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Stephen Fletcher presents Beyond Belief for 16th February 2025 which features an interview with Bishop the Church of Ireland Bishop of Tuam, Limerick and Killaloe, Michael Burrows about his recent visit to the Anglican Centre in Rome and meeting Pope Francis in the Vatican.

In this episode of the Future Christian Podcast, guest host Martha Tartarnic sits down with Justin Anthony, the rector of Chingford (UK) parish, to delve into the nuances of leadership within the church and why our pervasive language around leadership is actually ill-defined and problematic. The conversation aims to invite careful and considered thought about how we talk about ministry in the church and why the language we use has in some important sense failed our faith communities. Justin Anthony is Rector of Chingford parish, and was until recently the Deputy Director of the Anglican Centre in Rome. He has worked in Alexandria, Virginia (as Dean of Students at a theological college), Canterbury (as Rector of a parish in the city), Oxford (as precentor of Christ Church Cathedral), and Cirencester (as curate and team vicar in the parish). He was born in Singapore, and educated there, in Germany, North Yorkshire, the LSE and Oxford. He has written three books as a sole author and contributed to others on issues of church life, ministry, and culture.   Presenting Sponsor: Phillips Seminary Join conversations that expose you to new ideas, deepen your commitment and give insights to how we can minister in a changing world.    Supporting Sponsors: I Help Pastors Get Jobs: Use code 'futurechristian' Torn Curtain Arts is a non-profit ministry that works with worship leaders, creatives, and churches to help avoid burnout, love their work, and realize their full creative potential.

Lisa has been in education for over 30 years serving in private schools and public schools in the roles of teacher, administrator, and consultant. In October 2020, she was named a Postulant for Holy Orders to the Priesthood in the Diocese of Central Pennsylvania and she is now a Candidate for Holy Orders as a priest. Lisa has always loved doing things in nature. Growing up her family spent vacations car camping. That tradition continued as her daughters were born and grew up and as a single mom, she continued vacations car-camping and day hiking local trails. Lisa will be celebrating her 20th year as a breast cancer survivor this year. She became more serious about backpacking when she decided to participate in "Seek-the-Peak" in the White Mountains as a way to celebrate being a cancer survivor in 2012. Lisa and her husband Mark, and their dog Emmie live in York, PA. They have 4 adult children who live relatively nearby and this year, they became grandparents. Lisa has just finished her second year in Seminary. Guest Links- Lisa on Facebook-https://www.facebook.com/lisa.amspacher.work Lisa's Prayer List - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScep0KxH91QCbPSL9dKAnU2EHJkHqq5kDwNShbfuHeulfWagA/viewform?mibextid=Zxz2cZ Friends of the Anglican Centre in Santiago - https://www.anglicancentresantiago.org/about/ Article- Appalachian Trail inspires Episcopalians to embark on weeklong ‘Camino' trek in Pennsylvania Lisa's tripblog-https://www.logosyork.org/reflections-from-an-episcopalian-pilgrimage-on-the-appalachian-trail Connect with Anna, aka Mud Butt, at info@traildames.com You can find the Trail Dames at: Our website: https://www.traildames.com The Summit: https://www.traildamessummit.com The Trail Dames Foundation: https://www.tdcharitablefoundation.org Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/traildames/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/traildames/ Hiking Radio Network: https://hikingradionetwork.com/ Hiking Radio Network on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hikingradionetwork/ Music provided for this Podcast by The Burns Sisters "Dance Upon This Earth" https://www.theburnssisters.com

