebrated Mass for another group of exiles called Integrity back in the 1970s. Most Episcopal priests, even in a progressive diocese, wanted nothing to do with LGBT Christians, but he not only told us his people’s story, he wanted to hear ours. (Episcopal Diocese of Washington)2017-03-23T18:17:09+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/03/22/evening-prayer-3-22-17-james-dekoven-priest-1879/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/freerefugees-sydneymardigras-reuters.jpgFreeRefugees.SydneyMardiGras.ReutersMardi Gras parade in Sydney three weeks ago, attended by 250,000. (Reuters)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/jamesdekoven-stpaulskankakee.jpgJamesDeKoven.StPaul'sKankakeeJames DeKoven window at St. Paul’s, Kankakee, Illinois indicates that this is an Anglo-Catholic congregation. He didn’t care so much about vestments or candles on the altar, which Protestant Episcopalians didn’t use back in his day, but he insisted on the Real Presence of Christ in the sacrament; thus his image here is flanked by two of the Body of Christ. (parish photo)2017-03-22T18:49:59+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/03/21/morning-prayer-3-22-17-james-dekoven-priest-1879/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/jenniferbaskerville-burrows-johnsteele.jpgJenniferBaskerville-Burrows.JohnSteeleThe Rev. Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows, Bishop-Elect of Indianapolis, at a parish visitation last month at St. John’s, Washington, Indiana. (John Steele)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/bronxriverny-gregvigliotti-nyt.jpgBronxRiverNY.GregVigliotti.NYTFor joy in God’s creation: the Bronx River in New York City. In the last century the river became an industrial sewer, and as recently as ten years ago the wealthy towns upstream discharged overflow raw sewage into it. But it's come back somewhat, thanks to local efforts and a Congressional appropriation, and tiny fish are being reintroduced, so we haven't totally destroyed it yet. This is the stream that runs through the Bronx Zoo and the New York Botanical Gardens; urban kayakers like it. (Greg Vigliotti/The New York Times)2017-03-22T13:51:03+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/03/21/evening-prayer-3-21-17-thomas-cranmer-author-editor-of-the-book-of-common-prayer-martyred-1556/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/10000meals-gracechurchbrunswickmd-anjelscarborough.jpg10,000Meals.GracechurchBrunswickMD.AnjelScarboroughMembers of Grace Church, Brunswick, Maryland, joined other townspeople yesterday to pack 10,000 meals for famine-stricken areas in parts of Africa and Asia. A good crowd, young and old, turned out to help with the work. (The Rev. Anjel Scarborough)2017-03-21T18:52:10+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/03/21/morning-prayer-3-21-17-thomas-cranmer-archbishop-of-canterbury-martyr-1556/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/kjs-sermon-gretchenrehbergspokane.jpgKJS Sermon.GretchenRehbergSpokaneThe sermon at Gretchen Rehberg’s consecration as IX Bishop of Spokane, Washington was given by XXVI Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori, whose successor Michael Curry, himself a renowned preacher, served as chief consecrator. (diocesan photo)2017-03-21T13:51:02+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/03/20/evening-prayer-3-20-17-st-joseph-guardian-of-jesus/2017-03-20T17:53:05+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/03/19/morning-prayer-3-20-17-st-joseph-guardian-of-christ-tr/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/johncummings-historiandribrahimaseckson.jpgJohnCummings.HistorianDrIbrahimaSeck&SonSenegalese historian and author Dr. Ibrahima Seck with his son and New Orleans attorney John Cummings, right, owner and restorer of the Whitney Plantation in Wallace, Louisiana, which we visited on our recent Daily Office retreat. Dr. Seck is the author of Bouki Fait Gombo: A History of the Slave Community of Habitation Haydel (Whitney Plantation), which our Vicar is now reading. Our visit to the old sugar cane plantation boggled our collective minds; it is the only plantation tour in the United States that tells the story from the slaves’ point of view, and even lifelong students will learn a great deal. (museum photo)2017-03-20T13:44:42+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/03/19/evening-prayer-3-19-17-third-sunday-of-lent/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/handover-gretchenrehbergspokane.jpgHandover.GretchenRehbergSpokaneThe Rt. Rev. Gretchen Rehberg received the episcopal crozier after she was consecrated IX Bishop of Spokane, Washington yesterday. She was formerly the Rector of Lewiston, Idaho in the diocese's southeast region, and Canon for Regional Mission. (diocesan photo)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/acolytes-gretchenrehberg-diospokane.jpgAcolytes.GretchenRehberg.DioSpokaneAcolytes and other ministers gathered in the corridor before the consecration of Gretchen Rehberg as Bishop of Spokane. You can't make a bishop without acolytes; it just isn't done. (diocesan photo)2017-03-19T17:52:22+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/03/19/morning-prayer-3-19-17-third-sunday-of-lent/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/bluebonnets-jamapantel.jpgBluebonnets.JamaPantelIt’s bluebonnet time again near Austin, Texas, with vast swaths of the wildflowers suddenly appearing in fields, meadows and by the side of the road. (Jama Pantel)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/stgilesblaston-geograph-org-uk-640.jpgStGiles,Blaston.Geograph.org.uk.640St. Giles’, Blaston, Leicestershire. The village of about 50 people is mentioned in the Domesday Book; the parish church was rebuilt in 1878. (geograph.org.uk)2017-03-19T05:55:55+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/03/18/evening-prayer-3-18-17-cyril-bishop-of-jerusalem-386/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/1stcouncilofnicaea-icon-constantinebishops.jpg1stCouncilOfNicaea.Icon.Constantine&BishopsBishops of the First Council of Nicaea in 325, depicted with King Constantine and the text of the Creed produced by the Council of Constantinople (381), which Cyril attended. The Creeds attempted to put down the Arian heresy and uphold the equal divinity of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Thus was Orthodoxy defined, largely according to Cyril's views. (Wikipedia)2017-03-18T17:59:51+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/03/17/morning-prayer-3-18-17-cyril-bishop-of-jerusalem-386/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/pray-big.jpgPray BigThe world needs it.https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/butterfly1.pngButterflyAll creatures, sing praise and give honor for ever!2017-03-18T03:21:08+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/03/17/video-evensong-3-17-17-patrick-bishop-missionary-of-ireland-461/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/stpatricksday-cornedbeefcabbfundraiser-trinitykirksville.jpgStPatricksDay.CornedBeef&CabbFundraiser.TrinityKirksvilleA St. Patrick’s Day fundraiser last year at Trinity Church, Kirksville, Missouri: corned beef and cabbage, the traditional food of Irish-Americans – though some experts say it isn’t Irish at all. That’s our own Maria L. Evans, now a deacon, center. (parish photo)2017-03-18T01:40:29+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/03/16/morning-prayer-3-17-17-patrick-bishop-missionary-of-ireland-461/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/stpatricksday-losangeles2015-allenjschaben-lat.jpgStPatrick'sDay.LosAngeles2015.AllenJSchaben.LATSt. Patrick’s Day, Los Angeles, 2015 (Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times)2017-03-17T13:59:34+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/03/16/evening-prayer-3-16-17-thursday-of-lent-2/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/interfaithleaders-inhatecrimesbill-meghanmcconnell.jpgInterfaithLeaders.INHateCrimesBill.MeghanMcConnellEpiscopalians joined other interfaith leaders outside the Indiana governor’s office yesterday to press for passage of a hate crimes bill, in this era of increasing intolerance. Indiana is one of only five states to lack some kind of bias-related crime statute; a bill failed again in the state Senate but is still alive in the House. (Megan McConnell)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/the-way.jpgThe Way2017-03-16T16:45:08+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/03/15/morning-prayer-3-16-17-thursday-of-lent-2/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/comforting-lies.jpgComforting Lieshttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/like-theyll-be-dead.jpgLike they'll be dead2017-03-16T15:40:33+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/03/15/evening-prayer-3-15-17-wednesday-of-lent-2/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/jonisledge-2016-larrybusacca-getty-songwritershalloffame.jpgJoniSledge.2016.LarryBusacca.Getty.SongwritersHallOfFameJoni Sledge has died, one of the leaders of Sister Sledge, known for the disco era classic “We Are Family,” a joyful celebration played at family reunions, Pittsburgh baseball games, diocesan synods, on cruise ships, in smalltown Gay bars and senior shuffleboard tournaments whenever a crowdpleasing song is needed. They were four teenage sisters in Philadelphia when they got started; they built up an audience, opened for other touring acts and eventually became headliners themselves with several hits to their credit, none bigger than their joyful ode to sisterhood. (Larry Busacca/Getty Images for the Songswriters Hall of Fame)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/kingscollegechapel-wiki.jpgKing'sCollegeChapel.WikiChapel of King’s College, Cambridge (Wikipedia)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/garden-with-stone-bridge1.jpgrb2586-17For the beauty of the Earth: the Dell Garden, Bressingham, Norfolk.2017-03-15T18:38:18+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/03/14/morning-prayer-3-15-17-wednesday-of-lent-2/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/anti-bullyingpamphlet-rosebud-toddcountymiddleschool-laurenrstanley.jpgAnti-BullyingPamphlet.Rosebud.ToddCountyMiddleSchool.LaurenRStanleySOS, Save Our Selves: This anti-bullying/suicide prevention booklet is by kids and for kids on the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota, where there is a terrible youth suicide rate. Kids wrote it and drew it, Mother Lauren R. Stanley pulled together the resources for it with the help of two churches and the local lumber yard, and now it’s being distributed to every student at the Todd County Middle School. The problem is acute on reservations, but hardly confined to them; any community can suffer a sudden epidemic of children and teenagers trying to harm themselves. Adults have to take notice and begin intervening at once. Youth can feel racism and rejection so acutely that it becomes deadly. (Rosebud Episcopal Mission)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/famine-chart-bbc.pngFamine Chart.BBCThe UN is now calling famine across Africa and parts of Asia the worst humanitarian disaster since World War II, with Yemen and South Sudan in the most danger of starvation. (BBC)2017-03-15T13:55:49+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/03/14/evening-prayer-3-14-17-tuesday-of-lent-2/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/waycrossspringyouthretreat-jenniferbaskervilleburrows-victoriahoppes.jpgWaycrossSpringYouthRetreat.JenniferBaskervilleBurrows.VictoriaHoppesWaycross Camp and Conference Center in the Diocese of Indianapolis held its spring youth retreat last week, including time with the Coadjutor Bishop-Elect Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows; she’s to be consecrated next month and will succeed Catherine M. Waynick after 20 happy, productive years. (Victoria Hoppes)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/jesus-deport-huffporeligion.jpgJesus Deport.HuffPoReligion(Huffington Post)2017-03-14T19:28:42+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/03/13/morning-prayer-3-14-17-tuesday-of-the-2nd-week-of-lent/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/duracin-bethspelleasternor.jpgDuracin.BethSpell&EasternORThe Bishop of Haiti, Msgr. Jean-Zaché Duracin, with a missioners from the Diocese of Eastern Oregon, including our own Beth Spell, center, earlier this year. (mission photo)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/salisburycathedralribvaulting.jpgSalisburyCathedralRibVaultingRib vaulting at Salisbury Cathedral, England (photographer unknown)2017-03-14T14:00:46+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/02/28/evangelism-17-update-reporting-improves-fundraising-shoots-up-the-vicar-confesses-his-sins/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/3-1-17-fund-thermo.jpg3-1-17-fund-thermohttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/fear-not.jpgfear-nothttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/globe-hands.gifglobe-handsWhole world in his hands.2017-03-28T05:15:07+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/03/13/evening-prayer-3-13-17-james-theodore-holly-bishop-of-haiti-dominican-republic-1911/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/nyc-pollution-1966-200deadthanksgivingweekend-nealboenzinyt.jpgNYC Pollution 1966.200DeadThanksgivingWeekend.NealBoenziNYTSome people think U.S. clean air laws are too strict. They ignore the fact that on Thanksgiving weekend in 1966, 200 people died in New York City breathing this poison. (Neal Boenzi/The New York Times)2017-03-13T18:24:27+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/03/12/morning-prayer-3-13-17-james-theodore-holly-bishop-of-haiti-dominican-republic-1911/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/never-misses-webcast-blackman.jpegNever Misses Webcast.BlackManhttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/malheurnwr-duaneehmerconvicted-jimurquhart-reuters.jpgMalheurNWR.DuaneEhmerConvicted.JimUrquhart.ReutersGuilty at Malheur: Four men were convicted Friday in the armed takeover of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in eastern Oregon a year ago, including Duane Ehmer, above, striking a heroic pose as some kind of freedom fighter for the cameras. The government earlier failed to convict the ringleaders, so this trial was a consolation prize of sorts. Most important, it reestablishes the rule of law in that part of Oregon, where we have members; the conspirators’ real crime was terrorizing a town, a county and the whole area they chose to attack. (Jim Urquhart/Reuters)2017-03-13T13:51:58+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/03/12/evening-prayer-3-12-17-second-sunday-of-lent/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/outvets-stpatrickssouthboston2015-dominicreuter-reuters.jpgOutVets.StPatricksSouthBoston2015.DominicReuter.ReutersThe South Boston, Massachusetts St. Patrick’s Day Parade tried banning Gay people again last week, voting 9-4 to bar a group of military veterans called OutVets for displaying a rainbox flag as part of their logo – which has been allowed for the past two years. This time the governor refused to march, the mayor said he’d skip it, and all of a sudden the sponsors voted 9-0 to allow OutVets back in. Defending their country wasn’t good enough apparently for the old men of South Boston. Above: marching in 2015. (Dominic Reuter/Reuters)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/black-footedferret-vermejoparkranchnm-kimberlyfraser-usfws.jpgBlack-footedFerret.VermejoParkRanchNM.KimberlyFraser.USFWSThe U.S. Endagered Species Act of 1973 is considered the gold standard of species protection laws, and is responsible for the survival of many creatures, including the black-footed ferret at Vermejo Park Ranch in New Mexico. But business and development interests have always wanted to get rid of it, and now with a new administration in Washington, renewed efforts are being made to weaken or repeal it. (Kimberly Fraser, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)2017-03-12T17:36:19+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/03/12/morning-prayer-3-12-17-second-sunday-of-lent/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/michaelnovak-evanvucciap.jpgMichaelNovak.EvanVucciAPMichael Novak has died, a Roman Catholic theologian of capitalism and economic systems, who held that business could be conducted according to Christian principles, unlike the socialism other Christians may espouse. Jesus strongly cautioned the rich, but didn’t condemn them out of hand; in one famous parable a rich man, determined to give a banquet for all his neighbors, is the exemplar who does God’s will. (Evan Vucci/Associated Press)2017-03-12T08:12:53+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/03/11/evening-prayer-3-11-17-saturday-of-lent-1-ember-day/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/kacikullmannfive-nobelpeace-2015-oddandersen-afp.jpgKaciKullmannFive.NobelPeace.2015.OddAndersen.AFPKaci Kullmann Five died last month of breast cancer; she was a former Norwegian politician who chaired the Nobel Peace Prize committee. Under her leadership the committee honored four peacemaking organizations in Tunisia, and the peacemaking president of Colombia who helped end a 50-year-old civil war. She was a staunch defender of human rights who shrugged off political and diplomatic consequences of the committee's picks. (Odd Andersen/Agence France-Presse)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/how-you-treat-people-tecmemes.jpgHow You Treat People.TECmemes(Episcopal Church Memes)2017-03-11T18:56:14+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/03/11/morning-prayer-3-11-17-saturday-of-lent-1-ember-day/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/popefrancis-marriedmen-easternritecatholics-andrewmedichiniap.jpgPopeFrancis.MarriedMen.EasternRiteCatholics.AndrewMedichiniAPPope Francis said yesterday that he could see a way for the Roman Catholic Church to ordain married men, a move that would overturn more than a thousand years of Vatican insistence on an all-celibate clergy. He pointed out that married men already serve Eastern Rite Catholics. Women priests, however, are very doubtful, he said. He doesn't have the power to make such changes on his own, but his statement gave hope to countless married men who would love to serve God as a priest. (Andrew Medichini/Associated Press)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/christthehighpriestmonasteryicons.jpgChristTheHighPriest,MonasteryIconsChrist the High Priest (Monastery Icons)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/floberginflag-nativenationsrise-laurenrstanley.pngFlobergInFlag.NativeNationsRise.LaurenRStanleyThe Rev. John Floberg, supervising priest of the Standing Rock Episcopal Mission, wrapped himself in the Church flag yesterday at the Native Nations Rise events yesterday in Washington, D.C. (The Rev. Lauren R. Stanley)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/ojn-frontsign-thegoodheartblog.jpgOJN.FrontSign.TheGoodHeartBlog(The Good Heart blog)2017-03-11T06:57:30+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/03/10/video-evensong-3-10-17-friday-in-the-first-week-of-lent-ember-day/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/natlworldwariimuseum-neworleansonline.jpgNatlWorldWarIIMuseum.NewOrleansOnlineWe had a chance, at our just-concluded retreat, to visit the National World War II Museum in New Orleans, Louisiana. It doesn't glofify war by any means, but it does remind us of the Greatest Generation who fought and died and lived for freedom, in a time when it was under attack like never before. "No greater love hath a man than this…" (New Orleans Online)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/pride-of-mobile-tomwelch.jpgPride of Mobile.TomWelchPride of Mobile azaleas, grown by our own Tom Welch in Jackson, Mississippi. At our retreat in New Orleans, those of us from the North kept marveling at the warm weather and flowers in bloom; "it's Spring here!" Afterward the Vicar drove home through a 50-degree temperature drop and bone-chilling winds, but stayed warm in our hearts.2017-03-11T02:53:13+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/03/10/morning-prayer-3-10-17-friday-of-lent-1/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/stanleydearman-mississippiburning-erikslesser-nyt.jpgStanleyDearman.MississippiBurning.ErikSLesser.NYTStanley Dearman has died, the editor and publisher of the Neshoba Democrat, a weekly newspaper in Philadelphia, Mississippi, where three young civil rights workers were murdered in 1964. He campaigned tirelessly for justice in their murders, pressuring local and state police as well as the U.S. Department of Justice to continue their investigations until the killers were behind bars. Seven conspirators were convicted in 1967, but not the ringleader, Edgar Ray Killen, a sawmill operator and part-time preacher for Christ. In 2005 he was finally sent away for 60 years or life. (Erik Slesser/The New York Times)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/trinitymission-rosebud-laurenrstanley.jpgTrinityMission.Rosebud.LaurenRStanleyTrinity Church, Mission, South Dakota, part of the Rosebud Episcopal Mission which we support. (The Rev. Lauren R. Stanley)2017-03-10T15:05:25+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/03/09/evening-prayer-3-9-17-gregory-bishop-of-nyssa-c-394/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/daywithoutawomannyc-toddheislernyt1.jpegDayWithoutAWomanNYC.ToddHeislerNYTA Day without a Woman protesters yesterday in New York City. The young ones remember Ida B. Wells! (Todd Heisler/The New York Times)2017-03-09T15:25:48+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/03/09/morning-prayer-3-9-17-gregory-bishop-of-nyssa-c-394/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/intlwomensday-seoul-jeanchung-gettyimages.jpegIntlWomen'sDay.Seoul.JeanChung.GettyImagesA march for gender equality yesterday in Seoul, South Korea. (Jean Chung/Getty Images)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/lafayettecemetery1-gardendistrict-nola.jpegLafayetteCemetery#1.GardenDistrict.NOLALafayette Cemetery #1 in the Garden District of New Orleans. The city is below sea level and bodies are laid above ground. (saveourcemeteries.org)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/day-without-a-woman-washingtonsqparknyc-toddheislernyt.jpegDay Without a Woman.WashingtonSqParkNYC.ToddHeislerNYTDay Without a Woman yesterday at Washington Square Park, New York City. The one-day strike shut down courts in Providence, Rhode Island and schools in three states; 10 organizers were arrested in NYC for blocking traffic. (Todd Heisler/The New York Times)2017-03-09T14:44:27+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/03/08/evening-prayer-3-8-17-g-a-studdert-kennedy-priest-poet-of-world-war-i-1929/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/daywithoutawomannyc-toddheislernyt.jpegDayWithoutAWomanNYC.ToddHeislerNYTDay Without a Woman one-day strike in New York City, on International Women's Day. (Todd Heisler/The New York Times)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/liveoak210-louisianagardenclubfed.jpegLiveOak#210.LouisianaGardenClubFedFor the beauty of the earth: Live Oak #210, according to the Louisiana Garden Club Federation.2017-03-08T22:54:00+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/03/08/morning-prayer-3-8-17-g-a-studdert-kennedy-priest-1929-ember-day/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/crepe-myrtle-pinterest.jpegCrepe Myrtle.PinterestFor joy in God's creation: a crepe myrtle. (Pinterest)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/pb-stjohnscath-taipeitaiwan.pngPB.StJohnsCath.TaipeiTaiwanPresiding Bishop Michael Curry has returned from an official visit to Asia, including a stop at St. John's Cathedral, Taipei in the Episcopal Diocese of Taiwan. Curry also visited the Philippines, Hong Kong and China. 2017-03-08T16:13:48+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/03/07/evening-prayer-3-7-17-perpetua-her-companions-martyrs-at-carthage-202/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/davidrice.pngDavidRiceDavid Rice, Provisional Bishop of San Joaquin in California's Central Valley, has been elected Diocesan Bishop, though it took a canonical change to do it. The election marks a turning point in the diocese, riven by schism 10 years ago; they now feel strong and confident enough to have a bishop to call their own again. Rice, American-born, was formerly Bishop of Waiapu, New Zealand and the third of San Joaquin's provisional bishops, after +Jerry Lamb and +Chet Talton. We rejoice with the diocese! (diocesan photo)2017-03-07T21:06:01+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/03/07/morning-prayer-3-7-17-perpetua-her-companions-martyrs-at-carthage-202/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/dionc.pngDioNCDiocese of Massachusetts project manager for campaign initiatives Rector St. Michael’s Church Milton, Massachusetts, for 16 years2017-03-07T15:03:47+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/03/06/evening-prayer-3-6-17-william-mayo-1911-charles-menninger-1953-and-their-sons-physicians/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/mayo-clinic.pngMayo ClinicWhen they're really sick and they don't know what to do, an awful lot of Americans choose the Mayo Clinic. William Mayo was the founder and his sons made it thrive.https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/charlesmenninger-willmenninger.jpegCharlesMenninger.WillMenningerCharles Menninger was the patriarch of a family of physicians and psychiatrists, and this feast day is unusual in including the whole family as Christians worthy of emulation. Charles founded the Menninger Hospitals and Foundation with his sons Karl and Will. Karl was notable for his holistic approach to brain and behavioral disorders, including the spiritual aspect. William is known for his use of bibliotherapy, his service in World War II as director of the Psychiatry Consultants Division for the Surgeon General of the Army, where he developed a reclassification system of mental illnesses, which greatly influenced the postwar Diagnostic and Statistical Manuals used today. At retirement he was a Brigadier General. 2017-03-07T01:35:35+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/03/06/morning-prayer-3-6-17-william-mayo-1911-charles-menninger-1953-their-sons-pioneers-in-medicine/2017-03-06T12:49:55+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/03/05/evening-prayer-3-5-17-first-sunday-in-lent/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/aileenhernandez-2ndnowpresident-gloriasteinem-richardshotwell-invision.jpgaileenhernandez-2ndnowpresident-gloriasteinem-richardshotwell-invisionAileen Hernandez has died, the second president of the National Organization for Women. She was a union organizer, college professor and co-founder of the National Women's Political Caucus. (Richard Shotwell/Invision)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/trinityneworleans.jpegtrinityneworleansTrinity Church, New Orleans, is hosting a Jazz Vespers series on Sundays during Lent; on the bill tonight is Ellis Marsalis, and our Daily Office retreatants plan to be there. (parish photo)2017-03-05T20:41:16+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/03/05/morning-prayer-3-5-17-first-sunday-of-lent/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/stlouiscath-neworleans.jpgstlouiscath-neworleansSt. Louis Cathedral, New Orleans; founded in 1720 on the banks of the Mississippi River, it stands at the city's heart on Jackson Square, built in 1789, the year George Washington took office. It's the oldest cathedral in America.https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/adventhouse-neworleans.jpgadventhouse-neworleansAdvent House, a ministry of Christ Church Cathedral, New Orleans, where the Vicar, Chaplain and members of the Daily Office are currently on retreat for a week of spiritual conversation, worship and fun. We're only halfway through and it's already incredible. (cathedral photo)2017-03-05T07:19:09+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/03/04/evening-prayer-3-4-17-paul-cuffey-missionary-to-the-shinnecock-1812/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/paul-cuffey-grave.pngpaul-cuffey-gravePaul Cuffey's grave now sits between a New York State highway and the Long Island Rail Road; he deserves better than this but at least it has been preserved. (courtesy of the Rev. Michael Hartney)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/paul-cuffey-shinnecock-tribal-seal.jpgpaul-cuffey-shinnecock-tribal-sealPaul Cuffey, a Pequot, was an ordained, much-loved Presbyterian minister who served the Shinnecock Nation on Long Island, New York. Not only do they still exist, they hold an annual Pow Wow of cultural events, dances, foods and competitions. They are one of 500-plus Federally recognized tribes.2017-03-05T06:20:41+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/03/04/morning-prayer-3-4-17-paul-cuffee-missionary-to-the-shinnecock-1812/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/massgraves-motherbabyhome-tuamireland-pressassn.jpgmassgraves-motherbabyhome-tuamireland-pressassnThis is the location of as many as 800 mass graves of infants, toddlers and fetuses, which have now been confirmed at the Mother and Baby Home run by the Sisters of Charity of Bon Secours in Tuam, Ireland, dumped in a large tank at the sewage treatment plant. (Press Association)2017-03-04T08:51:54+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/03/03/evening-prayer-3-3-17-john-charles-wesley-priests-founders-of-methodism-1791-1788/2017-03-04T03:15:56+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/03/03/morning-prayer-3-3-17-john-charles-wesley-priests-1791-1788/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/salomekarwah-topl-time.jpgsalomekarwah-topl-timeA Liberian nurse who was featured on the cover of Time magazine when Ebola fighters were named Persons of the Year, has died shortly after giving birth in a most tragic, heartbreaking way. Salome Karwah, top left, contracted the virus, was able to recover from it, and devoted the rest of her young life to helping victims. When she developed complications after giving birth to her fourth child, she was taken to the hospital, but the nurses there would not touch her or attend to her. Effective treatments exist for her seizures, but she was allowed to convulse alone. Experts blame a lingering stigma even against survivors of the virus, as if touching them would somehow bring it back to life. When nurses refuse to treat even another nurse who objectively represents no threat to them, it shows the depth and power of the superstition in Liberian society - and just how much our Cuttington University nursing students and faculty are up against in trying to fight ignorance with knowledge - and the importance of our Daily Office Network's financial commitment to support the students' education. We don't know whether Salome Karwah was a Cuttington nurse - but she sure sounds like one. We mourn her unnecessary death and renew our commitment to our cousins in Bong County.2017-03-03T16:18:30+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/03/02/evening-prayer-3-2-17-chad-bishop-of-lichfield-632/2017-03-02T15:17:49+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/03/01/morning-prayer-3-2-17-chad-bishop-of-lichfield-632/2017-03-02T15:13:21+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/02/28/morning-prayer-3-1-17-ash-wednesday/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/wellcometoyou.jpgwellcometoyouhttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/carty-ficus-tree.jpgcarty-ficus-treeFor joy in God’s creation: a very large ficus tree a few years ago at St. Columba’s, Marathon, Florida. Tonight we’ll have a closeup of that root system. (The Rev. Michael Hartney)2017-03-01T15:20:56+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/03/01/evening-prayer-3-1-17-ash-wednesday/2017-03-01T06:07:57+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/02/28/evening-prayer-2-28-17-anna-cooper-elizabeth-wright-educators-1964-1904/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/episcopaldivinityschool-cambridgema-ens.jpgepiscopaldivinityschool-cambridgema-ensEpiscopal Divinity School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, which announced its closure last July and stopped admitting new students, is pursuing an affiliation with Union Theological Seminary in New York City, which would offer programs and certificates in Anglican Studies for Union seminarians. EDS, one of the smallest Episcopal seminaries, is quitting before its endowment, currently $53 million, runs out. It traces its roots to 1857 in Philadelphia and 1867 in Cambridge; its most famous alumnus is Jonathan Daniels, the seminarian and civil rights martyr murdered in Alabama in 1965. (seminary photo)2017-02-28T18:40:22+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/02/27/morning-prayer-2-28-17-anna-julia-haywood-cooper-elizabeth-evelyn-wright-educators-1964-1904/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/phariseesaskjohnbaptist-biblepix.jpgphariseesaskjohnbaptist-biblepixThe Pharisees ask John the Baptist if he is the Christ. (Ultimate Bible Pictures)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/bridgebigsur-kodiakgreenwood-sfchron.jpgbridgebigsur-kodiakgreenwood-sfchronBig Sur, California has been cut off from civilization with the failure of this bridge on the Pacific Coast Highway, which may topple into the sea at any moment. It’s some of the most scenic coastline in the world and attracts millions of tourists, but the 400 permanent residents pay a steep price to live there with only one escape route. Students and faculty at nearby Esalen Institute had to be evacuated, and the New Camaldoli Hermitage, a Roman Catholic monastery, has been closed to visitors (and income) for two months already. A temporary bridge may take a year to build; rainfall in parts of California is the heaviest in over a century. (San Francisco Chronicle)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/brianodiorne.pngbrianodiorneBrian P. Odiorne, of Palmer, Massachusetts, was killed in Al Anbar province, Iraq, on 20 February. His death was not combat related, but details of how he died have not been disclosed. Odiorne, 21, joined the Army in October 2015 and was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas, since May 2016. He was trained as a cannon crew member. His decorations include the National Defense Service Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal and Army Service Medal. He will be posthumously awarded the Inherent Resolve Campaign Medal and Overseas Service Ribbon.2017-02-28T15:10:51+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/02/27/evening-prayer-2-27-17-george-herbert-priest-poet-1633/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/yacoubshaheen-r-arabidol-palestinianxianbethlehem-mohammedassaf-gazarefugeecamp-reuters.jpgyacoubshaheen-r-arabidol-palestinianxianbethlehem-mohammedassaf-gazarefugeecamp-reutersA Palestinian Christian, Yacoub Shaheen (right), has won the televised, wildly popular singing contest “Arab Idol,” prompting joy throughout Palestine, especially in his hometown, Bethlehem. When his name was announced Saturday night he wrapped himself in a Palestinian flag, sang a patriotic song and was joined onstage by a previous winner, Mohammed Assaf of the Gaza refugee camp, now one of the biggest stars in Arabic music. (Reuters)2017-02-27T18:01:35+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/02/26/morning-prayer-2-27-17-george-herbert-priest-poet-1633/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/obey-jesus.jpgobey-jesushttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/mildreddresselhaus-vapor-growncarbonfiber-evanmcglinn-nyt.jpgmildreddresselhaus-vapor-growncarbonfiber-evanmcglinn-nytMildred Dresselhaus has died, an American physicist known for her analysis of the fundamental properties of carbon. She was the first female full professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and spent her entire career promoting women in science; late in life she even became a bit of a media personality and role model for girls who like math, science and how things work. Above: with vapor-grown carbon fiber – cloth grown in a test tube. She was the author of 1700 scientific papers and developed an array of applications, from superconductors to nanotubes. They called her the Queen of Carbon; now suppose M.I.T. hadn’t even given her a chance. (Evan McGlinn/The New York Times)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/webcast-why-pray-alone.jpgwebcast-why-pray-alone2017-02-27T14:47:56+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/02/26/evening-prayer-2-26-17-last-sunday-after-epiphany/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/catelastdeacons-seansullivan.jpgcatelastdeacons-seansullivanOur Bishop, Cate Waynick of Indianapolis, seated, is retiring in April after 20 years in the Big Mitre, and one of her last events was a retreat this weekend with the deacons of the diocese. She’s got other places to go besides the Big Chair, though. (Sean Sullivan)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/stcolumba-marathonfl.jpgstcolumba-marathonflSt. Columba’s, Marathon, Florida Keys, in the Diocese of Southeast Florida. A note on the parish website after Hurricane Irma says that everyone is safe and the campus came through well, though a lot of cleanup is needed; but “hard work has never frightened us.” (The Rev. Michael Hartney)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/lent-is-coming-davidmartinez.jpglent-is-coming-davidmartinez(David Martinez)2017-02-26T17:37:39+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/02/26/morning-prayer-2-26-17-last-sunday-after-the-epiphany/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/rosebud-glory-laurenrstanley.jpgrosebud-glory-laurenrstanleyYou probably know that one of our support projects is the Episcopal Mission on the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota, where the youth outreach is called GLORY, God Loves Our Reservation Youth. At last week’s meeting they heard a Bible story about a man who was sick and needed healing; his friends carried him on a pallet to Jesus, but with so many people they couldn’t get in, so they cut a hole in the roof and lowered him down. That led to a game; if you were sick or hurt and couldn’t use your hands, how would you tie your shoes? If you had only one leg, how would you get anywhere? In part it was a lesson about disability – but there was more to come. One boy said, “I don’t know how to tie my shoes – I always wear boots!” Which was true, and immediately provoked a little clerical improv; “What would you do if you couldn’t pull on your boots?” (The Rev. Lauren R. Stanley)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/grain-of-wheat.jpggrain-of-wheathttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/eating-no-hands-glory-laurenrstanley.jpgeating-no-hands-glory-laurenrstanleyHow do you eat if you can’t use your hands? The GLORY kids decided that asking for help was a good idea – and thus they learned Lakota notions about interdependence. (The Rev. Lauren R. Stanley)2017-02-26T06:08:13+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/02/25/evening-prayer-2-25-17-john-roberts-priest-1949/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/fallschurchacknowledgesslavery-nikkiedwhenderson-revjohnohmer.jpgfallschurchacknowledgesslavery-nikkiedwhenderson-revjohnohmerThe Falls Church in Virginia is a large, wealthy, prestigious parish which dates from American colonial days; a town grew up around the church and is now a sought-after suburb of Washington, D.C. The congregation worships in a building erected by slaves in 1769, a fact usually omitted from the parish history. Now they’ve decided to rectify that, with a ceremony 11 February dedicating a new plaque honoring the slaves and offering “gratitude and repentance.” This is part of a large, long-running effort within the Episcopal Church to come to grips with its role in slavery and the slave trade. Above, the Rector of Falls Church, the Rev. John Ohmer, reads as Nikki and Edward Henderson of the Tinner Hill Heritage Foundation, which helped lead the effort, assist in the dedication. (parish photo)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/fallschurchslavery.jpgfallschurchslaveryThe new plaque in the sidewalk at the Falls Church in Virginia. Perhaps the job of reconciling the parish and its history is only begun, but it is well begun. (parish photo)2017-02-25T18:05:15+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/02/25/morning-prayer-2-25-17-john-roberts-priest-1949/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/martytwobullssr-herblockfinalist-pineridge-oglalalakota-indiancountrytodaymedianetwork-phoenixcomicon.jpgmartytwobullssr-herblockfinalist-pineridge-oglalalakota-indiancountrytodaymedianetwork-phoenixcomiconMarty Two Bulls Sr. has been named finalist and runner-up for the Herblock Foundation award for editorial cartooning in the USA, and won $5000 for his efforts. He is Oglala Lakota and a member of the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, a freelancer whose work appears frequently in Indian Country Today. Herblock was a legendary Washington Post cartoonist whose favorite target was Richard M. Nixon; Herblock created much of the visual shorthand that said “Nixon” as soon as you saw it – the ski-jump nose, shifty eyes and 5 o’clock shadow that made him a perfect comic villain. If the past pattern holds, look for Mr. Two Bulls Sr. to take home the $15,000 top prize next year, a tremendous honor for a freelancer; he’s also very well known among comic book fans. (Phoenix Comicon)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/waterislife-martytwobullssr.jpgwaterislife-martytwobullssrMarty Two Bulls on the protests at Standing Rock.https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/trumpetssounding.jpgtrumpetssounding(artist unknown)2017-02-25T19:30:02+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/02/24/video-evensong-2-24-17-st-matthias-the-apostle/2017-02-25T02:56:53+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/02/21/evangelism-17-our-thermometers-rising-one-third-of-goal-plus-good-news-from-haiti/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/2-24-17-fund-thermo.jpg2-24-17-fund-thermohttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/2-23-fund-thermo-2.jpg2-23-fund-thermo-2https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/2-23-17-fund-thermo.jpg2-23-17-fund-thermohttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/2-22-fund-thermo.jpg2-22-fund-thermohttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/rosebudfirewood-2-21-17.jpgrosebudfirewood-2-21-17Splitting firewood this very morning on the Rosebud Episcopal Mission. (The Rev. Mother Lauren Stanley)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/2-21-17-fund-thermo.jpg2-21-17-fund-thermo2017-02-24T22:52:50+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/02/23/morning-prayer-2-24-17-st-matthias-the-apostle/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/lakeberryessa-ericrisbergap.jpglakeberryessa-ericrisbergapAfter suffering through years of drought, California has received so much rain and snow this season that dams are being closely watched and reservoirs are threatening to overflow – except at Lake Berryessa, which has a giant “glory hole” spillway draining 150 cubic feet of water per second into the creek below, drawing onlookers, TV cameras and a sky full of drones. (Eric Risberg/Associated Press)2017-02-25T05:26:26+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/02/23/evening-prayer-2-23-17-st-polycarp-bishop-of-smyrna-martyr-156/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/standing-rock-campsite-tomstromme-thebismarcktrib.jpgstanding-rock-campsite-tomstromme-thebismarcktribOverhead view of the Standing Rock campsite in North Dakota, officially closed yesterday by the governor after the Trump Administration indicated it would approve an environmental permit denied under President Obama. A few dozen protesters remained overnight, and ten were arrested, but the scene was mostly calm. Protesters burned their plywood buildings as a last show of defiance and a positive commemoration; they built a community here and led a nation. (Tom Stromme/The Bismarck Tribune)2017-02-23T19:41:49+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/02/22/morning-prayer-2-23-17-polycarp-bishop-martyr-of-smyrna-156/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/ruthgleaninginfields-judithmehr-909.jpgjm_100_OT_-P25.tiffJudith Mehr: Ruth Gleaning in the Fieldshttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/cemstlouis-nickschnelle-nyt.jpgcemstlouis-nickschnelle-nytNearly 200 graves were vandalized last weekend at a Jewish cemetery in suburban St. Louis, Missouri. This is the anti-Semitic incident that finally got Donald Trump’s condemnation. He and his closest advisers have been egging on young right-wing bigots for months, but once these pictures came out he wrapped himself in his son-in-law’s prayer shawl long enough to release a statement, hoping, as Phineas T. Barnum supposedly said, “There’s a sucker born every minute.” (Nick Schnelle/The New York Times)2017-02-23T14:51:40+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/02/22/evening-prayer-2-22-17-eric-liddell-missionary-in-china-1945/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/christchurchearthquakememwall-stacysquires-fairfaxnz.jpgchristchurchearthquakememwall-stacysquires-fairfaxnzChristchurch, New Zealand unveiled the National Earthquake Memorial Wednesday afternoon along the Avon River in remembrance of 185 people killed six years ago today. The memorial wall, designed by Grega Vezjak of Slovenia, is called Oi Manawa, which means “tremor of the heart” in Maori. (Stacy Squires, Fairfax NZ/The Press)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/leaveyourgiftonaltar.jpgleaveyourgiftonaltarLeave your gift; seek reconciliation first. (artist unknown)2017-02-22T18:44:51+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/02/21/morning-prayer-2-22-17-eric-liddell-missionary-to-china-1945/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/70migrantswashashore-libya-davidramos-getty.jpg70migrantswashashore-libya-davidramos-gettyThe bodies of 74 migrants washed ashore in western Libya Tuesday, the latest among thousands of refugees who drown every year trying to cross the Mediterranean to Europe; more than 4500 died last year and another 228 victims last month. The people above were lucky; a Spanish rescue ship picked them up on Saturday. (David Ramos/Getty Images)2017-02-22T15:03:46+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/02/21/evening-prayer-2-21-17-john-henry-newman-priest-theologian-1890/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/southsudan-womenwaitfood-bentiu-famine-kateholt-unicef.jpgsouthsudan-womenwaitfood-bentiu-famine-kateholt-unicefThe United Nations announced yesterday that hunger in South Sudan is now so widespread it is considered a famine, with a quarter million children malnourished and millions of adults in urgent need of food. The young nation is torn apart by civil war, with rival ethnic groups engaging in barbarities to control the oil money. Relief convoys in the hardest-hit areas have been attacked by both sides, and drought, predicted later this year, adds to the pain. Above: women waiting for food in the town of Bentiu in October. (Kate Holt/UNICEF)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/johnhenrynewman-wiki.gifjohnhenrynewman-wikiJohn Henry Newman was a founder of the Oxford Movement and author of the famous Tract 90, which provoked a storm of controversy. He argued against “sola scriptura,” or taking the Bible as the only source of teaching authority. Eventually he fled to the Roman Catholic Church, though his relationships there were stormy too.2017-02-21T18:13:56+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/02/13/evangelism-17-update-2-13-17-one-fourth-of-the-way-to-our-goal-daily-office-retreat-march-2-5/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/2-14-fund-thermo.jpg2-14-fund-thermohttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/2017-retreat.jpg2017-retreathttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/2-13-fund-thermo.jpg2-13-fund-thermo2017-02-21T15:59:53+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/02/20/morning-prayer-2-21-17-john-henry-newman-priest-theologian-1890/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/stisaacscath-stpetersburg-museum1928-olgamaltzeva-afp.jpgstisaacscath-stpetersburg-museum1928-olgamaltzeva-afpThe Russian government proposes to return St. Isaac’s Cathedral, St. Petersburg, to Orthodox control; it’s been a museum since 1928. This is apparently part of Vladimir Putin’s campaign to strengthen Russian conservatives for nationalist purposes. But many local residents don’t want the church to return to the hierarchy; they prefer it secular and the bishops on a leash. (Olga Maltzeva/Agence France-Presse)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/cityonhill-manarola-laspezia-italy-fabian84-boredpanda.jpgcityonhill-manarola-laspezia-italy-fabian84-boredpandaCity on a hill: Manarola, La Spezia, Italy. (Fabian84, boredpanda)2017-02-21T15:47:20+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/02/20/evening-prayer-2-20-17-frederick-douglass-prophetic-witness-1895-usa-canada-civic-holidays/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/truman-quote.jpgtruman-quote2017-02-20T19:26:59+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/02/19/morning-prayer-2-20-17-frederick-douglass-prophetic-witness-1895-usa-canada-civic-holiday/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/woodyguthrie-1943-alaumiller-nyworld-telegramthesun.jpgwoodyguthrie-1943-alaumiller-nyworld-telegramthesunAmerican folk singer Woody Guthrie in 1943: This Machine Kills Fascists. (Al Aumiller/New York World-Telegram and The Sun)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/sermononthemount-leonardperkins-450.jpgsermononthemount-leonardperkins-450Leonard Perkins: Sermon on the Mounthttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/googleonfredkorematsu-2-18-42.jpggoogleonfredkorematsu-2-18-42On the 75th anniversary yesterday of the U.S. dispossession and internment of Japanese-Americans in World War II, Google commemorated Fred Korematsu, one of 120,000 citizens rounded up, who dared to challenge the constitutionality of President Franklin Roosevelt’s order, handed down two months after Pearl Harbor. The first time plaintiff Korematsu lost one of the worst Supreme Court decisions of all time; he was then shunned by many Japanese-Americans for causing trouble. But 40 years later an accidental discovery of once-classified evidence vindicated him. Roosevelt and government lawyers lied through their teeth claiming a military justification; the real reason was to encourage anti-Japanese racism and give the public a scapegoat. The best that can be said for Roosevelt, an Episcopalian, in this case is that he hoped the end justified the means. (google.com)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/orpahrleavesruthnaomi-hendrickgoltzius-1576.jpgorpahrleavesruthnaomi-hendrickgoltzius-1576Hendrick Goltzius, 1576: Orpah (on the right) Leaves Ruth and Naomihttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/gilbert_stuart_williamstown_portrait_of_george_washington.jpggilbert_stuart_williamstown_portrait_of_george_washingtonToday is Presidents Day in the United States and, in some parts of Canada, Family Day or other provincial holiday. George Washington, the first U.S. president, was an Episcopalian and worthy fellow; other presidents have not been. This painting by Gilbert Stuart is known as the Williamstown Portrait.2017-02-20T16:09:11+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/02/19/evening-prayer-2-19-17-seventh-sunday-after-the-epiphany/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/holytrinitycath-accra-ghana-guidosohne.jpgholytrinitycath-accra-ghana-guidosohneHoly Trinity Cathedral in Accra, Ghana, where the Presiding Bishop led American bishops and laypeople on a pilgrimage of reconciliation in memory of Africans enslaved and shipped to the Americas. (Guido Sohne)2017-02-19T18:36:54+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/02/18/morning-prayer-2-19-17-seventh-sunday-after-the-epiphany/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/pbgayleharris-ghana-lynettewilson.jpgpbgayleharris-ghana-lynettewilsonEpiscopal Presiding Bishop Michael Curry led a pilgrimage of reconciliation to Ghana last month to visit historic sites used in the slave trade, and The Episcopal Church’s efforts through its Relief and Development fund to build up the local economy. Above, the PB and Massachusetts Suffragan Bishop Gayle Harris take a look at one of the British, Dutch and Portugese “castles” which lined Africa’s Atlantic coast to serve the slave trade’s Middle Passage. Human beings were kidnapped in the countryside, taken to camps, then marched to the sea to be loaded onto ships destined for the Southern U.S. and Caribbean islands. Both bishops’ ancestors likely passed through a place like this, along with an estimated 12-25 million others. (Reportage and photos by Lynette Wilson/Episcopal News Service)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/pb-pilgrims-accraghana-lynettewilsonens.jpgpb-pilgrims-accraghana-lynettewilsonensThe Presiding Bishop and other pilgrims from the House of Bishops and Episcopal Relief and Development after Eucharist at Most Holy Trinity Cathedral in Accra 22 January. The pilgrims visited ERD-sponsored development programs, including one that provides donkeys for women to use in agriculture, and the NetsForLife office, which combats malaria.https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/punishmentrock-lynettewilson-ens.jpgpunishmentrock-lynettewilson-ensA tour guide at the Pikoro slave camp in Ghana’s Upper East Region demonstrates the use of the Punishment Rock; slaves who didn’t submit were tied to the rock and left in the sun to die. Half a million new captives from Burkina Faso and Mali were held at this camp.https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/1stanglicanghana-lynettewilson-ens.jpg1stanglicanghana-lynettewilson-ensChrist the King Church, adjacent to Cape Coast Castle, was the first Anglican church in Ghana; it replaced an Anglican chapel above the slave dungeons.2017-02-19T10:53:22+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/02/18/evening-prayer-2-18-17-martin-luther-theologian-1546/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/khayelitsha-sa-minwage-earn1-5thwhites-joaosilvanyt.jpgkhayelitsha-sa-minwage-earn1-5thwhites-joaosilvanytSouth Africa, faced with some of the world’s worst income inequality, is considering establishing a minimum wage for the first time, though at such a low rate it would not benefit many workers, who also contend with housing segregation and high transportation costs. Khayelitsha, a vast township located between two wealthy white areas, provides an example; 23 years after ANC’s revolution, blacks still earn one-fifth what whites do, and hunger is widespread. (Joao Silva/The New York Times)2017-02-18T19:01:41+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/02/17/morning-prayer-2-18-17-martin-luther-theologian-1546/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/eclintonbamberger-bradyrule-baltosun.jpgeclintonbamberger-bradyrule-baltosunE. Clinton Bamberger has died, an American lawyer who established the right of defendants to exculpatory evidence discovered by prosecutors, known as the Brady Rule. Ironically, he lost that case because the Supreme Court refused to grant his client a new trial, even as it established that his original trial was tainted. Bamberger was the first director of the Legal Services Corporation established by Congress under President Johnson; a Roman Catholic, he worked his entire life to provide justice for ordinary people. (The Baltimore Sun)2017-02-18T19:11:57+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/02/17/video-evensong-2-17-17-janani-luwum-archbishp-of-uganda-martyr-1977/2017-02-18T03:00:38+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/02/16/morning-prayer-2-17-17-janani-luwum-archbishop-of-uganda-martyr-1977/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/ube-curry-blackhistorymonth.jpgube-curry-blackhistorymonth(They meant to say the first African-American *Presiding* Bishop,") but Michael Curry is Black History, all right – and so is the Union of Black Episcopalians. Joy!https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/knockers.jpgknockersA group of women in Yakima, Washington get together every Tuesday to knit and crochet for a good cause: they make knockers out of yarn for women who have undergone mastectomies. They say the name makes people smile every time it comes up, which makes it easier to talk about a woman’s practical needs and to offer support. Wendy Walker, at top, is one of our webcasters and told us they were being interviewed this week for a feature story on the local news. (KNDO-TV)2017-02-17T14:50:19+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/02/16/evening-prayer-2-16-17-charles-todd-quintard-bishop-of-tennessee-1898/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/renderuntocaesar-peterpaulrubens.jpgrenderuntocaesar-peterpaulrubensPeter Paul Rubens: Render unto Caesarhttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/general-synod-protest-lgcm-pa.jpggeneral-synod-protest-lgcm-paEngland’s General Synod tossed out its latest bishops’ report on sexuality and marriage Tuesday after it lost in the House of Clergy. According to British media, the report reaffirmed current policy against blessing same-sex marriage, which is legal in civil society, but called for “a new tone” toward LGBTs. The decision is seen as another defeat for the Archbishop of Canterbury on his home turf. He promised that another report will be prepared, in hopes he can say the same thing but differently. (Press Association)2017-02-16T18:08:35+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/02/15/morning-prayer-2-16-17-charles-todd-quintard-bishop-of-tennessee-1898/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/tankstipis-2-1-17-standingrockrising.jpgtankstipis-2-1-17-standingrockrisingThe confrontation at Standing Rock, summarized in a single photograph February 1. (Standing Rock Rising)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/popeindigenous-intlfund4agdev-osservatoreromano.jpgPope Francis poses during a meeting with indigenous people to mark the 40th governing council of the the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) at the VaticanPope Francis all but endorsed the Standing Rock protests yesterday in Rome during a meeting with Indigenous members of the International Fund for Agricultural Development. He did not mention the North Dakota protest by name, but said, “In this regard, the right to prior and informed consent (of native peoples) should always prevail,” citing the 1997 U.N. Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. The Trump Administration has reversed U.S. policy on completing a massive oil pipeline on former tribal lands just a mile from the current reservation boundary. (Osservatore Romano)2017-02-16T14:49:08+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/02/15/evening-prayer-2-15-17-thomas-bray-priest-missionary-1730/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/gracehopper-computerhxmus.jpggracehopper-computerhxmusPrestigious Yale University in Connecticut has decided to drop the name of racist 19th Century U.S. Senator John C. Calhoun from one of its residential colleges and replace it with that of an alumna, Rear Admiral Grace Hopper, a pioneering computer scientist who helped develop fundamental ideas of programming during and after World War II, leading to the development of the COBOL programming language, among a raft of accomplishments. She left the Naval Reserve at the mandatory age of 60, then was brought back to active duty two years later, and remained until her third and final retirement at 79. (Computer History Museum)2017-02-15T20:41:02+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/02/14/morning-prayer-2-15-17-thomas-bray-priest-missionary-1730/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/chuckpiekarski-pastrychef-godslovewedeliver-9mill-hilaryswift-nyt.jpgchuckpiekarski-pastrychef-godslovewedeliver-9mill-hilaryswift-nytChuck Piekarski, the pastry chef at the New York City nonprofit God’s Love We Deliver, recently turned out his 9,000,000th cake – because every tray that gets delivered to seriously ill people must have a bit of sweetness in it. He joined the agency in the early years of the AIDS crisis after answering a newspaper advertisement; he didn’t know it existed, though his own lover died of the disease four years earlier. He’s stayed ever since, as the group’s mission has broadened, baking cakes and holding court, despite other offers for more money; this is his vocation, it’s where he wants to be. On a client’s birthday the cake is a little bigger and fancier than usual; he decorates each one himself. (Hilary Swift/The New York Times)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/greenscreenvideos-indydiovestrycollege-kathycopas.jpggreenscreenvideos-indydiovestrycollege-kathycopasThe Diocese of Indianapolis held its Vestry College last weekend at Waycross, the camp and conference center, where the diocesan evangelism officer had a green screen set up for recording brief interviews to be used in parish videos and communications. The response was enthusiastic. (diocesan photo)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/cornerstone-upstore-me.jpgcornerstone-upstore-me(upstore.me)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/sandstonecliff-starvedrocksp-il-kankakeetorrent-14000bc.jpgsandstonecliff-starvedrocksp-il-kankakeetorrent-14000bcEvidence of the Kankakee Torrent, a huge flood around 14,000 B.C., is still visible near my home, as seen in this sandstone cliff at Starved Rock State Park, Illinois. (Wikipedia)2017-02-15T14:56:30+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/02/13/morning-prayer-2-14-17-cyril-methodius-missionaries-to-the-slavs-869-885/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/haroldlewis-carlwrightpreacher-schjonbergens.jpgharoldlewis-carlwrightpreacher-schjonbergensThe Rev. Harold Lewis, rector emeritus of Calvary Church, Pittsburgh, preached at Bishop Wright's consecration. (The Rev. Mary Frances Schjonberg/Episcopal News Service)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/carlwright-donovanmarks-wnc.jpgcarlwright-donovanmarks-wncThe Rt. Rev. Carl Wright was consecrated Suffragan Bishop for the Armed Forces and Federal Ministries Saturday at Washington National Cathedral. He is a former Air Force chaplain. (Donovan Marks/cathedral photo)2017-02-15T11:57:23+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/02/14/evening-prayer-2-14-17-cyril-methodius-apostles-to-the-slavs-869-885/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/she-persisted.jpgshe-persistedOne of the leading Trump critics in the U.S. is Senator Elizabeth Warren, who was accused of violating a rule against impugning the motives of other Senators, and was silenced by Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who said he warned her not to continue, but “nevertheless, she persisted.” Many American women howled in derision, and Episcopalians used an old photo to produce this reply.2017-02-14T18:47:35+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/02/13/evening-prayer-2-13-17-absalom-jones-1st-black-episcopal-priest-1818/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/bosnianserbarmycolljubisabeara-warcrimes-muslims-srebrenica-1995-michaelkooren-pool.jpgbosnianserbarmycolljubisabeara-warcrimes-muslims-srebrenica-1995-michaelkooren-poolThe Bosnian war criminal Ljubisa Beara has died in prison, convicted of helping direct the slaughter of about 8000 Muslim men and boys in Srebenica in 1995, the worst genocide in Europe since the Nazis. He was indicted by the International War Crimes Tribunal in 2002, then allegedly sheltered by the Bosnian government for two years before finally turning himself in. An army colonel, he was convicted of personally supervising the beheading of up to 100 Muslims over a five-day killing frenzy, directing the digging of mass graves and flooding the area with spotlights so the killing could go on all night. (Michael Kooren/pool photo, 2005)2017-02-14T05:27:17+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/02/05/evangelism-17-update-2-6-17-good-start/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/2-11-fund-thermo.jpg2-11-fund-thermohttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/2-8-17-fund-thermo-242pm.jpg2-8-17-fund-thermo-242pmhttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/2-7-17-7am-fund-thermo.jpg2-7-17-7am-fund-thermohttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/2-6-8-30pm-fund-thermo.jpg2-6-8-30pm-fund-thermohttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/fund-thermo-2-6-1-48pm.jpgfund-thermo-2-6-1-48pmhttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/2-7-fund-thermo.jpg2-7-fund-thermohttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/2-6-fund-thermo.jpg2-6-fund-thermohttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/live-simply.jpglive-simplyhttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/2-5-fund-thermo.jpg2-5-fund-thermohttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/clint-dailyofficelogo-resized300.jpgClint DailyOfficeLogo.Resized3002017-02-13T21:28:45+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/02/12/morning-prayer-2-13-17-absalom-jones-1st-black-episcopal-priest-1818/2017-02-13T14:53:19+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/02/12/evening-prayer-2-12-17-sixth-sunday-after-epiphany/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/petermansfield-mri-nobel-davidjones-pressassn.jpgpetermansfield-mri-nobel-davidjones-pressassnDr. Peter Mansfield has died, a British physicist whose discoveries about the magnetic properties of atoms led to the invention of magnetic resonance imaging, which eliminated exploratory surgery by allowing physicians to see pictures of the body’s internal organs. He built the first MRI machine in 1978 and was the first person exposed to the scanner, though some scientists worried that it could cause cardiac fibrillation. He later developed applications so clinicians could watch the beating of a heart and even chart the patterns of brain waves. He was knighted by the Queen in 1993 and won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine ten years later. (David Jones/Press Association)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/burningpalms-trinitykirksville.jpgburningpalms-trinitykirksvilleWhere do we get the ashes for Ash Wednesday? Not from little elves in a secret workshop at the South Pole, but from the burning of last year’s fronds from Palm Sunday; put them in a household broiler pan and light them in the fireplace. Once burned, the ashes have to be pulverized (with, say, a mortar and pestle) so that a mess like this turns into a little dish of charcoal dust to be smudged on people’s foreheads in the sign of the Cross. (Trinity Church, Kirksville, Missouri)2017-02-12T18:53:48+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/02/11/morning-prayer-2-12-17-sixth-sunday-after-the-epiphany/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/stmichaelscath-bridgetownbarbados-jerryeroyklotz.jpgstmichaelscath-bridgetownbarbados-jerryeroyklotzSt. Michael’s Cathedral, Bridgetown, Barbados (Jerrye & Roy Klotz)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/episcopalcursillo-dioms.pngepiscopalcursillo-dioms(Diocese of Mississippi)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/christinhouseofsimon-womananoints-diericbouts-c1440s-800.jpgchristinhouseofsimon-womananoints-diericbouts-c1440s-800Dieric Bouts, c. 1440s: Christ in the House of Simon the Pharisee, with the woman anointing Christ’s feet in the lower left. He was a critic of the Pharisees and Sadducees, but at no time did he exclude them; in this scene he went to have dinner with one. But they didn’t get along with him.2017-02-12T04:51:48+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/02/11/evening-prayer-2-11-17-fanny-crosby-hymnwriter-1915/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/arriveohare.jpgSyrian refugee Baraa Haj Khalaf kisses her father Khaled as her mother Fattoum cries after arriving at O'Hare International Airport in ChicagoThe Episcopal Diocese of Olympia in Washington State has sued to block the Trump Administration from enforcing its “Muslim ban” on religious grounds, saying that the church’s longtime refugee resettlement office, which handles 190 cases a year, is an integral part of the church’s mission. A dozen refugees vetted by the State Department and slated to arrive in Seattle this week were stranded at the airport in Kuwait while the order was put into effect, but have since been cleared and were scheduled to arrive yesterday. Above: a lucky Syrian refugee family who arrived in Chicago Tuesday after a Federal judge issued a temporary injunction against the government’s ban; the diocese’s suit seeks to nullify it permanently. (Kamil Krzaczynski/Reuters)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/trinitykirksville-parishniteout-takerootcafe.jpgtrinitykirksville-parishniteout-takerootcafeTrinity Church, Kirksville, Missouri held a Parish Night Out Friday evening at a restaurant called the Take Root Café, a nonprofit eatery where payment is voluntary and college students eat free. City residents have been so generous in their overpayments that the café can afford to give away several hundred meals, so no one needs to go hungry. The parish’s newly ordained Deacon (and our Missioner) Maria L. Evans is now holding office hours there at lunchtime one day a week for anyone who wants to talk. (parish photo)2017-02-11T18:41:30+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/02/11/morning-prayer-2-11-17-fanny-crosby-hymnwriter-1915/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/416-longfinned-pilot-whales-farewellspitnz-janeussher-thisnzlife.jpg416-longfinned-pilot-whales-farewellspitnz-janeussher-thisnzlifeSome 416 longfinned pilot whales have been stranded on the beach at Farewell Spit, New Zealand, prompting a large rescue effort. Many of the big sea mammals have died, but others have been coaxed back to the sea. This is reportedly the third largest whale incident since NZ started keeping records in the 19th Century. (Jane Ussher/ThisNZLife)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/whalevolunteers-goldenbay-rosswearing-reuters.jpgwhalevolunteers-goldenbay-rosswearing-reutersVolunteers at Golden Bay wrapped the whales in wet towels and kept them hydrated, which allows them to survive a few days until they can be coaxed back into the water. Biologists say the pilot whales are so devoted to their “pod” that when one or two wander off and get in trouble near the shore or trapped in a bay, the others come rushing to help – and get stranded by the ebbing tide. (Ross Wearing/Reuters)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/whales-humanchain-projectjonahnz.jpgwhales-humanchain-projectjonahnzSeveral dozen pilot whales did make it back to safety with human help, then had to be discouraged from returning to the beach to be with the rest of their community. So the humans formed a chain of their own bodies to keep them out, and this time at least, it worked. (Project JonahNZ)2017-02-11T06:26:32+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/02/10/video-evensong-2-10-17-friday-of-epiphany-5/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/syrianrefugeesohare-alyssaschukar-nyt.jpgsyrianrefugeesohare-alyssaschukar-nytYesterday the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, based in San Francisco, unanimously affirmed a lower court ruling blocking the Trump Administration’s travel ban on entry by refugees and citizens of seven predominantly Muslim countries, allowing this family of Syrian refugees to walk in via Chicago’s O’Hare Airport. But refugees and visa holders will face continued uncertainty and fear until the Supreme Court issues a final decision. (Alyssa Schukar/The New York Times)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/desert-flowers-lat.jpgdesert-flowers-latUnexpected rain in Southern California this year will probably lead to an abundance of desert wildflowers this spring, according to the Los Angeles Times. If so, they will come back after years of drought. (LAT)2017-02-11T03:16:52+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/02/09/morning-prayer-2-10-17-friday-of-epiphany-5/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/fire-in-manila-15k-homeless-noelcelis-afp.jpgfire-in-manila-15k-homeless-noelcelis-afpA fire in a slum in Manila Wednesday night left 15,000 people homeless and fleeing with whatever they could carry; children, pets, laundry baskets, a washing machine. The streets are too narrow for a fire truck to get through, so people were left to battle the blaze with plastic buckets. (Noel Celis/AFP)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/holyspirit-bensonhurstbklyn-jimhenderson.jpgholyspirit-bensonhurstbklyn-jimhendersonChurch of the Holy Spirit, Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, New York, where Sunday services are bilingual, Chinese and English. (Jim Henderson)2017-02-10T14:51:01+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/02/09/evening-prayer-2-9-17-thursday-of-epiphany-5/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/6redcross-kabul-2008-shahmarai-afp.jpg6redcross-kabul-2008-shahmarai-afpSix International Red Cross workers were killed Wednesday in Kabul, Afghanistan for trying to help people. (File photo from 2008 by Sha Marai/AFP)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/needleseye-wentworthwoodhouse-christopherthomas.jpgneedleseye-wentworthwoodhouse-christopherthomasA folly called the Needle’s Eye on the Wentworth Woodhouse estate in North Yorkshire, England. The story is that the earl liked to brag about his driving prowess; he could drive his carriage and a team of horses through the eye of a needle. One of his companions didn't believe him, so he built the eye of the needle to prove it. (Christopher Thomas)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/stjohnscatharineny-icestorm.jpgstjohnscatharineny-icestormSt. John’s, Catharine, New York, after an ice storm. What a gorgeous creature this tree is. (The Rev. Michael Hartney)2017-02-09T20:35:43+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/02/08/morning-prayer-2-9-17-thursday-of-epiphany-5/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/churchmilitant-comstudio.jpgchurchmilitant-comstudioThe Trump/Bannon propaganda machine has an online arm for undermining Pope Francis and the Roman Catholic Church: it’s called churchmilitant.com and has ties to Opus Dei, the Knights of Malta and former Boston Archbishop Bernard Law, who was forced out of his see for helping to cover up the Church pedophile scandal. This is their webcast studio. (Brittany Greeson/The New York Times)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/gold-coins.jpggold-coinshttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/churchmilitant-com-chapel-brittanygreeson-nyt.jpgchurchmilitant-com-chapel-brittanygreeson-nytThe webcast chapel of churchmilitant.com looks like a real church. Do they have room for all 15 stations of the Cross, or are these the only ones that would fit? (Brittany Greeson/The New York Times)2017-02-09T15:07:26+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/02/08/evening-prayer-2-8-16-wednesday-of-epiphany-5/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/232nddeconv-dannyschweers.jpg232nddeconv-dannyschweersThe Diocese of Delaware held its 232nd diocesan convention last weekend, with St. Martha’s, Bethany Beach, serving as host parish with their volunteers in blue T-shirts. (Danny Schweers)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/streparata-florenceduomo-design.jpgstreparata-florenceduomo-designStatue of St. Reparata at the Duomo in Florence, Italy; if she existed she was a 4th Century virgin and martyr, patroness of Florence until the 1200s, when someone decided to depose her and set up the Virgin Mary and John the Baptist in her place. But Reparata got this lovely statue as a parting gift; look at that carving. (Wikipedia)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/onondagacavesp-mo-lilypadroom-donkasak.jpgonondagacavesp-mo-lilypadroom-donkasakFor the beauty of the Earth: the Lily Pad Room at Onandaga Cave State Park, Missouri. (Don Kasak)2017-02-08T19:22:08+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/02/07/morning-prayer-2-8-17-wednesday-of-epiphany-5/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/michaelcurrypittsburghtheolsem-mfschjonbergens.jpgmichaelcurrypittsburghtheolsem-mfschjonbergensBishop Curry preached first at an ecumenical service of repentance and reconciliation at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. David Zubik, the Roman Catholic Bishop of Pittsburgh, read a ten-part confession, the Ministerial Challenge of 1671 from the (Presbyterian) Church of Scotland.https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/pittsburghmayorbillpeduto-mfschjonbergens.jpgpittsburghmayorbillpeduto-mfschjonbergensPirrsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto welcomed revival-goers to get to know each other in order to develop solutions to city problems like poverty, addiction and homelessness.https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/michaelcurry-pittsburghyouth-holycrosschurch-mfschjonbergens.jpgmichaelcurry-pittsburghyouth-holycrosschurch-mfschjonbergensBishop Curry had breakfast with diocesan youth leaders at Church of the Holy Cross in the struggling Homewood West neighborhood. Technological change adds to the world’s complexity, he told the young leaders, but “progress as a way of love, progress in living, progress in learning how to live together in all of our differences and varieties may be the ultimate progress that will make the difference for us all.”https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/michaelcurry-pittsburghrevival-mfschjonbergens.jpgmichaelcurry-pittsburghrevival-mfschjonbergensU.S. Presiding Bishop Michael Curry completed the first of six planned “revivals” in the next two years with his first stop last weekend in the Diocese of Pittsburgh. The 3-day series of events reported good crowds, multiracial and ecumenical leadership, youth events, four of the PB’s patented stemwinder sermons, music by the Rodman Street Missionary Baptist Church choir and lots of Amens. “Episcopal Church, we need you to follow Jesus. We need you to be the countercultural people of God who would love one another, who would care when others could care less, who would give, not take,” he told the gathering at Calvary Church in the Shadyside neighborhood. He plans other revivals in the Dioceses of West Missouri, Georgia, San Joaquin, Honduras and a joint evangelism mission with the Church of England in 2018. (Photos and reportage by the Rev. Mary Frances Schjonberg, Episcopal News Service)2017-02-08T14:57:26+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/02/07/evening-prayer-2-7-17-cornelius-the-centurion-1st-gentile-convert/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/missionsandiegodealcalacc81-ca-wiki.jpgmissionsandiegodealcala-ca-wikiMission San Diego de Alcalá, California, founded in 1769 by Fr. Junipero Serra, a Spanish Franciscan who set out to Christianize what was then the northwest coast of Mexico. He is remembered bitterly by indigenous Indian tribes in California, but was recently canonized by Pope Francis. (Wikipedia)2017-02-07T18:56:27+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/02/06/morning-prayer-2-7-17-cornelius-the-centurion-1st-gentile-convert/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/maryglasspool-dresslikeawoman-sarahbartenstein.jpgmaryglasspool-dresslikeawoman-sarahbartensteinApparently the White House has put out a memo directing women employees to dress the way the Current Occupant wants them to, in skirts and high heels. This has led to a new hashtag featuring women in a variety of costumes, traditional and not so. Here’s one look that’s become routine in The Episcopal Church, shown by Mary Glasspool, Suffragan Bishop of Los Angeles, and a few of her sisters. Girls, which one would you like for your role model? (Sarah Bartenstein)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/easternshorechapel-vabeach-parishsuperbowl.jpgeasternshorechapel-vabeach-parishsuperbowlThere was a big American football game Sunday night in Houston, and members of the Eastern Shore Chapel, an Episcopal church in Virginia Beach, Virginia, decided to put on their own Super Bowl game and party. They didn’t announce which team won, but never bet against the Angels. (parish photo on Twitter)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/removingantisemiticgraffiti-no1manhattan-2-4-17-gregorylocke.jpgremovingantisemiticgraffiti-no1manhattan-2-4-17-gregorylockeA man entered a subway car in New York City Saturday night for a ride on the Broadway Local, and noticed that someone had smeared swastikas and anti-Semitic slogans on all the maps and advertising posters. Everyone in the car was hushed, wondering what to do, when he noticed a woman who was as distressed about it as he was. He said the obvious – out loud, on a New York subway – she replied with a vague wish that they could get rid of the graffiti somehow, and within a minute he was calling for donations of hand sanitizer and scrubbing away at the obscenities. Alcohol kills Sharpie, and sanitizer is full of alcohol; by the time he arrived at his stop a few minutes later, everyone pitched in and had it all removed. (Gregory Locke)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/cpo-william-ryan-owens.jpgcpo-william-ryan-owensChief Special Warfare Operator William “Ryan” Owens, 36, of Peoria, Illinois, was killed 29 Jan. during an information-gathering raid on al-Qaida militants in Yemen that left six more troops killed or injured. He had served in SEAL units on the East and West Coasts since 2003, and had been promoted to chief petty officer in 2009. He was highly decorated, earning three Bronze Stars, two with combat “V” device, and two Joint Service Commendation Medals with combat “V” device. Owens had been eligible for the fiscal 2018 active-duty senior chief selection board, due to convene in April. But after his death, the Navy approved an exception, allowing him to be promoted, effective the day he died. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said, “Ryan gave his full measure for our nation, and in performing his duty, he upheld the noblest standard of military service.” The commander of Naval Special Warfare Command, Rear Adm. Tim Szymanski, also paid tribute: “Ryan was an exceptional SEAL – an experienced warrior and a highly respected teammate who served silently, nobly and bravely through several combat deployments.” (U.S. Navy)2017-02-07T14:53:35+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/02/06/evening-prayer-2-6-17-the-martyrs-of-japan/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/japan-nipponseikokai-anglicancommunion.jpgjapan-nipponseikokai-anglicancommunionMembers at worship at an unidentified Japanese Anglican church. (Anglican Communion website)2017-02-06T18:23:05+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/02/05/morning-prayer-2-6-17-the-martyrs-of-japan/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/resurrection-dellarobbia.jpgresurrection-dellarobbiaGiovanni della Robbia, c. 1525: Resurrection entrance gate in glazed terra cotta, part of an exhibit of 40 della Robbia masterpieces now showing until June at the National Gallery of Art in Washington. (Brooklyn Museum)2017-02-06T14:56:04+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/02/05/evening-prayer-2-5-17-fifth-sunday-after-the-epiphany/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/gothic-church-tower-ruins-liptovskacc81-mara-slovenia.jpggothic-church-tower-ruins-liptovska-mara-sloveniaRuins of a Gothic church tower, perhaps from the 6th or 7th Century, in Liptovská Mara, Slovenia. The Goths were Germanic tribes who covered a wide range from the Iberian Peninsula to Asia Minor. So where are the pointed arches? “Gothic style” isn’t the same as what the Gothic people had in their heyday. (Pinterest)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/canterburycathedral-c1890-1900-libcongress.pngcanterburycathedral-c1890-1900-libcongressCanterbury Cathedral around the turn of the 20th Century. (Library of Congress)2017-02-05T18:38:40+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/02/04/morning-prayer-2-5-17-fifth-sunday-after-the-epiphany/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/churchofadvocate-johnhuebner.jpgchurchofadvocate-johnhuebnerBr. John Huebner, CG, of our U.S. congregation has been busy renovating and creating a new worship space for the Church of the Advocate, a mission to homeless and vulnerable street people in Asheville, North Carolina. As you can see, it’s already a holy place by all the love and care that went into it.https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/riversoflivingwaters-pastormikelandry-wordpress-com.jpgMist at Tone RiverMist at Tone River ca. 2000 Minakami, Gumma Prefecture, Japanhttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/christchurchrochesterny-nave.pngchristchurchrochesterny-naveThe lovely interior of Christ Church, Rochester, New York – where our Vicar is glad not to have to preach under that seashell sounding board unless he could review the weekly inspection reports. The fellow at the lectern, way on the other side, has the right idea. (parish photo)2017-02-05T14:13:58+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/02/01/the-daily-office-attendance-is-up-our-mission-expands-our-budget-must-also/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/salvation-is-free-but.gifsalvation-is-free-buthttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/2017-budget-pie-chart.jpeg2017-budget-pie-chartIn U.S. Dollars.https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/clint-dailyofficelogo.jpgClint DailyOfficeLogo2017-02-05T13:40:36+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/02/04/evening-prayer-2-4-17-anskar-archbishop-of-hamburg-missionary-to-scandinavia-865/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/marthaswope-fredrconrad-nyt.jpgmarthaswope-fredrconrad-nytMartha Swope has died, the famed New York photographer of dance productions and Broadway musicals. She was a dancer herself when she was pressed into service to photograph a rehearsal, and she instinctively knew the best angles and lighting to capture what dancers, choreographers and directors were doing. For 50 years and 800 productions, she photographed every show of importance in the city, from Jerome Robbins, George Balanchine and Alvin Ailey to Mikhail Baryshinov, Elizabeth Taylor and John Travolta, the go-to photographer for newspapers, magazines and books. She didn’t release a picture unless everyone looked flawless. (Fred R. Conrad/The New York Times)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/stanskarcross-birkasweden-worldheritagesite-holgerellgaard.jpgKONICA MINOLTA DIGITAL CAMERASt. Anskar Cross at Birka, Sweden, the nation’s oldest town from Viking days, the one place the missionary bishop succeeded in establishing a Christian community, and now a World Heritage Site. (Holger Ellgaard)2017-02-04T17:28:38+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/02/03/morning-prayer-2-4-17-anskar-archbishop-of-hamburg-missionary-to-scandinavia-865/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/murderforsport-sydneyharbor-88gaymen-stevejohnsonsbroscott-1988-matthewabbott-nyt.jpgmurderforsport-sydneyharbor-88gaymen-stevejohnsonsbroscott-1988-matthewabbott-nytHeadline in The New York Times recently: “When Gangs Killed Gay Men for Sport: Australia Reviews 88 Deaths.” The “game” was forcing Gay men off a cliff high above Sydney harbour, which police knew about, tolerated, explained away and even encouraged, without investigating, interviewing witnesses or looking for evidence. (The same thing happens in U.S. jurisdictions too.) When members of a demographic group are deemed expendable by the major institutions of society – Gay people, Rohingyas, Dalits, Muslims in general, refugees, the homeless, women and girls – the result is to make them the prey of everyone. But Steve Johnson still wants to know what happened to his brother Scott in 1988. (Matthew Abbott/The New York Times)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/lagunabeachca-drameylogan.jpglagunabeachca-drameyloganLaguna Beach, California: O waters, seas and streams. (D. Ramey Logan)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/communityofstfrancis-2005centenary-wiki.jpgcommunityofstfrancis-2005centenary-wikiMembers of the Community of St. Francis gathered for their centenary in 2005. (Wikipedia)2017-02-04T05:53:45+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/02/03/video-evensong-2-3-17-the-dorchester-chaplains-1943/2017-02-04T02:53:08+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/02/02/morning-prayer-2-3-17-the-dorchester-chaplains-1943/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/dorchesterchaplains-stamp-1948.jpgdorchesterchaplains-stamp-1948They were two Protestants, a Roman Catholic and a Jew – and they ministered to their men all the same, without regard to religion or creed. They were assigned to accompany 900 U.S. troops sailing from New York to Britain via Greenland aboard the USAT Dorchester. On 3 February, 1943 their ship was fatally struck by torpedoes from a German U-boat; in the chaos that followed most soldiers left their lifejackets behind. Only two of 14 lifeboats made it successfully into the sea, forcing most to jump into the icy waters. The chaplains moved among them, calming and reassuring, passing out lifejackets, and finally giving up their own so more men could live; 230 did survive, but the chaplains linked arms, prayed and went down with the ship. After the war in 1948, the U.S. Post Office issued this first-class commemorative stamp in their memory.2017-02-03T15:10:42+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/02/02/evening-prayer-2-2-17-presentation-of-our-lord-in-the-temple/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/simeonwithchristchildintemple-rembrandt.jpgsimeonwithchristchildintemple-rembrandtRambrandt: Simeon with the Christ Child in the Temple2017-02-02T18:43:44+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/02/01/morning-prayer-2-2-17-presentation-of-our-lord-in-the-temple/2017-02-02T14:43:56+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/02/01/evening-prayer-2-1-17-st-brigid-of-kildare-abbess-523/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/ausummit-addisababaethiopia-epa.jpgausummit-addisababaethiopia-epaHeads of state of the African Union are holding a summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, trying to plan their collective future in an era they believe will be marked by American indifference and disinvestment. An old idea being discussed anew is the creation of a continental trade pact to eliminate tariffs and align transportation systems; the nations currently trade less with each other than with Europe, Asia and the Americas. Trading partners are said to go to war less often. (European Press Agency)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/stbrigidofireland-358.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERASt. Brigid of Kildare, Ireland established a “double” monastery of men and women; in time a city grew up around it. She participated in Church governance as an abbess equal to a bishop, or as a bishop herself; the offices were largely the same. With St. Patrick she is one of Ireland’s most beloved saints, and is greatly esteemed in England, Scotland and Wales. (artist unknown)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/johndayriver-evening-westernriversconservancy.jpgjohndayriver-evening-westernriversconservancyJohn Day River of an evening, in eastern Oregon. (Western Rivers Conservancy)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/deacons-litoralecuador.jpgdeacons-litoralecuadorDeacons of the Diocese of Litoral Ecuador. (diocesan photo)2017-02-01T19:30:25+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/01/31/morning-prayer-2-1-17-brigid-of-kildare-abbess-523/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/acolytes-4of5-anjelscarborough.jpgacolytes-4of5-anjelscarboroughAcolytes were commissioned on Sunday at Grace Church, Brunswick, Maryland, by the rector, the Rev. Anjel Scarborough, with Senior Warden Al Horton keeping an eye on them. We know their names – Jordan, Christina, Miriam, Millie and Gabriel, and we can see four of them – but Miriam, who isn’t very tall yet, is hidden by the crucifer in the foreground. (Notice also the toys.) https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/mountaintopremoval-jensineckwall-nyt.jpgmountaintopremoval-jensineckwall-nytJensin Eckwall: Mountaintop Removal. – A reminder to take joy in God’s creation while we still can. The states of Kentucky and West Virginia have allowed coal companies to tear down scores of their mountains, and no human eye will ever see them again. (The New York Times)2017-02-01T14:51:51+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/01/31/evening-prayer-1-31-17-samuel-shoemaker-priest-co-founder-of-a-a-1963/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/anthonybatkinson-incomeinequality-davidausserhofer-ullsteinbild.jpganthonybatkinson-incomeinequality-davidausserhofer-ullsteinbildAnthony B. Atkinson has died, a British economist who founded the study of income inequality, which seems to be fueling much of the current instability in the world. He was known for his strict research methods and for grasping that how wealth is distributed affects everything and everyone. His most recent book, Inequality: What Can Be Done?, offers 15 visionary policy prescriptions, including government regulation of robots to maintain employment and preserve the meaning of work. (David Ausserhofer/Ullstein bild)2017-02-01T05:28:09+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/01/30/morning-prayer-1-31-17-juan-bosco-priest-1888/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/churchsupper-paulsample-1933-spfldmusartma.jpgchurchsupper-paulsample-1933-spfldmusartmaPaul Sample, 1933: Church Supper; many of the men seem highly distracted. (Springfield Museum of Art, Massachusetts)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/churchofmultiplicationofloavesfish-tabgha-israel-bertholdwerner.jpgchurchofmultiplicationofloavesfish-tabgha-israel-bertholdwernerChurch of the Multiplication of Loaves and Fish, Tagbha, Israel, said to be the site of Christ’s feeding the 5000; this is the third church built at this location. The church was attacked by Jewish extremists in 2015. (Berthold Werner)2017-01-31T14:57:05+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/01/30/evening-prayer-1-30-17-monday-of-epiphany-4/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/inauguralpepperspray-1-20-17-jewelsamad-afp.jpginauguralpepperspray-1-20-17-jewelsamad-afpPepper-spraying demonstrators during the U.S. presidential inauguration 10 days ago; we haven’t seen this before after somebody won an election. (Jewel Samad/Agence France-Presse)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/christchurch-rochesterny.pngchristchurch-rochesternyChrist Church, Rochester, New York (parish photo)2017-01-30T18:30:44+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/01/30/morning-prayer-1-30-17-monday-of-the-4th-week-after-epiphany/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/deaconalissagoudswaardanderson-stjohnslafayettein.jpgdeaconalissagoudswaardanderson-stjohnslafayetteinAlissa Goudswaard Anderson (front row, fourth from left) was ordained a deacon Saturday by Bishop Cate Waynick of Indianapolis at our home parish, St. John’s, Lafayette. (parish photo)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/5-killed-islamicculturalcenterquebeccity-mathieuvelanger-reuters.jpg5-killed-islamicculturalcenterquebeccity-mathieuvelanger-reutersSix people were reportedly killed by gunmen Sunday night during Evening Prayers at the Islamic Cultural Center of Québec City, Canada. As of midnight, police reported that two gunmen had been arrested. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called the slaughter "a terrorist attack on Muslims." (Mathieu Belanger/Reuters) 2017-01-30T14:54:28+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/01/29/evening-prayer-1-29-17-fourth-sunday-after-the-epiphany/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/jill-saward.jpgjill-sawardJill Saward has died young, a well-known advocate against sexual violence. A priest’s daughter, she was assaulted herself in 1986 at her father’s vicarage in Ealing, London, was effectively outed by the newspapers before her assailants could be charged, and then became the first Briton to waive her official right to anonymity so she could campaign against the lenient sentences given to those convicted of the crimes; they received longer terms for the burglary than for the rape. She later told an interviewer her Christian faith got her through the ordeal.2017-01-29T18:04:08+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/01/28/morning-prayer-1-29-17-fourth-sunday-after-the-epiphany/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/maria-grn-1.jpgmaria-grn-1Our Missioner, newly-ordained Deacon Maria L. Evans of the Diocese of Missouri, wore the green stole we bought her for the first time two weeks ago, and afterward sent us this. She is responsible for her achievements, of course, but her ordination was our proudest moment of 2016. (Julie Seidler)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/iraqinterpreterdetainedatjfk-victorjblue-nyt.jpgiraqinterpreterdetainedatjfk-victorjblue-nyton Friday, the same day the United States closed its borders to refugees and announced it will apply a religious test to entry applications from 7 Muslim nations. Some experts say the order is illegal and has been for years. (The Guardian)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/haitinursingfoundation.jpghaitinursingfoundationWe’re pleased to announce that our Annual Meeting last Wednesday approved a budget increase to $40,000, including 10% dedicated to missions, adding a new grant recipient, the Haiti Nursing Foundation, which supports scholarships at the Faculty of Nursing Science of the Episcopal University of Haiti. This builds on a similar relationship we have with the school of nursing at Cuttington University in Liberia. We believe the best way to improve public health in these nations where poverty is widespread is supporting the professional education of nurses. These are some proud graduates. (Haiti Nursing Foundation)2017-01-29T04:56:02+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/01/28/evening-prayer-1-28-17-thomas-aquinas-priest-theologian-1274/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/green-new-haven-2.pnggreen-new-haven-2The Village Green in New Haven, Connecticut has three churches side by side: two Congregational (Center and North Churches respectively) and one Episcopal, Trinity on the Green, foreground, the first Gothic Revival building in the United States, built in 1815 by Ithiel Town. Yale was founded in 1701 as a Congregationalist seminary. (via the Rev. Michael Hartney)2017-01-28T18:21:27+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/01/28/morning-prayer-1-28-17-thomas-aquinas-priest-theologian-1274/2017-01-28T14:23:07+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/01/27/video-evensong-1-2717-lydia-dorcas-phoebe-witnesses-of-the-faith/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/christ-calls-deaconesses-to-serve-the-church-stphoebecenter.jpgchrist-calls-deaconesses-to-serve-the-church-stphoebecenterChrist Calls Deaconesses to Serve the Church (iconographer unknown; St. Phoebe Center)2017-01-28T03:04:50+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/01/26/morning-prayer-1-27-17-lydia-dorcas-phoebe-witnesses-of-the-faith/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/available-man-in-bed.jpgavailable-man-in-bed2017-01-27T14:51:25+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/01/26/evening-prayer-1-26-17-timothy-titus-silas-companions-of-st-paul/2017-01-26T20:57:44+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/01/25/morning-prayer-1-26-17-timothy-titus-silas-companions-of-st-paul/2017-01-26T14:59:54+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/01/25/evening-prayer-1-25-17-conversion-of-st-paul-week-of-prayer-for-christian-unity/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/annual-meeting-20171.jpgannual-meeting-2017https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/waltqeltdesertvalley-betwjsalemjericho-carolinecarson.jpgwaltqeltdesertvalley-betwjsalemjericho-carolinecarsonFor the beauty of the Earth: Walt Qelt Valley between Jerusalem and Jericho. (Caroline Carson)2017-01-25T23:16:00+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/01/25/morning-prayer-1-25-17-conversion-of-st-paul-week-of-prayer-for-christian-unity/2017-01-26T13:56:28+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/01/24/evening-prayer-1-24-17-florence-li-tim-oi-ordination-of-1st-woman-priest-1944/2017-01-24T19:51:40+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/01/24/morning-prayer-1-24-17-ordination-of-florence-li-tim-oi-1st-woman-priest-1944/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/rodriguez.jpgrodriguezSpecialist Rodriguez2017-01-24T14:54:58+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/01/23/evening-prayer-1-23-17-phillips-brooks-bishop-of-massachusetts/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/annual-meeting-2017.jpgannual-meeting-2017Everyone is welcome - please exercise your right to help set our future direction and budget.2017-01-23T22:34:47+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/01/23/morning-prayer-1-23-17-phillips-brooks-bishop-of-massachusetts-1893/2017-01-24T13:05:20+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/01/22/evening-prayer-1-22-17-third-sunday-after-epiphany/2017-01-23T01:47:48+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/01/22/1-22-17-morning-prayer-3rd-sunday-after-epiphany/2017-01-22T10:11:25+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/01/21/evening-prayer-1-21-17-agnes-martyr-at-rome-304/2017-01-21T21:03:31+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/01/21/morning-prayer-1-21-17-agnes-martyr-at-rome-304/2017-01-21T06:49:31+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/01/20/video-evensong-1-20-17-fabian-pope-martyr-250/2017-01-24T07:57:38+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/01/19/morning-prayer-1-20-17-fabian-bishop-of-rome-and-martyr-250/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/pray-for-peace-webcast.jpegpray-for-peace-webcasthttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/srhilaryct-1-20-17.jpgsrhilaryct-1-20-17We ask your prayers today for the repose of the soul of Sr. Hilary of the Community of the Transfiguration in Cincinnati, Ohio; she died a week ago on her name day, the Feast of St. Hilary of Poitiers, and her funeral will be held this morning. “Receive her into the arms of your mercy, into the blessed rest of everlasting peace, and into the glorious company of the saints of light.” (convent photo)2017-01-20T15:13:47+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/01/19/evening-prayer-1-19-17-wulfstan-bishop-of-worcester-1095/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/thomasoommen-southindiamoderator-bpofmadhyakerala.jpgthomasoommen-southindiamoderator-bpofmadhyakeralaThomas Oommen, the Bishop of Madhya Kerala, was elected Moderator of the Church of South India at its 35th Synod in Kottayam, just a few months after celebrating his diocese’s 200th anniversary. “The boundaries of the denominations of the Christian Church must become thinner in order to proclaim Jesus in practice,” he said. He pledged to continue to “take up the cause of ecological concerns, of the rights of dalits and adivasis and the need for gender equality. We will continue to oppose injustice, particularly where it concerns the rights of Dalit Christians.” The church was formed in 1947, the year of Indian independence, as a merger of several Protestant denominations while retaining episcopal order and polity. He will serve half-time in his own diocese and half at CSI headquarters in Chennai. (Church of South India)2017-01-19T19:47:58+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/01/18/morning-prayer-1-19-17-wolfstan-bishop-of-worcester-1095/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/standingrock-blockhighway-10-26-16.jpgstandingrock-blockhighway-10-26-16A state representative in North Dakota named Keith Kempenich has introduced a bill to legalise running over protesters who block highways, aimed at Native Americans and others at the Standing Rock Indian Reservation. Water protectors, as they style themselves, have engaged in a yearlong peaceful demonstration to prevent a giant oil pipeline from being built under the Missouri River just outside the reservation’s current borders, on land that was once guaranteed to them by the U.S. government, until the white people stole it back again. Kempenich claims his elderly mother was surrounded and intimidated one day while driving past the site. He says that under his bill, the driver would still have to try to avoid hitting people, but if they accidentally kill someone it’s not their fault. The Obama Administration has blocked the pipeline, but the white ranchers, whose ancestors stole the land 150 years ago, want revenge. (Sacred Stone Camp)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/light-under-bushel-impart.jpglight-under-bushel-impart2017-01-19T15:47:13+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/01/18/evening-prayer-1-18-17-confession-of-st-peter/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/tortolabvi-northcoast-wiki.jpgtortolabvi-northcoast-wikiFor the beauty of the Earth: north coast of Tortola in the British Virgin Islands. (Wikipedia)2017-01-18T18:19:56+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/01/18/morning-prayer-1-18-17-confession-of-st-peter-week-of-prayer-for-christian-unity/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/arrow-webcasts.jpgarrow-webcastshttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/potatoharborsantacruzislandca-wiki.jpgpotatoharborsantacruzislandca-wikiFor joy in God’s creation: Potato Harbor, Santa Cruz Island, California (Wikipedia)2017-01-18T14:52:00+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/01/17/evening-prayer-1-17-17-antony-abbot-in-egypt-356/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/kerryabc-lambeth.jpgkerryabc-lambethOutgoing U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry visited the Archbishop of Canterbury yesterday at Lambeth Palace, London; they talked about peace and reconciliation efforts once Kerry returns to private life. (Lambeth Palace)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/stantonyegypt-coptic.jpgstantonyegypt-copticCoptic icon of St. Antony, who is called by such titles as Antony the Great, Antony the Anchorite and Father of All Monks, though he was not the first to seek refuge and prayer in the desert.2017-01-18T00:48:28+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/01/17/morning-prayer-1-17-17-antony-abbot-in-egypt-356/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/live-webcast-7am-9am.jpglive-webcast-7am-9amhttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/sewaneechapeloftheapostles.jpgsewaneechapeloftheapostlesChapel of the Apostles at the School of Theology, Sewanee, Tennessee. (seminary photo)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/idols-laura-cowen.jpgidols-laura-cowenYou can buy a picture of your aura at this crystal shop – or you could use PhotoShop or an Instagram filter. What a vortex map might be we haven’t fully determined; something to do with energy hot spots, UFOs and the paranormal. (Laura Cowen)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/jesusspeakingtocrowd-georgepedro.jpgjesusspeakingtocrowd-georgepedroGeorge Pedro: Jesus Speaking to a Crowdhttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/isiahlbooker.jpgisiahlbookerSpecialist Isiah L. Booker died January 14 of injuries suffered in a non-combat incident in Jordan which is currently under investigation. A native of Cibolo, Texas, he enlisted in the Army in 2014 as a cook, and served with 2nd Battalion, 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne) for two years. This was his second overseas deployment. “Our thoughts and prayers are with the loved ones and fellow soldiers of Spc. Booker,” said 5th Special Forces Group Commander Col. Kevin Leahy. Booker’s awards include the Army Achievement Medal (fifth award), National Defense Service Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Army Service Ribbon, and the Basic Parachutist Badge. He is survived by his parents, Travis and Chereisa Booker.2017-01-17T15:10:19+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/01/16/evening-prayer-1-16-17-richard-m-benson-charles-gore-restored-monastic-life-to-anglicanism/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/16thstbaptist-bham-4girls1963-newnatlmon-ap.jpg16thstbaptist-bham-4girls1963-newnatlmon-apPresident Obama isn’t finished yet, and a few days ago he created more national monuments, including strengthening protections for the civil rights district in Birmingham, Alabama, centered on the 16th Street Baptist Church, where in 1963 four girls were killed and others were maimed while waiting for the start of Sunday School. Four members of the Ku Klux Klan set off 19 sticks of dynamite, but no one was arrested or tried until 1977, when three of the four (the other one had died) were convicted of murder. A year after the bombing, following a monthlong debate, Congress finally passed the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964 with bipartisan support. (Associated Press)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/mlk-booking-photo.jpgmlk-booking-photoDr. Martin Luther King Jr. was arrested 30 times in his short life, most notably in Birmingham, where he wrote his famous Letter from a Birmingham Jail; but this is not that booking photo; that day he was wearing blue jeans and a casual shirt. We believe this may be the mug shot taken after his first arrest in 1955 for leading the Montgomery, Alabama bus boycott, a yearlong campaign that launched him to world prominence. Our search for the origin of this photo proved fruitless, except in illustrating how often it has been republished around the world. You’re looking at the best of America here; take hope from him.2017-01-16T18:21:08+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/01/15/morning-prayer-1-16-17-richard-m-benson-religious-1915-charles-gore-bishop-1932-usa-martin-luther-king-day/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/mlkjamespikeralphabernathy-gracecathsf-3-28-65-georgeconklin.jpgmlkjamespikeralphabernathy-gracecathsf-3-28-65-georgeconklinBishop of California James Pike, Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Rev. Ralph Abernathy, King’s successor at the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, at a press conference prior to their appearance at Grace Cathedral, San Francisco in March 1965. (Geroge Conklin)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/jesuscallingthe12apostles-domenicoghirlandaio-1481.jpgjesuscallingthe12apostles-domenicoghirlandaio-1481Domenico Ghirlandaio, 1481: Jesus Calling the 12 Apostles2017-01-16T15:13:14+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/01/15/evening-prayer-1-15-17-second-sunday-after-epiphany/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/florenceduomo-faccca7ade-fullheight-wiki.jpgflorenceduomo-fac%cc%a7ade-fullheight-wikiThe Duomo, Florence (Wikipedia)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/samariahills-westbank2011-wiki.jpgsamariahills-westbank2011-wikiThe hills of Samaria in 2011 – at least that’s what the State of Israel terms it; the rest of the world calls it the West Bank. (Wikipedia)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/jewelplummercobb-calstatefullerton.jpgjewelplummercobb-calstatefullertonahsjdflksdjhglkdfjgh2017-01-15T18:45:21+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/01/14/morning-prayer-1-15-17-second-sunday-after-epiphany/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/ceciliamarshall-88-fallschurch-sarahlvoisin-wapo.jpgceciliamarshall-88-fallschurch-sarahlvoisin-wapoThe opening of the African-American Museum of History and Culture in Washington, D.C. last fall caused a team of journalists to visit the home of Cecilia Marshall, the widow of civil rights giant Thurgood Marshall, the first black justice of the U.S. Supreme Court; she keeps her own Thurgood shrine of photos and memories. He was 46 and she was 26 when they married; they had two sons, both distinguished lawyers. She was born in Hawai’i of Filipino immigrants; her father forbade her to marry her first choice, another Filipino who didn’t speak the right dialect, so she married Thurgood, a foot and a half taller and a different race entirely. It worked out pretty well; he would tease her about being short, and she would threaten to stand on a chair and beat him up. He was the cook, while she followed behind cleaning up after him, knowing he’d dirty every dish in the house. They met in New York when an employment agency took one look at her and sent her to his employer, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. He saw her and wondered what the heck was going on now. (Sarah L. Voisin/Washington Post)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/lordsnamewrittenonhand.jpglordsnamewrittenonhand(Pinterest)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/melchizedekabraham-attrcolinnouailher-paintedlimogesenamel-c1570-louvre.jpgmelchizedekabraham-attrcolinnouailher-paintedlimogesenamel-c1570-louvreAttributed to Colin Nouailher, c. 1570: Abraham and Melchizedek, painted Limoges enamel. (The Louvre, Paris)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/ceciliathurgoodmarshallleavescotus-brownvictory-upi.jpgceciliathurgoodmarshallleavescotus-brownvictory-upiCecilia and Thurgood Marshall leaving the Supreme Court in 1954 after he won one of the biggest cases in U.S. history, reversing the infamous 1896 decision that approved the American apartheid. He was an Episcopalian, a longtime vestryman and senior warden; his feast day is May 17. (United Press International)2017-01-15T05:50:20+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/01/14/evening-prayer-1-14-17-saturday-of-epiphany-1/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/snowdonmargaret-pa.jpgsnowdonmargaret-paLord Snowdon has died, the celebrity photographer, documentarian and former husband of Britain’s Princess Margaret, the Queen’s sister. Born Antony Armstrong-Jones, the first commoner to marry a king’s daughter in 400 years, his photos of luminaries like Charlie Chaplin, Marlene Dietrich, Laurence Olivier, Sophia Loren and assorted royals were widely admired and commercially successful, but he also shot a variety of Londoners, including children, elders, artists and the mentally ill. The National Portrait Gallery has collected over a hundred of his pictures. (Press Association)2017-01-14T18:03:54+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/01/13/morning-prayer-1-14-17-saturday-of-epiphany-1/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/michelle-potatosackrace2012-jimmyfallontonight-chuckkennedy-wh.jpgmichelle-potatosackrace2012-jimmyfallontonight-chuckkennedy-whA sack race across the East Room of the White House, with George Washington calling Michelle Obama the winner over comedian and talk show host Jimmy Fallon. No matter what you’ve heard about the Obamas, she remains the most admired woman in America, not least because of fun stuff like this. (Chuck Kennedy/The White House)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/trees-cumberlandislandga-1991-rodneysmith.jpgtrees-cumberlandislandga-1991-rodneysmithTrees on Cumberland Island, Georgia, 1991. (Rodney Smith)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/sanctusbell-19thc.jpgsanctusbell-19thcA 19th century Sanctus bell, of a sort acolytes used to ring 50 years ago. Bells, sounded near the start of the Great Thanksgiving of the Eucharist, were said to “wake people up,” especially Roman Catholics nodding off through the Latin, so they’d pay attention to the heart of the Mass; but in time Episcopalians got habituated to hearing it go off, and thought themselves deprived if they didn’t. (eBay)2017-01-14T16:46:20+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/01/13/video-evensong-1-13-17-hilary-foe-of-arianism-doctor-of-the-church-367/2017-01-14T03:00:54+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/01/13/morning-prayer-1-13-17-hilary-bishop-of-poitiers-367/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/wineskin-spanishbotabag-ardobeltz.jpgwineskin-spanishbotabag-ardobeltzA modern wineskin, called a bota bag in Spanish; they're usually made of cowhide or goatskin. (Ardo Beltz)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/holy-innocents-little-lake-carol-carson-hull-rayfordray.jpgholy-innocents-little-lake-carol-carson-hull-rayfordrayThe Bishop of Northern Michigan, Rayford Ray, celebrated the Eucharist Sunday with Deacon Carol Carson-Hull at Holy Innocents’, a small but thriving house church at Little Lake, where our chaplain, Mother Gwen Hetler, is one of the presiders. They meet at a funeral home in town in winter months because the area gets so much snow.https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/ginaquattrochi-bennettraglin-wireimage.jpgginaquattrochi-bennettraglin-wireimageGina Quattrochi has died, an American labour lawyer with the New York State Nurses’ Association, who became alarmed by all the friends she lost to AIDS in the 1980s, joined the board of the AIDS Resource Center, and established Bailey House in New York City to provide housing for them, the first such agency in the USA. She became its director, served for 25 years, and grew its budget to $18 million and its caseload to 1800 persons. She was especially effective in persuading policymakers that a lack of services like housing and case management led to more infections, and spurring them to action. She died of multiple myeloma at age 63. In a 2008 interview she said, “The epidemic still rages in many parts of the country, including New York City, and all over the world.” (Bennett Raglin/Wire Image)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/webcast-live.jpgwebcast-live2017-01-13T15:05:19+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/01/12/evening-prayer-1-12-17-aelred-apostle-of-spiritual-friendship-1167/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/brownturei-maoriabp.jpgbrownturei-maoriabpOne