Prayer and Politics: A Letter from a Female Reverand

My mother forwarded me the below letter and prayers from her Reverand Gayle Marsh of All Saints Church in Northfield, MN. It is so timely for me on many levels I wanted to share it with you. Enjoy!
Dear friends in Christ,
If the past 24 hours in your home and workplace have been anything like my [...]

The UN Millennium Development Goals…and Why You Should Care!

Today, September 25, 2008, world leaders are meeting at the United Nations (UN) in New York to report on the progress we, the world, have made on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The MDGs are eight goals that were agreed to by UN members in 2000 and are focused on erradicating extreme poverty in the world, [...]

Christ`s Care for Women in Recife, Brazil

I am spending one month in Brazil as part of USPG`s (United Society of the Propagation of the Gospel) ´Expanding Horizons Programme`. I am staying in the Anglican diocese of Recife with time in Recife and a town 2ookm away, Caruaru. The aim is to experience the Anglican Church in a different context
During my first [...]

United Nations Commission on the Status of Women

I went to NYC as an Episcopal Delegate to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (UNCSW) on February 22-March 2. I applied to be a delegate, and by the grace of Tunkasila (Great Spirit), was selected. I’m extremely honored to do this because not many people get a chance to be part [...]

‘And your sons and your daughters shall prophesy’: Reflection Easter 2

‘In the last days it will be, God declares,
that I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh,
and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
and your young men will see visions,
and your old men shall dream dreams.
Even upon my slaves, both men and women,
in those days I will pour out my Spirit; and they [...]

Training to be a priest as a young woman in the 21st Century: tensions and opportunities.

Before I went to New York to attend the 52nd Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women I was feeling a little depressed about my vocation, the Church that I was a part of (Church of England) and how I could live out  an authentic calling in it. I had felt restrained by a [...]