Lisa has been in education for over 30 years serving in private schools and public schools in the roles of teacher, administrator, and consultant. In October 2020, she was named a Postulant for Holy Orders to the Priesthood in the Diocese of Central Pennsylvania. Lisa has always loved doing things in nature. Growing up her family spent vacations car camping. That tradition continued as her daughters were born and grew up and as a single mom, she continued vacations car-camping and day hiking local trails. Lisa will be celebrating her 20th year as a breast cancer survivor this year. She became more serious about backpacking when she decided to participate in "Seek-the-Peak" in the White Mountains as a way to celebrate being a cancer survivor in 2012. Lisa and her husband Mark, and their dog Emmie live in York, PA. They have 4 adult children who live relatively nearby and this year, they became grandparents. Lisa has just finished her second year in Seminary and is three weeks away from accomplishing her dream of hiking the Camino De Santigo (Primitivo Route). Guest Links- Lisa on Facebook-https://www.facebook.com/lisa.amspacher.work Lisa's Prayer List - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScep0KxH91QCbPSL9dKAnU2EHJkHqq5kDwNShbfuHeulfWagA/viewform?mibextid=Zxz2cZ Friends of the Anglican Centre in Santiago - https://www.anglicancentresantiago.org/about/ Article- Appalachian Trail inspires Episcopalians to embark on weeklong ‘Camino' trek in Pennsylvania Lisa's tripblog-https://www.logosyork.org/reflections-from-an-episcopalian-pilgrimage-on-the-appalachian-trail Connect with Anna, aka Mud Butt, at info@traildames.com You can find the Trail Dames at: Our website: https://www.traildames.com The Summit: https://www.traildamessummit.com The Trail Dames Foundation: https://www.tdcharitablefoundation.org Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/traildames/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/traildames/ Hiking Radio Network: https://hikingradionetwork.com/ Hiking Radio Network on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hikingradionetwork/ Music provided for this Podcast by The Burns Sisters "Dance Upon This Earth" https://www.theburnssisters.com

Lisa has been in education for over 30 years, serving in private schools and public schools in the roles of teacher, administrator, and consultant. In October 2020, she was named a Postulant for Holy Orders to the Priesthood in the Diocese of Central Pennsylvania. Lisa has always loved doing things in nature. Growing up, her family spent vacations car camping. That tradition continued as her daughters were born and grew up and as a single mom, she continued vacations car-camping and day hiking local trails. Lisa will be celebrating her 20th year as a breast cancer survivor this year. She became more serious about backpacking when she decided to participate in "Seek-the-Peak" in the White Mountains as a way to celebrate being a cancer survivor in 2012. Lisa and her husband Mark, and their dog Emmie live in York, PA. They have 4 adult children who live relatively nearby and this year, they became grandparents. Lisa has just finished her second year in Seminary and is three weeks away from accomplishing her dream of hiking the Camino De Santigo (Primitivo Route). Guest Links- Lisa on Facebook-https://www.facebook.com/lisa.amspacher.work Lisa's Prayer List - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScep0KxH91QCbPSL9dKAnU2EHJkHqq5kDwNShbfuHeulfWagA/viewform?mibextid=Zxz2cZ Friends of the Anglican Centre in Santiago - https://www.anglicancentresantiago.org/about/ Article- Appalachian Trail inspires Episcopalians to embark on weeklong ‘Camino' trek in Pennsylvania Lisa's tripblog-https://www.logosyork.org/reflections-from-an-episcopalian-pilgrimage-on-the-appalachian-trail Connect with Anna, aka Mud Butt, at info@traildames.com You can find the Trail Dames at: Our website: https://www.traildames.com The Summit: https://www.traildamessummit.com The Trail Dames Foundation: https://www.tdcharitablefoundation.org Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/traildames/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/traildames/ Hiking Radio Network: https://hikingradionetwork.com/ Hiking Radio Network on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hikingradionetwork/ Music provided for this Podcast by The Burns Sisters "Dance Upon This Earth" https://www.theburnssisters.com