of three Primates of New Zealand, Archbishop William Brown Turei has died in office following a ministry of 67 years; he was 92, an important figure to Maori society and the nation. He was elected Bishop of Tairawhiti in 1992 following Church constitutional reforms which created the shared primacy two years earlier, and became archbishop in 2006. Co-Primate Philip Richardson said, “Archbishop Brown was a gentle and wise leader, who brought grace, compassion and insight to all that he did and said.” We ask your prayers for a people in mourning. (via Episcopal News Service)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/christhealingparalytic.jpgchristhealingparalyticChrist healing a paralyzed man; source unknown.2017-01-12T20:09:56+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/01/12/morning-prayer-1-12-17-aelred-abbot-of-rievaulx-1167/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/live-79-am-webcast.jpglive-79-am-webcastAll times Eastern.https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/fallyouthconference-workcrew.jpgfallyouthconference-workcrewIf you think we love pictures of youth groups, you’re right. If you guessed these are Episcopal Church youth, you’re right again; if you guessed they’re cleaning up their diocesan camp and conference center long after (December 12) the summer season, you win; and if you guessed Diocese of Indianapolis, you’re our champion. Now your bonus question: why not send us photos of your youth group doing something constructive and fun? (Waycross)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/celticcross-12-50.jpgcelticcross-12-50https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/staelred-eucharistatrievaulxruins-2015-jilllittlefield.jpgstaelred-eucharistatrievaulxruins-2015-jilllittlefieldCelebrating Eucharist with a tour group at the ruins of Rievaulx Abbey, in England’s North York Moors National Park, 2015. (Jill Littlefield)2017-01-12T14:57:50+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/01/11/evening-prayer-1-11-17-wednesday-of-epiphany-1/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/trinitywalltojohnscreekum-atlanta-9-11.jpgtrinitywalltojohnscreekum-atlanta-9-11The main pipe organ at Trinity Church, Wall Street, New York City, damaged severely on 9/11, has finally found a new home, thanks to a program that conserves orphaned instruments, and now graces the sanctuary at Johns Creek United Methodist Church near Atlanta, Georgia. The pipes and all their works were covered with soot, ash and contamination after the 2001 terrorist attack, and the New York parish opted to replace its 40-year-old Aeolian-Skinner workhorse but put it into storage, hoping it could be rebuilt if the right “adoptive parents” were found. The project required over $1 million in repairs, but saved the large Methodist congregation three times that amount after Trinity’s donation to the Organ Clearing House. Revoicing took two months, the instrument made music again in November and was rededicated 4 December; may it continue to praise God for generations. (Johns Creek photo)2017-01-11T18:48:25+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/01/10/morning-prayer-1-11-17-wednesday-in-the-1st-week-after-epiphany/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/letsroll.jpgletsrollhttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/schoollunches-ens.jpgschoollunches-ensQ. "Lord, when did we give you something to eat?" A. Every week at St. Luke's, Stephenville, Texas. (Episcopal News Service)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/countercultural-trinitywall-johndeuel.jpgcountercultural-trinitywall-johndeuel(John Deuel, Trinity Church, Wall Street, New York City, quoting a sermon he heard last week)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/2-live-services.jpg2-live-serviceshttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/zenyatta-horse-in-snow.jpgzenyatta-horse-in-snowFor joy in God’s creation: Zenyatta, a record-breaking thoroughbred mare and winner of the Breeder’s Cup, frolicking in the snow in Bluegrass Country, Kentucky. (source unknown)2017-01-11T14:51:06+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/01/10/evening-prayer-1-10-17-william-laud-archbishop-of-canterbury-1645/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/2ndavesubway-alexwroblewskinyt.jpg2ndavesubway-alexwroblewskinytThe 2nd Avenue Subway opened New Year’s Day in New York City, with three new stations up the east side of Manhattan expected to serve 200,000 riders a day. It took the city more than a century to build it for lack of money and political will; a new phase extending the line north into Spanish Harlem is penciled in and may be completed in time for your great-grandchildren. Work on the first phase began in 2007 and cost $4.5 billion for the 2-mile stretch tunneling through bedrock, but the new art-filled stations have been deemed spectacular. One young opening day rider knew it was still Christmas, but Santa won’t be putting any more miles in his stocking for at least ten years. (Alex Wroblewski/The New York Times)2017-01-10T20:20:13+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/01/09/morning-prayer-1-10-17-william-laud-archbishop-of-canterbury-1645/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/willieevans-buffalo-tangerinebowl1958.jpgwillieevans-buffalo-tangerinebowl1958Willie Evans has died, a star in American football for the University of Buffalo, New York. In 1958 his team earned a trip to the post-season Tangerine Bowl in Orlando, Florida, which refused to let him and another black teammate take the field. Their coach let the team decide what to do; in 30 seconds they turned down the invitation. It took more than 50 years for the small school, now SUNY-Buffalo, to earn another bowl bid, but when they did in 2009 in the International Bowl in Toronto, the current team invited Evans and his teammates to take the field. As an adult he worked in insurance, became a coach and school administrator, then became the city’s director of physical education. He harbored no bitterness, and instead praised his white teammates for refusing to bow to Orlando’s racist demands. (university photo)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/montgomerybusboycott-1955.jpgmontgomerybusboycott-1955An early shot of the Montgomery, Alabama bus boycott in 1955, the same period when Willie Evans was playing ball at the University of Buffalo. Rosa Parks and the women of Montgomery’s black community kicked off the boycott by refusing to sit in the back of city buses – which meant everyone had to walk or catch a ride. This is the campaign that launched Martin Luther King, Jr. as a national civil rights leader. The white businessmen of Montgomery held out for a year, and then they caved like a castle in the sand. But the work was only beginning, as we know. (uncredited news photo)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/maria-missourijonesthedeaconofdoom1-8-17.jpgmaria-missourijonesthedeaconofdoom1-8-17Somebody gave our Missioner and newly-ordained deacon Dr. Maria L. Evans a hat on Sunday, and (no surprise) she’s taken to it. We call this shot “Missouri Jones and the Deacon of Doom” – and she took to that right away too.https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/hetherington.jpghetheringtonL/Cpl Scott Hetherington, 22, died at Camp Taji, north of Baghdad, on January 2. He served as a vehicle commander with the 2nd Battalion, Duke of Lancaster's Regiment. Friends hailed him as a "true hero" and a "brave lion" on Facebook. His commanding officer, Lt Col Rob Singleton said, "L/Cpl Scott Hetherington was a superb soldier and a first-class leader.” He was nicknamed "Snowball" and had only been in Iraq for a month when he died. He recently became a father to a little girl.2017-01-10T19:13:36+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/01/09/evening-prayer-1-9-17-julia-chester-emery-lay-missioner-encourager-1922/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/juliacemery-flying-blue-box.jpgjuliacemery-flying-blue-boxhttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/ststephenfreelibrary-hursttx-schjonberg-ensjpg.jpegststephenfreelibrary-hursttx-schjonberg-ensjpgThe tiny free library oustide St. Stephen’s, Hurst, Texas, a congregation recovering nicely from the anti-Gay schism ten years ago in the Diocese of Fort Worth and the subject of this evening’s video; see below. Nice stained glass window! (The Rev. Mary Frances Schjonberg/Episcopal News Service)2017-01-09T19:30:35+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/01/08/morning-prayer-1-9-17-julia-chester-emery-lay-missioner-founder-of-the-united-thank-offering-1922/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/timolgawoltering-ftlaud.jpgtimolgawoltering-ftlaudOne of the victims of the murders at the Fort Lauderdale airport last weekend was Olga Woltering, an Atlanta-area Roman Catholic headed for a cruise with her family, including son Tim, an Episcopalian who reportedly was not hurt. (family photo via Donald W. Bell)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/mulberrywoodbox-igavelauctions.jpgmulberrywoodbox-igavelauctionsA decorative box made of mulberry wood. (iAuctions)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/ephesus-map-turkey.jpgephesus-map-turkeyEphesus was a coastal city southwest of Istanbul in modern Turkey. (ephesus.us)2017-01-09T17:07:24+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/01/08/evening-prayer-1-8-17-first-sunday-after-the-epiphany-baptism-of-christ/2017-01-09T05:33:11+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/01/07/morning-prayer-1-8-16-first-sunday-after-epiphany-baptism-of-our-lord/2017-01-08T03:25:39+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/01/07/evening-prayer-1-7-16-eve-of-epiphany-1-baptism-of-our-lord/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/mother-lauren-splitting-wood.jpgmother-lauren-splitting-woodMother Lauren splitting wood: this is a priest. Every log she runs through – and she has a great group of helpers led by layman Danny Langone – helps save a life on the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota, where a few thousand Lakota Sioux live in desperate poverty in one of the harshest environments in the United States. People freeze to death in their homes every winter, so this is the pure work of mission. We are proud to support them in our budget and in prayer. (Rosebud Episcopal Mission)2017-01-07T15:54:51+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/01/06/morning-prayer-1-7-17-saturday-after-epiphany/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/huc-swastika.jpghuc-swastikaA swastika was painted on the sign at Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati over New Year’s, sending shudders throughout the city; this is the flagship institution of Reform Judaism in the United States, the largest denomination in the country, and a source of great local pride. The election of Donald Trump has unleashed waves of hate crimes, assaults and murders. (via Episcopal Diocese of Arizona)2017-01-07T14:14:47+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/01/06/video-evensong-1-6-17-epiphany-manifestation-of-christ-to-the-gentiles/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/evensong-epiphany.jpgevensong-epiphany2017-01-07T13:32:43+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/01/05/morning-prayer-1-6-17-epiphany-manifestation-of-christ-to-the-gentiles/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/epiphany-magi-anjelscarborough.pngepiphany-magi-anjelscarborough(The Rev. Anjel Scarborough, design by Celeste Lauritsen)2017-01-06T14:59:06+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/01/05/evening-prayer-1-5-17-eve-of-the-epiphany/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/epiphany-icon.jpgepiphany-iconWe have no source on this Epiphany icon, but it looks Ethiopian to us, with the sideways eyes and rich colors; it strips away distracting externals to focus on the essential fact: the showing of Jesus to non-Jews within days of his birth. Without this event, most of today’s 2 billion Christians would be excluded from what would likely be a small Jewish sect. What this icon depicts, in other words, is the extension of God’s kingdom to you.https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/epiphany-gambinoskingcakes-folklifeinlouisiana.jpgepiphany-gambinoskingcakes-folklifeinlouisianaFrench and other European immigrants to Louisiana brought with them traditions that the 12 days of Christmas should culminate in communitywide revelry, including music, dancing, feasting, masquerades and theatricals. These evolved over the years to include elaborate “king cakes” with a small object (originally a bean) representing baby Jesus hidden inside; the person who found it became the king of the party, with various rights and obligations. Yesterday’s bean is today’s little plastic doll, and the 12th Night Party has been extended from Epiphany to Ash Wednesday with parades, drinking, music and carousing. Bakeries from Texas to Florida compete to sell king cakes, and loyalists argue about who makes the best one. (Folk Life in Louisiana)2017-01-05T22:27:00+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/01/04/morning-prayer-1-5-17-thursday-of-christmas-1/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/waysideinn-nvernon-joriley.jpgwaysideinn-nvernon-jorileyHere's a beautiful thing: the Wayside Inn and Shelter in tiny North Vernon, Indiana. In the United States, domestic violence and homelessness are as bad or worse in the countryside as in the cities, but almost all the programs to help people affected are in the cities. But not in this little town; a very dedicated band of volunteers and board members has built their own, with great help from townspeople, businesses, schools and community groups. They took on a deteriorating building (and are still rehabbing it) and got it ready to open in November 2014, with a worship space down and a shelter up. They now have 10 beds, have served over 400 people and provided more than 5000 nights of accommodation in a place that is safe, caring and increasingly equipped. Best of all, at least to us, it’s run by one of our newest webcasters, who got us this photo and whose name appears now. (Jo Riley)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/true-vine-childrensministrymagazine.jpgtrue-vine-childrensministrymagazineThe True Vine (Children’s Ministry magazine)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/waysideinn-bunkbeds-industrialarts-jchs.jpgwaysideinn-bunkbeds-industrialarts-jchsThe bunk beds at Wayside Inn were built by industrial arts students – shop classes – at Jennings County High School. We congratulate them on their workmanship – and their teacher for knowing this was a lot more satisfying project than the usual ping pong paddle. When a kid makes something for others, that kid feels good. (Wayside Inn photo)2017-01-05T15:32:49+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/01/04/evening-prayer-1-4-17-elizabeth-seton-founder-of-u-s-sisters-of-charity-1821/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/mummersparadephilly-ap.jpgmummersparadephilly-apThe 117th Mummers Parade was held in Philadelphia New Year’s Day; it’s the oldest folk festival in the USA, with roots back to 17th Century Europe. It’s an anomaly at best, though, run by a mostly white crowd in a mostly black city and repeatedly criticized for racist, sexist, homophobic imagery. How does this happen in 2017? The costumes are colorful, the organizers should be too. (Associated Press)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/monumentvalley-utah-wiki.jpgmonumentvalley-utah-wikiFor the beauty of the Earth: Monument Valley, Utah (Wikipedia)2017-01-04T18:44:12+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/01/03/morning-prayer-1-4-17-elizabeth-seton-founder-of-the-american-sisters-of-charity-1821/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/christians-need-each-other.jpgchristians-need-each-otherhttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/petroglyphs-goldbuttenatlmon-nv-rondachurchill-wapo.jpgpetroglyphs-goldbuttenatlmon-nv-rondachurchill-wapoNative American petroglyphs at the just-created Gold Butte National Monument in Nevada: is this public land worth saving? President Obama thought so and had the power to protect it from development, but in the waning days of his administration, conservative politicians, ranchers and industrialists criticized the move. Do we just want to mine, log and pave everything, or should some of God’s creation be saved for the grandkids? (Ronda Churchill/The Washington Post)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/mtshasta-ca-ewendenney.jpgmtshasta-ca-ewendenneyFor joy in God’s creation: Mt. Shasta, California (Ewen Denney)2017-01-04T17:50:18+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/01/03/evening-prayer-1-3-17-william-passavant-pastor-institution-builder-1894/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/hustonsmith-tinafeinbergap.jpghustonsmith-tinafeinbergapHuston Smith has died, one of the world’s leading experts and authors in comparing the world’s religions. He made it his business to experience them all, from Tibetan monks to Hindu yogis and Sufi dervishes; he famously dropped acid with Timothy Leary in 1962. He loved the ecstatic experiences he had with hallucinogens, but having tried them once or twice he never wanted to go back. So he kept on looking for all the ways people reach for the Divine, and considered himself a worshiper though he did not wholly identify with any religion. The son of Methodist missionaries in Suzhou, China, he was ordained a minister as well, and once was president of a Hindu philosophical society in St. Louis while pastoring a church there. He loved God and considered all life a gift. (Tina Feinberg/Associated Press)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/i-am-the-gate-sheep.jpgi-am-the-gate-sheep2017-01-03T17:38:39+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/01/02/morning-prayer-1-3-17-william-passavant-mission-pastor-who-reintroduced-deaconesses-1894/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/rogerherft-abpperthaustralia-earlyretire-childsexabuse-anglicantaonga.jpgrogerherft-abpperthaustralia-earlyretire-childsexabuse-anglicantaongaWe have waited weeks through the holy seasons of Advent and Christmas to publish this man’s photograph, and if you’re Australian chances are you know who he is: the incumbent Anglican Archbishop of Perth, who ignored a priest’s (Graeme Lawrence) sexual abuse of children, covered it up, lied about it, got in trouble, made excuses, told a Royal Commission he didn’t remember, stepped aside temporarily and now is gifting himself with early retirement. This church politician is lucky ordinary people are not St. Peter at the gate – but he’d better watch out for Peter himself, because nothing destroys the Church faster than a criminal priest. (Anglican Taonga)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/names-2017.jpgnames-20172017-01-03T16:37:41+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/01/02/evening-prayer-1-2-17-v-s-azariah-1st-indian-bishop-ecumenist-1945/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/jackiemeans40thanniv-allsaintsindy-1-1-76.jpgjackiemeans40thanniv-allsaintsindy-1-1-76History made and recalled last January: the Rev. Jackie Means celebrated and preached on Holy Name Day at the place where it happened 40 years ago, All Saints’, Indianapolis. Bishop Craine pushed TEC both firmly and gently to approve women’s ordination churchwide, while regularizing a handful of rebellious wimmin who’d been ordained starting in 1974. He prefered to stay within the law and so did she; she had offenders to answer to as soon as she got back to work. (Diocese of Indianapolis)2017-01-02T18:39:02+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/01/01/morning-prayer-1-2-17-v-s-azariah-1st-indian-anglican-bishop-dornekal-1945/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/the-best-thing-since.jpgthe-best-thing-sincehttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/nativityset-stmatthewsindy-frankimpicciche.jpgnativityset-stmatthewsindy-frankimpiccicheThis year at St. Matthew’s, Indianapolis. (The Rev. Frank Impicciche)2017-01-02T18:21:22+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2017/01/01/evening-prayer-1-1-17-the-holy-name-of-jesus/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/christmasjammies.jpgchristmasjammiesTwo brothers from my home parish in their Christmas jammies three years ago. They have grown up considerably since then, but one thing hasn’t changed; they get along famously. (family photo)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/christmas-armenian-oldcalendar.jpgchristmas-armenian-oldcalendarChristmas in Armenia, 2013; they use the Old Calendar and will celebrate it this year on January 7.https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/holyfamily.jpgholyfamily(source unknown)2017-01-01T18:17:32+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/12/31/morning-prayer-1-1-17-the-holy-name-of-jesus/2017-01-01T04:17:01+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/12/31/evening-prayer-12-31-16-eve-of-holy-name/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/mtzion-davidstomb-bertholdwerner.jpgmtzion-davidstomb-bertholdwernerThis is said to be King David's tomb on what is said to be Mt. Zion, but both claims are problematical; the Biblical description of where Zion was is sufficiently vague, and the holy city has been built up and destroyed so much that no one really know where the hill might have been; three different spots have been identified and publicly claimed over the city's history. "Mt. Zion" has become a theological and literary device to refer to the city as a whole, and to heaven more generally; David's tomb was lost eons ago, but pilgrims need a place to go. (Berthold Werner)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/nativity-claremontum-ca-trayvon-johnzachary.jpgnativity-claremontum-ca-trayvon-johnzacharyA controversial Nativity scene two years ago at Claremont United Methodist Church in California depicting homicide victim Trayvon Martin as “A Child Is Born, A Son Is Given,” 2014. (John Zachary)2016-12-31T18:46:37+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/12/30/morning-prayer-12-31-16-samuel-ajayi-crowther-bishop-of-the-niger-territories-1891/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/canterburycoll-windsoron.jpgcanterburycoll-windsoronCanterbury College in Windsor, Ontario is an Anglican seminary and theological school within the larger University of Windsor. Classes began in 1958.https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/bigsur-southofmonterey-wiki.jpgbigsur-southofmonterey-wikiBig Sur, California, looking north toward Monterey. (Wikipedia)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/mlk-fierceurgencyofnow.jpgmlk-fierceurgencyofnow2016-12-31T05:01:53+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/12/30/video-evensong-12-30-16-frances-joseph-gaudet-educator-prison-reformer-1934/2016-12-31T02:58:35+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/12/29/morning-prayer-12-30-16-frances-joseph-gaudet-educator-prison-reformer-1934/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/undergroundrailroadmon-windsoron-wiki.jpgundergroundrailroadmon-windsoron-wikiThe Underground Railroad Monument in Windsor, Ontario, where thousands of slaves and former slaves crossed the Detroit River into Canada, both before and after Emancipation, because they wanted to escape the United States. (Wikipedia)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/jesusofnazareth-delparson.jpgjesusofnazareth-delparsonSon of Man.2016-12-30T14:52:57+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/12/29/evening-prayer-12-29-16-thomas-becket-archbishop-of-canterbury-1170/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/nativity-hansbaldung-1520.jpgnativity-hansbaldung-1520Hans Baldung, 1520: Nativityhttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/thomasbecketenthroned-a15thc-nottinghamalabaster-vamus.jpgthomasbecketenthroned-a15thc-nottinghamalabaster-vamusBesides inspiring Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, Thomas Becket’s enduring popularity found expression among the carvers of Nottingham alabaster 300 years later; here we see him enthroned as Primate. He is still revered among English Catholics today for what they consider his steadfastness in upholding his principles regarding Catholic doctrine and the power of the pope. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London)2016-12-29T18:48:29+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/12/28/morning-prayer-12-29-16-thomas-becket-archbishop-of-canterbury-1170/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/archstum-phila-refugees-450churches-charlesmostoller-nyt.jpgarchstum-phila-refugees-450churches-charlesmostoller-nytArch Street United Methodist Church in Philadelphia is one of 450 U.S. churches which have signed on to assist in offering sanctuary to immigrants in danger of being deported. This man took shelter about 7 weeks ago; he sleeps on a cot in a Sunday school room in the basement, and receives visits from his family. When his young children, born in America, visit, they cling to him and don’t want to leave. But he’s a chronic offender, according to immigration authorities, has been deported more than once, fined and even imprisoned; now he’s applying for an emergency visa, and here’s this church trying to protect him in the face of a promised crackdown. (Charles Mostoller/The New York Times)2016-12-29T15:14:05+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/12/28/evening-prayer-12-28-16-the-holy-innocents/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/karamzahirian-iranian-manusislandpng-ashleygilbertson-vii-nyt.jpgkaramzahirian-iranian-manusislandpng-ashleygilbertson-vii-nytKaram Zahirian, an Iranian held by Australia on Manus Island, Papua New Guinea, started shaking when a photographer asked to take his portrait and inquired about what he’d been through. He could barely speak, and shrugged at permission to cry if he wanted. He said, “I have nothing left.” (Ashley Gilbertson/VII)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/cypriotrefugees-melbourne1995-ashleygilbertson_vii-ashamed2baustralian.jpgcypriotrefugees-melbourne1995-ashleygilbertson_vii-ashamed2baustralianMost people don’t remember the Cypriot crisis anymore, but for years it was a flashpoint between Russia and the United States, Turks and Greeks. Above, mothers of Cypriot refugees held up photos of their missing relatives at a demonstration in Melbourne, Australia in 1995, photographed by 17-year-old Ashley Gilbertson, passing by on the way to taking pictures of his friends doing tricks on their skateboards. He never made it to the park; he stayed with those mothers, trying to understand why no one seemed to care. Since then he’s devoted his life to photographing refugees; today, he says Manus Island makes him ashamed to be Australian. (Ashley Gilbertson/VII)2016-12-28T18:12:14+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/12/27/morning-prayer-12-28-16-the-holy-innocents/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/rohingyafamilyburnedoutmarket-myanmar-oct2016-soezeyatun-reuters.jpgrohingyafamilyburnedoutmarket-myanmar-oct2016-soezeyatun-reutersA Rohingya family burned out of their market stall in Myanmar in October. (Soe Ziya Tun/Reuters)2016-12-28T14:54:41+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/12/27/evening-prayer-12-27-16-st-john-apostle-evangelist/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/stjohn-stpaulskankakee.jpgstjohn-stpaulskankakeeSt. John looking contemplative, in a window at St. Paul’s, Kankakee, Illinois. (parish website)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/muslimchristmaseve-christchurchindy-kellywilkinson-star.jpgmuslimchristmaseve-christchurchindy-kellywilkinson-starLocal Muslims were honoured guests at the main Christmas Eve service Saturday night at Christ Church Cathedral, Indianapolis. Muslims revere Jesus too, though not as their Savior, and the visitors were warmly welcomed. (Kelly Wilkinson/The Indianapolis Star)2016-12-27T19:47:16+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/12/26/morning-prayer-12-27-16-st-john-apostle-evangelist/2016-12-27T14:58:36+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/12/26/evening-prayer-12-26-16-st-stephen-deacon-martyr/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/christmas2016-same-brasilia.jpgchristmas2016-same-brasiliaMauricio Andrade, the Bishop of Brasilia, posted pictures on Facebook of Christmas gift deliveries to kids and families in the SAME after-school program we help support in the inner city. The two young women on the right got the enviable task of making children happy everywhere they went!2016-12-26T19:15:51+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/12/25/morning-prayer-12-26-16-st-stephen-deacon-first-martyr-for-christ/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/deaconevans.jpgdeaconevansOur own Rev. Deacon Maria L. Evans will be ordained to the priesthood this evening at Christ Church Cathedral, St. Louis, along with the Rev. Deacons Leslie Barnes Scoopmire (ours too!) and Andrew Suitter. We ask your prayers for them.2016-12-26T14:41:56+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/12/25/evening-prayer-12-25-16-nativity-of-our-lord-christmas-day/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/christmasaltar-trinity-missionsd-laurenstanley.jpgchristmasaltar-trinity-missionsd-laurenstanleyChristmas altar 2016 at Trinity Church, Mission, South Dakota, our mission partners on the Rosebud Indian Reservation. (The Rev. Lauren Stanley)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/christmascookies-janierobttheobald-marialevans.jpgchristmascookies-janierobttheobald-marialevansNot just Christmas cookies - Theobald Christmas cookies. (The Rev. Maria L. Evans)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/christmas-afghan2011-ap.jpgchristmas-afghan2011-apChristmas in Afghanistan, 2011 (Associated Press)2016-12-26T04:06:24+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/12/24/morning-prayer-12-25-16-nativity-of-our-lord-christmas-day/2016-12-25T05:35:24+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/12/24/evening-prayer-12-24-16-eve-of-the-nativity-of-jesus/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/virginchild-dellarobbia.jpgvirginchild-dellarobbia(Della Robbia: Virgin & Child)2016-12-24T18:09:31+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/12/23/morning-prayer-12-24-16-fourth-saturday-of-advent/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/marias-stole.jpgmarias-stoleThe stole we bought for our new deacon the Rev. Dr. Maria L. Evans, ordained a week ago at Christ Church Cathedral, St. Louis, Missouri; design by Jeff Wunrow. She wanted it green so it would be a “working stole,” but she can’t wear it yet because for a few more hours, the liturgical color is purple or blue. She has to wait to wear it, and we have to wait for a picture of her in it, until the Second Sunday after Epiphany!https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/sierranevadas-ca-wiki.jpgsierranevadas-ca-wikiSierra Nevada Mountains, California: Glorify the Lord, O mountains and hills. (Wikipedia)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/3-wise-men.jpg3-wise-men(source unknown)2016-12-24T12:37:09+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/12/23/advent-lessons-carols/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/advent-lessons-carols.jpgadvent-lessons-carolshttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/2016natlxmastree-alexbrandon-ap.jpg2016natlxmastree-alexbrandon-apU.S. National Christmas Tree, 2016. (Alex Brandon/Associated Press)2016-12-24T03:34:39+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/12/23/morning-prayer-12-23-16-friday-in-the-4th-week-of-advent/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/specialneeds-bradenjohnstoncoverart.jpgspecialneeds-bradenjohnstoncoverartBraden Johnston shows off the cover art he drew for the Christmas program at St. James’s, Lincoln, as parents Drew and Maria look on with pride.https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/revsarahquinney-stjohnsrosevilleca-musictherapist.jpgrevsarahquinney-stjohnsrosevilleca-musictherapistThe Rev. Sarah Quinney, music therapist and assistant priest at St. John’s in nearby Roseland, California, provided music and clinical expertise for the special-needs party at St. James’s. “Does anybody want to hear a story?”https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/specialneedskids-andrewkadel-stjames-lincolnca-paulaschaap-ens.jpgspecialneedskids-andrewkadel-stjames-lincolnca-paulaschaap-ensSt. James’s, Lincoln in the Diocese of Northern California, has member families with children on the autism spectrum, who can’t always tolerate (or get much benefit from) church that’s set up for people in the neurological mainstream. But a mom had an idea about a Christmas party, and a nearby parish has a priest who’s also a trained music therapist, and a Lutheran pastor in town was supportive. So they all worked together, filled the space with beanbag chairs and big stuffed monkeys, and put on a special-needs liturgy, including a visit by a Santa impersonator otherwise known as Fr. Andrew Kadel, priest-in-charge. One mother said of her son, “It’s huge that he’s getting so much time with Santa.” (all photos: Paula Schaap/Episcopal News Service)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/specialneedsnativityscenemonkeys.jpgspecialneedsnativityscenemonkeysYou can no more have a Christmas party without a Nativity scene than you can have one without giant stuffed monkeys. So Emily Rhoads, who helped with the service, sets up the manger as a nearby monkey takes a nap.2016-12-23T14:49:44+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/12/22/evening-prayer-12-22-16-charlotte-lottie-moon-missionary-in-china-1912/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/visitation-lorenzomonaco.jpgvisitation-lorenzomonacoLorenzo Monaco: Visitationhttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/fallyouthday-singing.jpgfallyouthday-singingHere are kids making memories that will last a lifetime: group singing at the Fall Youth Conference two weeks ago of the Diocese of Indianapolis at Waycross Camp & Conference Center. (diocesan photo)2016-12-22T19:52:56+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/12/21/morning-prayer-12-22-16-henry-budd-priest-1875/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/tree-of-life-marciabaldwin.jpgtree-of-life-marciabaldwinMarcia Baldwin: The Tree of Lifehttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/anglicanfellowshipprayerca-execcomm.jpganglicanfellowshipprayerca-execcommMembers of the executive committee of the Anglican Fellowship of Prayer in Canada. (from their website)2016-12-22T19:51:49+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/12/21/evening-prayer-12-21-16-st-thomas-the-apostle/2016-12-21T18:43:04+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/12/20/morning-prayer-12-21-16-st-thomas-the-apostle/2016-12-21T14:56:28+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/12/20/evening-prayer-12-20-16-tuesday-in-the-4th-week-of-advent/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/cardinalpauloearns-1998-dariolopez-millsap.jpgcardinalpauloearns-1998-dariolopez-millsapCardinal Paulo E. Arns has died after a long ministry marked by his opposition to the former military dictatorship of Brazil. He believed in liberation theology, and when Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, Pope John Paul II’s conservative enforcer and eventual successor, tried to rein him in, Arns threatened to denounce Church militarists in Ratzinger’s own Germany. (Dario Lopez-Mills/Associated Press)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/revwilliamhudnut-gregballard-stevengoldsmith-2014-darroncummingsap.jpgrevwilliamhudnut-gregballard-stevengoldsmith-2014-darroncummingsapThe Rev. William Hudnut has died, a Presbyterian minister and four-term Republican mayor of Indianapolis who brought in the NFL Colts, the governing bodies of amateur sports like gymnastics and swimming, and created a powerful, unelected sports authority to channel hundreds of millions of tax dollars from surrounding counties to pay for them. Above, Hudnut flanked by two successors, Greg Ballard and Steven Goldsmith, at a Colts game in 2014. (Darron Cummings/Associated Press)2016-12-20T19:41:45+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/12/19/morning-prayer-12-20-16-tuesday-in-the-4th-week-of-advent/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/stmarypregnantwithchild-ecc81voraportugal-wiki.jpgstmarypregnantwithchild-evoraportugal-wikiA rare work of art showing the Virgin Mary with child, in Évora, Portugal. (Wikipedia)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/book-of-life-patmarvenkosmith.jpgbook-of-life-patmarvenkosmithPat Marvenko Smith: the Book of Lifehttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/advent-display-marialevans.jpgadvent-display-marialevansYou don’t need a wreath to make an Advent display; you can simplify and still have it be lovely. (The Rev. Deacon Maria L. Evans)2016-12-20T15:47:50+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/12/19/evening-prayer-12-19-16-lillian-trasher-missionary-to-egypt-1961/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/greenery-stmattsindy.jpggreenery-stmattsindyChristmas comes on Sunday this year, to the relief of altar guilds the world over; in U.S. parishes, Christmas decorations began going up after the last service yesterday. New Anglicans who come from Protestant traditions are often confused by Advent and its rules against rushing Christmas, while those who grew up in a liturgical tradition take pleasure in the weird suspense of it all. At St. Matthew’s, Indianapolis, the work crew came ready for business. But wait until next year, when altar guilds will have to pay for their leisure in 2016. (parish photo)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/advent4greening-stmatthewsindy.jpgadvent4greening-stmatthewsindySt. Matthew’s, Indianapolis, ready for Christmas visitors. (parish photo)2016-12-19T18:40:31+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/12/18/morning-prayer-12-19-16-lillian-trasher-missionary-in-egypt-1961/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/lesliescoopmire-mariaevans-andrewsuitter-diomo-12-17-16.jpglesliescoopmire-mariaevans-andrewsuitter-diomo-12-17-16Our beloved Missioner Dr. Maria L. Evans, center, is now a Deacon in the Diocese of Missouri, along with classmates the Rev. Leslie Barnes Scoopmire, left, of this congregation, and the Rev. Andrew Suitter. The devil conjured up an ice storm to keep them from being ordained, but Bishop Wayne Smith tricked him into thinking he’d canceled the service, then ordained Leslie and Andrew late Friday night and Maria the next morning when the devil wasn’t looking. (diocesan photo)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/treeofjesse-english-c1140.jpgtreeofjesse-english-c1140English, c. 1140: Tree of Jessehttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/mariaordained.jpgmariaordainedMaria ordained by the Rt. Rev. Wayne Smith, Bishop of Missouri, Saturday morning. (via Deacon Leslie Scoopmire)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/devil-promises-money.jpgdevil-promises-money2016-12-19T16:50:01+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/12/18/evening-prayer-12-18-16-fourth-sunday-of-advent/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/jennifeheley-godlyplay.jpgjennifeheley-godlyplayJenni Feheley, a first year seminarian at Trinity College, Toronto, uses Godly Play to share the Christmas story with an excited group of children and young people at the annual Children’s Christmas party at St Chad’s, Toronto. This parish recently welcomed the Adahi Community (Swahili word for promise) into its fellowship and they are working to become a single worshiping community – sometimes singing hymns in English and Swahili at the same time. It seems like, in fulfilment of the biblical prophecy “that a little child shall lead them,” these children are a living example of how Christians from different cultures and backgrounds can live, work, play, pray and worship as one. (family photo)2016-12-19T03:04:57+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/12/17/morning-prayer-12-18-16-fourth-sunday-of-advent/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/advent-4-wreath-ccc-stlouis-2015.jpgadvent-4-wreath-ccc-stlouis-2015Advent wreath at Christ Church Cathedral, St. Louis, Missouri, last year. “Yes, kids, go ahead and light all four candles, but not the center one yet. Be careful!” (cathedral photo)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/fallyouthconference-grouphugs.jpgfallyouthconference-grouphugsFall Youth Conference last week at the camp and conference center of the Diocese of Indianapolis. You can’t buy this reaction from kids, in church or anywhere else. But time and again you can get it for free at Waycross. (diocesan photo)2016-12-18T04:54:16+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/12/17/evening-prayer-12-17-16-william-lloyd-garrison-maria-stewart-prophetic-witnesses-1879-ember-day/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/williamlloydgarrisonmemorial-boston-olinleviwarner.jpgwilliamlloydgarrisonmemorial-boston-olinleviwarnerWilliam Lloyd Garrison Memorial, Boston. He got his start in the newspaper business as a 13-year-old apprentice typesetter, then gradually began writing news, observations and opinons. At the end of his apprenticeship he and a partner bought their own newspaper, where they published the poet and abolitionist John Greenleaf Whittier. That paper soon folded and Garrison became editor of the first publication to promote Prohibition along with temperance. At 25 he joined the Abolitionist movement, growing dissatisfied in time with the many proposals to compromise on slavery. When he opened The Liberator, he announced in print that he was all in for the cause. (Olin Levi Warner)2016-12-17T17:58:06+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/12/16/morning-prayer-12-17-16-william-lloyd-garrison-maria-stewart-abolitionists-1879-ember-day/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/newordinationinvite.jpgnewordinationinviteOur beloved Missioner Dr. Maria L. Evans was not ordained a deacon as scheduled Friday night; her party got stuck in 5 miles per hour traffic in an ice storm and didn't make the service, at which Leslie Barnes Scoopmire and Andrew Suitter were made deacons. But Bishop Wayne Smith rescheduled Maria's ceremony for this morning.https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/williamlloydgarrison-nathanieljocelyn-1833-ntlportraitgallery.jpgwilliamlloydgarrison-nathanieljocelyn-1833-ntlportraitgalleryNathaniel Jocelyn, 1833: William Lloyd Garrison. His newspaper The Liberator became the dominant voice in the U.S. anti-slavery movement, demanding emancipation without payment to the slave owners. In 1835 he was jailed to keep an angry mob from attacking him. But he kept publishing until Emancipation and the end of the Civil War; he later became a prominent supporter of women’s suffrage.2016-12-17T15:02:18+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/12/16/video-evensong-12-16-16-ralph-adams-cram-richard-upjohn-john-lafarge-ember-day/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/john-baptist-in-prison-1570-juan-fernandez-de-navarrete-hermitage-stpetersburg.jpgjohn-baptist-in-prison-1570-juan-fernandez-de-navarrete-hermitage-stpetersburgJuan Fernandez de Navarette, c. 1570: John the Baptist in Prison (The Hermitage, St. Petersburg)2016-12-17T03:20:52+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/12/15/morning-prayer-12-16-16-ralph-adams-cram-richard-upjohn-architects-john-lafarge-artist-ember-day/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/ordination-day-webcasts.jpgordination-day-webcastshttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/dirtypig.jpgdirtypigThere is all kinds of filth in the Bible; pigs, unlike humans, are seldom accused of immoral choices. 2016-12-16T15:08:03+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/12/15/evening-prayer-12-15-16-john-horden-robert-mcdonald-missionaries-in-canada-1893-1913/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/johnhorden-creegrammar-2nded.pngjohnhorden-creegrammar-2ndedBishop Horden’s Cree Grammar, which is still in print a century later, has won him a place in the field of linguistics as well as in the continuing life of the Cree Nation of Canada. He created the written form of the language and analyzed its structure, all in the service of his evangelism on the southern tip of Hudson Bay. It’s a remarkable intellectual achievement, made all the more so by his being a self-educated former blacksmith’s boy in caste-bound England. People like that never end up as bishops in the Church of England, but missionary work in Canada allowed him to show what he could do.https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/assnanglicandeaconsincanada2014.jpgassnanglicandeaconsincanada2014The Association of Anglican Deacons in Canada, processing into church at their 2014 annual meeting. (ACC photo)2016-12-15T18:17:15+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/12/14/morning-prayer-12-15-16-john-horden-bishop-1893-robert-mcdonald-priest-1913-missionaries-in-canada/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/fallyouthconference-waycross.jpgfallyouthconference-waycrossFall youth conference last weekend at Waycross, nature’s cathedral in the Diocese of Indianapolis. (diocesan photo)2016-12-15T14:57:16+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/12/14/evening-prayer-12-14-16-john-of-the-cross-mystic-1591-ember-day/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/reinstated-skipadams-matthewmccormick-tecinsc.jpgreinstated-skipadams-matthewmccormick-tecinscMatthew McCormick (right), a priest who left The Episcopal Church in 2012 during the schism in the Diocese of South Carolina, has returned, renewed his ordination vows and been reinstated by Bishop Skip Adams, who shepherds what is now called the Episcopal Church in South Carolina. (diocesan photo)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/stjohnofthecross-franciscodezurbaracc81n.jpgstjohnofthecross-franciscodezurbaranFrancisco de Zurbarán: John of the Cross. A conflict within the Carmelite religious order - he and his friend St. Teresa of Avila favored a stricter observance than the General Chapter was willing to grant - led to his being seized and being imprisoned in Toledo, where he spent his time writing luminous poetry such as The Spiritual Canticle. He wrote also about the "dark night of the soul," in which even the most faithful seeker of God can experience alienation, doubt and temptation. It must be faced and endured, he said, as the final assault of the enemy. 2016-12-14T19:32:21+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/12/13/morning-prayer-12-14-16-john-of-the-cross-mystic-1591-ember-day/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/newdeaconsdiomi-carolynnjohnson-teresawakeen.jpgnewdeaconsdiomi-carolynnjohnson-teresawakeenCarolynn Johnson and Teresa Wakeen were ordained the newest deacons in the Diocese of Michigan by Bishop Wendell Gibbs on Saturday. Ms. Wakeen, one of our members and donors, now moves from “Candidate for Ordination” to “Deacon” on our prayer list. Congratulations! (diocesan photo)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/greatcaminoeisland-bvi-wiki.jpggreatcaminoeisland-bvi-wikiFor joy in God’s creation: Great Caminoe in the British Virgin Islands. (Wikipedia)2016-12-14T15:06:34+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/12/13/evening-prayer-12-13-16-lucy-martyr-at-syracuse-304/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/stjamesfoodpantry-jameswernermural-jesusfeedingthemasses-johnterhune-jc.jpgstjamesfoodpantry-jameswernermural-jesusfeedingthemasses-johnterhune-jcFor some years now the St. James Food Pantry in Lafayette, Indiana has operated out of a small, nondescript commercial building it owns around the corner from its Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod worship space. Most people didn’t know where the food pantry was, and those who did were seldom thrilled to go inside. But this fellow, James Werner, has fixed that with a new mural he calls Jesus Feeding the Masses. It’s an ambitious undertaking and not finished yet, but no one’s ashamed to be seen there anymore and people are proud of it. (John Terhune/Journal and Courier)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/the-way.jpgthe-way2016-12-14T16:25:05+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/12/12/morning-prayer-12-13-16-lucy-martyr-at-syracuse-304/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/goodsambrownsburg-graylesesne.jpggoodsambrownsburg-graylesesneBillboards are going up announcing the new Church of the Good Samaritan in Brownsburg, Indiana, the first new startup in decades in the Diocese of Indianapolis. (The Rev. Gray Lesesne)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/stlucysday.jpgstlucysdaySt. Lucy’s Day at the Folklore Village Farm in Wisconsin. She was martyred under Diocletian; her death on 13 December was then the longest night of the year, and she became associated with bringing and preserving light. In Scandinavian celebrations a girl was chosen to portray Lucy, her head crowned in a wreath of candles, wearing a red sash to indicate her martyrdom, carrying a sword to recall how she was killed and a tray of sweets. Other traditions and foods prevail in Sicily, Hungary and the Philippines. (Folklore Village)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/sgtallenebrown.jpgsgtallenebrownSgt. First Class Allen E. Brown died of wounds received in a Nov. 12 suicide bombing in Afghanistan that killed two other 1st Cav soldiers. We run his photo again because yesterday I met an Afghanistan veteran, a Marine, who couldn't have been nicer, but who told me that while no one was killed in his unit while he was there, half of them have killed themselves since they got home. I told him about They Have Names, our weekly feature since 2007 covering the deaths of U.S. servicemembers killed during deployments, whether of combat injuries or some other cause. He thanked me, shook my hand and blessed me, but I had no answer concerning veteran suicides. We know the Pentagon has put new programs in place to reach out to these veterans, but every one of them needs to be sought out, offered services and monitored. There is a science of suicide prevention, but the USA wants to look the other way. The veteran I spoke to? Working at a convenience store. (U.S. Army)2016-12-13T14:50:58+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/midday-prayer-nz/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/wellingtonnz-450.jpgwellingtonnz-450Wellington, New Zealandhttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/earthfromdiscoveryshuttle-nasa.jpgEarthFromDiscoveryShuttle.NASASpace shuttle Discovery over the Earth. (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/chapelroyalofthemohawks-brantfordontario-450.jpgChapelRoyalOfTheMohawks.BrantfordOntario.450Chapel Royal of the Mohawks, Brantford, Ontario.https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/cdspbanners.jpgCDSPbannersDiocesan banners representing seminarians at the Church Divinity School of the Pacific, Berkeley, California, 2007. (Josh Thomas/The Daily Office)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/boyssing.jpgBoysSingBoys' choir in Spain.https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/boyschoir.jpgBoysChoirhttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/canterbury_naveribvaulting.jpgCanterbury_NaveRibVaultingRib vaulting, Canterbury Cathedral.https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/canadageese-wabashr-600.jpgCanadaGeese.WabashR.600Canada geese on the Wabash River, Indiana.2016-12-13T04:01:40+00:00weekly0.6https://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/12/12/evening-prayer-12-12-16-monday-of-advent-3-our-lady-of-guadalupe/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/johnglenn-on-god-elderpcusa.jpgjohnglenn-on-god-elderpcusahttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/johnglenn-friendship7-1962-nasa.jpgjohnglenn-friendship7-1962-nasaCol. John Glenn with his ship Friendship 7 in 1962. Little-known fact: he was an elder in the Presbyterian Church USA his entire adult life. (NASA)2016-12-13T03:31:12+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/12/11/morning-prayer-12-12-16-monday-of-advent-3-our-lady-of-guadalupe/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/stmarkscath-cairo-25dead-49inj-amrabdallahdalsh-reuters.jpgstmarkscath-cairo-25dead-49inj-amrabdallahdalsh-reutersThere’s been another attack on Christians in Cairo, this time on St. Mark’s Coptic Orthodox Cathedral, where 25 pounds of TNT somehow slipped past government security guards and killed at least 25, mostly women and children, and injured another 49 so far. The Coptic Orthodox, led by Pope Tawadros II, are the largest denomination in Egypt and North Africa, and have been independent both of Rome and of Eastern Orthodoxy since the Council of Chalcedon in 451. The church traces its founding to St. Mark the Evangelist. (Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/mariachi-shrinealtar-stclements-katrina.jpgmariachi-shrinealtar-stclements-katrinaMariachi players around the altar yesterday at St. Clement's By-the-Sea in San Clemente, California, for their annual Virgen de Guadalupe celebration, with a rose-bedecked shrine in front. (Katrina Soto)2016-12-12T21:16:57+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/12/11/evening-prayer-12-11-16-third-sunday-of-advent/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/drjonathanamy.jpgdrjonathanamyMy home parish buried Dr. Jonathan Amy yesterday, a chemical engineer and professor at Purdue University who wasn’t famous for anything but doing good. He was an innovator in the field of chemical instrumentation – the university named an institute for him – founded a fire department, developed a subdivision and generally did everything he could to serve St. John’s, Lafayette, Indiana. He was brilliant so routinely that he was easy to take for granted – but here is why we single him out: he was exactly the sort of thoughtful, competent layperson on whom the Episcopal Church (and that parish) have always relied, and who are largely responsible for its continued success and viability. Give us 2000 lay leaders like him, O Lord, and we’ll give you 2 million believers.2016-12-11T18:04:04+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/12/10/morning-prayer-12-11-16-third-sunday-of-advent/2016-12-11T05:04:31+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/12/10/evening-prayer-12-10-16-thomas-merton-contemplative-writer-1968/2016-12-10T14:45:51+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/12/10/morning-prayer-12-10-16-karl-barth-pastor-theologian-1968/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/violadesmond-wandarobsonsister-1946segmovie-1stwomancanada-chriswattie-reuters.jpgvioladesmond-wandarobsonsister-1946segmovie-1stwomancanada-chriswattie-reutersViola Desmond, “the Rosa Parks of Canada,” will become the first woman depicted on folding money in that country, in honour of her protest against a segregated movie theater in 1946; her car broke down, so she got it to a mechanic and went to see a movie while she waited. She bought a ticket, sat in her seat and then was told she had to move to the balcony – a different ticket with a higher price of one cent. She wouldn’t move, got arrested and was convicted, all on the basis of that penny. Racial segregation was not as severe in Canada as it was in the USA at the time, but they hadn’t abolished racism in movie theaters in Nova Scotia, either. Above: her surviving sister Wanda Robson at the big unveiling. (Chris Wattie/Reuters)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/johndayriver-cottonwoodcanyonsp-or-gary-braasch.jpgjohndayriver-cottonwoodcanyonsp-or-gary-braaschJohn Day River in Cottonwood Canyon State Park near Wasco, Oregon. (Gary Braasch, Western Rivers Conservancy)2016-12-10T06:24:02+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/12/09/video-evensong-12-9-16-friday-in-the-2nd-week-of-advent/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/nopeaceonearth-huffporeligion.jpgnopeaceonearth-huffporeligionNo "Peace on Earth." (Huffington Post Religion)2016-12-10T03:05:16+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/12/08/morning-prayer-12-9-16-friday-of-advent-2/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/ghostshipchaplains-edmoorejaysonlandeza-carlosavilagonzalez-sfchron.jpgghostshipchaplains-edmoorejaysonlandeza-carlosavilagonzalez-sfchronChaplains Ed Moore and Jayson Landeza, still on duty at the scene of the Ghost Ship warehouse fire Saturday night in Oakland, California, where 36 party-goers were killed at an illegal venue. After five straight days on the job these chaplains were exhausted, but still people kept coming. (Carlos Avila Gonzalez/San Francisco Chronicle)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/michaels-gift-to-maria.jpgmichaels-gift-to-mariaA gift to one of our ordinands, who will be made a deacon one week from today. (photo submitted)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/last-mysticalsupper.jpglast-mysticalsupperMystical Supper; iconographer unknown.https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/canterburyhouse-michigantech-houghtonmi.jpgcanterburyhouse-michigantech-houghtonmiStudents at Michigan Technological University in Houghton gathered at Canterbury House recently to do what students always do at such times: play guitar, sing, laugh and eat. May it ever be so. (diocesan photo)2016-12-09T14:58:37+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/12/08/evening-prayer-12-8-16-richard-baxter-pastor-writer-1691/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/johnflobergwithflag-laurenstanley.jpgjohnflobergwithflag-laurenstanleyThe Rev. John Floberg with a wind-battered Episcopal Church flag at Standing Rock Indian Reservation Monday, the day after the U.S. Government refused to issue easements needed to complete a large oil pipeline a mile from the reservation. Fr. Floberg, the supervising priest in the North Dakota portion of the reservation where 7 months of anti-pipline demonstrations have taken place, is also a member of TEC’s national Executive Council, and has become the voice of the Church during the pipeline controversy. He is one of many responsible for a tremendous victory by indigenous peoples the world over who united to back Standing Rock’s cause. (The Rev. Lauren R. Stanley)2016-12-08T19:55:32+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/12/07/morning-prayer-12-8-16-richard-baxter-pastor-writer-1691/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/comeasyouare.jpgcomeasyouarehttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/johnhtaylor-coadjlosangeles-wifekathleenhoconnor-diolosang.jpgjohnhtaylor-coadjlosangeles-wifekathleenhoconnor-diolosangThe Rev. John H. Taylor was elected Bishop Coadjutor of Los Angeles last weekend on the 8th ballot. He is a former chief of staff to Richard M. Nixon and former director of the Nixon Presidential Library, seen here with his wife Kathleen H. O’Connor. (diocesan photo)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/dont-give-up-michaelcurry.jpgdont-give-up-michaelcurry2016-12-08T14:55:25+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/12/07/evening-prayer-12-7-16-ambrose-bishop-of-milan-397/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/fsil-graduation-11-4-16-haitinursing-org.jpgfsil-graduation-11-4-16-haitinursing-orgNew nurses graduated last month from FSIL, the Faculty of Nursing Science of the Episcopal University of Haiti. As our websites prepare for the new budget year, we are gathering information about this program as a possible mission partner. It seems to be very similar to the Martha Kelley Scholarship we sponsor at Cuttington University School of Nursing in Liberia; one way we can help improve public health in poor nations is by educating nurses, each one of whom may touch the lives of thousands in his or her career. (university photo)2016-12-07T19:41:34+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/12/06/morning-prayer-12-7-16-ambrose-bishop-of-milan-397/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/dededuncan-probe-cny-12-3-16.pngdededuncan-probe-cny-12-3-16The Rt. Rev. DeDe Duncan-Probe was consecrated Bishop of Central New York last Saturday by Presiding Bishop Michael Curry and delegations of bishops from the rest of New York State, Virginia and elsewhere. She is the 11th bishop of the diocese and the first woman. (diocesan photo)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/jesuswomantakeninadultery-lorenzolotto-louvre.jpgjesuswomantakeninadultery-lorenzolotto-louvreLorenzo Lotto, 1527-29: Christ and the Women Taken in Adultery (Louvre, Paris)2016-12-07T14:54:22+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/12/06/evening-prayer-12-6-16-nicholas-bishop-of-myra-c-342/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/veteransmarchinsnow-standingrock-lucasjackson-reuters.jpgVeterans join activists in a march to Backwater Bridge just outside of the Oceti Sakowin camp during a snow fall as "water protectors" continue to demonstrate against plans to pass the Dakota Access pipeline adjacent to the Standing Rock Indian ReservatioVeterans marching in the snow to Backwater Bridge near Standing Rock Indian Reservation Monday, a day after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said it would not issue permits to complete a giant oil pipeline opposed by the Lakota Sioux tribe. The veterans’ arrival, hundreds strong, was credited by many with tipping the balance toward accomodation, after months of protests and increasing violence by police and heavily armed private security. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/edmund-gwenn.jpgedmund-gwenn2016-12-06T19:31:54+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/12/05/morning-prayer-12-6-16-nicholas-bishop-of-myra-c-342/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/daddysuniformbears-ofcblakesnyder-lineofduty-stlouiscopd.jpgdaddysuniformbears-ofcblakesnyder-lineofduty-stlouiscopdHere’s something sure to break your heart: this little boy is the son of a police officer killed in the line of duty, Officer Blake Snyder of the St. Louis County, Missouri, Police Department. The boy is too little to understand why Daddy’s not coming home. But some very good people, you could call them Santa’s helpers, took Daddy’s uniform and had it made into these two teddy bears; and his eyes lit right up. He knows those police patches, so he knows who these bears are from. § May we pray quietly for all children who are missing a parent this time of year, and for spouses left behind. (posted by his mother on Instagram)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/good-advent-meme.jpggood-advent-memehttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/stnicholas-facialreconstructiontechnology-liverpooljohnmooresuniv.jpgstnicholas-facialreconstructiontechnology-liverpooljohnmooresunivNicholas was a bishop in modern-day Turkey, where he was persecuted for his faith and became known for his courage and goodness; the Santa Claus character is based on him. Two years ago, scientists at Liverpool John Moores University used facial reconstruction technology to come up with this portrait, which they say is close to what the saint looked like. (university photo)2016-12-06T14:52:01+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/12/05/evening-prayer-12-5-16-clement-of-alexandria-theologian-priest-c-210/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/standing-rock-victory-12-4-16-davidgoldman-ap.jpgstanding-rock-victory-12-4-16-davidgoldman-apThe U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced yesterday that it will not issue permits to complete the Dakota Access Pipeline adjacent to the Standing Rock Indian Reservation in North Dakota. The decision came less than a day before state and local police and the company’s highly sophisticated security personnel were set to try to evict protesters from the sacred site, while hundreds of U.S. military victims pledged to shield the Native people with their bodies. Coming nearly at the end of President Obama’s term, this is not a final victory for the indigenous people, whose cause has spread worldwide, but it is a major victory nonetheless, as people celebrated with prayer, song and drumming around a bonfire. (David Goldman/Associated Press)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/judgmentday-sistinechapel.jpgjudgmentday-sistinechapelJudgment Day by Michelangelo, in the Sistine Chapel; lo, he comes with clouds descending.2016-12-05T20:00:24+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/12/04/morning-prayer-12-5-16-clement-of-alexandria-priest-theologian-c-210/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/homelessvigil-stjamesdioca-josephgeha-eastbaytimes.jpghomelessvigil-stjamesdioca-josephgeha-eastbaytimesA vigil for the homeless Friday night at St. James’s in the Diocese of California. It's an important event this time of year, reminding us all of the unimaginably needy; they had a good turnout, too, thanks be to God. (Joseph Feha/East Bay Times)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/flood-kuensel-online.jpgflood-kuensel-onlineWhat fleeing the days of vengeance might look like to us. (Kuensel Online)2016-12-05T14:47:22+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/12/04/evening-prayer-12-4-16-second-sunday-of-advent/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/salvator-mundi-leonardo.jpgsalvator-mundi-leonardoLeonardo da Vinci: Salvator Mundi, Savior of the Worldhttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/advent2-candles.jpg2. Advent2. Advent2016-12-04T19:25:25+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/12/04/morning-prayer-12-14-16-second-sunday-of-advent/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/weplayedthefluteforyou-patrickcomerford-com.jpegweplayedthefluteforyou-patrickcomerford-comWe played the flute, but you did not dance. (patrickcomerford.com)2016-12-04T07:11:22+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/12/03/evening-prayer-12-3-16-francis-xavier-a-founder-of-the-jesuits-1552/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/standingrock-11-20-16-stephaniekeith-reuters.jpgstandingrock-11-20-16-stephaniekeith-reutersWe are praying fervently today that no violence will occur at the Standing Rock Indian Reservation in North Dakota, where hundreds of Native American tribe members, now joined by hundreds of U.S. military veterans, are trying to block the completion of a big oil pipeline under the giant Missouri River, the tribe’s only water source. The main conflict now is less with the government or the pipeline company than with the county sheriff, whose officers are armed to the teeth and itching for a fight. Missionary priests from the area representing the highest levels of the Episcopal Church, including our own Mother Lauren Stanley, are on hand as chaplains to the protesters to try to de-escalate police violence. Above, the scene two weeks ago, where all the firepower was in the hands of the police, who injured and arrested hundreds. Friday night the Obama Administration sent in Federal mediators to try to cool things off, but the sheriff is publicly defiant. Please pray with us for the safety of all, demonstrators and police officers alike. (Stephanie Keith/Reuters)2016-12-03T15:17:25+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/12/03/morning-prayer-12-3-16-francis-xavier-missionary-in-the-far-east-1552/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/whale-backpackerguidenz.jpgwhale-backpackerguidenz(Backpacker Guide New Zealand)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/gracechurch-brunswickmd-anjelscarborough.jpggracechurch-brunswickmd-anjelscarboroughLove banner at Grace Church, Brunswick, Maryland. (The Rev. Anjel Scarborough)2016-12-03T12:09:13+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/12/02/video-evensong-12-2-16-channing-moore-williams-missionary-bishop-to-china-japan-1910/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/widowsmite-lizlemonswindle.jpgwidowsmite-lizlemonswindleLiz Lemon Swindle: The Widow’s Mite2016-12-03T02:57:37+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/12/01/morning-prayer-12-2-16-channing-moore-williams-missionary-bishop-in-china-japan-1910/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/tibetanbuddhistmonastery-sichuanprovincechina-gillessabriecc81-nyt.jpgtibetanbuddhistmonastery-sichuanprovincechina-gillessabrie-nytA Buddhist nun spins a prayer wheel as she passes thousands of hand-built cells surrounding an influential monastery in Sichuan Province, China. Government bulldozers are now tearing them down in China’s constant effort to suppress religion, but people are still building their little booths. Christian monasteries developed in much the same way; a solitary hermit would find a cave and go into hiding to pray, then other people would find out and want what that person had. This, however, is an extraordinary response. (Gilles Sabrié/The New York Times)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/episcopalbranch.jpgepiscopalbranch2016-12-02T16:10:00+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/12/01/morning-prayer-12-1-16-nicholas-ferrar-deacon-1637/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/florencegrandson-walkoffame-chrispizzello-ap.jpgflorencegrandson-walkoffame-chrispizzello-apWe were sad to learn of the death of Florence Henderson a few days ago, the quintessential TV mom for people of a certain age; “The Brady Bunch” was the first U.S. series to show a blended family. It was all sweetness and light, which helped her win the part; she was a smalltown girl from Dale, Indiana with a strong, true soprano and an upbeat personality. Above, with her grandson several years ago, receiving her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. (Chris Pizzello/Associated Press)2016-12-01T21:11:03+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/12/01/evening-prayer-12-1-16-nicholas-ferrar-deacon-of-little-gidding-1637/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/nicholasferrar-stjohns-littlegidding.jpgnicholasferrar-stjohns-littlegiddingThis was the church Nicholas Ferrar took over when his family, having suffered financial losses, bought the decrepit manor house at the abandoned village of Little Gidding in Huntingdonshire. It’s little – all choir, no nave, tiny sanctuary – but it was a perfect fit; they sat in their pews facing each other and praised God every day. Within a few generations, monasteries were re-established in England. (Wikipedia)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/nicholasferrar-afterportraitbycorneliusjanssens.jpegnicholasferrar-afterportraitbycorneliusjanssensNicholas Ferrer courted danger when he founded a family-based religious community at Little Gidding in Protestant England; it reminded Puritans of the monasteries they’d come to hate for their wealth, power and corruption, and from that conflict would come a civil war. Yet his little band lived in poverty, gentleness and harmony, educated village children and pursued a life of devotion. They never formally organized, and their community eventually died out with the founders, but Little Gidding is now known by Anglicans worldwide. (based on a portrait by Cornelius Janssens)2016-12-01T19:20:19+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/11/30/evening-prayer-11-30-16-st-andrew-first-apostle-of-christ/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/fightfor15-nyc-marklennihanap.jpgfightfor15-nyc-marklennihanapDespite the election of Donald Trump in the U.S., low-wage workers and labour unions are continuing to push for a much higher minimum wage, dubbed the Fight for Fifteen (Dollars). McDonald’s employees took to the streets in New York City, while in Detroit and Chicago, workers walked off the job in the busiest airports. The four-year-old movement has won bigger paychecks in California, New York and scores of cities. Many of those protesting voted for Trump, who says the national minimum wage ($7.25) should be abolished. (Mark Lennihan/Associated Press)2016-11-30T20:57:56+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/11/29/morning-prayer-11-30-16-wednesday-of-advent-1/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/gatlinburgcondos-grundycoherald.jpggatlinburgcondos-grundycoheraldWildfire swept through the Tennessee resort towns of Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge Monday night, torching over 100 buildings so far, including this condo development. The area is adjacent to Great Smoky Mountains National Park, one of the most beautiful areas in the United States. No deaths or injuries have been reported at present, but thousands scrambled to get away; fire lined the highway that’s the main escape route. Ongoing drought in the Southeastern USA is largely to blame. (Grundy County Herald)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/16-days-of-activism.jpg16-days-of-activism16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence2016-11-30T15:01:28+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/11/29/evening-prayer-11-29-16-tuesday-of-advent-1/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/baptism-rosebud.jpgbaptism-rosebudAdvent is a time of preparing for Christ’s return; and that suggests repentance and baptism. This one, at the Rosebud Episcopal Mission on the Lakota reservation in South Dakota, seems to have been fun, too, like kids usually have with Mother Lauren Stanley. (parish photo)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/baptistrystjohn-florenceduomo-wiki.jpgbaptistrystjohn-florenceduomo-wikiBaptistry St. John, in front of the Florence Duomo: that's quite a font. (Wikipedia)2016-11-29T19:37:34+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/11/28/morning-prayer-11-29-16-tuesday-of-advent-1/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/srcposcottcdayton-usn.jpgsrcposcottcdayton-usnA 42-year-old Navy sailor whose many decorations included the Bronze Star has been identified as the first member of the American armed forces to be killed in combat in Syria, the Defense Department said on Friday. Senior Chief Petty Officer Scott C. Dayton of Woodbridge, Va., was assigned to a bomb-disposal unit based in Virginia Beach, the Pentagon said. He was killed by an improvised bomb on Thanksgiving Day in northern Syria, where 300 Americans have been helping to organize an offensive against the Islamic State. In a statement the Dayton family said, “Scott was so dedicated to the Navy and truly loved what he did for his country.”https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/celebrant-at-altar-canyoncityor-bethspell.jpgcelebrant-at-altar-canyoncityor-bethspellGrandma was teaching Sunday School at St. Thomas’s, Canyon City, Oregon, missing church as always until Communion time. When she came and saw how the room was decorated for Advent, with its simple beauty of candles and colors, she stopped and took a picture right then and sent it to us, with praise for the Altar Guild. (Beth Spell)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/cliffbarrows-dallas1987-billygrahamevangelisticassn.jpgcliffbarrows-dallas1987-billygrahamevangelisticassnCliff Barrows has died, Billy Graham’s longtime musical director and a radio preacher in his own right. They met at Bob Jones University, found their skills were complementary, and merged their ministries so that Graham preached and Barrows’ choirs sang for over 200 million people in 183 countries for 58 years. Above: Barrows, Graham and vocalist George Beverly Shea, singing at the podium together during a crusade in Dallas, Texas in 1987. (Billy Graham Evangelistic Association)2016-11-29T14:52:23+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/11/28/evening-prayer-11-28-16-kamehameha-iv-emma-king-queen-of-hawaii-1864-1885/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/standingrock-11-24-16-stephaniekeith-reuters1.jpgstandingrock-11-24-16-stephaniekeith-reutersThe U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced plans on Friday to close the Standing Rock oil pipeline protest camp, citing increasing violence between police and protesters. They want to move the Lakota Sioux demonstrators and their Native allies in 300 other tribes to a more convenient “free speech zone” that allows traffic to move. But this isn’t likely to work; the Indians took the bridge for a reason, to disrupt the pipeline construction right next to their reservation and underneath their water supply. Standing Rock Chairman Dave Archambault II says the way to defuse the confrontation is to move the pipeline. Last week hundreds of demonstrators were injured, including one critically, in what looked like a police riot; the county sheriff has sided with the pipeline company and the white neighbors. (Stephanie Keith/Reuters)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/standingrock-blockhighway-10-26-16.jpgstandingrock-blockhighway-10-26-16The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced plans on Friday to close the Standing Rock oil pipeline protest camp, citing increasing violence between police and protesters. They want to move the Lakota Sioux demonstrators and their Native allies in 300 other tribes to a more convenient “free speech zone” that allows traffic to move. But this isn’t likely to work; the Indians took the bridge for a reason, to disrupt the pipeline construction right next to their reservation and underneath their water supply. Standing Rock Chairman Dave Archambault II says the way to defuse the confrontation is to move the pipeline. Last week hundreds of demonstrators were injured, including one critically, in what looked like a police riot; the county sheriff has sided with the pipeline company and the white neighbors. (Stephanie Keith/Reuters)2016-11-28T19:39:45+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/11/27/morning-prayer-11-28-16-kamehameha-emma-king-queen-of-hawaii-1864-1885/2016-11-28T20:57:59+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/11/27/evening-prayer-11-27-16-first-sunday-of-advent/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/advent-wnc-2015-chrisgarten.jpgadvent-wnc-2015-chrisgartenWashington National Cathedral, Advent 2015. (Chris Garten)2016-11-27T18:02:03+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/11/27/morning-prayer-11-27-16-first-sunday-of-advent/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/adventwreaths-bluesuspended-thevergersvoice.jpgadventwreaths-bluesuspended-thevergersvoiceThe first Sunday of Advent is the beginning of the new church year; it anticipates the birth of Jesus at Christmas, and his return to Earth on the Day of Judgment. Advent season consists of four Sundays; every Sunday we light another candle to mark the passage of time until Jesus comes. (vergersvoice.org)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/advent-altar-pinterest.jpgadvent-altar-pinterestPeople love to opine about the best colors to use in an Advent wreath; violet and blue are the most common, but observing a season of preparation by marking the passing Sundays is more important than what colors we use. (found on Pinterest)2016-11-27T06:39:00+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/11/26/evening-prayer-11-26-16-isaac-watts-hymnwriter-1748/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/rosebudsnewsplitter-trinity-southportct.jpgrosebudsnewsplitter-trinity-southportctNow here is a thing of beauty, even if it doesn’t look like it at first glance: our partners at the Rosebud Episcopal Mission in South Dakota are making hay with a new logsplitter, thanks to their longtime friends at Trinity Church, Southport, Connecticut. This firewood will keep people warm enough to get through the long, bitter winter to come and keep someone on the Lakota reservation from freezing to death. Hauling, splitting and delivering wood may not be most people’s ideas of missionary work, but that’s exactly what it is; the way to teach Jesus is by showing him. (The Rev. Lauren R. Stanley)2016-11-26T18:37:00+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/11/25/morning-prayer-11-26-16-isaac-watts-hymnwriter-1748/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/thanksgivingsurprise-anjelscarborough.jpgthanksgivingsurprise-anjelscarboroughAs we’ve reported, there were many free Thanksgiving dinners held this week in the United States by churches and community groups; in Brunswick, Maryland, volunteers delivered meals to retail employees who had to work on the holiday. “You brought this for us?” (The Rev. Anjel Scarborough)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/coloradonatlmon-marknewman-sandstoneerosion.jpgcoloradonatlmon-marknewman-sandstoneerosionColorado National Monument, USA, where even the sandstone erosion is beautiful: sing praise and give honor for ever. (Mark Newman)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/communityofholyspirit-consecrationnyc2010.jpgIMG_5148The blessing of St. Hilda’s House and the consecration of the new chapel of the Community of the Holy Spirit, New York City, 2010; Suffragan Bishop Catherine Roskam presided. (convent photo)2016-11-26T05:48:02+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/11/25/video-evensong-11-25-16-james-otis-sargent-huntington-founder-of-the-order-of-the-holy-cross-1935/2016-11-26T20:31:04+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/11/24/morning-prayer-11-25-16-james-otis-sargent-huntington-priest-monk-1935/2016-11-25T14:47:36+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/11/24/evening-prayer-11-24-16-thanksgiving-day-usa/2016-11-24T19:34:29+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/11/23/morning-prayer-11-24-16-thanksgiving-day-usa/2016-11-24T14:50:13+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/11/23/evening-prayer-11-23-16-st-clement-of-rome-c-100/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/zaccheus-antiochanfathers.jpgzaccheus-antiochanfathersZaccheus in the Tree; Antiochian Fathershttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/nantahalanf-northcarolina-usfs.jpgnantahalanf-northcarolina-usfsFor the beauty of the Earth: Nantahala National Forest, North Carolina. (U.S. Forest Service)2016-11-23T19:03:07+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/11/22/morning-prayer-11-23-16-clement-bishop-of-rome-c-100/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/rosebudkids-tipis-nodapl-laurenrstanley.jpgrosebudkids-tipis-nodapl-laurenrstanleyThe Rosebud kids decorated their tree with Lakota tipis and a slogan reading “No DAPL,” the Dakota Access oil pipeline which would run right next to their cousins on the Standing Rock Reservation. You can bet that got noticed in Pierre; a monthslong standoff between Native protesters and police has generated national headlines, with police increasingly accused of brutality. (The Rev. Lauren R. Stanley)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/rosebudkidsstatecapitolpierre-laurenrstanley.jpgrosebudkidsstatecapitolpierre-laurenrstanleyLakota children from our mission partners at the Rosebud Episcopal Mission in South Dakota were invited to decorate a Christmas tree at the state capitol in Pierre, and set about making it distinctive to their own culture. See below. (The Rev. Lauren R. Stanley)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/last-rose-of-summer-michaelhartney.jpglast-rose-of-summer-michaelhartneyFor joy in God’s creation: the last rose of summer, Monday in upstate New York. (The Rev. Michael Hartney)2016-11-23T14:55:07+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/11/22/evening-prayer-11-22-16-c-s-lewis-apologist-spiritual-writer-1963/2016-11-22T19:17:08+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/11/21/morning-prayer-11-22-16-cecilia-martyr-at-rome-c-280/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/zechariah-shepherd-laymansbibleblog.pngzechariah-shepherd-laymansbibleblogZechariah the bad shepherd. (Layman’s Bible blog; artist unknown)2016-11-22T14:50:35+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/11/21/evening-prayer-11-21-16-william-byrd-john-merbecke-thomas-tallis-musicians-1623-1585-1585/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/gwenifill-metropolitaname-aldrago-nyt.jpggwenifill-metropolitaname-aldrago-nytThe funeral for television journalist Gwen Ifill was held at the historic Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C. over the weekend, with photos, audio and video clips and the reminiscences of friends and colleagues, from President & Mrs. Obama to former Attorney General Eric Holder and Judy Woodruff, her co-anchor on the PBS NewsHour; the service lasted three hours. Ms. Ifill was the daughter of an AME pastor who emigrated from Barbados to New York City before she was born. At times they were so poor they lived in public housing, but she grew up to be a beloved, authoritative reporter who interviewed presidents and billionaires. (Al Drago/The New York Times)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/westminsterabbey-litup.jpegWestminster AbbeyThe Collegiate Church of St Peter: Westminster Abbey, London.2016-11-21T19:31:34+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/11/20/morning-prayer-11-21-16-william-byrd-john-merbecke-thomas-tallis-musicians-1623-1585-1585/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/whileyouwereshopping.jpgwhileyouwereshoppinghttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/zechariah-unknown.jpgzechariah-unknownThe prophet Zechariah; iconographer unknown2016-11-21T14:49:52+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/11/14/special-post-a-pastoral-letter-on-the-election-from-the-episcopal-bishop-of-indianapolis-our-letter-to-gov-mike-pence/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/cate-in-chasuble-mitre-seansullivan.jpgcate-in-chasuble-mitre-seansullivanBishop Cate in chasuble and mitre at Christ Church Cathedral, Indianapolis (Sean Sullivan)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/cate-in-choir-seansullivan.jpgcate-in-choir-seansullivanOur Episcopal Visitor the Rt. Rev. Catherine M. Waynick, in the choir at Christ Church Cathedral, Indianapolis (Sean Sullivan)2016-11-21T12:51:40+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/11/20/evening-prayer-11-20-16-last-sunday-after-pentecost-christ-the-king/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/christus-rex.jpgchristus-rex2016-11-20T19:10:23+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/11/19/morning-prayer-11-20-16-last-sunday-after-pentecost-christ-the-king/2016-11-20T04:07:04+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/11/19/evening-prayer-11-19-16-elizabeth-of-hungary-guardian-of-the-poor-1231/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/treecathedral-trentoit-giulianomauri-architect.jpgtreecathedral-trentoit-giulianomauri-architectTree Cathedral by the architect Giuliano Mauri near Trento, Italy.2016-11-19T18:35:37+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/11/19/morning-prayer-11-19-16-elizabeth-princess-of-hungary-1231/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/maple-tree-michaelhartney.jpgmaple-tree-michaelhartneyBackyard maple tree, Watkins Glen, New York: sing praise and give honor for ever. (The Rev. Michael Hartney)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/rosebudfirewood-laurenstanley.jpgrosebudfirewood-laurenstanleyIt gets very, very cold on the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota, and one of the Episcopal Mission’s most important projects is keeping people warm in their homes. As mission teams come to the reservation throughout the year, chopping and splitting firewood is an ongoing chore. Last week Mother Lauren R. Stanley and a parishioner started making deliveries; she drove, he tossed, she took the pictures.2016-11-21T15:23:23+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/11/18/video-evensong-11-18-16-st-hilda-of-whitby-abbess-diplomat-680/2016-11-21T15:40:23+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/11/17/morning-prayer-11-18-16-hilda-abbess-of-whitby-680/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/beachboys-revpatricksanders-jtanglin-stpeters-by-sea-gulfportms.jpgbeachboys-revpatricksanders-jtanglin-stpeters-by-sea-gulfportmsChurches are always wondering how they can raise money for their mission projects – but the answer is simple: just hire a priest who’s also a member of a Beach Boys cover band, like the Rev. Patrick Sanders, left, rector at St. Peter’s-by-the-Sea in Gulfport, Mississippi. A couple hours of singing and playing guitar with your buddy (J.T. Anglin), maybe a joke or two, and walk away with a fistful of dollars. It’s worked every time so far. (Diocese of Mississippi)2016-11-18T14:55:47+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/11/17/evening-prayer-11-17-16-hugh-robert-grosseteste-bishops-of-lincoln/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/myanmarpolice-burningvillages-rakhinestate-theinzaw-ap.jpgmyanmarpolice-burningvillages-rakhinestate-theinzaw-apIn the long-running battle between Myanmar and its own native Rohingya population, police are now burning villages and murdering inhabitants in Rakhine State, on the border with Bangladesh, which is where the Burmese government says the Rohingyas came from 150 years ago. Amnesty International just released satellite before-and-after pictures showing that whole towns have been wiped out. Burma’s president, a former dissident under house arrest, won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991, but shows no mercy to the Rohingyas. (Thein Zaw/Associated Press)2016-11-17T19:04:17+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/11/16/morning-prayer-11-17-16-hugh-robert-grosseteste-bishops-of-lincoln-1200-1253/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/altarguild-trinitykirksville-marialevans.jpgaltarguild-trinitykirksville-marialevansThe altar guild last Sunday at Trinity Church, Kirksville, Missouri, where someone finally got these ladies to line up at their work station long enough to take a picture; usually they’re so busy you can never get them to stand still. (Maria L. Evans)2016-11-17T16:44:56+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/11/16/evening-prayer-11-16-16-margaret-queen-of-scotland-1093/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/gwenifill-joebiden-2008vpdebate-donemmert-ap.jpggwenifill-joebiden-2008vpdebate-donemmert-apU.S. television anchor Gwen Ifill has died of cancer at 61, an African Methodist Episcopal preacher’s daughter who was the first Black female in the newsroom of a Boston newspaper, earned increasingly responsible positions at the best and biggest papers, then became an anchor and editor at public television’s “NewsHour.” Serious, hardworking, disciplined and ambitious, she became a national figure for moderating political debates, as above in 2008 when she was greeted by then-Senator Joe Biden. Off-camera she had a dazzling, uncensored smile that could light up a room, and was loved by audiences and peers across the political spectrum. She used to tell friends that if she missed church on Sunday, she felt flat the rest of the week. (Don Emmert/Associated Press)2016-11-16T19:44:45+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/11/15/morning-prayer-11-16-16-margaret-queen-of-scotland-1093/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/shane-on-store-floor.jpgshane-on-store-floorOne of our solitary monk friends works a lot with homeless youth, and as winter comes on in the Northern Hemisphere, warm coats and decent shoes are always a concern. A few days ago he saw that one of his young men needed footwear. So he spoke to people at St. Francis’s, Rutherfordton, North Carolina, a small mission-oriented church, then took his friend Shane to a discount store. Once a certain pair caught his eye, Shane sat right down on the floor to try them on with great delight. Now he’s got shoes to get him through the winter and wear with pride at school: This is the word of the Lord. (Br. John Huebner, CG)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/br-john-shane.jpgbr-john-shaneShane shows off his shoes; we show off our friend. (Br. John Huebner, CG)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/fox-village-japan.jpgfox-village-japanZao Fox Village, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. (Rebloggy)2016-11-16T14:47:06+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/11/15/evening-prayer-11-15-16-francis-asbury-george-whitehead-methodist-evangelists-1816-1770/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/copts-demandsnotjustforxiansallegyptians-narimanel-mafti-ap.jpgcopts-demandsnotjustforxiansallegyptians-narimanel-mafti-apCoptic Christians in Egypt are increasingly restive under the Sisi government, as longstanding discrimination continues, along with violence and high unemployment. These signs at a recent demonstration say, “Our demands are not just for Christians but for all Egyptians.” (Nariman el-Mafti/Associated Press)2016-11-15T19:13:28+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/11/14/morning-prayer-11-15-16-francis-asbury-george-whitehead-evangelists-1816-1770/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/soldier-salutes.jpg1st Brigade Combat Team Soldiers Return Home After Afghanistan DeploymentNo photo is available of this soldier.https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/iubelt-min.jpgiubelt-minIubelt, a motor transport operator, enlisted less than a year ago, on Nov. 23, 2015. His awards and decorations include the Afghanistan Campaign Medal with campaign star, Army Service Ribbon and Combat Action Badge.https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/perry-min.jpgperry-minSgt. Perry enlisted in 2008 as a test, measurement and diagnostic equipment maintenance support specialist. He deployed to Afghanistan from August 2010 to July 2011 before deploying again in September of this year. (U.S. Army)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/habakkuk-donatello-duomoofflorence-269.jpghabakkuk-donatello-duomoofflorence-269Donatello: The Prophet Habbakuk, at the Duomo in Florence.https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/colombia-newpeacedeal-11-12-16-havana-desmondboylan-ap.jpgcolombia-newpeacedeal-11-12-16-havana-desmondboylan-apColombian leaders announced a new peace deal in Havana on Friday, which they hope will answer voters’ rejection of the previous one, which sought to end a 52-year-long civil war with FARC rebels. Some voters said the previous agreement was too lenient with the rebels, giving them amnesty and automatic seats in Parliament – but it was also undermined by anti-Gay Roman Catholics and Pentecostals seeking to topple the government. (Desmond Boylan/Associated Press)2016-11-15T15:58:58+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/11/14/evening-prayer-11-14-16-samuel-seabury-1st-american-bishop-1796/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/oursaviourhillandale-silverspringmd-diodc.jpgoursaviourhillandale-silverspringmd-diodcIf you were with us this morning you know about the vandalizing of Episcopal churches in the wake of the election of Donald Trump; we published a photo of Nazi slogans, symbols and “fag church” painted on the side of St. David’s, Bean Blossom, Indiana, and above we see the back of a sign welcoming Latinos at Church of Our Saviour, Hillandale in Silver Spring, Maryland, a suburb of Washington, D.C. The exterior wall of their columbarium was also desecrated. Pray that the criminals repent and the congregations and communities keep calm and carry on. (Diocese of Washington)2016-11-15T03:01:31+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/11/13/morning-prayer-11-14-16-samuel-seabury-first-american-bishop-1796/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/stdavidsbeanblossomvandals-11-12-16.jpgstdavidsbeanblossomvandals-11-12-16St. David's, an Episcopal church in Bean Blossom, Indiana, was vandalized late Saturday night, greeting parishioners with this on Sunday morning. At the same time in Silver Spring, Maryland, the Church of Our Saviour suffered a similar attack, with "White People Only" spray-painted on a church sign welcoming Latinos, and on the outside wall by the columbarium, which must feel to parishioners like desecrating their elders' graves. Our congregation has close ties with the church in Indiana; we worshiped there during our retreat last year, and the priest-in-charge has attended many of our webcasts. We grieve and we are angry, but to a Christian, persecution is a badge of honor. (parish photos on Facebook)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/idols-merrill-lynch-bull-aniview-eu.jpgidols-merrill-lynch-bull-aniview-euBronze bull outside a brokerage house on Wall Street, New York City; idols aren’t just an ancient thing we don’t worship anymore. (aniview.eu)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/gracechurchfoodpantry-traversecitymi-nancyjohnson.jpggracechurchfoodpantry-traversecitymi-nancyjohnsonHere’s a “work” a lot of Episcopalians enjoy: Nancy Johnson coordinates the food pantry at Grace Church, Traverse City, Michigan. (parish photo)2016-11-14T15:51:28+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/11/13/evening-prayer-11-13-16-twenty-sixth-sunday-in-ordinary-time/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/bigotsigns-henrycodems.jpgbigotsigns-henrycodemsFor all days are days of judgment, and the Lord is waiting still, drawing near a world that spurns him, offering peace from Calvary’s hill. (Eric Routley, “All Who Love and Serve Your City”)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/choristers.jpgchoristersAs long as there are children and as long as there is music, there is hope.2016-11-13T22:21:11+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/11/13/morning-prayer-11-13-16-twenty-sixth-sunday-after-pentecost/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/chartreslabyrinth-paxworks-com.jpgchartreslabyrinth-paxworks-comThe labyrinth at Chartres Cathedral (paxworks.com)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/birneywalkersmithjr-d1995priesttuskegeeairman-500.jpgbirneywalkersmithjr-d1995priesttuskegeeairman-500Veterans/Remembrance Day was Friday, which causes us to remember the remarkable life and ministry of the Rev. Birney Walker Smith, Jr. During World War II he was a member of the famed Tuskegee Airmen, a segregated Air Force unit which distinguished itself in European combat. A year after the war ended in 1945, he was ordained a priest by the Bishop of Michigan at St. Matthew’s, Detroit, and served as Vicar of St. Mary the Virgin in Keokuk, Iowa, a town of 10,000 that’s 4% Black. Fr. Smith died in 1996.2016-11-13T06:10:24+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/11/12/evening-prayer-11-12-16-charles-simeon-evangelical-priest-1836/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/natlholocaustmus-whatdidamericansknow-fredericksburgva-1938.jpgnatlholocaustmus-whatdidamericansknow-fredericksburgva-1938Here’s something to ponder in this new era of “alt-right” anti-Semitism in the U.S.: an exhibit at the National Holocaust Museum in Washington asks, What did Americans know about the Holocaust as it was happening? This front page story, “Jews of World Are Warned By Nazis,” in the Fredericksburg, Virginia newpaper makes clear that the information was available in 1938, and some editors gave the story prominence. But big-city papers ran fewer stories and tended to bury them in the back pages. A year later, the United States refused entry to 900 Jewish refugees on board the St. Louis; coverage was heavy and sympathetic, but the State Department and President Roosevelt turned a deaf ear – and none of the papers editorialized in favor of admitting the Jews. When good people do nothing, evil triumphs.2016-11-12T14:24:46+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/11/11/morning-prayer-11-12-16-charles-simeon-priest-1836/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/comtystjohnbaptist-retreathouse-2012-300.jpgEPSON scanner imageSt. Marguerite’s Retreat House of the Community of St. John Baptist in Mendham, New Jersey. (convent photo)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/maple-tree-in-autumn-boiseid-revdebbiegraham.jpgmaple-tree-in-autumn-boiseid-revdebbiegrahamA neighbor’s maple tree last week in Boise, Idaho: sing praise and give honor for ever. (The Rev. Debbie Graham)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/zekielsawthewheel-litho1940-talbothistsoc-co-estateruthstarrrose.jpgzekielsawthewheel-litho1940-talbothistsoc-co-estateruthstarrroseZekiel Saw the Wheel, a lithograph from 1940; it's everywhere you look. (Talbot Historical Society)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/ezekielswheel-umdarchaeology-annapolis.jpgezekielswheel-umdarchaeology-annapolisA team of archaeologists at the University of Maryland in Annapolis has discovered artifacts on a former slave plantation which they say include objects illustrating the amalgamation of African spiritual practices and Christian symbols, with Ezekiel’s Wheel (Ezek. 1:16) used side by side with African vessels. Many indigenous peoples, including American Indians, use a wheel as a symbol of the unity of life; researchers theorize that Ezekiel’s vision of wheels within wheels served to link the two cultures. Early Methodist evangelists were active in the Eastern Shore of Chesapeake Bay, followed by African Methodist Episcopal missionaries. (University of Maryland Archaeology photo)2017-07-01T11:33:07+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/11/11/video-evensong-11-11-16-st-martin-bishop-of-tours-397-veteransremembrance-day/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/unjuststeward-marinusvanreymerswale-kunsthistorichesmus-vienna.pngunjuststeward-marinusvanreymerswale-kunsthistorichesmus-viennaMarinus van Reymerswale: The Unjust Steward; see them haggling in the back room. (Kunst Historiches Museum, Vienna)2016-11-12T03:04:26+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/11/10/morning-prayer-11-11-16-martin-bishop-of-tours-397-veteransarmistice-day/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/parableunjuststeward-490.jpgparableunjuststeward-490Parable of the unjust steward; artist unknown.https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/taipei-14thpride-ritchiebtongo-epa.jpgtaipei-14thpride-ritchiebtongo-epaLGBT rights are slowly advancing in Taiwan; President Tsai Ing-wen recently announced support for a new effort to legalize same-sex marriage, and Pride Day in Taipei, above, is the largest in Asia. (Ritchie B. Tongo/European Pressphoto Agency)2016-11-11T14:58:32+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/11/10/evening-prayer-11-10-16-pope-leo-the-great-theologian-461/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/joannapenberthy-stdavidswales-ens.jpegjoannapenberthy-stdavidswales-ensThe Church in Wales is about to get its first female bishop: the Rev. Canon Joanna Penberthy was tapped for the Diocese of St. David’s by an electoral college of 47 members, who locked themselves in a room at the cathedral for two days before announcing the choice. She was previously the first female canon of St. David’s Cathedral, then became rector of a parish near Llandrindod Wells, Powys. (The Church in Wales)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/prodigalson-returnof-guercino-1651.jpgprodigalson-returnof-guercino-1651Guercino, 1651: Return of the Prodigal Son. This is the later of two paintings the artist made on this subject.2016-11-10T21:18:03+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/11/09/morning-prayer-11-10-16-leo-the-great-bishop-of-rome-461/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/community-of-gospel-class-pic-11-29-16.jpgcommunity-of-gospel-class-pic-11-29-16The Community of the Gospel, a dispersed religious community based in the U.S. Diocese of Fond du Lac, convened last fall for their annual convocation, including receiving the life vows of two members of our webcast congregation, Sr. Julian Sky, 1st row right, and Br. John Huebner, 4th row right. Bishop Chilton Knudsen, front center, formerly of Maine, now assisting in Maryland, is their Bishop Visitor, and Fr. Tyrone Fowlkes is Chaplain. (Community photo)2016-11-10T14:50:06+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/11/06/light-a-candle-pray-for-the-nation/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/our-common-life.jpgour-common-lifehttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/electionday-brownsburgtownhall-goodsam.jpgelectionday-brownsburgtownhall-goodsamIn Brownsburg, Indiana, members of Church of the Good Samaritan gathered at the town hall last night to pray for country. (parish photo)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/wnc-election-day.jpgwnc-election-dayhttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/election-prayer-2-0.jpgelection-prayer-2-0https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/najegibsonvotes-nccentralu-wapo.jpgnajegibsonvotes-nccentralu-wapoNaje Gibson voting early at North Carolina Central University. (Washington Post)2016-11-10T05:15:35+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/11/09/evening-prayer-11-9-16-25th-ordinary-wednesday/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/clinton-concedes-jewelsamad-afp.jpgclinton-concedes-jewelsamad-afpHillary Rodham Clinton at her concession speech a few hours ago, with running mate Tim Kaine behind her. The defeat is painful, she said, but her supporters owe the U.S. President-Elect "an open mind and a chance to lead." (Jewel Samad/Agence France-Presse)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/midwaybaptist-lethatomesdrury.jpgmidwaybaptist-lethatomesdruryMidway Baptist Church, Midway, Kentucky (Deacon Letha Tomes Drury)2016-11-13T07:56:39+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/11/08/morning-prayer-11-9-16-25th-wednesday-after-pentecost/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/electionday-brownsburgtownhall-goodsam1.jpgelectionday-brownsburgtownhall-goodsamPrayer vigil for the U.S. elections Monday night at the town hall by members of the startup Good Samaritan Church in Brownsburg, Indiana. (parish photo)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/trump-nairaland.jpgtrump-nairalandDonald J. Trump (nairaland.com)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/pray-with-us-live-us-flag.jpgpray-with-us-live-us-flag2016-11-09T12:56:06+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/11/08/evening-prayer-11-8-16-25th-ordinary-tuesday-usa-election-day/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/electionday-ststephensterrehaute.jpgelectionday-ststephensterrehauteThe altar for "election eve" last night at St. Stephen's, Terre Haute, Indiana. Half or more of the parishes in the diocese have had or are having public prayers for the civic sacrament of Voting. (parish photo)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/abpjosephwtobin-newark-michaelconroy-ap.jpgabpjosephwtobin-newark-michaelconroy-apIndianapolis is losing its Cardinal-Designate, Archbishop Joseph W. Tobin, who was announced Monday as the next Archbishop of Newark, New Jersey, opposite New York City. He is considered a moderate, chosen by Pope Francis to replace a conservative who just reached retirement age. It’s been evident for awhile that the Pope’s had his eye on Tobin; when our Bishop Cate, the Episcopal Bishop of Indianapolis, visited the Anglican Centre in Rome with Francis last month, Tobin’s who they talked about. The Pope seems to want his own man in the New York media market; Tobin gets his red hat on 19 November. (Michael Conroy/Associated Press)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/kalmarcastle-chapel-sweden-wiki.jpgkalmarcastle-chapel-sweden-wikiChapel of Kalmar Castle, Sweden, where the first fortifications rose in the 13th Century. (Wikipedia)2016-11-08T20:38:35+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/11/07/morning-prayer-11-8-16-25th-ordinary-tuesday-usa-election-day/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/iraqisyriacabp-qaraqosh-ahmedjallah-reuters.jpgAn Iraqi priest holds the first Sunday mass at the Grand Immaculate Church since it was recaptured from Islamic State in QaraqoshThe Syriac Catholic archbishop recites the Eucharistic prayer during the first Mass at Immaculate Conception Church since it was recaptured from ISIS in Qaraqosh, near Mosul, Iraq, two Sundays ago. The building was heavily damaged during the occupation, but they carried on in faith. (Ahmed Jadallah/Reuters)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/puttidetail-rubens-thepresentationoftheportrait.jpgputtidetail-rubens-thepresentationoftheportraitRubens: detail of The Presentation of the Portrait, because you can never have too many putti.https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/iraqichristiansoldierlightscandle-reuters.jpgAn Iraqi Christian soldier lights a candle during the first Sunday mass at the Grand Immaculate Church since it was recaptured from Islamic State in QaraqoshAn Iraqi Christian soldier lights a candle after Mass at Qaraqosh. (Ahmed Jadallah/Reuters)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/moriarty.jpgmoriartyStaff Sgt. James F. Moriarty grew up in Houston and graduated from the University of Texas with a degree in economics. He was serving overseas for the second time. (Army photo)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/lewellen.jpglewellenStaff Sgt. Matthew Lewellen was a native of Kirksville, Missouri and attended Truman State University and the University of Kansas. He was on his second overseas tour. (Army photo)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/byersgloyer.jpgbyersgloyerCapt. Andrew Byers, left, was on his third deployment overseas when he was killed in Afghanistan. An outstanding swimmer in high school, he was a West Point (Army) graduate who married an Annapolis (Navy) graduate. Sgt. Ryan Gloyer was a graduate of hometown Thiel College in Greenville, Pennsylvania. He was on his fourth overseas tour, including three in Afghanistan. (Army photos)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/mcenroe.jpgmcenroeStaff Sgt. Kevin J. McEnroe had finished two years at the University of Colorado when he decided to enlist in hopes of becoming a Green Beret and making a difference. He was serving his second tour and loved fashion, travel and playing his guitar.2016-11-08T14:49:56+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/11/07/evening-prayer-11-7-16-st-willibrord-missionary-archbishop-of-utrecht-739/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/oldcatholiccathofstgertrude-utrecht-wiki.jpgoldcatholiccathofstgertrude-utrecht-wikiSt. Willibrord’s Day always reminds us to reverence and pray for our siblings in the Old Catholic Union of Utrecht; above is their mother church, St. Gertrude’s Cathedral. (Wikipedia)2016-11-07T18:14:09+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/11/06/morning-prayer-11-7-16-willibrord-archbishop-of-utrecht-missionary-to-frisia-739/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/election-prayer-2-01.jpgelection-prayer-2-0Pray with us live this morning at 7 & 9 a.m. Eastern Time. (Diocese of Indianapolis)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/qaraqoshiraq-immacconcept-11-30-16-ahmedjadallah-reuters.jpgIraqi priests hold the first Sunday mass at the Grand Immaculate Church since it was recaptured from Islamic State in Qaraqosh, near MosulYou’ve heard of the battle for Mosul, now raging in Iraq; here was the scene a week ago, 30 October, when Christians were able to get back into their Church of the Immaculate Conception in nearby Qaraqosh, now liberated. The magnificent church has suffered heavy damage, but the clergy and people were able to celebrate the Eucharist among the ruins. What a blessing that must have been. (Ahmed Jadallah/Reuters)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/millstone-israel-imgbuddy-com.jpgmillstone-israel-imgbuddy-comA millstone in Israel. (imgbuddy.com)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/aftermassnearmosul-ahmedjadallah-reuters.jpgAn Iraqi Christian prepares for the first Sunday mass at the Grand Immaculate Church since it was recaptured from Islamic State in QaraqoshHere we can see the interior damage to the church in Quarqosh, as a priest gathers up the holy things after the Divine Liturgy. (Ahmed Jadallah/Reuters)2016-11-07T21:19:01+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/11/06/evening-prayer-11-6-16-twenty-fifth-sunday-after-pentecost/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/all-saints-chapel-sewanee.jpgall-saints-chapel-sewaneeAll Saints’ Chapel at Sewanee: The University of the South in Tennessee, an Episcopal liberal arts college and seminary. (via the Rev. Michael Hartney)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/tecflag-standingrockprocess-11-3-16-laurenrstanley.jpgtecflag-standingrockprocess-11-3-16-laurenrstanleyCarrying the Episcopal Church flag during the Clergy for Standing Rock procession Thursday at the Lakota Sioux reservation in North Dakota, which is fighting to prevent construction of an oil pipleine that could ruin their water supply. (The Rev. Lauren R. Stanley)2016-11-06T19:08:52+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/11/05/morning-prayer-11-6-16-twenty-fifth-sunday-after-pentecost/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/clergyforstandingrock-laurenrstanley.jpgclergyforstandingrock-laurenrstanleyIt doesn't happen often, but there are times and occasions when the Episcopal Church is in the vanguard of leadership on U.S. social issues, and the proposed Dakota Access Oil Pipeline is one of them. Clergy and lay leaders from many denominations took part in Thursday’s gentle show of force on the Standing Rock Reservation; many of them look to TEC to provide a safe space for their unique witness. The Episcopalians of Standing Rock are our people, and the only weapon this priest is clutching in that power fist is a feather. (The Rev. Lauren R. Stanley)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/fall-time-change.jpgfall-time-changehttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/nativitygreenwoodms-bapt2confirm16receive3reaffirm2.jpgnativitygreenwoodms-bapt2confirm16receive3reaffirm2At Church of the Nativity, Greenwood, Mississippi last week, Bishop Brian Seage baptized two, confirmed 16, received three and reaffirmed two at his annual visitation. In today’s post-Christian environment, this is a stellar record for a smalltown parish – but you can find similar numbers all over the diocese. (diocesan photo)2016-11-06T04:54:09+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/11/05/evening-prayer-11-5-16-24th-ordinary-saturday/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/standingrockbishoprepudiatesdoctrinediscovery-laurenrstanley.jpgstandingrockbishoprepudiatesdoctrinediscovery-laurenrstanleyThe Rev. John Floberg, right, supervising priest on the Standing Rock Reservation in North Dakota, hands out a document repudiating the Doctrine of Discovery on Thursday as part of a march by over 500 clergy and lay leaders of various denominations supporting the Lakota Sioux’s effort to block construction of an oil pipeline a mile from their water supply. The bishop read the statement, then gave it to tribal leaders and watched them burn it. The Episcopal House of Bishops approved a resolution in 2009 condemning the theological and legal theory of the 15th Century that tried to justify European Christian imperialism, slavery and theft: “if you ‘discover’ it, it’s yours.” (The Rev. Lauren Stanley)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/ststephensame-hanoverin-wiki.jpgststephensame-hanoverin-wikiSt. Stephen’s African Methodist Episcopal Church, Hanover, Indiana, a small town just across the Ohio River from Kentucky, a former slave state. If escapees could get across the river, they could be free (except for the Fugitive Slave Act); this church no doubt received some refugees for freedom. (Wikipedia)2016-11-05T14:36:34+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/11/05/morning-prayer-11-5-16-24th-saturday-after-pentecost/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/earthquake-arquatadeltrontoitaly-giuseppebellini-getty.jpgearthquake-arquatadeltrontoitaly-giuseppebellini-gettySunday’s earthquake in the Umbria region of Italy destroyed the town of Arquata del Tronto, near Norcia (Nursia), known the world over as the home of St. Benedict. (Giuseppe Bellini/Getty Images)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/autumn-wnc-allhallowsguild.jpgautumn-wnc-allhallowsguildAutumn at Washington National Cathedral: sing praise and give honor for ever! (All Hallows Guild)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/standingrockprocession-laurenrstanley.jpgstandingrockprocession-laurenrstanleyMore than 500 clergy and laypeople of many denominations gathered at the Standing Rock Indian Reservation Thursday in North Dakota to protest plans to build a big oil pipeline in a strip of land between the reservation boundary and the Missouri River. (The Rev. Lauren R. Stanley)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/earthquake-nuns-norciait-nursia-remocasilli-reuters.jpgearthquake-nuns-norciait-nursia-remocasilli-reutersBenedictine nuns in Nursia looked over the damage to their convent a week ago; the Basilica of St. Benedict, built in the 13th century on the piazza in the old city and connected to the saint’s male monastery, was destroyed. (Remo Casilli/Reuters)2016-11-05T05:00:12+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/11/04/video-evensong-11-4-16-24th-friday-after-pentecost/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/lightcandle-stpaulsnewalbanyin.jpglightcandle-stpaulsnewalbanyinEpiscopal churches throughout the United States will conduct special Election Day services Monday and Tuesday. The Diocese of Indianapolis is actively participating, as seen by this sign at St. Paul’s, New Albany, and we have been asked by the diocese to make The Daily Office an online drop-in center for continuous prayer (including lighting a digital candle) until the winners are announced; for two weeks our American site has carried election-themed prayers, and we invite you to join in the one below. The most recent opinion polls show the race between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump to be very close. (parish photo)2016-11-05T01:51:19+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/11/03/morning-prayer-11-4-16-twenty-fourth-ordinary-friday/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/copsadvance-standingrockprayercircle-10-27-16-mikemccleary-bismarcktrib.jpgcopsadvance-standingrockprayercircle-10-27-16-mikemccleary-bismarcktribPolice and soldiers from the National Guard advancing on a prayer circle at Standing Rock Indian Reservation in North Dakota last week, where thousands of protesters have camped out for months trying to prevent construction of an oil pipeline