Donate to the Living Church. What's more important, unity or justice? Today we're travelling back in time with the Rev. Dr. Brandt Montgomery and the Rt. Rev. R. William Franklin to look at some influential figures from the Episcopal past -- John Henry Hobart and the founders of Saint James School in Maryland -- and how they influenced the shapes of political engagement of Anglicans in the United States. We'll examine the choices they made that encouraged justice and flourishing among God's people, especially among Black Anglicans -- or not; and mistakes they made that, however clear or unclear they were at the time, we can now see in retrospect. What can we learn from them? One interesting pattern that we'll trace from the 19th century to today is the high-church Anglican habit of reserve, which often includes a strategy of gradualism or reticence when it comes to social justice issues. How do you balance social justice with a peaceful or coherent community life? Is it a matter of balance? Or some other kind of equation? Together Father Brandt and Bishop Franklin will examine this speckled history as it plays out in these leaders' responses to social ills and evils, especially those that affect Black Americans, from slavery to civil rights. And what do the Anglo-Catholics have to do with all of this? Bishop Bill Franklin is assisting bishop in the Episcopal Diocese of Long Island. He was previously Bishop of Western New York, and has also served, among other places, at St. Paul's Within the Walls in Rome, as associate director of the American Academy in Rome, and as associate priest of the Anglican Centre in Rome. He served as dean of Berkeley Divinity School at Yale, and as a professor at the General Theological Seminary in New York and at St. John's University in Minnesota. Fr. Brandt Montgomery is the chaplain of Saint James School in Hagerstown, Maryland, having previously served as the Chaplain of Ascension Episcopal School in Lafayette, Louisiana and curate at Canterbury Episcopal Chapel and Student Center at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. He is a trumpet player and profound lover of jazz, as well as a scholar of American religious history, Episcopal Church history, the Oxford Movement and Anglo-Catholicism, and the Civil Rights Movement. Last but not least, our interviewer today is the Rev. Mark Michael, who is our editor and interim executive director here at the Living Church. Now ready the horses and hold onto your garters. We're headed into 200 years of history to see what we can learn for today. We hope you enjoy the conversation. Donate to the Living Church. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/living-church/support

Luke Jernagan, an ordained priest in the Episcopal Church and Director of Family Learning at the Matter Family Office, passionately shares the value of counseling for wealthy multigenerational business owners and their families. The problems facing any family are complicated; however, the issues can escalate when wealth is added to the equation. The Matter Family Office provides tools that enable families to work through problems while focusing on identity, values, vision, and purpose. Tune in to hear how this type of counseling creates a foundation for families to thrive over generations.     IN THIS EPISODE    [01:33] Luke Jernagan explains the purpose of The Matter Family Office  [04:04] The benefits of communication  [06:27] Luke describes the differences between secular counseling and the counseling done at The Matter Family Office  [11:04] How successful families navigate the wealth they have by listening, identifying purpose and intent  [15:33] Bringing in-laws into a family business seamlessly  [17:54] Encouraging parishioners to seek outside counseling and the rules regarding that situation in the Episcopal Church  [21:09] Luke leaves us with a takeaway about himself and his passion    KEY TAKEAWAYS    Multi-generational families with businesses have obstacles that other families do not. It takes effort to manage wealth and teach children how to manage money successfully..   Extended family within the business can bring another set of problems. The best way to handle those joining the existing family is to have a plan before the situation arises.   It is essential to begin training children early about the mechanics of running a business and the pitfalls they may face.  Business owners need to realize that all the tools and knowledge they have that create a  successful business are different from the tools that make a healthy, thriving family.    RESOURCES:    Beyond the Balance Sheet Website    The Matter Family Office Website    Luke Jernagan LinkedIn    Luke Jernagan Facebook    BIO:    Luke joined Matter in 2022 after 15 years as a parish priest in the Episcopal Church. He was drawn to the Family Matter Office for many of the same reasons he is drawn to ministry – his love of helping people celebrate the joys of life – and has deep experience guiding families as they navigate complexities, transitions, and opportunities.  As Matter's Director of Family Learning, Luke works with families to strengthen their relationships, communicate effectively, and identify what matters most to them, so they can thrive as individuals and together. He also leads Philanthropic Strategic Planning and Next-Gen Education at Matter and enjoys supporting family members of all ages and financial acumens on their wealth journeys.  A graduate of the University of Alabama with master's degrees in divinity and sacred theology from the General Theological Seminary, Luke is also a trustee of American Friends of the Anglican Centre, a Rome-based organization working to promote reconciliation across denominations. He serves on the board of the Episcopal Parish Network, which encourages innovation and collaboration across the church. He is a board member of the Cricket Island Foundation, which funds organizations that support youth-led social change.  Luke is a lifelong learner and is drawn to hobbies and activities that lend themselves to continuous improvement. Nothing makes him happier than skiing with his kids and pushing himself to tackle harder runs and techniques. Golf is another passion (he picked it up during the pandemic, and now he's hooked), though Luke notes that woodworking with his children is more satisfying and produces better results…time together and a hand-made item that will last forever.

Ciao! Welcome to a very special episode of the Living Church Podcast. We are headed to Rome. In January, Nashotah House Theological Seminary and the Living Church Institute co-hosted an ecumenical pilgrimage to Rome. We were a group of Catholics and Anglicans, students, clergy, and lay pilgrims, from the U.S., Canada, and Nigeria. The group was hosted by the Anglican Centre in Rome and the Centro Pro Unione. I was deeply affected by my experience there and wanted to bring you all in, partly to answer some of the questions I had going in: What does ecumenism mean? What does it have to do with the average Christian? What can you learn about Christian unity, its possibilities and its snarls, by traveling to a holy site together? This episode was recorded on-site in the Eternal City, in various places, including the Anglican Centre in Rome, the office of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, and my Airbnb. I'll let all my interviewees introduce themselves. We hope you enjoy the conversations and the journey, and maybe feel inspired to take a similar journey and start similar conversations yourself. Subscribe to the Living Church --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/living-church/support

If you belong to or care about the Church of England, you may be shocked by some of the things you learn in this episode of Holy Smoke.  I'm not referring to the familiar evidence that the Established Church, in common with all mainstream Christian denominations in Britain, is watching its congregations shrink at a humiliating rate. In 2019, an average of only 690,000 people attended Church of England services on Sundays – 50,000 fewer than in 2016. And that was before Covid. This is what people mean when they talk about churchgoing falling off a cliff, and it's a desperate problem for a church facing the impossible challenge of maintaining 16,000 buildings, many of them Grade I listed. What shocked me was what my guest, the Rev Marcus Walker, Rector of St Bartholomew the Great in the City of London, revealed about the horrors of the C of E's insatiably greedy and tediously right-on bureaucracy. An ever-growing army of administrators and busybodies – he describes their numbers as ‘astronomical' – is raiding the collection plates of local parishes so that they can force-feed churchgoers with their drivel. Marcus is one of the best-connected priests in the Church of England – and one of the bravest. In our interview he talks candidly about the ‘despoiling' of parishes by the managerial culture promoted by the bishops, which has thrown away more than £240 million on doomed projects to attract new worshippers. These schemes are mostly cack-handed attempts to foist the charismatic evangelical model of ‘church plants' on ordinary parishes. (For an idea of just how badly this can go wrong, read the under-reported story of the resignation of the Bishop of Winchester, Tim Dakin, a hardline evangelical whose obsession with mega-churches and alleged harassment of vicars led Winchester to be dubbed ‘the diocese of North Korea'). It was a barking mad scheme to create 10,000 ‘lay-led churches' that prompted Marcus Walker, writing in The Spectator in July, to launch a ‘Save the parish' campaign that, among other things, encourages parish priests and their congregations to lock away their money so that the power-crazed mediocrities who control the church can't get their hands on it. Trust me: you don't want to miss what the Rector of the oldest parish church in the City of London has to say. And, once you've listened to him, I don't think you'll be surprised that St Bartholomew's is absolutely thriving under his stewardship. (Note to Catholic listeners: I couldn't resist asking Marcus, former deputy director of the Anglican Centre in Rome, what he makes of Pope Francis's campaign to suppress the traditional Latin Mass…)

The Rev'd Marcus Walker, whose previous appointment was as Deputy Director of the Anglican Centre in Rome, discusses the two major saints of that city while the Choir of Royal Holloway University of London sing the Ayleward Responses, Briggs' Trinity Service, and Duruflé's 'Tu es Petrus'Support the show (https://www.paypal.me/greatstbarts)