across land that once was theirs, until the U.S. government broke a treaty and stole it back. The land is now owned by the pipeline company and runs through ancient burial grounds right next to the current reservation; besides disturbing the ancients, they fear the pipeline will break and contaminate their only source of drinking water, the Missouri River. The power struggle is growing more violent; 140 people were arrested. The Episcopal Church, which has historic churches among the Standing Rock Lakotas, is solidly behind relocating the pipeline and respecting the sacred land. (Mike McCleary/Bismarck Tribune)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/lordsprayerinlakota-marcandrus.jpglordsprayerinlakota-marcandrusThe Lord’s Prayer in the Lakota language of Standing Rock. (via Bishop Marc Andrus)2016-11-04T14:22:27+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/11/03/evening-prayer-11-3-16-richard-hooker-anglican-theologian-1600/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/morookaausbusstop-manmeetalishermurder-punjabi-danpeledepa.jpgmorookaausbusstop-manmeetalishermurder-punjabi-danpeledepaFlowers decorated a bus stop near Brisbane, Australia last weekend after a bus driver was killed and 11 passengers were injured when a man threw a molotov cocktail on the bus. The well-liked driver, Manmeet Alisher, 29, was an immigrant from Punjab, and suspicions were quickly raised that it might be a hate crime. A man was soon arrested, and has been described in media reports as an “erratic loner,” which may cast doubt on the anti-immigrant theory; either way, what a tragedy to lose this young man, making his way successfully in a new country. (Dan Peled/European Pressphoto)2016-11-03T18:01:47+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/11/02/morning-prayer-11-3-16-richard-hooker-priest-theologian-1600/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/pope-malmosweden-luthrecon-maxross-reuters.jpgpope-malmosweden-luthrecon-maxross-reutersPope Francis visited Malmos, Sweden a few days ago to encourage reconciliation between Rome and World Lutheranism, kicking off a year of activities leading to the 500th anniversary of Martin Luther’s nailing “95 Theses” to the church door in Wittenburg and the beginning of the Protestant Reform. But the pope made much more news during an airborne news conference on his way home, in which he asserted that the Roman Church will never ordain women priests because John Paul II said not to – a stance likely to make more Protestants over time. (Max Ross/Reuters)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/plagueofhail-tedlarson.jpgplagueofhail-tedlarsonTed Larson: The Plague of Hail2016-11-03T14:14:08+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/11/02/evening-prayer-11-2-16-all-souls-day/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/arcticsurfhudsonbay-arcticsurfblog.jpegarcticsurfhudsonbay-arcticsurfblogFor the beauty of the Earth: arctic surf on a beach in Hudson Bay, Canada. (arcticsurfblog)2016-11-02T18:52:56+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/11/01/morning-prayer-11-2-16-all-faithful-departed/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/ohioriverfromthepoint-hanoverin-wiki.jpgohioriverfromthepoint-hanoverin-wikiFor joy in God’s creation: the Ohio River, largest tributary of the Mississippi, seen from The Point in Hanover, Indiana, the only place where you can see the river bend three times. (Wikipedia)2016-11-02T19:58:24+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/11/01/evening-prayer-11-1-16-all-saints-day/2016-11-01T18:15:06+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/10/31/morning-prayer-11-1-16-all-saints-day/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/sgtrichardapittman-2l-medal-1968-ap.jpgsgtrichardapittman-2l-medal-1968-apMaster Sgt. Richard A. Pittman, second from left, has died, the U.S. Medal of Honor winner who saved his platoon when it was ambushed along a jungle trail in Vietnam, defying “a withering hail of enemy mortar and small-arms fire.” He attacked with a machine gun, then a submachine gun and a pistol; when he ran out of ammunition he lobbed a hand grenade, the last thing he had, as the enemy started running away from him. “I just did it,” he said later. “I knew somebody had to do something. Combat was kind of always instinctive for me.” (Associated Press)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/allsaints-icon-giovannidelbiondo-catholictradition-org.jpgallsaints-icon-giovannidelbiondo-catholictradition-orgGiovanni del Biondo, 1367: All Saintshttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/crown.jpgcrown2016-11-01T13:49:16+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/10/31/evening-prayer-10-31-16-eve-of-all-saints/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/allsaints-stjohnswashingtonin-2013-johnsteelefacebook.jpgallsaints-stjohnswashingtonin-2013-johnsteelefacebookAll Saints’ Day at St. John’s, Washington, Indiana, 2013. (John Steele)2016-10-31T18:00:07+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/10/30/morning-prayer-10-31-16-paul-sasaki-bishop-of-mid-japan-and-of-tokyo-1946-philip-tsen-bishop-of-honan-china-1954/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/potter-female-getty.jpgpotter-female-getty(Getty Images)2016-10-31T15:33:34+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/10/30/evening-prayer-10-30-16-24th-sunday-in-ordinary-time/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/stlukeseasthamptonny.jpgstlukeseasthamptonnySt. Luke’s, East Hampton, New York (source unknown)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/parableofunforgivingservant-domenicofetti-c1620.jpgparableofunforgivingservant-domenicofetti-c1620Domenico Fetti, c. 1620: Parable of the Unforgiving Servanthttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/jane-austen-prayer.jpegjane-austen-prayer2016-10-30T18:18:14+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/10/30/morning-prayer-10-30-16-twenty-fourth-sunday-after-pentecost/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/allsaintsanglican-newamsterdamguyana.jpgallsaintsanglican-newamsterdamguyanaAll Saints’ Anglican, New Amsterdam, Guyana; All Saints’ Day is Tuesday, so big doings are ahead. (source unknown)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/allsouls-okinawa.jpgallsouls-okinawaAll Souls’, Okinawa, Japan; All Souls’ Day is Wednesday November 2, the day after All Saints’. (source unknown)2016-10-30T14:24:42+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/10/29/evening-prayer-10-29-16-james-hannington-bishop-companions-martyrs-1885/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/our-lady-of-ferguson-markbozzuti-jones.jpgour-lady-of-ferguson-markbozzuti-jones(Mark Bozzuti-Jones)2016-10-29T17:06:28+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/10/28/morning-prayer-10-29-16-james-hannington-bishop-of-eastern-equatorial-africa-companions-martyrs-1885/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/hanoverpresbyterian-wiki.jpghanoverpresbyterian-wikiThe Presbyterian Church in Hanover, Indiana, on the bluffs above the Ohio River. (Wikipedia)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/sheep-blessing-frkenbrannon-ketchumid-mikepatterson.pngsheep-blessing-frkenbrannon-ketchumid-mikepattersonFr. Ken Brannon blessing a thousand sheep on St. Francis’s Day in Ketchum, Idaho: Glorify the Lord, O beasts of the wild, and all you flocks and herds! (Mike Patterson)2016-10-29T04:24:14+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/10/28/video-evensong-10-28-16-st-simon-st-jude-apostles/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/jennifer-baskerville-burrows-indydio.jpgjennifer-baskerville-burrows-indydiohttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/stsimonstjude-icon-forallthesaints.jpgstsimonstjude-icon-forallthesaintsSt. Simon and St. Jude; Jude is one of the patron saints of the Armenian Apostolic Church as the first to bring the Gospel to that country. Very little is known of Simon the Zealot, but it’s assumed he was an evangelist in various places around the Mediterranean, and at least three cities claim he was martyred there. (For All the Saints blog)2016-10-29T02:11:11+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/10/27/morning-prayer-10-28-16-st-simon-st-jude-apostles/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/dapl-10-27-16-mikemccleary-bismarcktrib.jpgdapl-10-27-16-mikemccleary-bismarcktribState and local police and members of the National Guard stood in formation yesterday as they cleared out Native Americans protesting the Dakota Access Pipeline; dozens were arrested and one man was hurt. The fire was reportedly started by protesters attempting to block the road and slow down the soldiers and police, who cleared an area owned by the pipeline company north of the protesters' main campground on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation near Cannon Ball, N.D. (Mike McCleary/The Bismarck Tribune)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/prayer-cate-standrewsgreencastle-seansullivan.jpgprayer-cate-standrewsgreencastle-seansullivanBishop Cate Waynick of Indianapolis, our Episcopal Visitor, led prayer in the parish hall during her last visitation Sunday at St. Andrew’s, Greencastle. Her successor will be elected this morning at diocesan convention. (Sean Sullivan)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/prayer-for-jobs.jpgprayer-for-jobs2016-10-28T18:03:15+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/10/27/evening-prayer-10-27-16-thursday-of-pentecost-23/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/tom-hayden-lincolnparkchgo-dnc-michaelochsarchives.jpgtom-hayden-lincolnparkchgo-dnc-michaelochsarchivesTom Hayden became famous in 1968 as one of the Chicago 7, who were arrested and blamed for a police riot against antiwar demonstrators during the Democratic National Convention. But he was a peace, justice and civil rights activist long before that and long afterward. Raised Catholic, he discovered student activism at the University of Michigan, joined the Freedom Riders in 1960, met Martin Luther King Jr. and the Kennedys, and helped register African-American voters in the South. After his mentors were assassinated he turned his focus to opposing the Vietnam War, going so far as to appear in a Communist propaganda movie with then-wife Jane Fonda, which he later regretted. He ran for high office several times, kept losing and narrowed his sights to local issues, winning a seat in the California state legislature and serving for 20 years on neighborhood, consumer and energy issues. (Michael Ochs Archives)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/savoychapellondon-officialhomeroyalvictorder-800.jpgsavoychapellondon-officialhomeroyalvictorder-800Savoy Chapel, London, official home of the Royal Victorian Order. (Wikipedia)2016-10-27T17:54:45+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/10/26/morning-prayer-10-27-16-thursday-of-pentecost-23/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/burningthejungle-calais-10-25-16-jacktaylor-gettyimages.jpgburningthejungle-calais-10-25-16-jacktaylor-gettyimagesA police officer controls the crowd Monday while behind him officials set fire to “The Jungle” refugee camp at Calais, France, where about 8000 Afghan and African refugees, many of them unaccompanied children, have lived while they hoped to get asylum in Britain. British civilians, not the French, provided food, clothes and social services to the migrants; some were more than ready to leave, but others will miss the little bit of home they were able to create. Most of the refugees are being dispersed throughout the French countryside, often to towns where people don’t want them and are greeting them with jeers and taunts. (Jack Taylor/Getty Images)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/stmarys-swansea-wales.jpgstmarys-swansea-walesSt. Mary’s Collegiate and Parish Church, Swansea, Wales; there’s been a church there since 1328; this building dates to about 1740, then it was mostly rebuilt in the 1890s. (Wikipedia)2016-10-27T13:50:44+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/10/26/evening-prayer-10-26-16-alfred-the-great-king-of-the-west-saxons-899/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/glory-rosebud.jpgglory-rosebudA social media-sized announcement for the GLORY youth program of our partners the Rosebud Episcopal Mission, on the Lakota Reservation in South Dakota. It’s tonight! (The Rev. Lauren Stanley)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/lasallefwa-oldchannel-tedvillaire.jpglasallefwa-oldchannel-tedvillaireA social media-sized announcement for the GLORY youth program of our partners the Rosebud Episcopal Mission, on the Lakota Reservation in South Dakota. It’s tonight! (The Rev. Lauren Stanley)2016-10-26T18:37:46+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/10/25/morning-prayer-10-26-16-alfred-the-great-king-of-the-west-saxons-899/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/ammonbundy-malheurnwr-jan2016-jarodopperman-nyt.jpgammonbundy-malheurnwr-jan2016-jarodopperman-nytJurors in the trial of Ammon Bundy, his brother Ryan and five followers for their armed, six-week takeover of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon last January told a Federal judge yesterday they have reached a preliminary decision on three of the defendants but are still discussing the others; she told them to keep working. The government says the episode resulted from a conspiracy to prevent Federal officers from doing their jobs, while the defendants say it was a spontaneous uprising that reflected their religious beliefs, as if Jesus told them to shoot up a bird sanctuary. The surrounding community of Harney County remains deeply divided, and with elections scheduled two weeks from now, tensions remain high. (Jarod Opperman/The New York Times)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/portentofwomaninchildbirth-maryqueenofheaven-newsthatmatters.jpgportentofwomaninchildbirth-maryqueenofheaven-newsthatmattersThe portent of the woman in childbirth as Mary, the Queen of Heaven. (source unidentified)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/manedwolf-brazil-wiki.jpgmanedwolf-brazil-wikiManed wolf of Brazil: sing praise and give honor for ever. (Wikipedia)2016-10-26T13:55:58+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/10/25/evening-prayer-10-25-16-tuesday-of-pentecost-23/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/cate-standrewsgreencastle.jpgcate-standrewsgreencastleThe Bishop of Indianapolis, the Right Reverend Catherine M. Waynick, celebrated the Eucharist and made her last visitation at St. Andrew’s, Greencastle, Indiana on Sunday. (She also serves as our Episcopal Visitor.) She is retiring after 20 years in office; an election will be held Friday to choose her successor. Our Vicar predicts another woman will be called, which would mark the first time in Anglican history that a woman diocesan is succeeded by another one. Three of the five finalists are female. (Sean Sullivan)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/familycommunion-cate-standrewsgreencastle-seansullivan.jpgfamilycommunion-cate-standrewsgreencastle-seansullivanA family communes at St. Andrew’s, Greencastle, Indiana during Bishop Cate’s last visit. (Sean Sullivan)2016-10-25T20:30:48+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/10/24/morning-prayer-10-25-16-tuesday-of-pentecost-23/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/calaisjungle-afsarkhadarkhail-12-afghan-matttinsleylat.jpgcalaisjungle-afsarkhadarkhail-12-afghan-matttinsleylatThe French government started demolishing “The Jungle” at Calais yesterday, destroying the squalid camp where Syrian, Afghan and other refugees hoped to catch a ride to the United Kingdom. But as bleak as conditions were, the camp was also a supportive community of like-minded people, many of them unaccompanied children like Afsar Khadarkhail, 12, of Afghanistan; local volunteers built a ramshackle teen hangout with a pool table, television and mobile phone charging stations. The French say they will relocate some residents elsewhere within the country, while others will be paroled to Britain, where most want to go. Those held back in France may try to escape by stowing away on a passing vehicle headed for the Channel Tunnel; some have reportedly made it to Britain, but others have been killed on the way. (Matt Tinsley/Los Angeles Times)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/flagoverstandingrock-tecarchives-schjonberg-ens.jpgflagoverstandingrock-tecarchives-schjonberg-ensThe Rev. John Floberg, left, missionary priest at the Standing Rock Indian Reservation in North Dakota, presented an Episcopal Church flag which flew over the campground where Native American protesters are trying to stop construction of a big oil pipeline right next door, to an official of the Episcopal Church Archives last week at a meeting of the Episcopal Church Executive Council. The flag, whipped by the fierce winds of the Great Plains, was the only church flag to fly over the camp, along with hundreds of flags representing many of the First Nations of North America. The protests continue, with scores of people arrested over the weekend. The Indians plan to keep up their vigil all winter if need be until the bulldozers are loaded up and hauled away. (The Rev. Mary Frances Schjonberg/Episcopal News Service)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/cpojasoncfinan-usn.pngcpojasoncfinan-usnThe first American killed in the military offensive to reclaim the Iraqi city of Mosul from the Islamic State died while serving alongside Navy SEALs, defense officials said Sunday. Chief Petty Officer Jason Finan, 34, was attached to an elite SEAL team that was advising the Iraqi Counterterrorism Service. The Iraqi troops were attacked Thursday, and the SEAL team pulled back along with the the troops they were advising, said Lt. Gen. Stephen Townsend, the senior U.S. commander in Iraq. Finan was in a vehicle and spotted a roadside bomb when he was killed. Finan is survived by his wife, Chariss, and their 7-year-old son, of Imperial Beach, California. Finan, a native of Anaheim, Calif., was assigned to the Navy’s Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 3. He enlisted in the Navy in August of 2003 and had earned several commendations throughout his lengthy military career. “Chief Finan was extremely proud of his service to his country [and] he was deeply respected by his peers and teammates,” Capt. Dean Muriano, commander of Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group Unit 1, said in a statement. “His family and brothers in arms are mourning and grieving the loss of this respected and talented sailor. He gave his life for his teammates and was committed and loyal to the country he loved.” (U.S. Navy)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/sgtdouglasariney.jpgsgtdouglasarineyHighly decorated Sgt. Douglas J. Riney, 26, of Fairview, Illinois died of wounds received after encountering “hostile enemy forces” in Kabul, Afghanistan. Riney was killed with civilian Army employee Michael G. Suaro. Riney’s awards and decorations include the Purple Heart, Bronze Star, Army Commendation Medal, four Army Achievement Medals, Army Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Afghanistan Campaign Medal with three campaign stars, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Noncommissioned Officer Professional Development Ribbon, Army Service Ribbon and NATO Medal. (U.S. Army)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/michaelgsauro.jpgmichaelgsauroThe Department of Defense identified the civilian employee who was killed in Afghanistan Thursday as Michael G. Sauro, 40, of McAlester, Oklahoma, who died in Kabul. The attack happened at an Afghan military ammunition supply point outside of Kabul. They said the Americans were visiting the site as part of their “train, advise and assist” mission when a lone gunman opened fire on them at the entry control point. Officials said the assailant was wearing an Afghan army uniform and was killed. (Pentagon photo)2016-10-25T14:03:21+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/10/24/evening-prayer-10-24-16-st-james-of-jerusalem-brother-of-jesus-martyr-c-62/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/revjohnfloberg-standingrock-execcouncil-mfschjonberg-ens.jpgrevjohnfloberg-standingrock-execcouncil-mfschjonberg-ensThe Standing Rock oil pipeline protests are directly represented in the governing council of The Episcopal Church by the Rev. John Floberg, center, longtime missionary priest on the Standing Rock Reservation and a member of Executive Council, which met last week. He expressed great pride in how the peaceful protests have been conducted, calling it “the most powerful experience I have had in my 25 years on Standing Rock.” He described the law enforcement response as nearly martial law, with guns aimed at protesters, and the political atmosphere as poisoned by racism. (The Rev. Mary Frances Schjonberg/Episcopal News Service)2016-10-24T20:39:26+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/10/23/morning-prayer-10-24-16-st-james-of-jerusalem-brother-of-our-lord-and-martyr-c-62/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/currypreach-exexcouncilmtg-christchurchnewbrunswicknj-mfschjonberg-ens.jpgcurrypreach-exexcouncilmtg-christchurchnewbrunswicknj-mfschjonberg-ensEpiscopal Presiding Bishop Michael Curry preached Friday at historic Christ Church in New Brunswick, New Jersey, where members of the national Executive Council were meeting. Council passed a motion “standing with Standing Rock,” the site of continuing protests of a proposed oil pipeline to be built right next to the Standing Rock Indian Reservation in South Dakota, where The Episcopal Church has many members and a longstanding mission. Curry visited Standing Rock himself a few weeks ago and supported the proposal that law enforcement “de-escalate military and police provocation in and near the campsites of peaceful protest and witness of the Dakota Access Pipeline project.” White neighbors say they’re inconvenienced by the protest and fear violence – but most of the confrontation has come from police and security guards, who have made many arrests, including visiting journalists. De-escalation is certainly needed, especially since President Obama ordered an end to the construction pending a legal review. Native American leaders are hoping to kill the pipeline, slated to cross the great Missouri River right next to their land. (The Rev. Mary Frances Schjonberg/Episcopal News Service)2016-10-24T13:47:34+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/10/23/evening-prayer-10-23-16-twenty-third-sunday-in-ordinary-time/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/kurdishpeshmergasmarchonnawaraniraq-10-20-16-safinhamed-afp.jpgkurdishpeshmergasmarchonnawaraniraq-10-20-16-safinhamed-afpKurdish peshmergas marching on Narawan, Iraq Thursday, part of the battle for Mosul that’s now raging. Let us pray for a swift and just peace. (Safin Hamed/Agence France-Presse)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/gracechurch-bronxny-levenbaumassociates-behance-net.jpggracechurch-bronxny-levenbaumassociates-behance-netGrace Church, Bronx, New York, designed by Levenbaum Associates. (behance.net)2016-10-23T17:16:29+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/10/22/morning-prayer-10-23-16-twenty-third-sunday-after-pentecost/2016-10-23T03:28:11+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/10/22/evening-prayer-10-22-16-saturday-of-pentecost-22/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/philchess-muddywaters-littlewalter-bodiddley-michaelochsarchives.jpgphilchess-muddywaters-littlewalter-bodiddley-michaelochsarchivesPhil Chess (left) has died, one of the founders of Chess Records in Chicago, an independent label that recorded Bo Diddley, Muddy Waters, Little Walter and a constellation of other African-American pioneers of the Gospel-blues-soul fusion that became rock ‘n’ roll, inspiring the Beatles, the Rolling Stones and other stars who followed. The company and Chess’s brother Leonard were inducted into the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame despite the brothers’ frank admission that they didn’t know a thing about music. But they knew what sold and what nobody else was putting out, and the acclaim that followed was gratifying. (Michael Ochs Archives)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/jesus-children.jpgjesus-children(Pinterest)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/kingscollegecambridge-windows.jpgkingscollegecambridge-windowsKing’s College, Cambridge (source unknown)2016-10-22T18:10:29+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/10/21/morning-prayer-10-22-16-saturday-of-pentecost-22/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/venanne-germond-algoma-notslated.jpgvenanne-germond-algoma-notslatedArchdeacon Anne Germond is the surprise winner of the election for Bishop of Algoma, Ontario. She wasn’t nominated, didn’t attend the candidates’ walkabouts, didn’t make a video or fill out a questionnaire; she doesn’t have a seminary background, didn’t become a priest the usual way – indeed, she was named short-term incumbent of Church of the Ascension, New Sudbury, while still a layperson, having already performed most of the volunteer jobs in the parish. But once she took over, the church started to soar; the small congregation grew, added a parish hall, became younger and more diverse. So maybe it wasn’t such a surprise that she was nominated from the floor of diocesan synod and won election on the sixth ballot. Pending approval from the bishops of the ecclesiastical province, she will become the first female and XI Bishop. (via Anglican Journal)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/fidalgoislandstraitofjuandefuca-wa-waltersiegmund.jpgfidalgoislandstraitofjuandefuca-wa-waltersiegmundFidalgo Island overlooking the Strait of Juan de Fuca, Washington State: sing praise and give honor for ever. (Walter Siegmund)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/stjohneatsscroll-juangerson16thc-tecamachalcomonastery-akg-images.jpgTecamachalco, Johannes vershclingt Buch - Tecamachalco / St. John eats Scroll/16th - Tecamachalco, Saint Jean mange le livreJuan Gerson, 16th C.: St. John Eats the Scroll, vaulting mural at Tecamachalco Monastery, Puebla City, Mexico. (akg-images)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/notre-damederheims-rebeccamarshall-nyt.jpgnotre-damederheims-rebeccamarshall-nytNotre-Dame de Rheims, France (Rebecca Marshall/The New York Times)2016-10-22T04:54:09+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/10/21/video-evensong-10-21-16-friday-of-pentecost-22/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/martha-mary-he-qi.jpgmartha-mary-he-qiHe Qi: Martha and Mary. Poor Martha is bent over, she’s working so hard.https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/stasaphcath-wales-mikesearle.jpgstasaphcath-wales-mikesearleSt. Asaph Cathedral, Wales. The parish dates to the 6th Century, while this building was begun in 1282. It’s sometimes said to be the smallest cathedral in Britain; it contains the first complete Bible translation from Hebrew and Greek to Welsh, by William Morgan in 1588; he later became bishop of the diocese. (Mike Searle)2016-10-22T01:44:33+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/10/20/morning-prayer-10-21-16-friday-of-pentecost-22/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/charlesbaker-13-lakotaswinomishwa-alyssaschukarnyt.jpgcharlesbaker-13-lakotaswinomishwa-alyssaschukarnytCharles Baker, 13, at the oil pipeline protest on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation last month in North Dakota; he is Lakota and Swinomish from Washington State. In the background is the Missouri River, longest in North America, which the pipeline is supposed to run under if it gets built; you can see how close it is to the campground, just outside the reservation fence. (Alyssa Schukar/The New York Times)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/marymartha-vermeer.jpgmarymartha-vermeerVermeer: Mary and Marthahttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/frequencyofprayer.jpgfrequencyofprayer2016-10-21T13:45:27+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/10/20/evening-prayer-10-20-16-ordinary-thursday/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/bison-kankakeesands-natureconservancy.jpgbison-kankakeesands-natureconservancyFor the first time in more than a century, the American bison known as buffalo are now ranging in my home county in Indiana, thanks to a prairie restoration project at the Kankakee Sands nature preserve, created and maintained by the Nature Conservancy. The buffalo has always appeared on the Indiana state seal, despite their being driven out long ago by hunting and human encroachment. Americans slaughtered buffalo for sport until they were nearly extinct, while indigenous Indians looked on in horror. The few remaining herds have been carefully nurtured ever since, but they need the prairie habitat to thrive. (Nature Conservancy)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/cosmos-marialevans-10-18-16.jpgcosmos-marialevans-10-18-16A profusion of cosmos this week at a small farm in Missouri. (Maria L. Evans)2016-10-20T17:51:41+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/10/19/morning-prayer-10-20-16-thursday-of-pentecost-22/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/stpaulsaugustaga-randylambeth.jpgstpaulsaugustaga-randylambethRandy Lambeth: St. Paul’s, Augusta, Georgia, established in 1750.https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/angelblowstrumpet-pinterest.jpgangelblowstrumpet-pinteresthttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/stpatrickscath-melbourne.jpgstpatrickscath-melbourneSt. Patrick’s Roman Catholic Cathedral and Minor Basilica, Melbourne. (melsnaps blog)2016-10-20T13:47:13+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/10/19/evening-prayer-10-19-16-henry-martyn-priest-missionary-1812/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/gretchenrehberg-ixspokane.jpggretchenrehberg-ixspokaneThe Rev. Gretchen Rehberg was elected IX Bishop of Spokane, Washington on Saturday. She has been rector of Nativity, Lewiston, for ten years and chairs the diocesan Commission on Ministry. She has two doctorates and is a former professor of organic chemistry, as well as a former firefighter and emergency medical technician. Pending consents, she will become the 59th female bishop in the Anglican Communion and the first in Spokane, a diocese covering eastern Washington and northern Idaho. (via Episcopal News Service)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/bar-headed-goose-stjamesspark-london-wikipedia.jpgbar-headed-goose-stjamesspark-london-wikipediaFor the beauty of the Earth: bar-headed goose at St. James's Park, London. (Wikipedia)2016-10-19T18:10:12+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/10/18/morning-prayer-10-19-16-henry-martyn-priest-missionary-to-india-persia-1812/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/shoshone-paiutetribesowyheecommhealthfac-2013-darinoswald-wapo.jpgshoshone-paiutetribesowyheecommhealthfac-2013-darinoswald-wapoA new report on the U.S. Indian Health Service is out, with results that won’t shock anyone paying attention: America’s indigenous peoples have some terrible health outcomes because the clinics are dilapidated, underfunded and understaffed – and have been that way for decades. The facilities are small and located (with the reservations themselves) far from urban areas where specialists see patients. The average lifespan is five years shorter than for white Americans; Natives are five times more likely to die of alcohol-related conditions, 4.5 times more likely to die of tuberculosis, twice as likely to be killed in a car crash, 86% more likely to be homicide victims and 60% more likely to kill themselves. The Obama Administration has increased funding by over 50% since 2008, but it will take years to overcome the maintenance backlog alone. Above: file photo of a physician treating a woman at the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes Owyhee Community Health Facility, Nevada, in 2013. (Darin Oswald/Washington Post)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/indian-peacock-wiki.jpgindian-peacock-wikiFor joy in God’s creation: Indian peacock. (Wikipedia)2016-10-19T13:45:06+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/10/18/evening-prayer-10-18-16-st-luke-the-evangelist/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/mithon-frjeanmichelin.jpgmithon-frjeanmichelinBad news from Haiti: We have finally received word from our mission partners at St. André’s Church and School in Mithon, Haiti after Hurricane Matthew struck: no deaths, but a lot of damage to church, school, homes, crops and the town well built by the Diocese of Indianapolis. Food and water are running low, but we’re not hearing about cholera in the immediate area, so that is a relief. We’re not told what this building is, but we assume it’s church property, perhaps the church itself. (Fr. Jean Michelin)2016-10-18T17:53:02+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/10/17/morning-prayer-10-18-16-st-luke-the-evangelist/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/mosul-campaign-begins-wapo.jpgmosul-campaign-begins-wapoThe Mosul campaign has begun with some fierce fighting aimed at retaking Iraq's second largest city from ISIS. Peshmergas were advancing from the east and Iraqi troops from the south, supported by U.S. airstrikes. Sunday night ISIS forces were reportedly digging tunnels and beheading enemies. (The Washington Post)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/yutakayoshida-crop.jpgyutakayoshida-cropU.S. Medal of Honor winner Yutaka Yoshida has died, a Japanese-American born in Hawai’i serving as a police officer at the time of Pearl Harbor. The islands were immediately placed under martial law and he was ordered to round up Japanese-American leaders, which he did with great reluctance. He volunteered to join the Army’s 442nd Regimental Combat Team, a Japanese-American unit that served with great distinction in Italy and France; he was awarded Bronze and Silver Stars for separate acts of bravery there, including saving the life of his captain. More than 50 years later, he was one of 22 Asian-Americans who should have got the nation’s highest military honor but were passed over because of racial prejudice. After the war he became a surgeon and lived to 104. (via The New York Times)2016-10-18T13:43:22+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/10/17/evening-prayer-10-17-16-ignatius-of-antioch-bishop-martyr-c-115/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/elijah-firefromheaven.jpgelijah-firefromheavenElijah Calls Down Fire from Heaven (artist unknown)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/kurdishpeshmergasaimatisis-badanapichwk-iraq-10-17-16-bryandenton-nyt.jpgkurdishpeshmergasaimatisis-badanapichwk-iraq-10-17-16-bryandenton-nytThe battle for Mosul, Iraq began overnight, with enormous destruction expected as Iraqi forces try to oust the so-called Islamic State. Above: Kurdish peshmerga fighters take aim at ISIS. (Bryan Denton/The New York Times)2016-10-17T18:11:07+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/10/16/morning-prayer-10-17-16-ignatius-of-antioch-bishop-martyr-c-115/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/breast-cancer-awareness-hyacinthvictoria.jpgbreast-cancer-awareness-hyacinthvictoriaOctober is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a scourge that touches many in our congregation. One of our members made this cake for a breast cancer awareness event, then sent along this picture to support our members and urge you to do the same where you live. Cancer in all its forms is the second leading cause of death in the USA. (Hyacinth Victoria)2016-10-17T14:03:48+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/10/16/evening-prayer-10-16-16-22nd-sunday-in-ordinary-time/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/rochestercathedralinterior-450.jpgrochestercathedralinterior-450Rochester Cathedral, Kent, England, a Grade I listed building from 1079, early in the Norman Era. (source unknown)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/stpetersphilly-visitphilly-com.jpgstpetersphilly-visitphilly-comSt. Peter’s, Philadelphia opened in 1761 and served many of the U.S. Founding Fathers attending the Continental Congress. The lectern and pulpit are located in the west end of the church opposite the altar, separated by the center aisle and behind the pews, to project the Liturgy of the Word into the congregation. St. Peter’s has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1996. (visitphilly.com)2016-10-16T17:18:21+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/10/15/morning-prayer-10-16-16-twenty-second-sunday-after-pentecost/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/anglicancentre-catewaynick.jpganglicancentre-catewaynickSign for the Anglican Centre in Rome at the Palazzo Doria Pamphilj, where a little over a week ago Pope Francis and Archbishop Justin Welby of Canterbury observed the centre’s 50th anniversary with worship, gifts and the commissioning of pairs of Roman and Anglican bishops to pursue joint mission activities. Our bishop and Episcopal Visitor, +Cate of Indianapolis, is a board member of the Anglican Centre and sent us these photos of her visit.https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/palazzodoriapamphilj-catewaynick.jpgpalazzodoriapamphilj-catewaynickCourtyard entrance to the Palazzo containing the Anglican Centre. And then when you get inside… (The Rt. Rev. Cate Waynick)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/palazzoprogram-catewaynick.jpgpalazzoprogram-catewaynickThe principal salon of the Palazzo contains a private collection, unique in the world, of artworks by Brueghel, Caravaggio, Bernini, Raffaello, Lippi, Tiziano, Tintoretto, Velazquez and Memling. (The Rt. Rev. Cate Waynick)2016-10-16T04:23:06+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/10/15/evening-prayer-10-15-16-teresa-of-avila-mystical-writer-1582/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/rendel-haiti-cholera-river-meredithkohut-nyt.jpgrendel-haiti-cholera-river-meredithkohut-nytAs if Rendel, Haiti didn’t have enough to deal with, deadly cholera has combined with Hurricane Matthew to wipe out 90% of the town of 25,000. Most survivors have fled, but those escaping have to cross this contaiminated river multiple times; the only community leaders left are the Roman Catholic priest and a few nurses who run a clinic that’s fast running out of supplies. (Meredith Kohut/The New York Times)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/jesuschild-projectinspired-com.jpgjesuschild-projectinspired-com(projectinspired.com)2016-10-15T17:17:39+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/10/14/morning-prayer-10-15-16-teresa-of-avila-nun-1582/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/dioms-clergycx-10-13-16.jpgdioms-clergycx-10-13-16The Diocese of Mississippi clergy conference ended Thursday; guess what happened next. (Bishop Brian R. Seage)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/missouririver-whitecliffs-ftbentonmt-usgs.jpgmissouririver-whitecliffs-ftbentonmt-usgsWhite cliffs over the Missouri River near Fort Benton, Montana: Glorify the Lord, O springs of water, seas, and streams. #WaterIsLife (U.S. Geological Service)2016-10-15T03:39:24+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/10/14/video-evensong-10-14-16-samuel-isaac-joseph-schereschewski-bishop-of-shanghai-1906/2016-10-15T01:59:40+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/10/13/morning-prayer-10-14-16-samuel-isaac-joseph-schereshewsky-bishop-of-shanghai-1906/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/stpaul-alla-regola-rome-frgarycoulter.jpgstpaul-alla-regola-rome-frgarycoulterChurch of St. Paul alla Regola in Rome, built on the site where the apostle was kept under house arrest. (Fr. Gary Coulter)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/bobdylan-paris1987-bertrandguay-afp.jpgbobdylan-paris1987-bertrandguay-afpBob Dylan in Paris, 1987; he won the Nobel Prize for Literature yesterday, jolting the whole world with rock ‘n’ roll. (Bertrand Guay/Agence France-Presse)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/don-bolen-abpregina-sask-angcommofc.jpgdon-bolen-abpregina-sask-angcommofcThe Most Rev. Don Bolen will become Archbishop of Regina, Saskatchewan this evening, and we ask your prayers for him, the archdiocese and his people. He is seen above preaching at an Anglican-Roman Catholic event. (Anglican Communion Office)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2007/05/holyspirit3.jpgholyspirit3.jpg2016-10-14T14:06:34+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/10/13/evening-prayer-10-13-16-21st-ordinary-thursday/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/jackgreenberg-naacp-ldef-allengreenap.jpgjackgreenberg-naacp-ldef-allengreenapCivil rights attorney Jack Greenberg has died, blessed Thurgood Marshall’s protegé and successor as head of the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund; together they won the landmark Brown v. Board of Education lawsuit that dismantled racial segregation in schools. After leading the legal fund for 23 years, he became a college dean and law professor. (Allen Green/Associated Press)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/riversidechurchnyc-uccambapt-chesterhigginsjr-nyt.jpgriversidechurchnyc-uccambapt-chesterhigginsjr-nytRiverside Church in New York City, affiliated with the United Church of Christ and American Baptist Churches, has a prestigious history, in part because of the era in which it was built (1930, in the last fading glory of Mainline Protestantism) and in part because of all the money poured into it by John D. Rockefeller, Jr. in the days of Harry Emerson Fosdick, the founding pastor. Going on 90 years later, the church can point proudly to its distinguished speakers (Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Martin Luther King Jr., Nelson Mandela), mission and social activism, peace and justice. (Chester Higgins Jr./The New York Times))2016-10-13T17:38:17+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/10/12/morning-prayer-10-13-16-twenty-first-ordinary-thursday/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/stgregorygreat-cate.jpgstgregorygreat-cateWe were sent this photo by our Bishop Cate Waynick of Indianapolis, who writes: “In this chapel Pope Paul IV presented his own episcopal ring to Archbishop Michael Ramsey, when they committed to ongoing, official dialogue between the Roman Catholic Church and the Anglican Communion. That was in 1966. Saturday evening, as part of the 50th anniversary of the Anglican Centre in Rome, Anglicans and Catholics gathered for a special service of vespers, in which Pope Francis and Archbishop Justin Welby preached, and choirs from the Sistine Chapel and Canterbury Cathedral sang, and nineteen pairs of bishops (Catholic and Anglican) from around he world, were commissioned and sent out to explore ways of working together in mission. This is unprecedented in the history of our churches, and would be cause enough for counting the occasion a great success. But even greater gifts were given. Archbishop Justin removed his own pectoral cross, the cross of nails from Coventry Cathedral, and presented it to Pope Francis, who removed his own papal cross, placed it on the altar. He then put the Archbishop’s cross around his own neck — pressing the nails into his hand as he did so. Then Pope Francis presented Archbishop Justin with a replica of the episcopal staff carried by Pope Gregory the Great when he sent Augustine to Kent to convert the ‘angels’ there. For a pope to replace his own cross with one worn by an Anglican bishop is extraordinary. For a pope to place a bishop’s crozier in the hands of an Anglican archbishop runs counter to the Roman position – held since the Reformation – that Anglican Orders are “completely null and utterly void.” I give thanks for the vision and open heartedness of our chief pastors, and for the many ways in which the Anglican Centre has helped to foster dialogue, understanding, and genuine affection among us.”https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/stpaul-shipwreckmalta-thehappyhermit.jpgstpaul-shipwreckmalta-thehappyhermitSt. Paul Shipwrecked at Malta (The Happy Hermit blog)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/jonahbush-livingthelectionary.jpgjonahbush-livingthelectionaryJonah and the Bush: poor me. (Living the Lectionary blog)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/canadianthanksgiving-sisterssjtd-victoria.jpgcanadianthanksgiving-sisterssjtd-victoriaCanadian Thanksgiving Day last Monday at the convent of the Sisters of St. John the Divine, Toronto. (Hyacinth Victoria)2016-10-13T13:48:22+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/10/12/evening-prayer-10-12-16-21st-ordinary-wednesday/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/benjaminfpayton-tuskegeeu-mickeywelsh-montgyadvertiser.jpgbenjaminfpayton-tuskegeeu-mickeywelsh-montgyadvertiser“Tuskegee” is a powerful name in American history and culture. It’s a small town in Alabama where Booker T. Washington founded a school to educate former African-American slaves in 1881; an infamous medical study conducted by the U.S. Public Health Service in which black men with syphilis were denied medical treatment to see what would happen to them; and the name of an outstanding group of black airmen who fought heroically in World War II despite vicious racial segregation. The college was also, for 30 years, the place of ministry for the late Dr. Benjamin F. Payton, fifth president of Tuskegee Institute, who transformed it into a doctoral-level university and raised $240 million to support it. He was an organizer of the 1963 March on Washington at which Martin Luther King Jr. gave his “I have a dream” speech; and the former executive director of the National Council of Churches’ Commission on Religion and Race. Payton was one of nine children of an impoverished preacher and farmer in South Carolina who saw all of his children graduate from college. Dr. Payton believed his entire life that “the single most important route out of poverty is education.” (Mickey Welsh/Montgomery Advertiser)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/sowingreaping-allsaintsmaidenbradley-wiltshire.jpgsowingreaping-allsaintsmaidenbradley-wiltshireSowing and Reaping windows at All Saints’, Maiden Bradley, Wiltshire. This month people are sowing in the Southern Hemisphere and reaping in the North. (Wikipedia)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/redtailedhawks-washingtonsqpark2-17-12-jeanshum.jpgredtailedhawks-washingtonsqpark2-17-12-jeanshumFor the beauty of the Earth: a pair of red-tailed hawks in Washington Square Park, New York City, 2012. (Jean Shum)2016-10-12T17:23:33+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/10/12/morning-prayer-10-12-16-twenty-first-ordinary-wednesday/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/jonah-spit-out-hmandel-sacredjourneysracine-com.jpgjonah-spit-out-hmandel-sacredjourneysracine-comH. Mandel: Jonah Spit Out by the Whale (sacredjourneysracine.com)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/image1.jpgimage1This is a small, low-resolution image taken 20 September at Episcopal Church headquarters in New York City, of our own Martha Kelley, left, and Vicar Josh Thomas next to her, presenting a symbolic check to the American Friends of Cuttington University in Liberia, establishing a scholarship in nursing in Martha’s honour; she was in the inaugural class of Cuttington nurses who received B.S.N. degrees in the 1960s. We had hoped to receive a higher resolution image from the Presiding Bishop’s office, but this is what they sent, and we publish it now so our Daily Office audience can see: we have fulfilled our mission pledges for 2016. Other mission partners include an after-school program in the Diocese of Brasilia; the Rosebud Episcopal Mission on the Lakota Reservation in South Dakota; and Lunches and Lessons at St. André’s School, Mithon, Haiti. (We are still waiting to hear how the church and school were affected by the recent deadly hurricane in Haiti.) Thank you for your support. (Sellers Kennington, Office of the Presiding Bishop)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/stjohns-ketchikanak-tec.jpgstjohns-ketchikanak-tecSt. John’s, Ketchikan, Alaska (The Episcopal Church)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/easternyellowrobin-wiki.jpgeasternyellowrobin-wikiThe Eastern yellow robin ranges from South Australia through Queensland and part of New South Wales; it hunts insects by perching, then pouncing. (Wikipedia)2016-10-12T13:54:05+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/10/11/evening-prayer-10-11-16-st-philip-deacon-evangelist/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/30mtelescopeprotestersstopconstrtraffic2015-maunakea-hollynjohnson-hawaiitrib-herald.jpg30mtelescopeprotestersstopconstrtraffic2015-maunakea-hollynjohnson-hawaiitrib-heraldAstronomers would like to build a 30 meter telescope on Mauna Kea, Hawai’i, a dormant volcano 13,800 feet (4200 meters) above sea level; from its base on the ocean floor, it is the tallest mountain (33,000 feet/10,000 meters) on Earth. With encouragement from the state chamber of commerce, Mauna Kea has long been a favorite location for telescopes, but the new one would be the biggest on the mountain, and some Native Hawai’ians don’t want it; Mauna Kea is their holy mountain, and in their traditional religion only royals could ascend it. Protesters, like these in April 2015, blocked construction and demoralized the scientists who hoped to study there. Maybe if the mountain weren’t already filled with these observatories; maybe if this proposal weren’t for the biggest one yet, it might have gone through, but in December the state Supreme Court revoked the construction permits. (Holly N. Johnson/Hawaii Tribune-Herald)2016-10-11T17:30:35+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/10/10/morning-prayer-10-11-16-st-philip-deacon-evangelist/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/bingthom-meadcenterfortheamtheater-arenastagedc-nicleboux.jpgbingthom-meadcenterfortheamtheater-arenastagedc-niclebouxBing Thom has died, the Hong Kong-born Canadian architect known for his soaring spaces and sense of place, especially in Vancouver, British Columbia, where he lived. Above, he transformed two modernist theaters, plunked down in a forlorn neighborhood in Washington, D.C., into three theaters, adding 200,000 square feet of space and clothing it in a new glass skin called the Mead Center for the American Theater, winning so much acclaim that the Arena Stage production company decided to stay right where they were, and leading to other projects which revitalized the waterfront. (Nic Leboux)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/ssgtadamthomas.jpgssgtadamthomasStaff Sgt. Adam S. Thomas, 31, of Takoma Park, Md., was on foot patrol supporting Operation Freedom’s Sentinel in Nangarhar province when an improvised explosive device, or IED, detonated, said a Pentagon statement issued Wednesday. Thomas was on a counter-terror mission with Afghan National Defense Security Forces against the Islamic State of Iraq and a Syria affiliate called Islamic State-Khorasan Province, said Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook. The affiliate has gained a foothold in eastern Nangarhar province. Thomas and the patrol were in a “combat situation,” said Cook, who added there was no indication that Thomas had been specifically targeted. (Pentagon photo)2016-10-11T13:56:38+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/10/10/evening-prayer-10-10-16-vida-dutton-scudder-educator-peace-witness-1954/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/canadianmuseumforhumanrights-winnipeg-aaronvincentelkaim-nyt.jpgcanadianmuseumforhumanrights-winnipeg-aaronvincentelkaim-nytThe Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg has been a great success with tourists in less-traveled Manitoba, but it has also run into complaints from First Nations leaders that it doesn’t contain an exhibit on them, after centuries of genocide and cultural destruction - the most important blemish on Canada's human rights record. Curators say the entire museum is infused with First Nations’ reality, to which the indigenous people reply, “So where is it?” (Aaron Vincente Elkaim/The New York Times)2016-10-11T03:10:24+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/10/09/morning-prayer-10-10-16-vida-dutton-scudder-educator-peace-witness-1954-canada-thanksgiving-day/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/queenofkatwe-uganda-disney-churchchess-julianhattem-wapo.jpgqueenofkatwe-uganda-disney-churchchess-julianhattem-wapo"Queen of Katwe" is a new Disney movie based on a true story about a girl, Phiona Mutesi, in the Katwe slum of Kampala, Uganda who learns the game of chess at a church-run community center and discovers that she has a world-class talent for it. David Oyelowo and Lupita Nyong'o are winning favorable reviews as the teacher and the girl's mother - but many others in the cast are actual residents of Katwe, where most of the film was shot. The chess program is still running, with even more students engrossed in the game, as photographer Julian Hattem found during a recent visit. As you can see, these kids aren't the least interested in having their pictures in the Washington Post; the game is much more engrossing. 2016-10-10T13:58:46+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/10/09/evening-prayer-10-9-16-twenty-first-sunday-in-ordinary-time/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/lylesstationin-bonniejomount-wapo.jpglylesstationin-bonniejomount-wapoThis display at the new National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington consists of one thing – a Mason jar of dirt – yet it is the most important thing about its subject: the settlement of Lyles Station, Indiana, one of hundreds of farming villages established throughout the USA by free Blacks before and after the Civil War (1861-65). The people weren’t property anymore, they were owners – and in a few cases, including Lyles Station, their descendants still are. Owning land meant they could live in freedom; land gave them their self-respect and their dignity. (Bonnie Jo Mount/The Washington Post)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/durhamcath-night-worldheritagesite-staintonlds-co-uk.jpgdurhamcath-night-worldheritagesite-staintonlds-co-ukDurham Cathedral, England, a World Heritage Site. (Stainton Lighting Design)2016-10-09T18:16:17+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/10/08/morning-prayer-10-9-16-twenty-first-sunday-after-pentecost/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/38bishopssent-vaticantv.png38bishopssent-vaticantvPope Francis and Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby sent out 19 pairs of bishops from their respective churches to pursue joint mission Tuesday, concluding several days of talks and worship about Anglican-Roman cooperation. The service was held in the same church where Pope Gregory the Great sent St. Augustine of Canterbury to re-evangelize the English in 597. Our bishop, +Cate of Indianapolis, helped represent the Anglican Communion. (Vatican TV)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/colombia-juanmanuelsantoswife-maria-narinopalacebogota-10-7-16-johnvizcaino-reuters.jpgcolombia-juanmanuelsantoswife-maria-narinopalacebogota-10-7-16-johnvizcaino-reutersJuan Manuel Santos, the president of Colombia, with his wife Maria at a news conference at the Narino Palace in Bogotá Friday after he won the Nobel Peace Prize for trying to end his country’s 52-year-long civil war, an agreement narrowly rejected Sunday by Colombian voters, who think the FARC rebels should be imprisoned instead of set free. The referendum’s failure tipped the scales toward renewed violence, but with a Nobel and the world’s approval in his hand, Santos may be back in the driver’s seat. Meanwhile, major American newspapers are reporting today that many "no" voters were motivated by an anti-Gay campaign promoted by Roman Catholic and fundamentalist leaders and right-wing politicians. (John Vizcaino/Reuters)2016-10-09T04:22:54+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/10/08/evening-prayer-10-8-16-william-d-p-bliss-priest-1926-and-richard-t-ely-economist-1943/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/jecc81recc81miehaiti-80destroyed-carlosgarciarawlings-reuters.jpgjeremiehaiti-80%destroyed-carlosgarciarawlings-reutersThe town of Jérémie, Haiti, opposite Les Cayes, has been 80% destroyed by Hirricane Matthew, and the nation's death toll is now running into the hundreds. Meanwhile in St. Augustine, Florida, residents are wading through floodwaters knee-deep. (Carlos Garcia Rawlings/Reuters)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/edwinasandys-christa-sjtd-hirokomasuike-nyt.jpgedwinasandys-christa-sjtd-hirokomasuike-nytThirty years after Suffragan Bishop of New York Walter Dennis ordered its removal, the Cathedral of St. John the Divine has brought back Edwina Sandys’ sculpture of a female crucifix, called Christa, and hung it above the altar as an object of worship; public scandal is again expected. Imagining Christ as female is at least 700 years old, as the writings of Julian of Norwich show, and is welcome to many, including this website; but this crucifix isn’t hanging in an art gallery or parish hall to be examined and discussed. Should we not think twice about violating the very Person of Christ (for so it can be interpreted; this cherished Body of Christ which is our very sacrament) – especially as our most visible public symbol in one of the most prominent churches in America? (Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/richardtely-sciencepole-com.jpgrichardtely-sciencepole-comEconomics Professor Richard Ely, a member of the Progressive movement and a founder of the Christian Social Union, believed in private property but still got attacked from both the left and the right. He argued for collective bargaining, child labour laws, safe working conditions and universal public education. He sought to apply Christian principles to the industrial economy and sought a balance between private enterprise and government regulation. That balance, he said, was “menaced by socialism on the one hand and plutocracy on the other.” (sciencepole.com)2016-10-08T14:08:17+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/10/07/morning-prayer-10-8-16-william-d-p-bliss-priest-1926-richard-t-ely-economist-1943/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/orderofstanthonygreat-opc.jpgorderofstanthonygreat-opcMembers of the Order of St. Anthony the Great, O.P.C., with former Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori; the Order has locations in Atlanta and Houston. Their mission is to renew contemplative practice in The Episcopal Church. (Order’s website)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/humpbackwhale-wiki.jpghumpbackwhale-wikiO whales and all that move in the waters, glorify the Lord! (Wikipedia)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/parishschoolnearmithonhaiti-frjeanmichelin.jpgparishschoolnearmithonhaiti-frjeanmichelinWe have received another report about our school in Haiti, St. André's, Mithon; unspecified deaths and injuries have occured nearby among the seven parishes supervised by the same priest, Fr. Jean Michelin, and several schools have moderate damage or worse. Mithon is located farther away from his home and he hasn't been able to get there yet, but he expects to find roof damage like he's seen at some of his other schools. (Fr. Michelin via Episcopal Diocese of Indianapolis)2016-10-08T04:42:59+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/10/07/video-evensong-10-7-16-henry-m-muhlenberg-lutheran-pastor-in-north-america-1787/2016-10-08T15:48:00+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/10/06/morning-prayer-10-7-16-henry-m-muhlenberg-lutheran-pastor-in-north-america-1787/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/swords-into-plowshares-yevgenyvuchetich-un.jpgswords-into-plowshares-yevgenyvuchetich-unYevgeny Vuchetich, 1959: Swords into Plowshares, at the garden at the United Nations, New York City. (Google)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/baracoa-cuba-ramonespinosa-ap.jpgbaracoa-cuba-ramonespinosa-apA young man in Baracoa, Cuba, making a call amid the rubble of his home after Hurricane Matthew. (Ramon Espinosa/Associated Press)2016-10-07T14:04:27+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/10/06/evening-prayer-10-6-16-william-tyndale-miles-coverdale-bible-translators-1536-1568/2016-10-06T17:16:26+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/10/05/morning-prayer-10-6-16-william-tyndale-miles-coverdale-bible-translators-1536-1568/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/stpaulbeforefelix-williamhogarth-1752.jpgstpaulbeforefelix-williamhogarth-1752William Hogarth, 1752: Paul Before Felixhttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/milescoverdale-anonportrait.jpgmilescoverdale-anonportraitMiles Coverdale’s translation of the Psalms was adopted by Thomas Cranmer for use in the first Book of Common Prayer (1549), so you may well have read this man’s work and recited it many times. In the United States it was used until 1979, and it’s still the official psalter of the Church of England. (artist unknown)2016-10-06T15:30:04+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/10/05/evening-prayer-10-5-16-twentieth-ordinary-wednesday/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/glorianaylor1992-natlbookaward-tomkeller-ap.jpgglorianaylor1992-natlbookaward-tomkeller-apGloria Naylor has died, the author whose first novel, “The Women of Brewster Place,” won the National Book Award in 1983, and was soon made into a successful miniseries by Oprah Winfrey. Ms. Naylor was part of a wave of talented African-American women writers, including Toni Morrison and Alice Walker, who first achieved critical and commercial success in the late ’70s and ’80s, giving voice to vivid female characters whose stories of racism, sexism, poverty, violence and Gay rights had seldom been told. (Tom Keller/Associated Press)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/valleyof10peaksmorainelake-banffnp-alberta-wiki.jpgvalleyof10peaksmorainelake-banffnp-alberta-wikiFor the beauty of the Earth: Valley of the Ten Peaks and Moraine Lake, Banff National Park, Alberta. (Wikipedia)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/trinitywallstwindows.jpgtrinitywallstwindowsWindows at Trinity Church, Wall Street, New York City. (parish photo)2016-10-05T17:40:17+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/10/04/morning-prayer-10-5-16-wednesday-in-the-20th-week-after-pentecost/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/fog-over-lake-camphardtner.jpgfog-over-lake-camphardtnerFor joy in God's creation: typical morning fog over the lake at Camp Hardtner, Louisiana, where our webcast regular Tom Welch is director. Hardtner Camp and Conference Center celebrates its 75th anniversary this Saturday with a party, silent auction and raffle. (camp website)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/trinityseattle.jpgtrinityseattleTrinity Church, Seattle, Washington; red doors are ubiquitous in the Episcopal Church. (parish photo)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/morningfog-goshen_quad.jpgmorningfog-goshen_quadFor joy in God's creation: morning fog over the Goshen College Quad, Indiana. (college photo)2016-10-05T13:52:17+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/10/04/evening-prayer-10-4-16-st-francis-singer-of-creation-1226/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/hurricane-prayer.jpghurricane-prayer2016-10-04T17:01:39+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/10/03/morning-prayer-10-4-16-francis-of-assisi-friar-1226/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/stfrancis-bpdietscheblessescamel-2014-sjtd.jpgstfrancis-bpdietscheblessescamel-2014-sjtdThe Bishop of New York Andrew Dietsche blessing a camel on St. Francis’s Day at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, 2014. (cathedral photo)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/stfrancisicon.jpgstfrancisiconFrancis’s love for animals has made him very popular; today let's also start to emulate his love for beggars, lepers and the poor. (artist unknown)2016-10-04T20:57:35+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/10/03/evening-prayer-10-3-16-john-raleigh-mott-evangelist-ecumenist-1955/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/colombia-farc-bogotacc81-arianacubillosap.jpgcolombia-farc-bogota-arianacubillosapVoters in Bogotá, Colombia watched Sunday as a referendum on peace with the FARC guerilla movement was defeated by a 0.4% margin, a victory for the right wing, which said the agreement didn’t punish FARC enough after 52 years of war and 220,000 deaths. Neither side in the fighting is sure what to do next, but they both vow not to resume the war. (Ariana Cubillos/Associated Press)2016-10-03T17:25:48+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/10/02/morning-prayer-10-3-16-george-bell-bishop-of-chichester-ecumenist-1958/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/stpaulbeforesanhedrin-contemplativesintheworldblog.gifstpaulbeforesanhedrin-contemplativesintheworldblogSt. Paul Before the Sanhedrin (contemplativesintheworld blog)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/sirnevillemarriner-acadstmartininfields-1965-erichauerbach.jpgsirnevillemarriner-acadstmartininfields-1965-erichauerbachSir Neville Marriner has died, the violinist and conductor who founded the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, a London-based chamber orchestra which made over 200 recordings, many of them best sellers. The troupe was named by an enterprising Vicar in the 1950s, who traded free rehearsal space for what are now called naming rights. The Academy developed a crisp, clear sound which took the classical world by storm – not least because Marriner picked up the tempo and made the music sound young again. He was also music director of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra and the Minnesota Orchestra. (Eric Auerbach)2016-10-03T13:52:18+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/10/02/evening-prayer-10-2-16-twentieth-sunday-in-ordinary-time/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/josejohn.jpgjosejohnThe Diocese of Western North Carolina consecrated its VII Bishop yesterday, José Antonio McLaughlin, who posed with members of religious communities in the diocese, including our own Br. John Huebner, CG, second from right. Presiding Bishop Michael Curry, formerly of the neighboring Diocese of North Carolina, was chief consecrator. (Br. John Huebner)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/ascension-camp-sunset-eastor-nedi.jpgascension-camp-sunset-eastor-nediA cross on the horizon at sunset at Ascension School Camp and Conference Center in the Diocese of Eastern Oregon. (Bishop Nedi Rivera)2016-10-02T21:20:04+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/10/02/morning-prayer-10-2-16-twentieth-sunday-after-pentecost/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/obamaindianblanket-pablomartinezmonsivais-ap.jpgobamaindianblanket-pablomartinezmonsivais-apWe don’t publish many U.S. presidential photos, but this one is noteworthy, and not just because of his fine-looking hat. Barack Black Eagle Obama (his Crow name in English) is wrapped in an honorary red and black blanket, “sharing our symbol of love, comfort and protection.” (His full name in Crow is Awe Kooda Bilaxpak Kukshish, or One Who Helps People Throughout The Land.) He convened his eighth and last annual White House Tribal Conference last week with a record of accomplishment many Native leaders say is the best in U.S. history, with billions of dollars in settlements finally paid on century-old Indian debts. The government was supposed to act as the tribes’ bookkeeper for land rents and royalties, but kept the money for itself and failed to account for it, leaving a legal mess for future generations to sort out. With some monies finally paid (though much remains), let us pray the tribes will invest wisely; after 100 years they certainly can use the money. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/Associated Press)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/catchercutstheroad-aaniinakota-alyssaschukarnyt.jpgcatchercutstheroad-aaniinakota-alyssaschukarnytCatcher Cuts the Road, an Aanii and Nakota chief, at the Standing Rock Indian Reservation in North Dakota September 12. Hundreds of Native nations from all over the Americas have massed thousands of people to protest the building of an oil pipeline on historic Lakota Sioux property, which they fear may poison the mighty Missouri River. (Alyssa Schukar/The New York Times)2016-10-02T05:33:06+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/10/01/evening-prayer-10-1-16-remigius-bishop-of-rheims-c-530/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/grettavosper-westhillunitedchurch-randyrisling-torontostar.jpggrettavosper-westhillunitedchurch-randyrisling-torontostarThe United Church of Canada, a 1920s-era merger of Methodists, Presbyterians, Congregationalists and local churches in the West, is now faced with an ordained minister who has declared that she’s an atheist and wants to keep her pulpit. Her name is the Rev. Gretta Vosper, pastor of the West Hill United Church in suburban Toronto. She preaches peace, joy, love and inclusion, but not Jesus Christ. In 1997, the newly elected national church Moderator said, “I don’t believe Jesus was God,” denied the Resurrection – and kept his job for the rest of his three-year term. So Ms. Vosper is fighting to stay in, but says that if she is deposed, she doesn’t want to be part of the United Church anyway. The matter has been referred to the local presbytery. (Randy Risling/Toronto Star)2016-10-02T16:36:21+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/09/30/morning-prayer-10-1-16-remigius-bishop-of-rheims-c-530/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/pm-shimon-peres-1984-ap.jpgpm-shimon-peres-1984-apIsrael buried former Prime Minister and President Shimon Peres yesterday with dozens of world leaders, including President Obama, in attendance. Peres was one of the founders of the nation in 1948; his mentor David Ben-Gurion is seen in a photo behind him. Peres held a succession of high government posts, including defense minister, and was largely responsible for building Israel’s homegrown weapons industry and developing its nuclear weapons. But he was also constant in his search for a peaceful accomodation with Israel’s Arab neighbours, and as foreign minister he secured a plan in 1993 for Palestinian self-government in part of the West Bank and Gaza, known as the Oslo Accords for the assistance provided by the government of Norway. When the agreement was signed at the White House with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, Peres signed for Israel while his old rival Yitzhak Rabin, then the prime minister, got the big handshake photo op with Arafat. The next year all three of them won the Nobel Peace Prize. (Associated Press, 1984)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/lakecheonji-koreanholymountain-chineseborder-gillessabrie-nyt.jpglakecheonji-koreanholymountain-chineseborder-gillessabrie-nytLake Cheonji, or Heaven Lake, atop Mt. Paektu, the holy mountain of Korea on the Chinese border. It is sacred to both North and South Koreans; the latter must enter the area through China. (Gilles Sabrie/The New York Times)2016-10-01T15:23:11+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/09/30/video-evensong-9-30-16-jerome-theologian-bible-translator-420/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/stjeromeinthedesert-giovannibellini.jpgstjeromeinthedesert-giovannibelliniGiovanni Bellini: St. Jerome in the Desert. Born in northern Italy, he traveled extensively, including to France, Egypt and Palestine, and was very drawn to the ascetic life; but as a scholar he also needed to be in touch with other thinkers, including Augustine of Hippo, with whom he corresponded. He finally settled down in a cave near Bethlehem, and is often depicted with a lion which supposedly befriended him for removing a thorn from its paw.2016-10-01T01:52:18+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/09/29/morning-prayer-9-30-16-jerome-vulgate-bible-translator-420/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/dannypegg-uksem-westcotthousecambridge-diochichester-lastday-trinity-missionsd-rosebud-laurenrstanley.jpgdannypegg-uksem-westcotthousecambridge-diochichester-lastday-trinity-missionsd-rosebud-laurenrstanleyBritish seminarian Danny Pegg (Diocese of Chichester; Westcott House, Cambridge) got to spend a month on the Rosebud Indian Reservation of the Lakota Sioux in South Dakota, teaching, building and repairing, doing mission work, learning the People’s ways – and helping establish the Rosebud’s presence at the oil pipeline protest at nearby Standing Rock Reservation in North Dakota, putting him right in the middle of breaking national news. Thousands of people from hundreds of Native American tribes continue to camp there in an effort to protect the water supply and sacred sites. As his visit came to an end Sunday, Danny was invited to preach on the Rosebud at Trinity Church, Mission, S.D., having gained a greater exposure to indigenous culture than he could have imagined; what stories he will tell in coming years. Rosebud is a mission partner of the Daily Office Network, and we thank him. (The Rev. Lauren R. Stanley)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/dannypeggvested-starquilt-rosebud.jpgdannypeggvested-starquilt-rosebudAfter his sermon, Danny Pegg was deeply honored to be wrapped in a handmade Star Quilt, a privilege zealously guarded by the People and reserved for a true friend. Colleagues at Cambridge will look at him differently if they’re wise; a Star Quilt is a lot less common than a duke or an earl. (Mother Lauren)2016-09-30T13:59:18+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/09/29/evening-prayer-9-29-16-st-michael-all-angels-michaelmas/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/angel_antique05.jpgangel_antique05https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/synaxisofarchangels-anjelscarborough.jpgsynaxisofarchangels-anjelscarboroughThe Rev. Anjel Scarborough: Synaxis of Archangels Michael, Gabriel and Raphael. The term synaxis means a common celebration of a group of saints who assemble for worship. 2016-09-29T17:40:29+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/09/28/morning-prayer-9-29-16-st-michael-and-all-angels-michaelmas/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/boy-on-bike-aleppo-reuters.jpgboy-on-bike-aleppo-reutersAleppo, Syria, last week. Monday’s U.S. presidential debate ran 95 minutes without a single mention of Syria – and when the leading “third party” candidate was asked about it earlier this month, he answered, “What’s Aleppo?” (Reuters)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/angelclarence-itsawonderfullife-1946.jpgangelclarence-itsawonderfullife-1946Angel 2nd Class Clarence Odbody (Henry Travers) saving George Bailey (Jimmy Stewart) from suicide and bankruptcy in “It’s a Wonderful Life.” Did you just hear a bell ring? (Frank Capra)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/job-godinwhirlwind-wmblake.jpgWilliam Blake, The Lord Answering Job from the WhirlwindWilliam Blake: God in the whirlwind, accompanied by angels. (Tate Gallery)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/stmichaelarchangel-anjelscarborough.jpgstmichaelarchangel-anjelscarboroughSt. Michael the Archangel (The Rev. Anjel Scarborough)2016-09-29T13:47:52+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/09/28/evening-prayer-9-28-16-richard-rolle-walter-hilton-margery-kempe-medieval-mystics/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/vinscullyretires-wifesandy-harryhow-getty.jpgvinscullyretires-wifesandy-harryhow-gettyVin Scully retired last week at the end of Major League Baseball’s regular season, after 67 years as the witty, eloquent voice of the Los Angeles Dodgers. At his final game Friday night, the Dodgers trailed by a run with two outs in the bottom of the 9th inning; one more out and his career would be done. But it didn’t turn out that way; someone hit a home run to tie the score, and in the next inning the Dodgers pushed across another run to earn their spot in the National League Playoffs. Above, saying goodbye with his wife Sandy, having worked better than anyone else in sports broadcasting and longer than most fans have been alive. (Harry How/Getty Images)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/mtgower-lordhoweisland-nsw-mikelangford-ausgeographic.jpgmtgower-lordhoweisland-nsw-mikelangford-ausgeographicFor the beauty of the Earth: Mt. Gower, Lord Howe Island, New South Wales (Mike Langford/Australian Geographic)2016-09-28T18:09:26+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/09/27/morning-prayer-9-28-16-richard-rolle-walter-hilton-margery-kempe-medieval-mystics/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/jewishritepurification-ritualbathing-thenewearthworks-com.jpgjewishritepurification-ritualbathing-thenewearthworks-comRitual bathing for the Jewish rite of purification; remember the six water jars at the wedding in Cana. (thenewearthworks.com)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/currystandingrock.jpegcurrystandingrockPresiding Bishop Michael Curry spent the weekend on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation in North Dakota, where members of 300 indigenous American tribes have gathered thousands of people to protest the building of an oil pipeline, which they feel desecrates the land and threatens the water supply. Curry met tribal leaders, pledged the Church’s support, and preached at St. James’s, Cannon Ball, a parish which has been through a lot in the past few years; an arsonist burned down their last building. (Mary Frances Schjonberg/Episcopal News Service)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/dioeasternor-3.jpgdioeasternor-3For joy in God’s creation: a hillside in the Diocese of Eastern Oregon. (Bishop Nedi Rivera)2016-09-28T13:52:53+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/09/27/evening-prayer-9-27-16-vincent-de-paul-apostle-of-charity-1660/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/colombiapeaceceremony-fernandovergara-ap.jpgcolombiapeaceceremony-fernandovergara-apThere was other important news that happened in the world yesterday besides the big debate, but the signing of a peace treaty in Cartagena, Colombia between the government and FARC rebels. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, Cuban President Raúl Castro and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon were there, along with other dignitaries; everyone wore white. The guerilla war has dragged on for 52 years and cost 220,000 lives. But the peace pact still has to ratified in a referendum on Sunday. (Fernando Vergara/Associated Press)2016-09-27T18:20:39+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/09/26/morning-prayer-9-27-16-thomas-traherne-priest-poet-1674/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/in-sickness-health.jpgin-sickness-healthhttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/jewsrepressed-kaifengchina-adamdeannyt.jpgjewsrepressed-kaifengchina-adamdeannytChinese repression of religion remains severe and seems to be growing worse for Jews in Kaifeng. The government, ever wary of “unapproved religions” and “foreign influence,” has cracked down on the small Jewish community who have resided there for a thousand years. The government has banned Jews from meeting for Passover or rebuilding an ancient synagogue, while it has destroyed old relics and removed all signage noting the historic existence of Jews. This comes after the government shut down Buddhist monasteries in Tibet and knocked crosses from atop hundreds of churches. China will never be a modern nation without freedom of religion, because you can’t control what people think. (Adam Dean/The New York Times)2016-09-27T17:47:49+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/09/26/evening-prayer-9-26-16-wilson-carlile-founder-of-the-church-army-1942/2016-09-26T16:56:01+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/09/25/morning-prayer-9-26-16-lancelot-andrewes-bishop-of-winchester-1626/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/jesusteachesinboat-catholicmannight-com.jpgjesusteachesinboat-catholicmannight-comJesus teaches the crowd from Simon’s boat. (catholicmannight.com)2016-09-26T13:59:33+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/09/25/evening-prayer-9-25-16-nineteenth-sunday-in-ordinary-time/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/dredsusaninthevelasupernovaremnant-nwquadrant-2009-williamvillalongo.jpgdredsusaninthevelasupernovaremnant-nwquadrant-2009-williamvillalongoThe opening of the new Museum of African-American History and Culture in Washington, D.C. has led to many other artistic, literary, musical and cultural events this weekend in Washington, including a gallery show where this multimedia piece by William Villalongo was presented: “Dred and Susan in the Vela Supernova Remnent (NW Quadrant),” depicting Dred Scott, a slave who sued for his freedom and lost, in the worst Supreme Court decision in history; and Susan B. Anthony, the leading U.S. proponent of women’s suffrage. If heaven is in the sky somewhere, now we know where to find these two. Are those halos they’re wearing?https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/live-oak-teminatx-freedmenstown-marticorn.jpglive-oak-teminatx-freedmenstown-marticornThis live oak, and the battered buildings behind the fence, mark a small Black enclave outside Houston, Texas. It’s called Tamina (pronounced like Tammany) and was established in 1872 as a freedmen’s town – one of hundreds founded North and South after the U.S. Civil War. Some thrived into the 20th century, but very few still exist. Farming, once the mainstay of these communities, is no longer profitable on a small scale; the railroad that once went through and provided jobs is long gone, and the financial pressure to sell out is overwhelming. Today Tamina is surrounded by affluent, mostly White developments whose owners no doubt see it as an eyesore. But to the few diehards who still live here, it means everything their ancestors worked for. Besides a shiny new Museum of African-American History and Culture in far-off Washington, we need to preserve the history and way of life of places like this. Living here was always hard, but it is home, they are proud of it, and it’s theirs. (Marti Corn/Mother Jones)2016-09-25T16:46:05+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/09/25/morning-prayer-9-25-16-nineteenth-sunday-after-pentecost/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/natlmusa-ahxcult-jahichikwendiu-wapo.jpgnatlmusa-ahxcult-jahichikwendiu-wapoThe U.S. National Museum of African-American History and Culture was opened by President Obama yesterday on the National Mall in Washington, after a 15-year fight to organize it, fund it and build it. Representative John Lewis, Democrat of Georgia, is receiving credit for providing the political leadership and persistence to get it up and running. (Jahi Chikwendiu/Washington Post)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/lonniebunch-tubmansshawl-lindadavidson-wapo.jpglonniebunch-tubmansshawl-lindadavidson-wapoDr. Lonnie G. Bunch III is the founding director of the National Museum of African-American History and Culture, who was faced with giant tasks when he came on board: build a building (which meant raising money for it); find things to put in it, building up the collection from scratch; and arrange it to be accurate and complete, knowing that if he did his job, the museum would both inspire and provoke. Early reviews have been strongly favorable; Washington Post columnist Cubby King wrote that years from now, America’s entire African-American community will claim to have been there yesterday for the opening. Above: with some favorite artifacts, including Harriet Tubman’s famous white lace shawl, given to her by Queen Victoria. It turned out to be kept in a box in someone’s attic. He was skeptical when he traveled to Philadelphia to see this alleged box, only to find, in addition to Tubman’s shawl, her hymnal, though she couldn’t read; a knife and fork she made to carry with her on trips to the South to help runaway slaves make it to freedom; a reward poster in case they were caught; and never-before-seen photographs of her funeral. The owner of the box knew exactly what he had, and was waiting for the right time, person and place to give it to the world. (Linda Davidson/Washington Post)2016-09-25T05:00:39+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/09/24/evening-prayer-9-24-16-eighteenth-ordinary-saturday/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/adkinhs-kinstonnc-1951walkout-nikkikahn-wapo.jpgadkinhs-kinstonnc-1951walkout-nikkikahn-wapoThe U.S. National Museum of African-American History and Culture is to have its grand opening today in Washington, D.C., and crowds are eager to see it – including these special guests, about whom there is an exhibit. In 1951, years before a famous Supreme Court case ordered an end to racial segregation in schools – before Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King – these were high school students who came up with a secret plan to protest the substandard conditions in their all-black school in little Kinston, North Carolina. The white school across town was well-equipped, while theirs was falling apart, so they decided to organize a surprise walkout. They didn’t tell their parents or teachers, but when they heard a coded message from their classmate John (lower left), the whole school went outside, gathered protest signs they had hidden and paraded downtown, shocking local politicians and townspeople. The next day they went back to school and carried on as if nothing had happened. But it had; and within a year and a half, they got a new gymnasium, new classrooms and activity areas. They were 15, 16, 17 years old and they did what adults could not do, they challenged the system and won – all because John Dudley, now 83 but then the vice-president of the senior class, announced to the whole school that “Carolyn Coefield has lost her little red pocketbook.” So they all went out to look for it and just kept right on going. What a thrill now to be back together again at this exciting museum opening, so many centuries in the making. (Nikki Kahn/Washington Post)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/jesushealspetersmotherinlaw-johnbridges-450.jpgAGN35544John Bridges: Christ Healing the Mother-in-Law of Simon Peterhttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/victorscheinman-stanfordarm-brucebaumgart-su.jpgvictorscheinman-stanfordarm-brucebaumgart-suVictor Scheinman has died, a mechanical engineer at Stanford University who invented the first manufacturing robot to win widespread adoption by industry. Known as the Stanford Arm and featuring six joints, it could be programmed to perform a wide variety of assembly line tasks precisely, repeatedly and safely. It built everything from fuel pumps and windshield wipers to inkjet cartridges; Scheinman made a lot of money, sold the company and went on to other robotics ventures. He got his start when, as a child, he was freaked out by an old horror movie about invaders from outer space, called “The Day the Earth Stood Still.” It had a big, low-budget piece of tin that took over Washington, D.C. for awhile and made little Vic hide under the covers for weeks. To coax him back out, his father talked him into building a scale model of Gort, the robot monster, and that got the boy to thinking. ¶ Perhaps God takes an interest in great human inventions; “Let’s see what these puny mortals have come up with now.” Maybe God even played with the Stanford Arm when nobody was looking. (Bruce Baumgart, Stanford University)2016-09-24T17:30:47+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/09/23/morning-prayer-9-24-16-eighteenth-ordinary-saturday/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/revjennyandison-torontosuffelect.pngrevjennyandison-torontosuffelectThe Rev. Canon Jenny Andison was also elected an Area Bishop in Toronto; the Archbishop will decide where each one works. She previously served as his mission officer and has lately been Incumbent at St. Clement’s, Eglinton. The bishops must win approval from the Ontario House of Bishops. (diocesan photo)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/revryscillashaw-mecc81tis-suff-elect-toronto.pngrevryscillashaw-metis-suff-elect-torontoThe Rev. Ryscilla Walsh Shaw was one of three suffragan area bishops elected last week in the Diocese of Toronto. She is Métis and has served as diocesan reconciliation ambassador since 1999, participating in all meetings of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. She is Incumbent at Christ Church, Bolton. (diocesan photo)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/flowersfieldclouds-anzaq-com.jpgflowersfieldclouds-anzaq-comGlorify the Lord, you flowers, fields and clouds: give praise and honor for ever. (anzaq.com)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/canonkevinrobertson-torontoareabishop.pngcanonkevinrobertson-torontoareabishopThe Rev. Canon Kevin Robertson was also elected last week as an Area Bishop in Toronto. He is openly Gay and lives with his partner, which is a first for Toronto and perhaps for all of Canada. He called the recent General Synod vote in favour of same-sex marriage in the Church a turning point, as well as his own election by Diocesan Synod. He is Incumbent at Christ Church, Deer Park. (diocesan photo)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/episcopalcarmelofstteresa.jpgepiscopalcarmelofstteresaAn Episcopal Carmelite of St. Teresa serving at the altar. (Convent photo)2016-09-24T16:17:33+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/09/23/video-evensong-9-23-16-philander-chase-great-missionary-bishop-1852/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/philanderchase-stpaulskankakee.jpgphilanderchase-stpaulskankakeePhilander Chase window at St. Paul’s, Kankakee, Illinois, which he founded. (parish photo)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/philanderchase-kenyoncollege-550.jpgphilanderchase-kenyoncollege-550Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio, founded by Bishop Chase, is one of the most beautiful campuses in the United States – and top-rated academically. This is what our forebear built in the wilderness and bequeathed to us. Today it is surrounded by a lovely college town with a lively arts scene. And though a lot has changed, the college chapel is much as it was in Chase’s day, a spiritual home shared by students, faculty and Harcourt Parish; the town and college are one community. (college photo)2016-09-27T22:18:31+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/09/22/morning-prayer-9-23-16-philander-chase-bishop-of-ohio-and-of-illinois-1852/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/en-gedi-scroll-unraveled-wbrentseales-et-al-uk.jpgen-gedi-scroll-unraveled-wbrentseales-et-al-ukAbout 50 years ago archaeologists found a charred, ancient Bible scroll in the ark of a synagogue by the Dead Sea; it was nothing but carbonized parchment too fragile to unwind. So they put it away in hopes someday other scholars would figure it out. Now they have; a computer scientist at the University of Kentucky, Dr. W. Brent Seales, invented a computer program able to unwind and scan it without touching it, and reproduce it as if it were unspooled as above. It’s thought to be nearly 2000 years old, the earliest known copy of a portion of Leviticus – and best of all, it matches word for word, letter by letter, the Masoretic text long considered the authoritative version, of which our Bibles are translations. By contrast, the later Dead Sea Scrolls contain a number of alterations or copying errors. Searles’ technology is astounding, but the validation of the Masoretic text has great religious significance: if the dating is correct, this little fragment proves the Masoretic manuscript is the Hebrew Bible used at the time of Christ. (W. Brent Seales et al.)2016-09-23T13:59:03+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/09/22/evening-prayer-9-22-16-anna-alexander-deaconess-teacher-1946/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/rosepak-monicaalmedia-nyt.jpgrosepak-monicaalmedia-nytWe are sorry to learn of the death of Rose Pak, Chinese-born organizer of San Francisco’s large Asian-American community. She started as the first Asian woman on the city desk of the leading newspaper, then quit to lead a successful campaign to save Chinese Hospital, which served mostly poor immigrants. She went on to back other projects that would benefit the Asian community, while vehemently opposing others. When she began, Asians held little influence at City Hall; she developed the community into a powerful force, with politicians catering to her. She was outspoken, larger than life, caustic, even feared – and the public washed it down with her plainspoken humor, which they enjoyed. She might threaten an opponent with Armageddon, then join a drag queen kick line; you never knew what was coming next. Former Mayor and California Assembly Speaker Willie Brown, loved to visit the friend and sometime ally he always called “Miss Rose.” (Monica Almedia/The New York Times)2016-09-22T17:52:25+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/09/22/morning-prayer-9-22-16-anna-alexander-deaconess-teacher-1946/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/esther-banquetof-redeeminggod-com.jpgesther-banquetof-redeeminggod-comThe banquet of Esther; artist unknown.https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/bono-mpho-allistersparks-tutu-capetown2011-michellyrall-getty.jpgbono-mpho-allistersparks-tutu-capetown2011-michellyrall-gettyToday we mourn the great South African journalist Allister Sparks, who crusaded against the apartheid regime for years in the Rand Daily Mail until he was ousted as editor. He broke the news that police beat Steven Biko to death; was threatened with prosecution for quoting Winnie Mandela; tracked down armed resistance leaders after they had escaped to Botswana; and brought down a prime minister by exposing the government’s secret slush fund to buy media influence and start a pro-government paper. In later years he wrote for The Washington Post and others, and published six books, including co-writing a biography of Desmond Tutu with the archbishop’s daughter Mpho. Above: the Tutus and Mr. Sparks share a laugh with rock star Bono at the book’s rollout party. (Michelly Rall/Getty)2016-09-22T13:58:56+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/09/21/evening-prayer-9-21-16-st-matthew-apostle-evangelist/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/suffcarlwright-armedfcsfedministries.jpgsuffcarlwright-armedfcsfedministriesColleagues in the Diocese of Maryland are rejoicing that U.S. Air Force Chaplain the Rev. Carl Wright was elected Suffragan Bishop of the Armed Forces and Federal Ministries yesterday at the Episcopal Church’s House of Bishops meeting. He is rector of St. Andrew’s, Pasadena, Maryland and has served as deputy command chaplain at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana. The position was formerly called suffragan bishop of the armed forces, but the job has expanded to include chaplaincies for veterans. Pending consents, Fr. Wright will be suffragan to the Presiding Bishop. (via Episcopal News Service)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/roodscreen-holycrossbasilica-wechselburggermany.jpgroodscreen-holycrossbasilica-wechselburggermanyRood and screen at Holy Cross Basilica, Wechselburg, Germany. (Wikipedia)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/blackhills-frominyankarasummit-wy-wiki.jpgblackhills-frominyankarasummit-wy-wikiView of the Black Hills from the summit of Inyan Kara, Wyoming, the Lakotas’ holy Mountain: this is what they’re fighting for; the proposed oil pipeline is what they’re fighting against; this is what they're fighting for. (Wikipedia)2016-09-22T01:28:53+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/09/21/morning-prayer-9-21-16-eighteenth-ordinary-wednesday/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/blackelkpeak-sd-wiki.jpgblackelkpeak-sd-wikiFor the beauty of the Earthn: Black Elk Peak, South Dakota. (Wikipedia)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/shirleyromerootero-chicanoco-alyssaschukarnyt.jpgshirleyromerootero-chicanoco-alyssaschukarnytShirley Romero Otero is a member of the Chicano Nation of Colorado. Their distinct history is over 400 years old; their ancestors were Mexican, Indian and Spanish and their territory, now in the Southwestern USA, was originally part of Mexico. They founded Santa Fe, New Mexico in 1598, years before English Pilgrims arrived on the Mayflower. (Alyssa Schukar/The New York Times)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/josephkinehschemarshall-hoopanorcal-alyssaschukarnyt.jpgjosephkinehschemarshall-hoopanorcal-alyssaschukarnytJoseph Marshall and his daughter Kinehsché, of the Hoopa Indian Nation of Northern California, represented their tribe last week at the oil pipeline confrontatioin at the Standing Rock Reservation in North Dakota. Thousands of people from 300 tribes have coverged there to safeguard the Missouri River from an oil spill, and to prevent further desecration of the Lakota Sioux’ ancestral lands. When a man packs up his daughter and drives 1400 miles to live in a tent and fight Wall Street, it must be for a cause he believes in. Many parents at the camp say they wouldn’t let their kids miss it for the world; the children have a chance to see living history and ongoing Native resistance. Many of the Lakotas on Standing Rock and other nearby reservations are Episcopalians. (Alyssa Schukar/The New York Times)2016-09-21T14:11:18+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/09/19/morning-prayer-9-20-16-james-coleridge-patteson-bishop-of-melanesia-companions-martyrs-1871/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/ftpieceislamicctr-9-11-16-wilfredolee-ap.jpgftpieceislamicctr-9-11-16-wilfredolee-apA new report says hate crimes against U.S. Muslims are higher than they’ve been since 9/11, and here’s one bit of evidence: the Islamic Center of Fort Pierce, Florida was hit by an arsonist on the 15th anniversary of 9/11, which was also the eve of Eid al-Adha, the holiest day of the Muslim year, commemorating the Sacrifice of Isaac. Christians must denounce anti-Muslim violence and work to prevent it as much as we expect Muslims to denounce terrorist attacks in the name of their religion. (Wilfred O. Lee/Associated Press)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/imamasstmurder-queensny-8-16.jpgimamasstmurder-queensny-8-16Muslims in Queens, New York gathered to await the coffin of their imam and his assistant, who were gunned down on the street in broad daylight last month. (The New York Times)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/1stltjeffreydcooper.jpg1stltjeffreydcooperFirst Lt. Jeffrey D. Cooper from Mill Creek, Washington has been identified by the U.S. Department of Defense as the soldier who was killed on Saturday after a vehicle crash in Kuwait. The Pentagon said Cooper was supporting the United State’s anti-Islamic State operation. (Photo: U.S. Army) ¶ We could not find a picture of Warrant Officer Smith, who died while supporting the anti-Islamic State coalition Friday in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. He also died in a non-combat-related incident that is under investigation, a statement said. Tamayo, 32, of Brownsville, Texas, was assigned to the 202nd Military Intelligence Battalion out of Fort Gordon, Georgia, and was the 23rd American servicemember to die while supporting Operation Inherent Resolve, the U.S.-led effort against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria — only three of whom were killed in action, according to the Defense Department.2016-09-20T14:17:16+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/09/18/morning-prayer-9-19-16-theodore-of-tarsus-archbishop-of-canterbury-690/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/jewsfleeparis1940-fpg_hultonarchives.jpgjewsfleeparis1940-fpg_hultonarchivesThis week we are reading the Book of Esther, in which a royal official in Persia plans the genocide of the Jews; which calls to mind a more recent scene of Jews fleeing the Nazis in Paris, 1940. Never forget; never agaiin. (FPG/Hulton Archives)2016-09-19T18:40:48+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/09/20/evening-prayer-9-20-16-john-coleridge-patteson-bishop-of-melanesia-companions-martyrs-1871/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/abpgeorgetakeli-melanesia-4-2016-churchphoto.jpgabpgeorgetakeli-melanesia-4-2016-churchphotoThe Rev. George Takeli was enthroned as Archbishop and Primate of Melanesia at the cathedral on Guadalcanal in April, to serve a province of 200,000 Anglicans in nine dioceses. In his sermon he said his goal is to develop the church as “self-supporting, self-reliant, and self-propagating.” (Anglican Church of Melanesia)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/johncoleridgepatteson-anglicanhistory-org.jpgjohncoleridgepatteson-anglicanhistory-orgGeorge Augustus Selwyn, the founding Bishop of New Zealand, recruited English priest John Coleridge Patteson for missionary work in the South Seas; he arrived in 1855. For five years he visited the islands of Melanesia, teaching, evangelizing and learning 23 indigenous languages. Every time he visited a new island he would swim alone to shore, wearing a top hat filled with gifts. He started a mission school and tried to recruit students to become lay ministers or clergy, but many parents did not want to send their boys away, sometimes for years, reminding people of British “blackbirder” ships bent on trafficking in young men as indentured servants in Australia or Fiji. He was martyred on Nakupu in the Solomon Islands, as revenge against the slave trade (which he worked to suppress) and because his respect for women threatened the patriarchal social order in a society of headhunters. His murder galvanized Britain, which annexed Fiji and banned the slave trade. (anglicanhistory.org)2016-09-19T01:38:12+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/09/19/evening-prayer-9-19-16-theodore-of-tarsus-archbishop-of-canterbury-690/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/jeffersonslaves-ownedhisownkids-natlmusafr-amhxcult-nyt.jpgjeffersonslaves-ownedhisownkids-natlmusafr-amhxcult-nytThe U.S. National Museum of African-American History and Culture opens this week in Washington with an eclectic mix of stories to tell, from slavery to Jim Crow, Rosa Parks and #BlackLivesMatter. Visitors start in the basement in colonial times and work their way up from bondage to freedom and a vast body of accomplished people. Above, a statue of Thomas Jefferson, the great apostle of democracy and third president, who wrote “all men are created equal” while owning as many slaves as there are bricks in this display. Like many slaveholders, he owned some of his own children; this museum’s going to get people talking. (The New York Times)2016-09-18T22:34:15+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/09/18/evening-prayer-9-18-16-eighteenth-sunday-in-ordinary-time/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/inyan-kara-lakotasacredmountain-wiki.jpginyan-kara-lakotasacredmountain-wikiInyan Kara in Wyoming is considered the holy mountain of the Lakota people. If the idea of a sacred mountain seems pagan to you, consider that the Bible has its holy mountain too, called Mt. Zion. (Wikipedia)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/youngdancers-allsaintscristorey-watsonville-padrem.jpgyoungdancers-allsaintscristorey-watsonville-padremYoung Latinas practiced their dancing yesterday at All Saints’/Cristo Rey, Watsonville, California. (Padre Mickey Dresbach)2016-09-18T18:27:25+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/09/17/morning-prayer-9-18-16-eighteenth-sunday-after-pentecost/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/aaronmakwachivis-joeamiksyrette-cecestevens-anishinaabekmi-alyssaschukarnyt.jpgaaronmakwachivis-joeamiksyrette-cecestevens-anishinaabekmi-alyssaschukarnytThousands of people, including representatives of nearly 300 American Indian nations, have converged on the Standing Rock Reservation of the Lakota Sioux, who are protesting construction of an oil pipeline that would skirt their property, disturb the ancient burial grounds of their ancestors, and threaten the water supply of the Missouri River in North Dakota. Today we show you some of people and nations who have joined the fight to protect the water. Here we see Aaron Makwa Chivis, Joe Amik Syrett and Cece Stevens, members of the Anishinaabek people of Michigan. The protest has become a display of Native American unity unmatched in over a century. (All photos: Alyssa Schukar/The New York Times)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/johnthomasarnel-northernarapahowy-alyssaschukarnyt.jpgjohnthomasarnel-northernarapahowy-alyssaschukarnytJohn Thomas Arnel of the Northern Arapaho Nation of Wyoming is a U.S. Army veteran who also witnesses on behalf of the Wounded Warrior Project, which assists war veterans with the often painful transition back to civilian life. Jobs are scarce on Indian reservations, and many young Natives join the military to serve their country. They didn’t go overseas to fight terrorists so they could come back and face environmental disaster in their homelands.https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/lakotanationmap1.pnglakotanationmap1This map shows the former and current boundaries of the Lakota Sioux nation. The yellow area is their former habitation as of the treaty of 1868; in eight short years, all but the area in orange was taken back by the U.S. government by a second treaty, leaving the People with a tiny fraction of their former possession. Now the pipeline company, backed by an array of international bankers and corporations, wants to build just over the fence; but there are burial sites and other holy places all over the yellow territory. Big Oil won a preliminary court decision, then the Obama Administration immediately called a halt to further construction to ensure the Lakotas’ rights are respected and their concerns addressed. (The New York Times)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/sacredstonecamp-standingrock-susanleopold-patawomecknationvirginia-alyssaschukar-nyt.jpgsacredstonecamp-standingrock-susanleopold-patawomecknationvirginia-alyssaschukar-nytSusan Leopold, of the Patawomeck Nation of Virginia, looked over Sacred Stone Camp where the protesters have gathered. Every tribe is different historically and culturally, but they all share a deep reverence for the land of their ancestors that white people can’t understand, unless they’ve been there and lived with them, following the ancient ways.2016-09-18T02:54:31+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/09/17/evening-prayer-9-17-16-hildegard-of-bingen-mystic-1179-ember-day/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/sthildegard-choirsofangels-rupertsbergms-scivias.jpgsthildegard-choirsofangels-rupertsbergms-sciviasAn illumination of choirs of angels, from the Rupertsberg manuscript of Hildegard's first major book, Scivias, ("Know the Ways") commissioned by Hildegard herself.https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/homelessinhiteksf-gabriellelurie-nyt.jpghomelessinhiteksf-gabriellelurie-nytHomeless on San Francisco’s Golden Gate Avenue, surrounded by high-tech millionaires, hipsters and hopefuls. The cost of living is so high only the rich can afford to live there - but they’re not the only ones who do. (Gabrielle Lurie/The New York Times)2016-09-17T13:58:58+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/09/16/morning-prayer-9-17-16-hildegard-of-bingen-1179-ember-day/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/stfrancis-denhamspgsla.jpgstfrancis-denhamspgslaThe rest of the world has moved on since the sudden, unexpected “thousand year flood” last month in Louisiana, but not at St. Francis’s, Denham Springs. For a couple of weeks they met outside for worship in the heat and humidity of August, before some Methodist neighbours invited them in to use their building. Now church leaders are waiting word on whether their building will have to be raised onto piers, a major undertaking ordered for several other buildings in the area. Currently their pews and baptismal font are sheltered on the porch in front of the church. (Karen Mackey/Diocese of Louisiana)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/communityoftheholyspirit-blessingnewconvent-2012.jpgIMG_9221The Rt. Rev. Catherine M. Roskam, retired Suffragan Bishop of New York, blessing the new St. Hilda’s House of the Community of the Holy Spirit, and consecrating the new chapel, 2010. (convent photo)2016-09-17T03:59:05+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/09/16/video-evensong-9-16-16-ninian-bishop-in-galloway-c-430-ember-day/2016-09-17T20:23:17+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/09/15/morning-prayer-9-16-16-ninian-bishop-in-galloway-c-430-ember-day/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/stmatthewsapts-dc-swwaterfront-elca16ksqftchurchcoffeecommctr.jpgstmatthewsapts-dc-swwaterfront-elca16ksqftchurchcoffeecommctrAn artist’s rendering of the planned St. Matthew’s Apartments, on the waterfront in Southwest Washington, D.C. This is a church redevelopment project in which St. Matthew’s Evangelical Lutheran Church will tear down its old building and erect a new 16,000 square foot worship space, community center and coffee shop topped by hundreds of luxury apartments; Episcopalians are doing something similar nearby. This kind of project is great for parishes in hot real estate markets, but in most locations churches have a hard time finding buyers. (via Washington Post)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/bereacollege-startclass-com.jpgbereacollege-startclass-comBerea College in Berea, Kentucky, named for the open-minded city in Macedonia where Paul and Silas took refuge from all the trouble they caused in Thessalonica. The Christian, nonsectarian liberal arts college was founded by abolitionists five years before the U.S. Civil War to serve men and women of all races; no tuition is charged because all students work to earn their keep. It has become one of the premier cultural institutions in southern Appalachia. (startclass.com)2016-09-16T13:59:48+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/09/15/evening-prayer-9-15-16-cyprian-of-carthage-bishop-martyr-258/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/eduardocunha-exspeakerbrazilhouse-40mlaunderedthrumegachurch-evaristosa-afp.jpgeduardocunha-exspeakerbrazilhouse-40mlaunderedthrumegachurch-evaristosa-afpA few days ago we decried the alleged corruption of the elected leaders of South Sudan, who are killing and terrorizing the population in a civil war over oil money; now comes word about this character, one Eduardo Cunha, the former speaker of the Brazilian House of Representatives. He’s not only a politician, but a big radio preacher, and now he stands accused of laundering $40 million through his megachurch to a Swiss bank account. It was St. John Chrysostom who said, “The road to hell is lined with the skulls of priests,” but only because he hadn’t met any fundamentalist celebrities yet.https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/stcyprianofcarthage-wiki.jpgstcyprianofcarthage-wikiIn his treatise On the Lord’s Prayer, Cyprian wrote, “We say ‘Hallowed be thy Name,’ not that we want God to be made holy by our prayers, but because we seek from the Lord that his Name may be made holy in us… so that we who have been made holy in Baptism may persevere in what we have begun to be.” (Wikipedia)2016-09-16T00:55:37+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/09/14/morning-prayer-9-15-16-cyprian-of-carthage-bishop-martyr-258/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/stpaulphilippianjailer-providencelitho.jpgstpaulphilippianjailer-providencelitho(Providence Lithograph Company, Rhode Island)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/jamesbeckwithfred-hiltz-queereuch-stjohnswesttoronto-9-13-16.jpgjamesbeckwithfred-hiltz-queereuch-stjohnswesttoronto-9-13-16Our webcaster James Beckwith with Archbishop Fred Hiltz, the Primate of Canada, Tuesday night at the Queer Eucharist at St. John’s, West Toronto. The archbishop is on a bit of a listening tour since General Synod’s decision this summer to approve (by one vote) a change to the marriage canon that would allow Gay and Lesbian Anglicans to marry in church; the proposal must pass a second two-thirds vote three years from now. A handful of bishops in the conservative Western provinces are threatening schism, while the LGBT community and its allies are eager to get on with it. The Archbishop, who supports the change, tries to be a pontiff or bridge to both sides. (Courtesy of James Beckwith)2016-09-15T13:48:02+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/09/14/evening-prayer-9-14-16-holy-cross-day/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/12yroldstopsanti-gaymarch-celayacity-manuelrodriguez-regeneraciocc81nmx.jpg12yroldstopsanti-gaymarch-celayacity-manuelrodriguez-regeneracionmxA 12-year-old boy stopped traffic last weekend in Celaya, México, where an anti-Gay march was being held by the National Front for Families, one of several such demonstrations around the nation. Was he just wanting attention? Playing? Leading the march? No, he was trying to stop it, he said; “I have a Gay uncle and I don’t like people spreading hate about him.” Within hours, this photo went viral. (Manuel Rodriguez/RegeneraciónMx)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/hoosiernatlforest-waldripridge-naturalbloomington-com.jpghoosiernatlforest-waldripridge-naturalbloomington-comFor the beauty of the Earth: Waldrip Ridge, Hoosier National Forest, Indiana. (naturalbloomington.com)2016-09-14T17:40:18+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/09/13/morning-prayer-9-14-16-holy-cross-day/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/southsudanrefugees-adjumaniuganda-stephenwanderaap.jpgsouthsudanrefugees-adjumaniuganda-stephenwanderaapRefugees from the civil war in South Sudan, at a camp in Adjumani, Uganda. These are the lucky ones; they’ve got pots and something to put in them, while hundreds of thousands more have been forced out of their villages and into the forest and rivers to live or die on their own. Worst of all was a report this week that the leaders of the two warring factions, the president and vice president, are skimming tens of millions of dollars in oil money for themselves and their families, buying up luxury properties all over the world. The helpless victims of the war have nowhere to turn, while their friends throughout the Anglican Communion pray, worry and feel equally powerless. (Stephen Wandera/Associated Presshttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/sunrise-lanakaioahuhi-richarddrake.jpgsunrise-lanakaioahuhi-richarddrakeFor joy in God's creation: sunrise at Lanakai Beach, Oahu. (Richard Drake)2016-09-14T13:46:53+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/09/13/evening-prayer-9-13-16-eve-of-holy-cross/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/santaanahomelesscamp-civiccenter-allenjschaben-lat.jpgsantaanahomelesscamp-civiccenter-allenjschaben-latWe are frequent advocates for the homeless here, but we also recognize that all the residents of a city have a right to enjoy their public space – which they can’t do right now in Santa Ana, California, where a crowd of people who live outdoors have taken over the civic center plaza. The city council is trying to figure out how to evict them while recognizing their civil rights, dignity and need for help. The United States has a shortage of affordable housing, especially in cities, which won’t be solved by piecemeal, localized efforts. Economic policy and political wrangling create or diminish homelessness, and local people are caught in the middle. (Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/holycrossday-exaltationof-forallsaints-wordpress-com.jpgholycrossday-exaltationof-forallsaints-wordpress-comHoly Cross Day is known as the Exaltation of the Holy Cross in the East and the Triumph of the Holy Cross in Rome. It is a celebration of Christ’s redeeming death on the cross, where once he was mocked for the humiliating shame of such torture and public cruelty. The feast is celebrated 14 September in remembrance of churches built on the site of Christ’s crucifixion and his tomb by St. Helena, mother of the Emperor Constantine, on this day in 335. (forallsaints.wordpress.com)2016-09-13T18:00:51+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/09/12/morning-prayer-9-13-16-john-chrysostom-bishop-of-constantinople-407/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/arson-islamicctrofftpiercefl-sheriffsphoto.jpgarson-islamicctrofftpiercefl-sheriffsphotoSheriff’s police are blaming a fire early Monday at the Islamic Center of Fort Pierce, Florida on arson – and we ask you to condemn it with us, and pray for the mosque and Muslim communities in the United States. Thank God no one was hurt this time and police have surveillance video. “If Jesus wouldn’t do it, don’t you do it either.” (Sheriff’s photo)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2007/04/entryintojerusalemgiottodibondone.jpgBondone: Entry JerusalemGiotto di Bondone: Entry Into Jerusalem2016-09-13T14:15:13+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/09/12/evening-prayer-9-12-16-john-henry-hobart-bishop-of-new-york-1830/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/maryanointsjesusfeet.jpgmaryanointsjesusfeetJulia Stankova (b. 1954): Mary Anoints Jesus’ Feethttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/johnhenryhobartgrave-trinitychurch-findagrave-com.jpgjohnhenryhobartgrave-trinitychurch-findagrave-comBishop Hobart’s grave at Trinity Church, Wall Street, New York City, where he was both bishop and rector. The monument erected by the vestry reads in part, “In memory of the public services, private virtues and Christian graces of their beloved and lamented Pastor; in testimony of their respect for the wisdom, energy and piety of their revered Diocesan; in memory of the faithful and valiant Soldier of Christ; who, on all occasions, stood forth the able and intrepid Champion of the Church of God.” (findagrave.com)2016-09-12T18:15:21+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/09/11/morning-prayer-9-12-16-john-henry-hobart-bishop-of-new-york-1830/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/bulldozers-standingrock9-6-16-andrewcullen-reuters.jpgbulldozers-standingrock9-6-16-andrewcullen-reutersNative