St. Georges Anglican Church, Gate Pa, sits on the site of the Battle of Gate Pā-Pukehinahina. Each year we offer free lectures to help people understand our history and how it shapes our present. This year we are offering two lectures on the evenings of February 2nd and February 9th at 7pm. Each talk will last about 2 hours. The first talk will be given by Archbishop Sir David Moxon on The Anglican Apology given in 2018 for the Disposal of the Mission Lands in Tauranga in 1867. Copies of the PowerPoint and the wording of the actual apology can be found on the parish websiteIn December 2018 the Anglican Church apologized to ngā iwi o Tauranga Moana, and Ngāi Tamarāwaho and Ngāti Tapu in particular, for the yielding of the Te Papa Mission Block to the New Zealand Government in 1867. This allowed the establishment of the Tauranga military settlement and covers all the land of the CBD up to Gate Pā. In the text of the apology it is acknowledged that in gifting the land, the Anglican church had ultimately failed in its moral obligations to mana whenua, "under intense and undue pressure from the Government of the day". In December 2019 the Anglican Church and the Otamataha Trust, representing Ngāi Tamarāwaho and Ngāti Tapu, signed an agreement on how that apology is to be acted out. On Sunday 2nd February Archbishop Sir David Moxon, the lead Anglican negotiator throughout this process, will talk about the events that are being apologised for, how the apology came about, and the overall hope for the future. Archbishop David is a retired Anglican archbishop. He was until June 2017, the Archbishop of Canterbury's Representative to the Holy See and Director of the Anglican Centre in Rome. He was previously the Bishop of Waikato in the Diocese of Waikato and Taranaki, the archbishop of the New Zealand dioceses and one of the three primates of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia. Archbishop David has been represented the Anglican Church in the negotiations around the apology.

Crucerio, Palas de Rei, Spain More miles than yesterday. I’d never walked 14 miles before and on the second day our walk was 15 miles. The good news is that my hip didn’t hurt at all after the first day (miracles), I only had two hot spots (no blisters), and after getting stretched out at breakfast my shins only hurt a little. This stage is from Portomarín to Palas de Rei. After a steep downhill at the start, I walked rolling hills through the countryside. I started out with our group, but then we spread out at different paces and I found that I was striding on my own.At first I had trouble clearing my head as work and things I needed to do kept popping in. I needed to find a way to crowd out my everyday thoughts. After all, I was in Spain walking on the Camino!! Why was I carrying my forever burdens on this wonderful trip?Eventually after lunch I settled into a rhythm with my walking sticks and my mind began to clear. I heard some birds chattering and started noticing the pilgrims walking around me.“Buen Camino.” “Buen Camino.” “Buen Camino.”After one “Buen Camino” exchange, I thought I detected a U.S. accent and inquired. He was from the Northern Virginia area celebrating a friend’s 50th birthday. A group of six men had come to make their first Caminos, enjoying their friendship and sharing the Camino experience. We shared our hopes for the trip and I learned that he was Roman Catholic and one in his group is a priest. He said they were disappointed when they heard that St. James Cathedral in Santiago is closed for services as it is undergoing remodeling.I told him of my transition to the Episcopal Church in 2008 and invited him to join us in Eucharist on Sunday in Santiago where Bishop Lozano (Bishop of Spain) had made arrangements for us to celebrate mass in Santa Susana Chapel near the Cathedral. “Would we be comfortable?” he asked.“I think you’d be very comfortable. The liturgy is similar to a Catholic service where we take bread and wine. Although we have female clergy with us, they won’t be allowed to celebrate since it is a Catholic Chapel. You and your friends are invited to join us at noon on Sunday.”He took my name and number and promised to call for more information. When he stopped for lunch, I continued on.I thought a lot about that conversation for the rest of my walk that day. I knew it was what drew me to the Episcopal Church in 2008: recognition that women can be called to be clergy, clergy can marry, and all are welcome at the Eucharist. It has been a place of hope and healing for me ever since.It occupied my thoughts for the rest of the day. Why was I so comfortable in the Episcopal Church and how can I encourage others? I’d recalled that we were told about Bishop Lozano raising money to buy a building in Santiago for an Anglican Centre where they would be daily church services where women can celebrate and all baptized Christians are welcomed. It would be an oasis of healing, hope and love for all weary travelers.I think that is what the early church looked like. Everyone caring for each other without denominations and constraints based upon gender. I wonder if we can ever restore that unconditional love for each other that Jesus demonstrated when He was on earth.That night at dinner I thought again of my conversation and I hoped that they would join us at service. What a wonderful way to be on the Camino and to unite like the early church!I’ve made my donation to the Anglican Centre in Santiago. The United Thank Offering (UTO) of the Episcopal Church is matching donations made through December 31, 2019. Here’s more information about the Centre and how to donate: WALK WITH US.Help to create a place where all are welcomed, as we continue on our long hard journeys.Blessings, my friend,Agatha The photo is a Cruceiro (stone cross) just outside of our Day 2 destination, Palas de Rei.