American activists from all over the continent have rallied behind the Lakota Sioux of the Standing Rock Reservation in North Dakota, trying to prevent construction of a big oil pipeline right outside their property line. They were accused by the local sheriff of various crimes, like painting peace messages on bulldozers; meanwhile the pipeline’s security company deployed snarling dogs and pepper spray. The Indians’ uniquely spiritual relationship with the land is threatened; whatever happens, Protect Sacred Water. (Andrew Cullen/Reuters)2016-09-12T14:05:52+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/09/11/evening-prayer-9-11-16-seventeenth-sunday-in-ordinary-time/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/kelseyhuttoblessingbikes-stdavidsbb-marylinday.jpgkelseyhuttoblessingbikes-stdavidsbb-marylindayThe Rev. Kelsey Hutto of St. David’s, Bean Blossom, Indiana, blessing motorcycles at the Brown County town’s annual BikeFest this weekend; elitist Anglican snobs, every one of them. (Marylin Day)2016-09-11T17:50:11+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/09/10/morning-prayer-9-11-16-seventeenth-sunday-after-pentecost/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/tecflagstandingrock-laurenrstanley.jpgtecflagstandingrock-laurenrstanleyThe Episcopal Church flag among the banners of many nations at the Standing Rock Indian Reservation near Cannon Ball, North Dakota, where hundreds of Native American tribes have protested the building of an oil pipeline just a stone’s throw from reservation-owned land. Historically, reservation boundaries were drawn as narrowly as possible by the government to impoverish the People and maximize the profits of whites; then if minerals or other assets were discovered on Indian land, the government simply took it back again by military force. All of Oklahoma was once reserved for Indians; then whites decided they wanted that land too, so the government changed the law and Oklahoma suddenly turned white. (The Rev. Lauren R. Stanley)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/9-11-corrchapelvillanovauniv-commemorateslostalumni.jpg9-11-corrchapelvillanovauniv-commemorateslostalumnihe 9/11 window at Corr Chapel, Villanova University, near Philadelphia, commemorates 15 alumni killed in the terrorist attacks 15 years ago in New York City, Washington and Shanksville, Pennsylvania. (university photo)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/defend-the-sacred-standingrock.jpgdefend-the-sacred-standingrockAmerican Indians behind the marching banner at Standing Rock. (source unknown)2016-09-11T04:26:05+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/09/10/evening-prayer-9-10-16-alexander-crummell-priest-missionary-1898/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/rosebudstandingrock9-8-16laurenstanley.jpgrosebudstandingrock9-8-16laurenstanleyTipi at Standing Rock, housing representatives of the Rosebud Episcopal Mission, a related band of Lakotas in South Dakota, taken Thursday night by the Rev. Lauren M. Stanley, Missioner. Rosebud is one of our mission partners, so they are also representing us and the entire Episcopal Church, plus our Anglican cousins in Canada, who have followed this story closely as it slowly became national news.https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/standingrockdeclaresvictory-laurenstanley9-9-16.jpgstandingrockdeclaresvictory-laurenstanley9-9-16Standing Rock declares victory: the U.S. government announced yesterday that it was halting construction of a billion-dollar oil pipeline under a major river at the edge of the Standing Rock Indian Reservation in North Dakota; here we see the news delivered by a Lakota Sioux leader to hundreds of protesters. This is far from a final outcome; earlier in the day a Federal judge refused to grant the Indians’ request for an injunction to block construction. Instead, the government called for a serious national discussion with tribal leaders about their religious, cultural and safety complaints concerning big infrastructure projects, and suggested that new legislation may be needed to recognize tribal rights. The Standing Rock protest has been hailed as the biggest show of American Indian unity in over a century, as each flag above represents an Indian nation present to support the Lakotas. (The Rev. Lauren R. Stanley)2016-09-10T13:58:12+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/09/09/morning-prayer-9-10-16-alexander-crummell-priest-missionary-1898/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/caiaphas-highpriest-sanhedrin-williamhole.jpgJesus is questioned by the high priest CaiaphasWilliam Hole: Caiaphas presides over the Sanhedrinhttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/geese-malheurnwr-halbernton-seattletimes.jpggeese-malheurnwr-halbernton-seattletimesThe geese returned to Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, Oregon, last May, just a few months after an armed band of anti-government “militia” people occupied it and trashed the place, causing millions of dollars in damages. All birds of the air, glorify the Lord! (Hal Bernton, Seattle Times)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/wasparlington-elainedharmon-dauterry_gabrielademczuknyt.jpgwasparlington-elainedharmon-dauterry_gabrielademczuknytElaine D. Harmon, a veteran of the U.S. Women Airforce Service Pilots in World War II, was finally laid to rest this week at Arlington National Cemetery, after a decades-long battle to win full military rights and honours. The WASPS, about 800 trained and sworn pilots, performed vital training and logistical services to the military, freeing up male pilots for fighting. But because they were women, they were never allowed to join the military officially; they did the work (and assumed the dangers) of military pilots without the money, support, recognition or privileges that come with it. The USA was reportedly worried that Japan would make fun of them for using women pilots. For political reasons promises made weren’t kept, the WASPs’ very existence was classified, their cause was forgotten, and it took the women themselves to forcefully persuade the top brass to give them full recognition. The final hurdle was the right to be buried in a national cemetery; above, a sworn woman officer kneels to present Old Glory to Terry Harmon, Elaine’s daughter. Rest in peace, Captain Harmon, for a job well done. (Gabriela Demczuk/The New York Times)2016-09-10T04:13:08+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/09/09/video-evensong-9-9-16-constance-companions-the-martyrs-of-memphis-1878/2016-09-10T01:58:53+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/09/08/morning-prayer-9-9-16-constance-companions-martyrs-of-memphis-1878/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/pray-with-us-live-webcast.jpgpray-with-us-live-webcast2016-09-09T13:48:20+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/09/08/evening-prayer-9-8-16-soren-kierkegaard-teacher-philosopher-1855/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/jacksonhtsmeth-wesrptin-jc-700.jpgjacksonhtsmeth-wesrptin-jc-700Jackson Heights United Methodist Church, West Point, Indiana: I see they also know the rule that you should never sit too close to the front. (Journal and Courier)2016-09-08T18:01:01+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/09/07/morning-prayer-9-8-16-nikolai-grundtvig-bishop-hymnwriter-1872/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/council-of-jerusalem-freerepublic-com.jpgcouncil-of-jerusalem-freerepublic-comWindow depicting the Council of Jerusalem (freerepublic.com)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/standingrock-tipicity-robynbeck-afp.jpgstandingrock-tipicity-robynbeck-afpAn impromptu tipi village has sprung up on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation in North Dakota, a mile from the construction site of the proposed Dakota Access oil pipeline, which the Lakota Sioux and hundreds of other Native American tribes are protesting. The pipeline was originally supposed to be built just north of the state capital, which rebelled against it out of fear for the water supply; so the builder moved the route right next to the indigenous people’s reservation, figuring they were too poor and powerless to do anything about it. Many of the Standing Rock members are Episcopalians. (Robyn Beck/Agence France-Presse)2016-09-08T14:12:55+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/09/07/evening-prayer-9-7-16-elie-naud-huguenot-prophetic-witness-1722/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/huguenotmemorialmuseum-westerncapesa-800.jpghuguenotmemorialmuseum-westerncapesa-800J.C. Jongens: Huguenot Monument, Franschhoek, Western Cape, South Africa commemorates the cultural influence of French Calvinist immigrants who started arriving in Cape Colony in the 1680s with the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, which had briefly given them religious freedom in France. Though their descendants have largely assimilated into South African society, their cultural influence is widely felt; for example, the South African wine industry is mostly their creation. (Wikipedia)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/hopetounfalls-victoriaaustralia-wiki.jpghopetounfalls-victoriaaustralia-wikiFor the beauty of the Earth: Hopetoun Falls, Victoria, Australia. (Wikipedia)2016-09-07T17:40:13+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/09/06/morning-prayer-9-7-16-elie-naud-huguenot-witness-to-the-faith-1722/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/available-watchherestandingrock.jpgavailable-watchherestandingrockhttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/huguenoteglisefrancaisedusaint-esprit.jpghuguenoteglisefrancaisedusaint-espritL’Eglise Francaise du Saint-Esprit, or French Church of the Holy Spirit, was founded in 1628 in New York City and originally served the Huguenot and Walloon communities of French-speaking Calvinists. The congregation dwindled to nothing by the time of the American Revolution, but was revived shortly afterward, and in 1803 voted to become an Episcopal church. (parish photo)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/stpaulstonedatlystra-jean-baptistedechampaigne.jpgstpaulstonedatlystra-jean-baptistedechampaigneJean-Baptiste de Champaigne: St. Paul Stoned at Lystrahttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/elienaud-eliasneau-africanfreeschool.jpgelienaudElie Naud was a successful French businessman who was sentenced to a term of slavery on a galley ship for refusing to conform to the Roman Catholic Church. Afterward he fled to England, then America, where he accepted a position as schoolmaster at Trinity Church, New York (and was later licensed by the Bishop of London) to teach Native Americans and African slaves to prepare them for baptism. This was his school, where he rightly told his pupils he knew what slavery was like first-hand.https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/seneca-lake-from-the-east-revmichaelhartney.jpgseneca-lake-from-the-east-revmichaelhartneyFor joy in God’s creation: Seneca Lake, New York, from the east. (The Rev. Michael Hartney)2016-09-07T16:04:45+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/09/06/evening-prayer-9-6-16-tuesday-in-the-16th-ordinary-week/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/dabneymontgomery-tuskegee-mlkbodyguard-kathywillens-ap.jpgdabneymontgomery-tuskegee-mlkbodyguard-kathywillens-apDabney Montgomery has died, a member of the Tuskegee Airmen during World War II and a bodyguard for Martin Luther King Jr. on the Selma-to-Montgomery March of 1965. When he got back from the war he and other African-American veterans found themselves outraged by racial segregation; he couldn’t stand in the white man’s waiting room at a bus station or register to vote, while white veterans were welcomed back with open arms. (Kathy Willens/Associated Press)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/onandaganation-prayercircle-willowbay-onondagalakeny-syracuse-com.jpgonandaganation-prayercircle-willowbay-onondagalakeny-syracuse-comMembers of the Onandaga Nation in upstate New York formed a prayer circle on Willow Bay of Onondaga Lake in solidarity with protests at the Standing Rock Indian Reservation in North Dakota, trying to prevent the building of an oil pipeline on sacred land right next to their property. The Onondagas say they have lived with heavy pollution of their lake and streams for over a century, even after a Superfund cleanup, and along with 130 other Native American tribes, they’re trying to prevent the same thing from happening to the Lakota Sioux halfway across North America. The Episcopal Church has been heavily represented on Standing Rock since the 19th century, and the Primates of Canada and the USA have endorsed the protest. Watch for a video on the pipeline protest tomorrow morning. (syracuse.com)2016-09-06T17:53:24+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/09/05/morning-prayer-9-6-16-sixteenth-ordinary-tuesday/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/nicholaschamberlain-bpgranthamcomesout-danielherrick-diolincoln.jpg+NicholasChamberlain.BpGranthamComesOut.DanielHerrick.DioLincolnNicholas Chamberlain, the Bishop of Grantham, has become the first bishop of the Church of England to come out as Gay. He was appointed last November by Archbishop Justin Welby, who knew of Chamberlain’s personal life; he’s in a longterm relationship he says is celibate. Welby said, “He lives within the bishops’ guidelines and his sexuality is completely irrelevant to his office.” Ten months after the fact, GAFCON has denounced his appointment. (Daniel Herrick/Diocese of Lincoln)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/stpaulbarnabasatlystra-nicolaesberchem.jpgStPaul&BarnabasAtLystra.NicolaesBerchemNicolaes Berchem: Paul and Barnabas at Lystrahttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/christpharisees-ernstzimmerman.jpgChrist&Pharisees.ErnstZimmerman2016-09-06T13:58:20+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/09/05/evening-prayer-9-5-16-gregorio-aglipay-founder-of-the-philippine-independent-church-usa-labor-day/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/motherteresa-missionariescharity-kolkata-livestream-rupakdechowdhuri-reuters.jpgMotherTeresa.MissionariesCharity.Kolkata.Livestream.RupakDeChowdhuri.ReutersMembers of Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity watched the livestream of her canonization ceremony Sunday in Kolkata. Her order has grown to several congregations, including one for priests and one for male religious. (Ripak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)2016-09-05T17:35:18+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/09/04/morning-prayer-9-5-16-gregorio-aglipay-founder-if-the-philippine-independent-church-1940-usa-labor-day/2016-09-05T13:51:16+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/09/04/evening-prayer-9-4-16-sixteenth-sunday-in-ordinary-time/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/motherteresaprocession-9-2-16-gregorioborgiaap.jpgMotherTeresaProcession.9.2.16.GregorioBorgiaAPA crowd of 100,000 gathered at the Vatican this weekend for the canonization of Mother Teresa of Calcutta, an exemplar of compassion for the very poor and those shunned because of disease. Above: a procession in her honor on Friday. (Gregorio Borgia/Associated Press)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/stmichaelspikesvillela-tomwelch.jpgStMichael'sPikesvilleLA.TomWelchSt. Michael’s, Pikesville, Louisiana, a few days ago. (Tom Welch)2016-09-04T17:26:10+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/09/03/morning-prayer-9-4-16-sixteenth-sunday-after-pentecost/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/travisrudolph-fsu-bopaske-montfordmiddle-tallahasseemichaelhalligan.jpgTravisRudolph.FSU.BoPaske.MontfordMiddle.Tallahassee,MichaelHalliganMembers of the Florida State University American-football team traveled to a local middle school in Tallahassee this week as a goodwill gesture, but something happened that made the visit more than routine. One of the players noticed a boy in the lunchroom sitting by himself, and asked if he could sit with him. The boy looked up and said, “Sure, why not?” He didn’t know that the tall athlete standing there was Travis Rudolph, one of the stars on the highly regarded team, and the athlete didn’t know that the kid was named Bo Paske, who is diagnosed on the autism spectrum. But they soon found out, and so did the rest of the world, when Bo’s mother was moved to tears by the big man’s kindness and posted her thanks on Facebook. Bo has friends and sometimes eats with them, but other times he sits by himself. (Michael Halligan)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/pencilguns-ccc-cinti-artworkscinti-sarahbhartwick.jpgPencilGuns.CCC.Cinti..ArtWorksCinti.SarahBHartwickChrist Church Cathedral in downtown Cincinnati, concerned about gun violence and murders, teamed up with a youth program called ArtWorks Cincinnati to produce this poster, hung on the side of the church. Those aren’t AK-47s the young men are toting, they’re big pencils like you can draw with. (Sarah B. Hartwick)2016-09-04T04:56:32+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/09/03/evening-prayer-9-3-16-prudence-crandall-teacher-abolitionist-1890/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/revwarrenhallsuspended-francesmicklow-thestar-ledger.jpgRNS-PRIEST-SUSPENDEDThe Roman Catholic Archbishop of Newark, New Jersey has suspended Fr. Warren Hall because he supports LGBT advocacy groups within the Church, and a Lesbian high school counselor who was fired for marrying a woman in a civil ceremony. Fr. Hall was previously the student chaplain at Seton Hall University, but Archbishop John Myers sacked him because he posted support for a “No H8” campaign on Facebook. He was allowed to return to parish ministry until this latest episode, which the the bishop claimed “confuses the faithful.” Fr. Hall can no longer present himself as a priest or celebrate Mass in public, but he’ll be speaking at a PFLAG meeting for LGBTs’ parents and friends next week. (Frances Micklow/The Star-Ledger)2016-09-03T19:48:32+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/09/02/morning-prayer-9-3-16-prudence-crandall-teacher-abolitionist-1890/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/nuevoamanecer-kanuga-wma.jpgNuevoAmanecer.Kanuga.WMANuevo Amanecer (“New Dawn”), the big annual conference on Hispanic/Latino ministry in The Episcopal Church, concluded Thursday at Kanuga in North Carolina; above, the delegation from the Diocese of Western Massachusetts. (diocesan photo)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/taughannockfalls.jpgTaughannockFallsTaughannock Falls State Park near Trumansburg, New York, 2012: glorify the Lord. (anonymous photographer)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/stmarysconvent-sewanee-wiki.jpgStMarysConvent.Sewanee.WikiSt. Mary’s Convent, Sewanee, Tennessee (Wikipedia)2016-09-03T04:13:36+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/09/02/video-evensong-9-2-16-the-martyrs-of-new-guinea-1942/2016-09-03T02:11:48+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/09/01/morning-prayer-9-2-16-the-martyrs-of-new-guinea-1942/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/stpaulstirsupantioch-jeffangiegoh-com.jpgPaul and Barnabas in Antioch Acts 15:2Paul and Barnabas stir up Antioch (jeffangiegoh.com)2016-09-02T14:07:41+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/09/01/evening-prayer-9-1-16-david-p-oakerhater-deacon-missionary-prayers-for-the-earth/2016-09-01T23:08:35+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/08/31/morning-prayer-9-1-16-david-p-oakerhater-deacon-missionary-1931-prayers-for-creation/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/creation-care-webcasts.pngcreation-care-webcastshttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/3000rescued-20woodenboats-italiannavy-emiliomorenattiap.jpg3000Rescued.20WoodenBoats.ItalianNavy.EmilioMorenattiAPThe Italian Navy and several non-governmental organizations rescued 3000 refugees in 20 wooden boats Monday off the coast of Libya. Maybe they should have written polite applications to the High Commissioner for No, then waited two years for a nice proper "vetting," but they decided to risk their lives and grab onto anything that floats. (Emilio Morenatti/Associated Press)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/stpaul-proconsulbar-jesus-cesaremariani.jpgStPaul.Proconsul&Bar-Jesus.CesareMarianiCesare Mariani: St. Paul, the Proconsul and Bar-Jesus2016-09-01T14:03:28+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/08/31/evening-prayer-8-31-16-aidan-cuthbert-exemplars-of-the-celtic-church-651-684/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/staidanstatuelindisfarneprioryruins-kimtraynor.jpgStAidanStatue&LindisfarnePrioryRuins.KimTraynorRuins of the Priory at Lindisfarne, where Aidan and Cuthbert were both monk-bishops. In the foreground is a newer statue of St. Aidan. (Kim Traynor)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/volcanooffire-guatemala-ivancastro.jpgVolcanoOfFire.Guatemala.IvanCastroVolcano of Fire, Guatemala (Ivan Castro)2016-08-31T17:42:15+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/08/30/morning-prayer-8-31-16-aidan-cuthbert-bishops-of-lindisfarne-651-684/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/9-1-creation-care.png9.1 Creation CareWednesday is our day to celebrate creation; tomorrow we will pray that God show us how to preserve it before it’s too late.2016-08-31T13:45:48+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/08/30/evening-prayer-8-30-16-charles-c-grafton-bishop-of-eau-claire-1912/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/ube-prayer-line.jpgUBE Prayer Linehttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/shishmarefak-relocatevote-dianahaecker-apfile2005.jpgShishmarefAK.RelocateVote.DianaHaecker.APfile2005The tiny village of Shishmaref, Alaska is falling into the Bering Strait; this is a file photo from 2005 – they left the ruins where they fell – and the water keeps rising. Recently the 500 residents held a town vote and decided to move inland. But they voted the same way a few years back and nothing happened, because they say it will take $100 million to move. They want to stay together as a town and get new facilities like a school and park, and they seem to expect the government to pay for it – that is, everyone else. It raises questions that seem inevitable with climate change; who pays? Who decides? How many people are affected? What rights do they have? Who gets top priority? For Tuvalu and others, these are critical now. (Diana Haecker/Associated Press)2016-08-31T11:55:25+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/08/29/morning-prayer-8-30-16-charles-c-grafton-bishop-of-fond-du-lac-ecumenist-1912/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/johnlewis-marchondc.jpegJohnLewis.MarchOnDCIt has been more than half a century since John Lewis, age 23, spoke at the 1963 March on Washington a few minutes before Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. took the stage; Monday morning U.S. Congressman John Lewis, (D-Georgia) tweeted this picture to call attention to the march’s 53rd anniversary. Among the speakers, he’s the last survivor.https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/stpeter-miracleofthechains-stpeterinchainsbasilica-rome-giovannibattistaparodi-1706.jpgStPeter.MiracleOfTheChains.StPeterInChainsBasilica.Rome.GiovanniBattistaParodi.1706.Giovanni Battista Parodi, 1706: The Miracle of the Chains, at St. Peter in Chains Basilica, Rome.https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/ssgt-matt-thompson.jpgSSgt Matt ThompsonStaff Sgt. Matthew V. Thompson spoke to his wife Sunday night and she knew he was about to go on a dangerous mission, according to an Associated Press report. Thompson, 28, of Irvine, California, died of wounds two days later after an improvised explosive device exploded during a foot patrol in Helmand province, Afghanistan, Army officials said. Thompson’s family lives near Milwaukee where he graduated from high school in 2006. His wife, Rachel Thompson, told WTMJ-TV that she and her husband met at Concordia University in Irvine and married five years ago. She said she talked to him Sunday night and knew that he was about to go on a dangerous mission. Her husband told her he loved her and that everything would be OK. (U.S. Pentagon)2016-08-30T13:49:32+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/08/29/evening-prayer-8-29-16-john-bunyan-author-of-pilgrims-progress-1688/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/bombattempt-styosephrc-medanindonesia-dedisinuhaji-epa.jpgBombAttempt.StYosephRC.MedanIndonesia.DediSinuhaji.EPAThis fellow attempted to bomb a Roman Catholic church in Medan, Indonesia yesterday in the middle of Mass, but his bomb fizzled, he ended up hurt and police hustled him away. It’s the second terrorist incident this year in the world’s biggest Muslim nation, which also has a sizable Christian population. (Dedi Sinuhaji/Euro Pressphoto)2016-08-29T18:34:48+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/08/28/morning-prayer-8-29-16-john-bunyan-writer-1688/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/srpaulajmerrill-sisterscharitynazareth.jpgSrPaulaJMerrill.SistersCharityNazarethSister Paula Merrill was a member of the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth. The music minister at their church said, ““I just cannot tell you what precious people they were. They were just the sweetest people to ever draw a breath into their bodies.” Police have arrested a suspect they say confessed to the sisters’ murder, but did not announce a motive; maybe he wanted to go to hell as fast as he could.https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/srmargaretmheld-schoolsistersstfrancis.jpgSrMargaretMHeld.SchoolSistersStFrancisShocking things happen in the United States every day, but we were still horrified to learn of the murder last week of two Roman Catholic nuns, both nurse-practitioners, who failed to show up at work at their community health center near Durant, Mississippi, in the second-poorest county in America’s poorest state. Sr. Margaret M. Held was a member of the School Sisters of St. Francis in Milwaukee.https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/12th-anniv-webcast.jpg12th Anniv Webcasthttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/joblaments-williamblake.jpgJobLaments.WilliamBlakeWilliam Blake: Job Lamentshttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/stbarnabas-deliveranceofpaulbarnabas-claude-guyhalle.jpgXIR155497Claude-Guy Halle: The Deliverance of St. Paul and St. Barnabas (Musée Carnavalet, Paris)2016-08-29T16:42:53+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/08/28/evening-prayer-8-28-16-fifteenth-sunday-in-ordinary-time/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/standingrocklineup-dakotaacesspipelineoppo.jpgStandingRockLineup.DakotaAcessPipelineOppoMembers of the Standing Rock Indian Reservation and over a thousand allies staged a peaceful confrontation with police last week to protest a proposed Dakota Access oil pipeline which would skirt their property to carry Canadian tar sands oil across the Missouri River. The peaceful standoff came to an end when the pipeline company agreed to withdraw its workers until a court hearing can be held soon. Three related bands of Lakota Sioux, centered on the Standing Rock, Rosebud and Lower Brule Reservations, stood up to protect their water supply and sacred lands. The Episcopal Church has a major presence on all three enclaves; Presiding Bishop Michael Curry has endorsed the protest and urged other Episcopalians to join them. (Standing Rock Opposition Group via Indian Country Today)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/standingrock-revjohnfloberg-carminegoodhouse-stlukesfortyatesnd-floberg-ens.jpgStandingRock.RevJohnFloberg.CarmineGoodhouse.StLukesFortYatesND.Floberg.ENSThe Episcopal Church flag joined the banners of other pipeline opponent groups tied to the fence near the construction site, with the Rev. John Floberg and Carmine Goodhouse representing St. Luke’s, Fort Yates, North Dakota. (The Rev. John Floberg via Episcopal News Service)2016-08-28T17:38:50+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/08/27/morning-prayer-8-28-16-fifteenth-sunday-after-pentecost/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/pokemonpizzaprayer-students-kyrie-eleison-dok-middlesboroky.jpegPokemonPizza&Prayer.Students.Kyrie eleison DOK.MiddlesboroKYThe Pokémon Go craze continues in some American churches; in Middlesboro, Kentucky, the Kyrie Eleison chapter of the Daughters of the King offered pizza and prayer last week and got to meet some college students. Hopping on the latest electronic bandwagon is no substitute for ongoing evangelism – but as a one-shot deal, evangelism is exactly what this is, the chance to do a good deed and speak a good word with a generation that’s both spiritual and skeptical. (Kyrie Eleison DOK)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/trinitykirksville-pokestop-phone-charging-8-26-16.jpgTrinityKirksville.Pokestop.Phone-Charging.8.26.16Trinity Church, Kirksville, Missouri was a Pokéstop Friday night, offering phone-charging, refreshments and inviting cards. (Maria L. Evans)2016-08-28T04:09:11+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/08/27/evening-prayer-8-27-16-thomas-gallaudet-henry-winter-syle-priests-to-the-deaf/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/deafministries-revhenrybuzzard-melissainniss-andrewdietsche-evelynschaefer-stannsdeaf-saintjudes-org.jpgDeafMinistries.RevHenryBuzzard.MelissaInniss.AndrewDietsche.EvelynSchaefer.StAnnsDeaf.saintjudes.orgThe Episcopal Church was the first to recognize the unmet needs of the deaf and began ministry to them about 160 years ago when the Rev. Thomas Gallaudet began a Bible study using American Sign Language; that study group grew into St. Ann’s Church of the Deaf, above, where Melissa Inniss, Bishop Andrew Dietsche of New York, and Evelyn Schaefer gathered in 2013 to celebrate the 90th birthday of the Rev. Henry Buzzard, longtime priest at St. Ann’s. Fr. Buzzard is the first Episcopal priest to be deaf and blind. Today The Episcopal Church has about 25 deaf churches in many parts of the USA. (saintjudes.org)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2007/01/revhenrywintersyle1stdeafpriest.jpgRev. Henry Winter SyleHenry Winter Syle became the first deaf priest, despite proof-texting opponents who claimed that disability made him "unfit matter." But he was better educated (Yale, Oxford) than they were and his bishop went right on ahead. A disciple of Thomas Gallaudet, Father Syle built the first church constructed especially for the Deaf in 1888. The architecture and furnishings matter in Deaf facilities; smoke and security alarms that sound a noise don’t help (use flashing lights too), keep hallway obstructions to a minimum and sightlines clear (when deaf people converse, they look at each other intently) – and be careful where you lay down carpet, or you won’t know when the congregation is stamping its feet in applause.2016-08-27T17:23:05+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/08/27/morning-prayer-8-27-16-thomas-gallaudet-henry-winter-syle-priests-to-the-deaf/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/harrybriggsjr-brownvboard-1964-alravenna-nyworld-telegramsun-lc.jpgHarryBriggsJr.BrownVBoard.1964.AlRavenna.NYWorld-Telegram&Sun.LCHarry Briggs, Jr. has died, son of the original plaintiff in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, a famous U.S. Supreme Court decision outlawing racial segregation in schools. His parents were the first to file a lawsuit against the South Carolina public schools; they were eventually joined by other families in other cities. When the Supreme Court took up the issue, it consolidated all the cases and, by a legal technicality, named them Brown et al. with the Kansas case in the lead, perhaps because Kansas, a Plains state, was never part of slavery in the Old South. Above, at a news conference assessing the legal victory in 1964, we see Linda Brown Smith, Mr. Briggs, Jr., Ethel Louise Belton Brown and Spottswood Bolling, Jr., all original plaintiffs. Mr. Briggs’s family paid a terrible price for their smalltown courage; his parents were fired from their menial jobs, the father took up farming but the merchants wouldn’t sell him seed, and the stress of the racist environment took its toll on relationships; but Harry Jr. was forever proud of his father. In 2004 his parents and two other local Black leaders were posthumously awarded the Congressional Gold Medal. (Al Ravenna/New York World-Telegram & The Sun)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/madonnachild-asian.jpgMadonna&Child.AsianMadonna and Child; source unknown.https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/sisterjanemankaa-benedictinesistersbethany-chrisgolds.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERASister Jane Mankaa, founder of the Benedictine Sisters of Bethany, the first Anglican religious order in Cameroon. She joined an order of Presbyterian nuns (!) at age 16, then felt called to become an Anglican. She started a new order but, with permission of the Bishop of Cameroon, remained under her previous vows with the Presbyterian sisters and adopted their Benedictine disciplines. Her Sisters of Bethany specialize in ministry to orphans. (Chris Gold)2016-08-27T14:47:54+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/08/26/video-evensong-8-26-16-friday-in-ordinary-time/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/jesus-teaching-at-the-temple-dianegw-blogspot-com.jpgJesus teaching at the Temple.dianegw.blogspot.comJesus teaching in the temple (dianegw.blogspot.com)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/naloxonesyringe-amydavis.jpgNaloxoneSyringe.AmyDavisA syringe of Naloxone can save the life of a heroin addict who overdoses. It is increasingly carried by police and paramedics, and stocked in hospital emergency rooms, in larger U.S. cities. But opiate addiction is now reaching into suburbs, small towns and rural areas that aren’t always prepared for it, where denial about drug abuse, especially by young whites, is high. Even in New York, most people who work at homeless shelters aren’t trained in how to give Naloxone, but a person going into cardiac arrest doesn’t have time to wait. Maybe churches need to step in. (Amy Davis)2016-08-27T01:50:13+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/08/25/morning-prayer-8-26-16-14th-ordinary-friday/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/tutuhospitalinfection.jpegTutuHospitalInfectionArchbishop Desmond Tutu was hospitalized again yesterday in Cape Town for a persistent infection; he’s expected to remain there for a week or two. (Reuters)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/migrantworkersharvestwatermelons-conesvilleia-danny-wilcox-frazier.jpgDriftless: Photographs from IowaMany people think of migrant farmworkers in California, but in fact they work all over the nation, moving from place to place and crop to crop. If produce can be picked by a machine, it will be, but many crops require human handling by tens of thousands of low-paid workers, like these who endured long hours bent to the ground to harvest watermelons near Conesville, Iowa, in 2003. (Danny Wilcox Frazier)2016-08-26T13:51:52+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/08/25/evening-prayer-8-25-16-louis-ix-king-of-france-1270/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/conestoga-resurrection-eugeneor-kval.jpgConestoga.Resurrection.EugeneOR.KVALChurch of the Resurrection in Eugene, Oregon is helping combat the local homeless problem by putting up small individual shelters in a secluded corner of the church parking lot. They call these “Conestoga” huts because the frames resemble the hoop-and-cloth-framed wagons many Americans used to settle the West. When colder weather arrives, the huts will be replaced with tiny wood dwellings and a little shared community space. Best of all is the privacy afforded to residents, in an unused corner next to a stand of trees. (KVAL-TV)2016-08-25T16:55:17+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/08/24/morning-prayer-8-25-16-louis-ix-king-of-france-1270/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/tomsdog-stmichaelspinevillala.jpgTom'sDog.StMichael'sPinevillaLAWaiting patiently at St. Michael’s, Pineville, Louisiana. (Tom Welch)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/stpeterstcornelius-bongodogblog.jpgStPeter&StCornelius.bongodogblogCornelius reverences Peter. (bongodogblog)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/dahenderson-eradsmallpox-ethiopia-who1.jpgDAHenderson.EradSmallpox.Ethiopia.WHOD.A. Henderson has died, an American epidemiologist (later with the World Heatlh Organisation) whose team eradicated smallpox in the 1970s, one of the greatest achievements in the history of medicine. Above: in Ethiopia about 1972, checking on children in a village he immunized. He knew they were winning the battle when, as new cases diminished, he had to start paying people who discovered new infections; then a day came in 1977 when people stopped claiming the prize. He later advised several U.S. presidents on bioterrorism. (WHO)2016-08-25T14:07:01+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/08/24/evening-prayer-8-24-16-st-bartholomew-the-apostle/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/stars-badlandsnp-sd-erikfremstad.jpgStars.BadlandsNP..SD.ErikFremstadFor the beauty of the Earth: Badlands National Park, South Dakota (Erik Fremstad)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/stbartholomewrcgoaindia-goanchurches-com.jpgStBartholomewRC,Goa,India.goanchurches.comSt. Bartholomew’s Roman Catholic Church, Goa, India. Tradition says Bartholomew brought the Gospel there. (goanchurches.com)2016-08-24T18:06:07+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/08/23/morning-prayer-8-24-16-st-bartholomew-the-apostle/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/stphilip-nathanaelfigtree-sacredstory-org.jpgStPhilip.Nathanael&FigTree.sacredstory.orgPhilip, Nathanael and the fig tree. (sacredstory.org)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/thousandislandsny-sarafox-nyt.jpgThousandIslandsNY.SaraFox.NYTThousand Islands, New York (Sara Fox/The New York Times)2016-08-24T13:44:07+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/08/23/evening-prayer-8-23-16-ss-martin-de-porres-rosa-de-lima-toribio-de-mogrovejo-pioneers-in-peru/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/tragically-hip-kingstonon-8-20-16-mikehomer.jpgTragically Hip.KingstonON.8.20.16.MikeHomerThe people of Canada experienced an evening of shared transcendence Saturday night as the Kingston, Ontario-based rock band Tragically Hip gave its final concert in its hometown. Lead singer Gord Downie announced last spring that he has been diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumour, and the band decided to perform a brief, final tour in cities across the continent, with the Kingston finale streamed live nationwide. The band is often compared to the Rolling Stones, and Downie’s songwriting peers are said to be Paul Simon and Bob Dylan. Tragically Hip has been a national institution for decades; every year schoolchildren gather to sing their biggest hit. But the band became so “anchored in Canada,” in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s words, that it never made it big in the United States; and by the end, Canadians were glad to have them all to themselves. Saturday night the Toronto Police Department tweeted a bulletin to the world: “Canada is closed” for the concert. In every village, town and city, people gathered to be part of the moment with people they love. (Mike Homer)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/rosadelima-nicolacc81scorrea.jpgRosaDeLima.NicolásCorreaNicolás Correa: St. Rose de Lima. A Third Order Dominican, she was known for her asceticism, care for the poor and oppressed, and her moments of mystical ecstasy. It’s said that she allowed herself only two hours of sleep per night so she would have more time to pray, and that she wore a tiara fitted with small spikes inside to emulate Christ’s crown of thorns. In Peru her feast day (August 30 locally) is a national holiday.https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/justin-tragicallyhip-jadamhugginsnyt.jpgJustin.TragicallyHip.JAdamHugginsNYT(J. Adam Huggins/The New York Times)2016-08-23T17:37:40+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/08/22/morning-prayer-8-23-16-martin-de-porres-rosa-de-lima-and-toribio-de-mogrovejo-witnesses-to-the-faith/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/ssgt-chris-wilbur.gifSSgt Chris WilburAn army sergeant from southern Illinois has died in a noncombat related incident in Afghanistan, according to the U.S. Defense Department. The Pentagon announced that 36-year-old Staff Sgt. Christopher A. Wilbur of Granite City died Friday in Kandahar. The cause of Wilbur’s death wasn’t revealed. He was involved in tamping down terrorist activity in Afghanistan dubbed Operation Freedom’s Sentinel, which was launched in 2015. Wilbur was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division in Fort Carson, Colorado. Wilbur, an Indirect Fire Infantryman, was deployed to Iraq twice and Afghanistan twice for year-long stints. He was the recipient of many commendations and awards. (Pentagon photo)2016-08-23T13:52:15+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/08/22/evening-prayer-8-22-16-fourteenth-ordinary-monday/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/blue-cut-fire-oakhillsca-irfankhan-lat.jpgBlue Cut Fire.OakHillsCA.IrfanKhan.LATBack home after the Blue Cut fire a few days ago in Oak Hills, California. It burned 37,000 acres and destroyed 105 homes. With the fire 85% contained, the last evacuation orders were lifted Sunday night; meanwhile five other big fires continue to burn in other parts of the drought-afflicted state, and still more scattered across the West. (Irfan Khan/Los Angeles Times)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/sewaneechapel.jpegSewaneeChapelChapel of the School of Theology at Sewanee: The University of the South in Tennessee; classes are starting up and the chapel has added two more sung services every week. (university photo)2016-08-22T17:09:00+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/08/21/morning-prayer-8-22-16-fourteenth-ordinary-monday/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/tucson-mensleepconcretefloor-amerimmigrationcouncil.jpgTucson.MenSleepConcreteFloor.AmerImmigrationCouncilAustralia isn’t alone in its draconian refugee policy; the United States locks up a lot of people from Mexico, Central and South America and dumps them in substandard facilities, like this holding pen in Tucson where dozens of men sleep on the floor covered in bubble wrap, not even a proper blanket. The facility wasn’t built to hold people overnight, so there aren’t any beds; what are the chances of a hot shower and a decent breakfast? The U.S. government doesn’t demonize these people, but it’s clearly incompetent at managing them; these photos, released Friday, drew little or no public response. (surveillance video screengrab by American Immigration Council)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/job-his-comforters-jeanfouquet-c1460.jpgJob & His Comforters.JeanFouquet.c1460Jean Fouquet, c. 1460: Job and His False Comforters (Book of Hours of Étienne Chevalier)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/stpaulloweredinbasket-mosaic-monrealecathsicily-bible-people-info.jpgStPaulLoweredInBasket.Mosaic.MonrealeCathSicily.bible-people.infoSt. Paul Lowered in a Basket, detail of a mosaic at Monreale Cathedral, Sicily. (bible-people.info)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/tucson-womenchildren.jpgTucson.Women&ChildrenRefugee women and children held in detention in Tucson, Arizona. Kids shouldn’t have to live this way; here we’ve got one crawling around on the concrete floor. (American Immigration Council)2016-08-22T14:50:17+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/08/21/evening-prayer-8-21-16-fourteenth-sunday-in-ordinary-time/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/idamaeprince-motherteresaofhomeless-lapd.jpgIdaMaePrince.MotherTeresaOfHomeless.LAPDHer name was Ida Mae Prince, but they called her “the Mother Teresa of the homeless” in Los Angeles. She died recently in hospice care and was hailed for her countless acts of kindness and support for prostitutes, addicts and others who were down on their luck. She lived on the streets for 30 years herself, and gradually became a kind of peer counselor and friend to all her neighbours. She didn’t own much more than a generous heart, but people loved her for it. A street missionary arranged a viewing for her, and a Roman Catholic parish in Inglewood donated a full funeral, a fine burial spot and pulled out all the stops. After all, it's not every day you look up and find Mother Teresa standing by your cardboard box. (Los Angeles Police Department)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/prophetwithouthonorplaque-churchcampshop-etsy.jpgProphetWithoutHonorPlaque.ChurchCampShop.etsyImage of a wooden Prophet Without Honour plaque, found at the Church Camp Shop on Etsy.https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/idasalley-callaghanohare-lat.jpgIda'sAlley.CallaghanO'Hare.LATThis was “Ida’s Alley” in the Westlake neighbourhood where Ms. Prince lived in a makeshift hut at the end of her life, before she entered hospice. She cycled in and out of homelessness for decades, yet was able to help so many others because she knew what it was like; not necessarily permanent, but if one little thing goes wrong in a person’s life once they get a home, it’s so easy to lose it again. That’s when she was there, to help people get back on their feet. (Callaghan O’Hare/Los Angeles Times)2016-08-21T17:41:30+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/08/20/morning-prayer-8-21-16-fourteenth-sunday-after-pentecost/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/gwenjorgensen-waukeshawi-goldtriathlon-adreeslatif-reuters.jpgGwenJorgensen.WaukeshaWI.GoldTriathlon.AdreesLatif.ReutersMany in our Daily Office congregation are celebrating the gold medal performance yesterday of Gwen Jorgensen in the women’s triathlon. One of our webcasters, Jill L., taught her second grade in Waukesha, Wisconsin – and while that didn’t make Jorgensen any faster or stronger, it doubtless made her smarter. She beat Nicola Spirig of Switzerland, the 2012 winner in London, and that surely took some cunning. She’s the first American to go gold in her Olympic sport. (Adrees Latif/Reuters)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/resurrection-giovannidellarobbia-entrancegate-bklynmus.jpgResurrection.Giovanni(della)Robbia.EntranceGate.BklynMusGiovanni della Robbia: Entrance gate with Resurrection theme (Brooklyn Museum)2016-08-21T04:52:25+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/08/20/evening-prayer-8-20-16-st-bernard-of-clairvaux-abbot-1153/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/cajuncountry8-16-16-ellaravenphotography.jpgCajunCountry8.16.16.EllaRavenPhotographyAn unidentified subdivision in Cajun Country in South Louisiana on Tuesday, after widespread flash floods killed 11 people and caused a billion dollars in damage: I can almost hear this child say, “Until a few days ago, this was our stuff. This was everybody’s stuff.” (Ella Raven Photography)2016-08-20T17:29:40+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/08/19/morning-prayer-8-20-16-bernard-abbot-of-clairvaux-1153/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/aleppo-omrandaqneesh.jpgAleppo.OmranDaqneeshHis name is Omran. He’s from Aleppo; that’s in a place called Syria. He doesn’t understand why his house was blown up and hurt his entire family; or why grownups shoot and kill and bomb each other. He doesn’t understand at all. But he has cried so much that now he can’t think or feel anything; and neither can anyone else.https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/stgregorysabbey-tec-org.jpgStGregory'sAbbey.TEC.orgSt. Gregory’s Abbey, a Benedictine order for men in Three Rivers, Michigan. (The Episcopal Church)2016-08-20T04:49:17+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/08/19/video-evensong-8-19-16-thirteenth-friday-after-pentecost/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/lastsupper-elsieannawood-750.jpgLastSupper.ElsieAnnaWood.750Elsie Anna Wood: Last Supper2016-08-20T02:10:00+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/08/18/morning-prayer-8-19-16-thirteenth-ordinary-friday/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/philipbialowitz-sobibor-demjanjuk-christofstache.jpgPhilipBialowitz.Sobibor.Demjanjuk.ChristofStacheHolocaust survivor Philip Bialowitz has died, a keeper of the memory of the Jewish uprising at Sobibor, in which about 300 inmates at the concentration camp in occupied Poland who used trickery to capture their guards and escape. Only a handful were able to keep from being captured; he was one. He is seen above in 2010 testifying against John Demjanjuk, a Sobibor guard convicted of being a collaborator. (Christof Stache)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/job-complaintof-wmblake.jpgJob.ComplaintOf.WmBlakeWilliam Blake: Job’s Complainthttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/sobibor-antondenisov-sputnik.jpgSobibor.AntonDenisov.SputnikThe Nazis killed about 250,000 Jews at this location alone, and then tried to erase all trace of it. The foundation of the gas chambers wasn't located by archaeologists until 2 years ago, and when the announcement came, Mr. Bialystock said, it was "the happiest moment of my life." (Anton Denisov/Sputnik News)2016-08-19T14:00:38+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/08/18/evening-prayer-8-18-16-william-porcher-dubose-priest-theologian-1918/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/pokemon-holytrinhull.jpgPokemon.HolyTrinHullHoly Trinity, Kingston-on-Hull, East Yorkshire, has climbed aboard the Pokémon Go bandwagon, posting greetings to gamers and inviting them to explore the church. The game can facilitate community-building when like-minded people gather at a meaningful spot and discover each other. But there are other instances where locations are not much of a draw and churches don’t know what to do with the gamers who do come. It has to be planned for and handled by knowledgable leaders, as in the example above; we haven’t heard of any churches suffering sudden stampedes. (parish photo)2016-08-18T17:35:25+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/08/17/morning-prayer-8-18-16-william-porcher-dubose-priest-theologian-1918/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/jesuswalksonwater-amecc81decc81evarint.jpgJesusWalksOnWater.AmédéeVarintAmédée Verint: Jesus Walks on Waterhttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/800refugees-manusislandpng-stringer-reuters.jpegAsylum-seekers look through a fence at the Manus Island detention centre in Papua New GuineaThe government of Australia, after insisting that world criticism of its immigration and detention policies would would not change them, has now decided to close its detention center on Manus Island, Papua New Guinea, where 800 asylum-seekers have been held indefinitely in horrible conditions, as seen above in 2014 with faces pixillated. Their crime: trying to get to freedom. Recent reports from human rights organizations say the government has condoned thousands of sexual assaults on women and children to discourage anyone else from trying to escape their misery. (Eoin Blackwell/AAP via Reuters)2016-08-18T13:56:24+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/08/17/evening-prayer-8-17-16-johnson-cutler-chandler-colonial-priests/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/rubywilson-queenbealest-rollinriggs.jpgRubyWilson.QueenBealeSt.RollinRiggsRuby James, a Gospel-soul-jazz singer known as the Queen of Beale Street, has died, sending Memphis, Tennessee into a funk; Beale Street is the heart of the city’s blues and cultural scene. She appeared with B.B. King and Ray Charles, recorded 10 albums, appeared in numerous films, and sang in church choirs. (Rollin Riggs)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/jesusfeeds5000-laurajames.jpg33978JlargeLaura James: Jesus Feeds the 5000https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/inveraraycastleriver.jpgInverarayCastle&RiverFor the beauty of the Earth: Inverary River, Scotland, with the Inverary Castle in the background. (source unknown)2016-08-17T17:23:19+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/08/16/morning-prayer-8-17-16-johnson-cutler-chandler-colonial-priests-18th-c/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/tomatoes-blogsmonitor-com.jpgTomatoes.blogsmonitor.comFor joy in God’s creation: homegrown tomatoes.2016-08-17T13:59:01+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/08/16/evening-prayer-8-16-16-thirteenth-ordinary-tuesday/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/anti-immigrantprotest-gosfordanglicannsw.pngAnti-ImmigrantProtest.GosfordAnglicanNSWRight-wing extremists dressed as Muslims and shouting anti-Muslim slogans through a bullhorn disrupted the sermon Sunday at Gosford Anglican Church in New South Wales, where the rector has long published provocative messages promoting peace, religious tolerance and social inclusion. Fr. Rod Bower, the rector, used the incursion as a teaching moment, but news reports gave some people the impression the protesters were actual Muslims; instead they represented a nationalist political party led by a Donald Trump wannabe. (parish photo)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/hellexistsnauru-gosfordanglican.jpgHellExistsNauru.GosfordAnglicanFile photo of a signboard message at Gosford Anglican Church, N.S.W. Prophets are courageous, but Scripture suggests they also need a getaway plan; bold speaking on controverisal issues makes enemies, just as silence does. (parish photo)2016-08-16T17:28:14+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/08/15/morning-prayer-8-16-16-tuesday-in-the-13th-week-of-ordinary-time/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/milwaukeeprayervigil-8-14-16-joshualottnyt.jpgMilwaukeePrayerVigil.8.14.16.JoshuaLottNYTCitizens of Milwaukee held a prayer vigil Sunday after riots broke out the night before because a police officer shot a Black man. The officer was Black and the suspect was armed, but race relations in the city are so bad that the shooting on Saturday was enough to set people off. Milwaukee is a city of haves and have-nots, and the gap is only growing wider. (Joshua Lott/The New York Times)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/hillcountryofjudah-thebiblejourney-org.jpgHillCountryOfJudah.thebiblejourney.orgThe hill country of Judah, overlooking the territory of Dan. (thebiblejourney.org)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/cate-trinityanderson-8-14-16-seansullivan.jpgCate.TrinityAnderson.8.14.16.SeanSullivanThe Bishop of Indianapolis Cate Waynick said her official goodbye Sunday to Trinity Church, Anderson, Indiana; her successor will be elected this fall. She has served since 1997 and to a whole generation, she’s the only bishop they’ve ever known. (Sean Sullivan)2016-08-16T14:02:40+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/08/15/evening-prayer-8-15-16-st-mary-the-virgin/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/stmarystjohnjesus-crucifixion-stjohnsrc-westminstermd.jpgStMaryStJohn&Jesus.Crucifixion.StJohnsRC.WestminsterMDJesus, Mary and John at the Crucifixion (St. John’s RC Church, Westminster, Maryland)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/jesusmother-copticorthchurchfathers.jpgJesus&Mother.CopticOrthChurchFathersJesus and his mother (Coptic Orthodox Church Fathers)2016-08-15T16:44:30+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/08/14/morning-prayer-8-15-16-st-mary-the-virgin/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/hannah-icon.jpgHannah.IconHannah was the wife of Peninnah and mother of the prophet Samuel; she possessed prophetic powers too. The Song of Mary echoes themes of the Song of Hannah below. (iconographer unknown)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/bvm-boscopetersliturgy-co-nz.jpgBVM.BoscoPetersLiturgy.co.nz(liturgy.co.nz)2016-08-15T14:05:47+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/08/14/evening-prayer-8-14-16-thirteenth-sunday-in-ordinary-time/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/batonrougeflood-geraldherbert-ap.jpgBatonRougeFlood.GeraldHerbert.APA firefighter helped evacuate a family in Baton Rouge, Louisiana yesterday after 20 inches of rain and flash floods. Two people have been killed so far and the entire state is under an emergency order. The widow of my first mentor posted a photo on Facebook Saturday that showed water running over her porch and into her house. Please pray for the people. (Gerald Herbert/Associated Press)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/goodshepherdwindow-stjosephshosp-londonon.jpgGoodShepherdWindow.StJoseph'sHosp.LondonONGood Shepherd window at St. Joseph’s Hospital, London, Ontario. 