This week I am preparing for my Camino Walk in October by contemplating my dream job. I hope to retire within the next few years and this will be important as I may not have a “full-time job”, but I will still have 24 hours in each day that need to be spent wisely. I looked over my list of 20 Favorite Things To Do to narrow down the activities that bring me joy.My dream job would contain the following elements:1. Creativity- I enjoy writing and photography. I have authored a blog since September 2010 and usually write a short article each week. My website topic is: “On our relationship with God, and the relationships that flow from our first love.” I sprinkle in some photographs, usually of places I visit, the zoo, or flowers. 2. Contemplation/Prayer- I enjoy contemplative retreats, particularly at The Society of St. John the Evangelist, an Episcopal Monastery in Cambridge, MA and the peacefulness of the Chapel at St. George’s Episcopal Church in Nashville. I am a member of the Healing Prayer Lay Ministry at St. George’s and find both public and private prayer to be a calming influence in my life. I’m looking forward to my Camino Walk as a time of contemplation and prayer.3. Travel- I’ve been lucky to travel with best friends and family that includes Mission trips and Pilgrimages with my church. I’ve found that you really get to know people when you travel with them for 10 days! I also enjoy visiting my sister and brother-in-law in Mexico and traveling to Antigua, Guatemala for the beautiful country and to learn the language.4. Learning/Sharing/Caring- I enjoy learning new things and sharing them with others, especially when I learn new things about God and God’s kingdom here on earth. I’m a docent at the Frist Art Museum in Nashville and I find that artists challenge us to see our world through a different lens. I also am planning to get another dog for which I will be the sole care provider. I have been learning Spanish for 20 years and know that I will never be finished!5. Outdoors- I love being outdoors whether playing golf, hiking, or walking. I enjoy sitting in my backyard watching beautiful sunsets year-round.I don’t know as one “job” would have all these characteristics or at least not all the time, but these thoughts are starting to coalesce:1. A new puppy will help me with my joy in being a caregiver and get me outdoors.2. I may try to coordinate annual retreats with friends/pilgrims to places I enjoy: The Society of St. John the Evangelist in Cambridge, MA, and Antigua, Guatemala. I suspect that Santiago, Spain may also become a favorite. There will be a new Anglican Centre in Santiago, an ideal place to take weary pilgrims. Antigua and Santiago will help me in my desire to travel, learn more Spanish, as well as provide a place of contemplation and prayer.3. I’d like to write another book, perhaps on my Camino experience or a novel based upon St. John’s Gospel. I’d like to use my blog for stories and photographs as well as posting prayers from prayer books. My posted prayer: “Healing Prayer for those Suffering from Addiction”, is the page that is most downloaded from my blog.4. I want to volunteer for more tours at the Frist Art Museum where I learn about new exhibitions every 3-4 months and where it is exciting to see young people enjoy and make art in ArtQuest.Thinking about my dream job has let me have the freedom to explore new frontiers, enhance old ones and to determine those activities in life that aren’t really that important.What does your dream job look like?Blessings, my friendAgatha