2016-08-14T17:27:39+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/08/13/morning-prayer-8-14-16-thirteenth-sunday-after-pentecost/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/nauru-davidgray-reuters.jpegProtesters react as they hold placards and listen to speakers during a rally in support of refugees in central Sydney, AustraliaThe Australian government has again accused refugees and human rights lawyers of lying about conditions at its detention camp on Nauru in the face of worldwide criticism, and the Archbishop of Melbourne Philip Freier, Primate of Australia, has called for another investigation after 2000 incident reports were leaked to The Guardian last week detailing abuse claims, mostly by children. The “shocking and saddening” reports, Freier said, “paint a picture of successive Australian governments abandoning vital moral principles and treating refugees with callous cruelty to send a message of deterrence. It is always wrong to use people as a means to another end.” Above: protesters at a rally for refugees in Sydney last October, after Immigration Minister Peter Dutton accused refugee advocates of fabricating stories about the reported rape of a pregnant, 23-year-old Somali woman; refugee advocates likened her removal from Australia in the dead of night to rendition. Whom do you believe, embarrassed politicians or Human Rights Watch? (David Gray/Reuters)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/seattleseafarers-intergengardeners.jpgSeattleSeafarers.IntergenGardenersIntergenerational gardeners working on a raised bed at the Seattle Mission for Seafarers, a cool, quiet spot next to the harbor for people who haven’t set foot on land for awhile. (Episcopal News Service)2016-08-14T02:18:40+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/08/13/evening-prayer-8-13-16-jeremy-taylor-bishop-of-down-connor-dromore-1667/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/glennyarbrough-limeliters-gracechurchchorister.jpgGlennYarbrough.Limeliters.GraceChurchChoristerAmerican folksinger Glenn Yarbrough (right) has died, famous for his years in the 1950s and ’60s with the Limeliters and for his solo career (“Baby, the Rain Must Fall”). The son of two social workers, he was constant in his love for the poor and in his quest to live a meaningful life; at the height of his career he sold all his goods, started a school for poor kids and set off to sail the world for years on end. He’d return to land every so often, but only to earn enough money to go back to sea. He got his start in childhood as a chorister at Grace Church, New York. (Everett Collection)2016-08-13T12:53:07+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/08/12/morning-prayer-8-13-16-jeremy-taylor-bishop-of-down-connor-dromore-1667/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/ca-islandfoxes-chuckgraham-usfws.jpgCA.IslandFoxes.ChuckGraham.USFWSMiniature island foxes off the California coast are making a big comeback after they were thought to be all but extinct, now that conservation officers have returned them to their place atop the food chain and relocated golden eagles who had replaced them. Fox populations had dwindled to low single digits, but now have bounced back into the thousands; bald eagles are back, too, now that the golden eagles are gone. The foxes are much smaller than those on the mainland, and the seven islands are probably the only places where these related sub-species could live at the top of the pyramid. (Chuck Graham/U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/samsondelilah-guercino-musecc81edesbeaux-arts-strasbourgh.jpgSamson&Delilah.Guercino.Musée(des)Beaux-Arts.StrasbourghGuercino: Samson and Delilah. (Musée des Beaux-Arts, Strasbourg)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/kahawai-2-2kg-tracyhardy.jpgKahawai.2.2kg.TracyHardyA 2.2 kg kahawai, caught at a fishing tournament in 2013. (Tracy Hardy)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/anglicanfranciscans-org_uk.jpgAnglicanFranciscans.org_ukAnglican Franciscans at a British summer festival a few years ago. (anglicanfranciscans.org)2016-08-13T03:40:05+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/08/12/video-evensong-8-12-16-florence-nightingale-mother-of-scientific-nursing-1910/2016-08-13T01:47:03+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/08/11/morning-prayer-8-12-16-florence-nightingale-nurse-social-reformer-1910/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/tijon9yroldleadsoaklandpeacemarch8-5-16-loisbeckett.jpegTijon9yroldLeadsOaklandPeaceMarch8.5.16.LoisBeckettEvery Friday night in Oakland, California, neighborhood activists conduct a peace walk to protest gun violence and encourage community partnership with the police and criminal justice reform; every Friday night our webcaster Robin leaves early from Video Evensong so she can join the peace walk. On 5 August the marchers were led by a 9-year-old named Tijon – a blessed thing, but also a rebuke to adults who can’t solve their problems without violence. “A little child shall lead them,” indeed. (Lois Beckett)2016-08-12T13:51:13+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/08/11/evening-prayer-8-11-16-clare-abbess-of-assisi-1253/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/ven-ormonde-plater.jpgVen.Ormonde PlaterThe Venerable Ormonde Plater, Archdeacon of Louisiana, has died after a 45-year ministry in which he helped lead the development of the ordained diaconate in The Episcopal Church. He was the author of “Many Servants: an Introduction to Deacons” as well as books on deacons’ roles in the liturgy; his influence was worldwide. (via Episcopal News Service)2016-08-11T17:34:54+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/08/10/morning-prayer-8-11-16-clare-abbess-of-assisi-1253/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/sydneyvigil5-16-self-immolationnauru-saeedkhan-afp.jpgSydneyVigil5.16.Self-ImmolationNauru.SaeedKhan.AFPThe scandal surrounding Australia’s treatment of immigrant boat people continues to grow; yesterday 2000 incident reports written by staff on Nauru Island were published by The Guardian, detailing episodes of violence, sexual assault and self-harm – most involving children – and it appears Australia tolerates this to discourage more boat people. Many countries are faced with big immigration problems and no easy solutions, but this one isn’t working; it not only diminishes the humanity of the detainees, it does so of all Australia. Children do not deserve to be victims of someone else’s politics. Above: a vigil in Sydney in May, mourning self-immolations on Nauru and protesting conditions there. (Saeed Khan/AFP)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/stclare-oval-theologika-net.gifStClare.Oval.theologika.netClare was the first female follower of St. Francis. She asked to join his order, but he put her in charge of her own for women, known as the Poor Clares. (theologika.net)2016-08-11T13:55:01+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/08/10/evening-prayer-8-10-16-laurence-deacon-martyr-at-rome-258/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/needleexchangechurch-austinin-aaronborton-nyt.jpgNeedleExchangeChurch.AustinIN.AaronBorton.NYTA massive, drug-fueled outbreak of HIV took place last December in tiny Austin, Indiana, alarming public health officials and reaching the ears of then-Gov. Mike Pence. Experts urged him to declare a public health emergency and order a needle exchange program, which is otherwise illegal under state law. For three months and hundreds of viral infections, the governor said only that he was “praying about what to do.” Finally he called the county sheriff, who told him to get going on the needle exchange, and the next day Pence announced he would do so. Still, the kinder act seems to belong to this unnamed church, which opened itself to local criticism for “enabling addicts to stay addicted.” Since the program started and gained acceptance among the addicts, the HIV rate has dropped back down to normal, one or two cases a year. It turns out that half the young adults in town are hooked on synthetic opiates, and when the drug manufacturer changed the formula to prevent addicts from snorting it, they started shooting up instead – in a state where possessing one syringe without a prescription is a crime. So after they shot up themselves, they washed off the needle and passed it to the next person; in a month or two, hundreds of cases of HIV. (Aaron Borton/The New York Times)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/crescentbeachsp-maine-alicegoshorn.jpgCrescentBeachSP.Maine.AliceGoshornFor the beauty of the Earth: Crescent Beach State Park, Maine. (The Ven. Alice Goshorn)2016-08-10T17:07:01+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/08/09/morning-prayer-8-10-16-laurence-deacon-martyr-at-rome-258/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/edwarddaly-londonderry-brianlawless-pressassn.jpg+EdwardDaly.Londonderry.BrianLawless.PressAssnEdward Daly has died, the Roman Catholic Bishop of Derry, Northern Island during the Troubles. He was an eyewitness to violence throughout his 20-year episcopate, having led peaceful, unarmed marchers during the Bloody Sunday police massacre. He became a constant advocate for peace, and in 1984 ordered an end to church funerals for IRA fighters after republican gunmen turned the service into a show of force. After the IRA forced a Catholic kitchen worker at a British military checkpoint to drive a suicide bomb into the facility, with five soldiers and the driver killed, the bishop denounced the attack as crossing “a new threshold of evil.” He was equally unsparing of the British authorities. The Troubles mostly came to an end with the Good Friday Agreement of 1998, providing self-government and power sharing. The current Anglican Bishop of Derry, the Rt. Rev. Kenneth Good, praised Bishop Daly “for unwavering Christian leadership and guidance when it was desperately needed in this city and community, during the darkest days of the Troubles.” (Brian Lawless/Press Association)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/black-eyedsusans-andrewdickinsonwapo.jpgBlack-eyedSusans.AndrewDickinsonWaPoFor joy in God’s creation: blackeyed susans, planted as a buffer zone in that experimental Iowa soybean field we featured yesterday, where prairie grasses and flowers help prevent fertilizer runoff and soil erosion. The farmer is happy to have native plants back on his land because of the additional wildlife they provide habitat for. (Andrew Dickinson/Washington Post)2016-08-10T13:51:03+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/08/09/evening-prayer-8-9-16-st-herman-of-alaska-missionary-1837/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/dededuncan-probe-cny.jpgDeDeDuncan-Probe.CNYThe Diocese of Central New York has elected Dr. DeDe Duncan-Probe to be its XI Bishop; she is the rector of a growing parish in Virginia and an adjunct seminary professor. The episcopal slate was unusual; she was one of four women candidates plus one man. If other bishops and standing committees approve, she will be consecrated in December. (Episcopal News Service)2016-08-09T19:59:02+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/08/08/morning-prayer-8-9-16-herman-missionary-to-the-aleut-1837/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/blackeyedsusanssoybeans-andrewdickinsonwapo.jpgBlackeyedSusans&Soybeans.AndrewDickinsonWaPoThe prairie grasses and flowers that farmers ripped out of the soil of the U.S. Midwest 200 years ago to plant food crops are now being replanted in a few pilot programs in Iowa as a way to save topsoil and prevent fertilizer runoff, like that which has caused huge dead spots in the Gulf of Mexico. A 3-acre strip of prairie grass next to a soybean field in Iowa is part of the experiment; it’s teeming with birds, bees, butterflies and other critters, and the plants’ deep roots hold onto the soil, according to early calculations. The program is voluntary and many farmers are reluctant to try it; some USDA extension agents are for it, some are against it, according to the Washington Post, but a new lawsuit threatens to upend the status quo: the city of Des Moines has sued three upstream counties for failing to contain ag runoff, resulting in elevated nitrate levels in the state capital’s water supply. The buffer zones don’t take much land out of production but result in higher yields; maybe Mother Nature was right all along. (Andrew Dickinson/Washington Post)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/manoah-angelappearing-to-wife-of-carlosaraceni-c1610.jpgManoah.AngelAppearing to Wife of.CarloSaraceni.c1610Carlo Saraceni, c. 1610: An Angel Appearing to the Wife of Manoahhttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/ltcolflandoejacksonusaf.jpgLtColFlandoEJacksonUSAFLt. Col. Flando E. Jackson, 45, died Aug. 4 from a non-combat related injury, according to the Department of Defense. Jackson left in July on a voluntary seven-month deployment with the Washington National Guard. Maj. Gen. Bret Daughtery, state adjutant general and commander of the Washington National Guard, said Jackson had a “remarkable military career and served his state and nation with distinction… He leaves behind a tremendous legacy for his children.” Jackson’s military career spanned more than 24 years, with nearly 10 years spent with the Washington Air National Guard. He also was a community corrections officer for the state Department of Corrections. Corrections Secretary Richard Morgan said Jackson was known to have a smile on his face and “respectful demeanor for all people he encountered regardless of circumstance or situation.”2016-08-09T13:54:03+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/08/08/evening-prayer-8-8-16-dominic-founder-of-the-order-of-preachers-d-1221/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/stgeorgessettles-middletownri-stevensenneap.jpgStGeorge'sSettles.MiddletownRI.StevenSenneAPSt. George’s School in Middletown, Rhode Island, like many other private, expensive, church-affiliated prep schools in the Northeast U.S., has come to an undisclosed settlement with former students who were sexually abused by faculty and staff. The urge to cover up wrongdoing has been universal since the Garden of Eden, but as it causes more churches, schools, companies, sports organizations and youth clubs big money under law, maybe the incentives will change. (Steven Senne/Associated Press)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/stdominic-claudiocoello-c1685.jpgStDominic.ClaudioCoello.c1685Claudio Coello, c. 1685: St. Dominic. Dominic traveled extensively, preaching and founding friaries, opposing the Albigensian heresy with intellectual rigor and the spiritual discipline of absolute poverty. Aquinas was a Dominican; they had houses at every major university.2016-08-08T19:46:40+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/08/07/morning-prayer-8-8-16-dominic-priest-friar-1221/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/pete-fountain-2002playboyjazzfest-hwoodbowl-luissincolat.jpgPete Fountain.2002PlayboyJazzFest.HwoodBowl.LuisSincoLATPete Fountain has died, the great clarinetist, exemplar of Dixieland jazz and symbol of New Orleans, including its suffering and rebirth after Hurricane Katrina. Pierre Dewey LaFontaine Jr. was a disciple of Benny Goodman, Irving Fazola and George Lewis and became known for his smooth, lively, mellow sound through scores of recordings and television appearances; he kept performing into his 80s, and is seen here playing the 2002 Playboy Jazz Festival at the Hollywood Bowl. In 1987 he and trumpeter Al Hirt performed a Gospel song (today’s video below) at a Mass celebrated by Pope John Paul II. "Just a Closer Walk With Thee" became one of Fountain's trademarks. (Luis Sincolat/Los Angeles Times)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/jephthahcivilwarephraim-biblestudy1-com.jpgJephthahCivilWarEphraim.biblestudy1.comCivil war between Jephthah of Gilead and the Ephraimites. (biblestudy1.com)2016-08-08T13:55:13+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/08/07/evening-prayer-8-7-16-twelfth-sunday-in-ordinary-time/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/riofireworks-mauriciolima-nyt.jpgRioFireworks.MauricioLima.NYTFireworks over Olympic Stadium in Rio Friday night. Several of our members have mentioned Olympic athletes they know; let us pray for the health and safety of all involved amid the joy of competing. (Mauricio Lima/The New York Times)2016-08-07T17:13:27+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/08/06/morning-prayer-8-7-16-twelfth-sunday-after-pentecost/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/rosebudpie-throwing-4thchildrensfesttrinitymissionsd-laurenstanley.jpgRosebudPie-Throwing.4thChildren'sFestTrinityMissionSD.LaurenStanleyFor this she went to seminary: the Rev. Lauren R. Stanley, priest-in-charge of the Rosebud Episcopal Mission on the Lakota Sioux Reservation in Mission, South Dakota, whooping it up at Rosebud’s 4th Annual Children’s Festival last week. They are a mission partner of ours, offering an incredible array of spiritual and practical services to the community. (Rosebud Episcopal Mission)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/jephthahs-daughter-maciejowskibible-france-c1250.jpgJephthah's Daughter.MaciejowskiBible.France.C1250Jephtha’s daughter and companions, from the Maciejowski Bible (France), c. 1250.https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/wlhs-friday1240-freefood-peterbunder.jpgWLHS.Friday1240.FreeFood.PeterBunderThe Episcopal chaplain at Purdue University, the Rev. Peter Bunder, also cultivates relationships among students at nearby West Lafayette (Indiana) High School, hosting a free lunch and conversation time every Friday afternoon. As an alumnus of both schools, I couldn’t be happier about this. (Chapel of the Good Shepherd)2016-08-07T04:29:43+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/08/06/evening-prayer-8-6-16-transfiguration-of-christ/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/christinheaven-pinterest.jpgChristInHeaven.pinterestChrist in heaven. (Pinterest)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/jesus-iwilldrawallpersonstomyself-concordiakoinonia-com.jpegJesus.IWillDrawAllPersonsToMyself.concordiakoinonia.comThe mystery of redemption: “I will draw all persons to myself.” (concordiakoinonia.com)2016-08-06T17:04:49+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/08/05/morning-prayer-8-6-16-transfiguration-of-our-lord/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/mosesshiningface-300.jpgMosesShiningFace.300An unknown artist’s version of Moses’ shining face, which went bright as he received the Ten Commandments centuries earlier. His attending Jesus at the Transfiguration shows Christ as taking precedence over all that has come before, by virtue of his Sonship. He’s not only fulfilled the Law, he’s superseded it, and will soon take his place as King of Heaven.2016-08-06T16:23:59+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/08/05/video-evensong-8-5-16-eve-of-the-transfiguration/2016-08-06T02:16:44+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/08/05/morning-prayer-8-5-16-albrecht-durer-matthias-grunewald-lucas-cranach-the-elder-artists/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/matthiasgrucc88newald-isenwaldaltarpiece-c1506-500.jpgMatthiasGrünewald.IsenwaldAltarpiece.c1506.500Matthias Grünewald: Isenwald Altarpiece, c. 15062016-08-05T13:54:36+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/08/04/evening-prayer-8-4-16-11th-ordinary-thursday/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/gloriadei-oldswedeschurch-philadelphia-oldestinpa-wiki.jpgGloriaDei.OldSwedes'Church.Philadelphia.OldestInPA.WikiThe oldest church in Pennsylvania is Gloria Dei, known as the Old Swedes’ Church, in Philadelphia. It opened in 1700 – the congregation dates to 1677 – and was Swedish Lutheran until 1845, when it became Episcopalian. (Wikipedia)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/christchurchcathoxfordinterior-andyhaslamnyt.jpgChristChurchCathOxfordInterior.AndyHaslamNYTChrist Church Cathedral, Oxford (Andy Haslam/The New York Times)2016-08-05T04:25:36+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/08/03/morning-prayer-8-4-16-11th-ordinary-thursday/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/nauru-australiasprisonisland-torstenblackwood-afp.jpgNauru.Australia'sPrisonIsland.TorstenBlackwood.AFPAustralia’s draconian immigration laws continue to be hammered by world public opinion after a report yesterday by Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, which concluded after undercover visits to the island of Nauru, where over a thousand refugees are held, that Australia deliberately forces suffering on immigrant prisoners to discourage other boat people from trying to make it. A psychiatrist who used to be the director of mental health services on Nauru said, “The government is pursuing a policy that makes these people human sacrifices to stop more boats from coming.” Even people approved for asylum can’t leave, and suicide rates are high. Both major political parties support the policy despite international condemnation. (Torsten Blackwood/AFP)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/ephod-pinterest.jpgEphod.PinterestA priest’s ephod is the whole upper garment without the breastplate. Gideon had one of these made with gold melted down from earrings collected after defeating the Midianites. (found on Pinterest)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/kizhipogost-kizhizislandrussia-roberthardingpicturelibalamy.jpgKizhiPogost.KizhizIslandRussia.RobertHardingPictureLib:Alamy.jpgKizhi Pogost, on Kizhiz Island, Russia: maybe the most elaborate wood-frame building you’ll ever see. (Robert Harding Picture Library/Alamy)2016-08-04T13:48:06+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/08/03/evening-prayer-8-3-16-charles-freeman-bragg-jr-priest-1940/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/georgefbraggjr-stjamesbaltimore-wiki.jpgGeorgeFBraggJr.StJamesBaltimore.WikiFor almost 50 years Fr. George F. Bragg Jr. served as rector of St. James’s, Lafayette Square, Baltimore, the third oldest Black Episcopal church in the United States – and the oldest in the South. He took a parish struggling under White leadership and made it grow. (Wikipedia)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/bighornsheep-joshuatreenp-koustubhkulkarni.jpgBighornSheep.JoshuaTreeNP.KoustubhKulkarniFor the beauty of the Earth: bighorn sheep in Joshua Tree National Park, California. (Koustubh Kulkarni)2016-08-03T18:19:15+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/08/02/morning-prayer-8-3-16-w-e-b-dubois-sociologist-1963/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/hawaiioceanwave-clarklittlephotography.jpgHawaiiOceanWave.ClarkLittlePhotographyFor joy in God’s creation: ocean wave off Hawai’i. (Clark Little Photography)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/battleofgideonagainstthemidianites.jpgBattleOfGideonAgainstTheMidianitesBattle of Gideon against the Midianites. (willvaus.blogspot.com)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/drseymourpapert.jpgDrSeymourPapertDr. Seymour Papert has died, a mathematician and founder of research into artificial intelligence, who predicted in the 1960s that someday schoolchildren would discard the 3R’s and direct their own learning using devices like iPads and connected to a network like the internet, opening up vast quantities of knowledge available to anyone in the world. He was born in South Africa, earned doctorates from Witwatersrand and Cambridge, studied under Jean Piaget in Geneva, and co-founded the first artificial intelligence lab at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Shortly after a conversation with Dr. Papert, the pioneer computer designer Alan Kay sketched out the first laptop. (Jodi Hilton/The New York Times)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/hallelujahwebcaststoday.jpgHallelujahWebcastsToday2016-08-03T14:01:45+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/08/02/evening-prayer-8-2-16-samuel-ferguson-bishop-of-liberia-1916/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/stgeorgescath-capetown-roofcollapseheavyrain.jpgStGeorge'sCath.CapeTown.RoofCollapseHeavyRainWe are sorry to learn that St. George’s Cathedral in Cape Town has suffered a partial collapse of its roof; no one was injured, but it’s going to take a million dollars to fix it. Cathedral leaders knew the roof was bad and had already started fundraising, but after torrential rains they found out it was worse than they feared. This was Desmond Tutu’s cathedral, the seat of the Anglican Primate of Southern Africa, and now it faces costly repairs. (Cathedral photo)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/samuelfergusonphoto-4thliberia-1908-wiki.jpgSamuelFergusonPhoto.4thLiberia.1908.WikiBishop Ferguson, born in South Carolina and raised in Liberia, taught school before he was ordained, and later founded Cuttington University, the jewel of the nation’s educational system. (Wikipedia)2016-08-02T18:18:29+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/08/01/morning-prayer-8-2-16-samuel-ferguson-missionary-bishop-for-west-africa-1916/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/no-webcast-again.jpgNo Webcast Again?https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/rosebud-concert-3.jpgRosebud Concert 3Smiles all around as a little girl on the Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota got into the music last week at the Rosebud Youth Concert, co-sponsored by KOYA Radio and the Rosebud Episcopal Mission. The Rosebud Mission has been one of our missionary support projects for the past two years; 10% of our annual budget goes to mision work. (KOYA)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/sgtgaryrose-usamedic-laos-joebuglewicznyt.jpgSgtGaryRose.USAmedic.Laos.JoeBuglewiczNYTThe United States has finally decided to award retired Sgt. Gary Rose, a medic, the Medal of Honor for heroic service during the “secret” war in Laos 40 years ago, the first time the USA has even acknowledged that such a war took place. Laos was officially off-limits, but the Viet Cong used the border jungles to supply the Ho Chi Minh Trail, and Americans went in after them. Helicopters carried him and 135 Special Forces in, but they took fire before they even landed and casualties were high. For four nonstop days, Rose – the only medic – seemed to do more than humanly possible to save American lives while fighting off the enemy with his own weapon. He is the first veteran of Laos to win the nation’s highest honor; there are more veterans waiting for their due. Rose, now retired, spends his time working with the poor and disabled; when a reporter visited, Rose gave him a tour of his church, where he was more excited about the upcoming kids’ fundraiser than he was talking about what he did in the war. The Lord was with him those four days. (Joe Buglewicz/The New York Times)2016-08-02T04:00:12+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/08/01/evening-prayer-8-1-16-joseph-of-arimathaea/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/stdavidsfarmersmarket-marylinday.jpgStDavid's&FarmersMarket.MarylinDayHere's an idea: St. David’s, Bean Blossom, Indiana, is located in the most rural, rustic, isolated part of the state, but its mission orientation is so strong that it’s constantly creating outreach activities, like this food booth coming Friday at the local farmers’ market, raising money to support the farmers. Dedicated volunteers make up attractive posters and help organize the projects. The menu sounds appealing, and if you want Cajun seasoning for your corn on the cob, they’ll fix you right up. (Marylin Day)2016-08-01T17:50:01+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/07/31/morning-prayer-8-1-16-joseph-of-arimathaea-guardian-of-christs-body/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/no-webcast-today-sadgirl.jpgNo Webcast Today.SadGirlhttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/jamesalanmcpherson-1sta-a-pulitzerfiction.jpgJamesAlanMcPherson.1stA-A.PulitzerFictionThe short story writer James Alan McPherson has died, the first African-American to win the Pulitzer Prize for fiction for his anthology Elbow Room (1978). Born in segregated Savannah, Georgia during segregation, he learned to love reading from comic books, then one day made the leap into new worlds, where words lived on their own without pictures. He went to a historically Black college in Atlanta and got a law degree from Harvard, but enrolled in the Writers’ Workshop at the University of Iowa, where he earned a Master of Fine Arts degree and eventually became a professor. He was in the first, 1981 class of MacArthur Foundation “genius” award winners. Critics considered him an exceptionally talented stylist, an American everyman. (The New York Times)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/gideons-campaign-map.jpgGideon's Campaign Map.@(Michael W. Andrews)2016-08-01T03:26:30+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/07/31/evening-prayer-7-31-16-eleventh-sunday-after-pentecost/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/flintlivesmatter-kevinlamarque-reuters.jpgFlintLivesMatter.KevinLamarque.ReutersSix more Michigan state employees were arrested last week in the Flint water scandal, in which an American city’s water supply was poisoned by lead while officials looked the other way. The new charges include falsifying records; nine state bureaucrats have now been accused. Residents of Flint, who are mostly poor and mostly black, have been drinking bottled water since the contamination was finally revealed. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/holytrinity-brandenburgky.jpgHolyTrinity.BrandenburgKyHoly Trinity, Brandenburg, Kentucky. We love small country churches as much as we do grand cathedrals. (parish photo)2016-07-31T21:33:11+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/07/30/morning-prayer-31-7-16-eleventh-sunday-after-pentecost/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/gideonangel-constantijvanrenesse.jpgGideon&Angel.Constantij(van)RenesseConstantij van Renesse: Gideon and the Angelhttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/eucharist-christchurchrichmondva.jpgEucharist.ChristChurchRichmondVALay Eucharistic ministers at Christ Church, Richmond, Virginia. (parish photo)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/johnthebaptparish-portlandor-janetbeanfb.jpgJohnTheBaptParish.PortlandOR.JanetBeanFBJohn the Baptist Parish, Portland, Oregon (Janet Bean)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/thank-you-boy.jpgLittle asian boy smiles with tablet computer on white background2016-07-31T04:28:58+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/07/30/evening-prayer-7-30-16-william-wilberforce-lord-shaftesbury-abolitionists/2016-07-30T21:24:41+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/07/29/morning-prayer-7-30-16-william-wilberforce-abolitionist-anthony-ashley-cooper-reformer/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/seahorse-belize.jpgseahorse-belizeSeahorse in Belize, praise ye the Lord!https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/quakermonastery-lightofchristpeacechapel.jpgQuakerMonastery.LightOfChristPeaceChapelQuaker Monastery, Harrisville, Michigan. (monastery photo)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/gay-accept-by-denomination-pew.jpgGay Accept by Denomination.PewU.S. results, 2014: every graph is up. (Pew Research Center)2016-07-30T04:15:36+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/07/29/video-evensong-7-29-30-mary-martha-lazarus-of-bethany-friends-of-jesus/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/martha-and-mary-william-hole.gifMartha and Mary.William HoleWilliam Hole: Martha and Mary, with their brother Lazarus and friend Jesus2016-07-30T01:43:16+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/07/28/morning-prayer-7-29-16-mary-martha-lazarus-of-bethany-friends-of-jesus/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/stmarymartha-mountdennistoronto-passingpeaceopening-service2015.jpgStMary&Martha.MountDennisToronto.PassingPeaceOpening Service2015St. Mary and Martha Church, Mount Dennis, Toronto, passing the peace, 2015. It’s a brief, ritualized way of embodying the love for each other that Paul talks about in the following letter. (parish photo)2016-07-29T13:49:44+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/07/28/evening-prayer-7-28-16-bach-handel-purcell-composers/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/romanguardsatthetomb-jamestissot.jpgRomanGuardsAtTheTomb.JamesTissothttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/henrypurcell-wiki.jpgHenryPurcell.WikiHenry Purcell, one of England’s most gifted composers, flourished in the Restoration after Cromwell’s Civil War. He worked mostly in the Chapels Royal, though he also wrote some works of popular entertainment. He died at 36 and was buried next to the organ in Westminster Abbey. (Wikipedia)2016-07-28T17:52:33+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/07/27/morning-prayer-7-28-16-bach-handel-purcell-composers/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/jaelsisera-jacopoamigoni-wiki.jpgJael&Sisera.JacopoAmigoni.WikiJacopo Amigoni: Jael and Sisera; she took a tent peg right to his noggin. (Ladies, do not try this at home.) (Wikipedia)2016-07-28T13:51:38+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/07/27/evening-prayer-7-27-16-william-reed-huntington-liturgist-ecumenist-1909/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/williamreedhuntington-bcp1892.jpgWilliamReedHuntington.BCP1892Father Huntington’s liturgical knowledge led to the 1892 revision of the U.S. Prayer Book, which modernized and expanded the pastoral offices, softened some Calvinist notions and introduced prayers for the dead. It was the first significant revision since the original U.S. Book of 1790; its historical importance may be that it paved the way for a much more extensive (and well-loved) revision less than 40 years later. Huntington’s 1892 Book showed Episcopalians they could produce a fine American Book that took advantage of modern scholarship and responded to pastoral needs; and soon enough, they decided not to stop there.https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/americanbison-yellowstonenp-matthewsorum.jpgAmericanBison.YellowstoneNP.MatthewSorumFor the beauty of the Earth: American bison, Yellowstone National Park (Matthew Sorum)2016-07-27T18:28:00+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/07/26/morning-prayer-7-27-16-james-reed-huntington-priest-1909/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/glencanyonnra-ut-az-rebeccawilks.jpgGlenCanyonNRA.UT-AZ.RebeccaWilksFor joy in God’s creation: Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Utah and Arizona. It would be fun to paddle through that opening. (Rebecca Wilks)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/grace-church1909-nyc.jpgGrace Church1909.NYC.Father Huntington was the rector of Grace Church, New York, in its heyday the most fashionable church in the city. Designed in 1843 by an inexperienced, little known architect named James Renwick, Jr. – a nephew of the man who owned the land it was built on – this example of the French Gothic Revival has long been considered a masterpiece. It is part of a parish complex, including school, rectory and neighbourhood house, given landmark status; the church itself is on the National Register. Above: seen about 1900 when Huntington was rector. (Library of Congress)2016-07-27T13:53:40+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/07/26/evening-prayer-7-26-16-joachim-anne-parents-of-the-blessed-virgin-mary/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/inri-jesusmariasite-org.jpgINRI.jesusmariasite.org(jesusmariasite.org)2016-07-26T19:16:57+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/07/25/morning-prayer-7-26-16-joachim-anne-parents-of-the-blessed-virgin-mary/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/santa-claritaca-sandwildfire-wallyskalij-lat.jpgSanta ClaritaCA.SandWildfire.WallySkalij.LATFire raging Sunday night in the Santa Clarita Valley of Southern California: one dead, 10,000 homes evacuated, 33,000 acres burned. (Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/ltanaisatobar-usaf.jpgLtAnaisATobar.USAFFirst Lt. Anais A. Tobar, 25, died last week from a non-combat injury in the United Arab Emirates. She was part of the U.S. operations against the Islamic State. A native of Caracas, Venezuela, she lived with her family in Miami off and on through the years, and graduated from Florida State University. She is survived by her parents, Angel and Ana Maria, and her brother Alejandro. Authorities are investigating her death. (USAF)2016-07-26T13:55:49+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/07/25/evening-prayer-7-25-16-st-james-the-apostle/2016-07-25T17:22:32+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/07/24/morning-prayer-7-25-16-st-james-the-apostle/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/joyful-holy-day-meme.jpgJoyful Holy Day meme2016-07-25T13:59:39+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/07/24/evening-prayer-7-24-16-tenth-sunday-in-ordinary-time/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/philistinecemetery-9th-10thc-bc-ashkelon-tsafrirabayov-leonlevyexpedition.jpgPhilistineCemetery.9th-10thC.BC.Ashkelon.TsafrirAbayov.LeonLevyExpeditionBiblical archeologists at four American universities announced a major new find recently: a Philistine cemetery from the 9th to 10th centuries before Christ. The Philistines were a confederation of five city-states; this one is in Ashkelon near the Mediterranean coast. The archaeologists kept their discovery a secret for three years to avoid ultra-Orthodox Jewish protesters, who often show up claiming that Jewish bodies may be present and digging them up violates Jewish law. The researchers believe the remains they have follow Aegean burial practices, not Canaanite ones, and indicate that the Philistines were not indigenous to the area. Genetic testing will now begin. (Tsafrir Abayov/Leon Levy Expedition)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/georgeupfold-rectorstjohnsiibpindiana-299.jpgGeorgeUpfold.RectorStJohn's&IIBpIndiana.299The Episcopal Church in Indiana (and much of the Midwest) was founded by the great Missionary Bishop Jackson Kemper, but then someone had to come after him to keep it going and make it better. George Upfold was the man. He was II Bishop of Indiana and rector of my home parish, St. John’s, Lafayette, a big building named the pro-cathedral because it was the only parish with a rectory. A few years later Upfold decamped to Indianapolis, where the diocesan headquarters have remained ever since. Upfold served from 1849-1872; by the time of the VI Bishop in 1899, the state had been split into two dioceses by General Convention, with Northern Indiana developing a more high-church tradition than famously-broad Indianapolis. (Library of Congress)2016-07-24T17:05:44+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/07/23/morning-prayer-7-24-16-tenth-sunday-after-pentecost/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/homeeuch-trinitykirksvillemo-marialevans.jpgHomeEuch.TrinityKirksvilleMO.MariaLEvansA home Eucharist was celebrated Friday night by Trinity Church, Kirksville, Missouri, in a relaxed, informal atmosphere that encouraged questions, sharing and dialogue – followed by free food, you can’t beat it. Sometimes people on the margins of a church don’t really want to step inside, but feel free to come to someone’s home and see what people are like. And longtime friends learn something new about each other; every picture on the wall and object in the room has a story, which owners are glad to tell. (Maria L. Evans)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/stpaulswithinwalls-rome-timohanukkala.jpgStPaul'sWithinWalls.Rome.TimoHanukkalaSt. Paul’s Within the Walls, an Episcopal church in Rome, honours one of the city’s most famous residents. (Timo Hanukkala)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/joshua-ot-nations-9thcentbc-wiki.pngJoshua.OT Nations.9thCentBC.WikiOld Testament nations as of the 9th Century before Christ. Joshua’s capture of Jericho was strategically important in Israel’s push for the Sea. (Wikipedia)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/stalbansswordstoplowsharespeacegarden-memcrosses-uto-revdeaconmikescime.jpgStAlbansSwordsToPlowsharesPeaceGarden.MemCrosses.UTO.RevDeaconMikeScimeHere is good news: St. Alban’s, Indianapolis, has turned an unused ballfield into the Swords to Plowshares Peace Garden, where it grows produce for food pantries and passersby, amid an existing display of crosses commemorating the city’s murder victims – 71 so far this year, most by gun violence in St. Alban’s Eastside neighbourhood. A United Thank Offering grant helped establish the mini-farm, and the city’s chief of police attended the dedication. St. Alban’s parishioners come from all over the city, but the church is anchoring itself in the neighours’ pain and suffering, and offering practical help. Over 40 volunteers have already harvested 1200 pounds of early crops. (The Rev. Deacon Mike Scime)2016-07-24T04:47:28+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/07/23/evening-prayer-7-23-16-ninth-ordinary-saturday/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/pokemongo-christchurchcoronadoca-jpg.pngPokemonGo.ChristChurchCoronadoCA.jpgChrist Church, Coronado, California is among those picking up on the Pokémon Go craze, which some church leaders say presents outreach opportunities and even community-building. I’m not big on the idea myself – the fad of the week is no substitute for actual evangelism – but I see no harm in it. This church put up outdoor posters to welcome Pokémon visitors. (parish photo)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/churchforallnations-nyc-levenbaumassociates-behance-net.jpgChurchForAllNations.NYC.LevenbaumAssociates.behance.netChurch for All Nations, a Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod building, is a New York landmark but no longer has its congregation, which continues to meet elsewhere. It was built in 1897 for the Catholic Apostolic Church, an English sect which believed in the imminent coming of Christ. When they couldn’t find a priest of their own, an Episcopalian pitched in for years. (Levenbaum Associates/behance.net)2016-07-23T17:15:44+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/07/22/morning-prayer-7-23-16-ninth-ordinary-saturday/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/edstoshutdown-cambridgema-deanresigning.jpgEDSToShutDown.CambridgeMA.DeanResigningThe Episcopal Divinity School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, has announced it will stop granting degrees next year – and that its interim Dean and President, the Rev. Frank Fornaro, has resigned in protest, effective in November. EDS has long been one of the smallest seminaries in The Episcopal Church, and trustees say they hope to transform the institution (and preserve its $53 million endowment) by offering new programs identified during a task force study, to report next year. Formed by a merger in 1974, the school’s roots go back to 1857 in Philadelphia and 1867 in Cambridge. EDS has long been affiliated with Harvard Divinity School and is a member of the Boston Theological Institute, a consortium of nine seminaries in the area. A new class will enter this fall, and the school promises to see all students through to completion, including paying the difference to send them somewhere else. (EDS photo)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/californiaredwoods-joshuasimpson.jpgCaliforniaRedwoods.JoshuaSimpsonCalifornia redwoods (Joshua Simpson)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/mosaicreredos-goodsamaritan-sammamish-wa.jpgMosaicReredos.GoodSamaritan. Sammamish.WAMosaic reredos at Good Samaritan, Sammamish, Washington. (parish photo)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/mucknellabbey-acanthusclewsarchitects.jpgMucknellAbbey.AcanthusClewsArchitectsOratory and former barns at Mucknell Abbey, Worcestershire, designed by Acanthus Clews, Architects. The whole complex is energy efficient. (company website)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/james-baldwin-quote.pngJames Baldwin Quote2016-07-23T03:50:31+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/07/22/video-evensong-7-22-16-feast-of-st-mary-magdalene/2016-07-23T02:00:51+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/07/21/morning-prayer-7-22-16-st-mary-magdalene-apostle-of-apostles/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/stmarymagdaleneec-fayettevilletn-fayettevilletn-com.jpgStMaryMagdaleneEC.FayettevilleTN.fayettevilletn.comChurch of St. Mary Magdalene, Fayetteville, Tennessee (fayettevilletn.com)2016-07-22T16:32:11+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/07/21/evening-prayer-7-21-16-albert-luthuli-the-righteous-nobel-prize-winner-for-peace-d-1967/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/wayofcrosscofc-capitolhill-wapo.jpgWayOfCrossCofC.CapitolHill.WaPoThis is a picture of a church in Washington, D.C. which has been turned into condos – but don’t feel sorry for the church, which is nearing completion of a new $14 million facility in the Maryland suburbs, closer to where its congregation now lives. They took advantage of high prices for the real estate they owned, and decided to leave a much-loved but outdated building. How nice that the building itself hasn’t been lost; someone will have a nice home. The church is the Way of Cross Church of Christ, a small African-American Pentecostal denomination begun by the senior pastor’s (now Presiding Bishop’s) father. They’ve struggled through the years, no doubt, but they’ve grown to 50 churches in the USA and more than that in Nigeria and India. Now we’re having tough times too, but churches should be growing; they’re more needed than ever, even if most people don’t know it. (via Washington Post)2016-07-21T17:14:17+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/07/21/morning-prayer-7-21-16-albert-john-luthuli-anti-apartheid-leader-1967/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/edlittle-dougsparks-crozier-6-25-16-wiki.jpgEdLittle.DougSparks.Crozier.6.25.16.WikiThe handoff: the Rt. Rev. Edward S. Little II, the VII Bishop of Northern Indiana (right), passed the crozier to his sucessor, the Rt. Rev. Doug Sparks, VIII Bishop, on June 25 and promptly retired. (Wikipedia)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/joshuaicon-carpescriptura-com.jpgJoshuaIcon.carpescriptura.com(carpescriptura.com)2016-07-21T13:57:06+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/07/20/evening-prayer-7-20-16-four-liberating-women-truth-bloomer-tubman-stanton/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/rockclimbersconatlmon-matthewstavernyt.jpgRockClimbersCONatlMon.MatthewStaverNYTFor the beauty of the Earth: rock climbers pick their way up a sheer face to the top of a mountain at Colorado National Monument, USA. (Matthew Staver/The New York Times)2016-07-31T14:20:28+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/07/19/morning-prayer-7-20-16-four-liberating-women-stanton-bloomer-truth-tubman-prophets/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/coolestguy.jpgCoolestGuyhttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/harriet-tubman-20-freddyo-com.jpgHarriet Tubman $20.freddyo.comHarriet Tubman, a Maryland slave who escaped to freedom, then made repeated trips back to the South to liberate a thousand others, will soon appear on the $20USD bill, replacing a "man of the people" politician, slaveowner and Indian hater who became the 7th President of the United States. (freddyo.com)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/joshuasaltarmtebal-bible-ca.jpgJoshua'sAltarMtEbal.bible.caJoshua’s complete reading of the Law took place at a natural amphitheater between two mountains, Ebal and Gerizim; the altar he built is nearby. Formerly known as Shechem, the modern town of Nablus now lies in the valley between them. (Bible.ca)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/jesushighpriest.jpgJesus&HighPriestJesus before the High Priest; source unknown.https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/lakemts-carcrossyukon-stevehelmreich.jpgLake&Mts.CarcrossYukon.SteveHelmreichMountain lake at Carcross, Yukon (Steve Helmreich)2016-07-20T14:09:21+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/07/19/evening-prayer-7-19-16-adelaide-teague-case-teacher-1948/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/revkarenoliveto-glidememumc-sf-religiondispatches-com.jpgRevKarenOliveto.GlideMemUMC.SF.religiondispatches.comThe Rev. Karen Oliveto, senior pastor of San Francisco’s famed Glide Memorial Church, has been elected the first openly Gay bishop in the United Methodist Church. She is to serve the Western District after the election Friday in Scottsdale, Arizona. The church’s General Conference voted narrowly in May to approve “a full review of all church law on sexuality,” according to the Associated Press, with the study due two years from now. The election of Oliveto pushes the envelope; already cries of “schism” are being heard, but if it comes, it will have been years in the making. At the General Conference meeting in May, over 100 ordained pastors publicly came out as LGBT on the floor of the convention, and Methodist courts have made a steady stream of headlines as clergy Gay and Straight were hauled up on charges of violating the official Methodist view of marriage. Those interested in unity will find ways to make it happen, and those interested in proving that they're more righteous than other people will find a way to leave. American Christians are famous for picking up their marbles and going home, and no matter where you stand on the theological spectrum, there is always somebody stricter than you. Indeed the strange thing is that Christians compete in strictness, not mercy. (religiondispatches.com)2016-07-19T17:18:56+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/07/18/morning-prayer-7-19-16-macrina-monastic-teacher-379/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/sydneyhschanberg-dithpran-cambodia1973.jpgSydneyHSchanberg.DithPran.Cambodia1973Sydney H. Schanberg (center), the Pulitzer Prize-winning war correspondent for The New York Times, has died at 82, having exposed “The Killing Fields” of Cambodia in the 1970s with his translator and friend Dith Pran (right). The United States bombed Cambodia in 1973 as part of a Vietnam-related intervention into Cambodia’s civil war; U.S. technology and military might could not prevent the Khmer Rouge from toppling the government, setting off a genocide so deadly as to rank near the Holocaust in its brutality. Told to get out by their superiors in New York, Schanberg and Dith remained at work and were seized by Pol Pot’s teenage soldiers. They ended up at the French Embassy, though Dith was later expelled with other Cambodians as the French themselves became targets; Schanberg and other foreigners were evacuated to Thailand, where he reported on the fall of Phnom Penh and the complete expulsion of the city of two million. He made his way back to the USA and helped Dith’s wife and children establish a new life in San Francisco. After many sufferings, Dith was able to escape to Thailand and reunited with his family and mentor. Schanberg wrote a Times magazine story, “The Death and Life of Dith Pran,” which was later released as a book, then made into a film starring Sam Waterston and Dr. Haing S. Ngor, a physician and genocide survivor who won an Academy Award for his portrayal of Dith, who died in 2008. Schanberg won many awards in his career, but always insisted he was only a co-winner of the Pulitzer with Dith Pran; they stayed friends the rest of their lives. (via The New York Times)2016-07-19T14:36:41+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/07/17/morning-prayer-7-18-16-bartolome-de-las-casas-friar-missionary-to-the-indies-1566/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/stpetersrc-midtownmanhattan-parish.jpgStPeter'sRC.MidtownManhattan.parishSt. Peter’s Roman Catholic Church in midtown Manhattan, New York; the architecture conveys a sense of excitement in the bustling urban landscape. (parish website)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/joshuaprostrate-joshua189-weebly-com.jpgJoshuaProstrate.joshua189.weebly.com(joshua189.weebly.com)2016-07-18T23:38:01+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/07/18/evening-prayer-7-18-16-bartolome-de-las-casas-protector-of-indigenous-caribbeans-1566/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/nice-friday-dmitrikostyukov-nyt.jpgNice.Friday.DmitriKostyukov.NYTNice, Friday. Lord have mercy. (Dmitri Kostyukov/The New York Times)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/christ-agonyingarden-adriaenvan-develde.jpgChrist.AgonyInGarden.Adriaen(van de)VeldeAdriaen van de Velde: Agony in the Garden2016-07-18T17:15:05+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/07/16/morning-prayer-7-17-16-ninth-sunday-after-pentecost/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/duncangrayjr-consecration-johnhinesmauryallin.jpgDuncanGrayJr Consecration.JohnHinesMauryAllinThe Diocese of Mississippi is mourning the death of the Rt. Rev. Duncan M. Gray, Jr., its seventh bishop, seen here on the left at his consecration with Presiding Bishop John E. Hines, center, and Bishop John Maury Allin, the sixth Bishop of Mississippi who succeeded Hines as Presiding Bishop. Bishop Gray Jr., who served from 1974-1993, was known for his opposition to racism in this Deep South state, and his continual appeals for tolerance and inclusion throughout the diocese, which nurtured a sense of unity and family feeling. The Gray family has been so popular that Mississippi has elected them bishops three times; Duncan Senior, Junior and the 3rd. (episcopalarchives.org)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/joshua-fallofjericho-jean-fouquet-c-1470.jpgJoshua.FallOfJericho.Jean Fouquet-c.1470Jean Fouquet, c. 1470: The Fall of Jerichohttps://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/stpaul-preachinginathens-raphael-1515.jpgStPaul.PreachingInAthens.Raphael.1515Raphael, 1515: St. Paul Preaching in Athens (Royal Collection, Victoria & Albert Museum, London)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/stbotolphs-bostonlincolnshire-wiki.jpegBoston Stump with Barclays Bank on the right.St. Botolph’s Church, Boston, Lincolnshire, is one of the tallest, largest churches in Britain not designated as a cathedral. Locals call the tower “the Stump,” though it was finished as designed, topped with an octagonal lantern ringed with pinnacles, considered a classic example of Perpendicular Gothic. Legend says that the name Boston is derived from the church, while there’s no question that Boston, Massachusetts is named for them both. (Wikipedia)2016-07-18T13:55:14+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/07/17/evening-prayer-7-17-16-ninth-sunday-in-ordinary-time/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/greggsmith-composerconductor-nyt.jpgGreggSmith.Composer&Conductor.NYTThe American composer and choral conductor Gregg Smith has died. He founded the Gregg Smith Singers while still a graduate student at UCLA, and for half a century they set new standards of choral performance and repertoire, frequently championing new work by Benjamin Britten, Francis Poulenc and others, recording 100 albums and winning two Grammys. His “Earth Requiem” premiered at Washington National Cathedral in 1997, and his Jazz Mass for St. Peter’s at the well-known Roman Church in Midtown Manhattan. (The New York Times)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/gracechurch-jamaicaqueens-midweekbiblestudy-anntillman.jpgGraceChurch.JamaicaQueens.MidweekBibleStudy.AnnTillmanGrace Church, Jamaica, Queens, New York, at a recent midweek Bible study. (The Rev. Ann Tillman)2016-07-17T17:23:04+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/07/16/evening-prayer-7-16-16-the-righteous-gentiles-of-the-holocaust/2016-07-16T17:53:54+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/07/15/morning-prayer-7-16-16-the-righteous-gentiles-of-the-holocaust/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/klamath-river-indiancountrytoday1.jpgKlamath River.indiancountrytodayKlamath River, Oregon (Indiancountrytoday)2016-07-16T03:17:55+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/07/15/video-evensong-7-15-16-friday-of-proper-10/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/weeping-jesus-statue-at-oklahoma-city-memorial.jpgWeeping Jesus Statue at Oklahoma City MemorialA statue of “Weeping Jesus” is found near the memorial site in Oklahoma City where 168 perished in the 1995 terrorist bombing. 2016-07-16T01:58:32+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/07/14/morning-prayer-7-15-16-friday-of-pentecost-8/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/sports-stars-turn-espy-awards-to-call-for-change-in-racial-climate.pngLeBron James, Carmelo Anthony, Chris Paul and Dwyane Wade address gun violence, racial turmoil before ESPYsCarmelo Anthony, Chris Paul, Dwyane Wade and LeBron James teamed up at the ESPY for a moving call to action for other athletes to use their celebrity, influence and resources to make a difference in a divided America plagued by gun violence, injustice and racism.https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/youth-hands-large.jpgyouth-hands-largeHands, all together, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. 2016-07-15T14:39:57+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/07/13/morning-prayer-7-14-16-samson-occum-1st-american-indian-ordained-1792/2016-07-14T20:31:05+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/07/14/evening-prayer-7-14-16-samuel-occum-witness-to-the-faith-in-new-england-1792/2016-07-14T19:35:46+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/07/13/evening-prayer-7-13-16-conrad-weiser-diplomat-among-american-colonists-natives-1760/2016-07-14T15:14:56+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/07/12/morning-prayer-7-13-16-conrad-weiser-witness-to-peace-and-reconciliation-1760/2016-07-13T16:59:19+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/07/12/evening-prayer-7-12-16-nathan-soderblom-archbishop-of-uppsala-and-ecumenist-1931/2016-07-12T19:25:38+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/07/11/morning-prayer-7-12-16-nathan-soderblom-archbishop-of-uppsala-and-ecumenist-1931/2016-07-12T15:20:44+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/07/11/evening-prayer-7-11-16-benedict-of-nursia-abbot-c-540/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/there-were-no-outcasts.jpgThere Were No OutcastsThe Rt. Rev. Edmond Lee Browning, the 24th Presiding Bishop of The Episcopal Church, died on July 11, 2016. PB Mhciael curry states " PB Edmond Browning imagined a church where there are no outcasts. We keep his family in our thoughts and prayers."2016-07-12T00:04:07+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/07/10/morning-prayer-7-11-16-benedict-of-nursia-abbot-c-540/2016-07-11T15:02:54+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/07/10/evening-prayer-7-10-16-eighth-sunday-in-ordinary-time/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/orangeribbons-messiah-chesternj-sharonhausman.jpgOrangeRibbons.Messiah.ChesterNJ.SharonHausmanMembers of the Church of the Messiah in Chester, New Jersey set up a display of orange ribbons last month to encourage parishioners to participate in the national Wear Orange Day 2 June to support Bishops Against Gun Violence. Now, after a horrendous week of mayhem that has shaken America’s confidence in its institutions, with police shootings of African-Americans in Louisiana and Minnesota, and the targeting of police officers in Texas and other states, including five deaths and more injuries, the ladies’ smiles are gone; they hope to take their campaign viral across the Episcopal Church and beyond. They say that wearing a shirt one day a year is not enough to combat violence; it needs to be much more frequent, even daily. Orange is loud, it’s noticeable, it causes comments and questions, and wearing it regularly is something individuals can do while Congress is gridlocked in partisan warfare. (All photos via Sharon Hausman of our Facebook group)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/orangeribbondisplay-sharonhausman.jpgOrangeRibbonDisplay.SharonHausmanCloseup of the orange ribbon display at Messiah, Chester. As you can see they’re easy to make and can be as simple or elaborate as you want. https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/revmargaretotterburn-rectormessiah-chesternj-sharonhausman.jpgRevMargaretOtterburn.RectorMessiah.ChesterNJ.SharonHausmanThe Rev. Margaret Otterburn, Rector of Messiah, Chester, with an orange ribbon on her chasuble.2016-07-10T18:00:09+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.com/2016/07/09/morning-prayer-7-10-16-eighth-sunday-after-pentecost/https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/stevestarkspaulineshen-stjohnslum.jpgSteveStarks&PaulineShen.StJohnsLumSteve Starks, director of the St. John’s/LUM Food Pantry in Lafayette, Indiana, arranging lettuces with Pauline Shen, who coordinates produce donations from the nearby Farmers’ Market. What the farmers don’t sell, she distributes to several feeding programs in town, including this one in my home parish. (Josh Thomas/The Daily Office)https://dailyoffice.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/stjamescathsouthbend.jpgStJamesCathSouthBendCathedral of St. James, South Bend, Indiana (Josh Thomas/The Daily Office)2016-07-10T04:53:02+00:00monthlyhttps://dailyoffice.wordpress.comdaily1.02017-11-08T19:03:35+00:00