How often do I moan that I don’t have enough time? This week as I prepare for my Camino walk, I’m reviewing a workshop I attended at The Society of St. John the Evangelist, an Episcopal Monastery in Cambridge, MA. It's time to...Stop, Pray, Work, Play & Love“So much of our stress and anxiety derives from our pollution of Time. God has given us the gift of time, and called it holy, yet we often experience time as a curse. Recapture time as a gift and discover how to experience the joy of the present moment.”— Br. Geoffrey Tristram I remember a turning point in my life was sitting in a monastery chapel and hearing the opening verses of Psalm 62: “Only in God is my soul at rest. From Him comes my salvation.”I realized how I was filling up time and exhausting myself through work. When had my life and the world gotten so far out of balance?As I worked through the workbook in Lent 2015, I acknowledged that there is a cadence to life. It is a rhythm that needs to be constantly reset with a cycle of prayer and love. But first I have to stop the cycle of ceaseless and useless activity. The circle completes when I again feel God’s embrace as His beloved child, held tightly in His arms and bathed in His love. Are you interested in having the cycle become your daily habit? You can download the workshop workbook here: WORKBOOK.I’m going to develop a daily ritual starting each day with a refreshing STOP and then PRAY. And ending each day in LOVE.I do have enough time to be fully present with God.Blessings, my friend,Agatha Donate to the Anglican Centre in Santiago here: https://unitedthankoffering.com/camino/. The most recent newsletter, Summer 2019 is here: https://www.anglicancentresantiago.org/news-along-the-way/.

For my spiritual preparation this week for my October Camino Walk, I’m borrowing two questions from discernment processes: 1) which person in the Bible do I relate to the most, and 2) twenty things I like to do.Will you join me in writing about your Bible Hero/Heroine and your 20 things you like to do?The person I most relate to in the Bible is Abigail (1 Samuel 25:14-42).Abigail was a woman of discretion, but she realized when a bad situation was about to get worse and that she would need to take action, even contradicting her husband. Grave danger loomed as 400 warriors were on the way determined to kill every male in the household of Nabal, Abigail’s husband.Nabal had acted cruelly and insolently and it wasn’t the first time. Nabal was a rich man as far as material wealth, but he had no wealth of character. His name means “senseless” or “stupid” and he was known to be a bully and drunkard. He was widely feared and disliked. It is hard to imagine what Abigail saw in him. Maybe she felt the false security that money can bring, or maybe she thought she could change him. Maybe he had changed since their early dating days, but she had no option to divorce him.He was known for bullying others and this time he insulted the wrong man, the future King David.What do we know about Abigail? Her name means “My Father has made himself joyful” and we read of praise for her discretion as well as her beauty.A young servant wouldn’t think of bringing the issue that they would all be destroyed to Nabal, and instead turned to Abigail for help. Abigail listened, and acted quickly. She prepared a generous gift for David and his men of bread, wine, sheep, roasted grain, cakes of raisins, and cakes of figs. She sent the provisions ahead with some servants and then followed alone. She hid this information from her husband, Nabal.She met David and took responsibility for the problem, realistically acknowledging that her husband was senseless, but asking David to forgive her personally. She begged David not to take an action that would later cause him a troubled conscience.Abigail returned to Nabal to tell him of the gifts she had given David and his men and to assure him that the danger had been averted. But she couldn’t tell him now: he was drunk.She waited until the next day when he had sobered up hoping that he wouldn’t explode in fury or even violence. Instead we learn that Nabal had been struck in the night and his heart was like a stone.With Nabal’s death, Abigail had been relieved of her burden of being Nabal’s wife!When David learned of Nabal’s death, he sent word to Abigail with an invitation of marriage.Abigail helped and supported David along life’s road, and she learned of a husband who valued her and protected her, even rescuing her from a kidnapper. (1 Samuel 30:1-19)I relate to the story of Abigail as I have chosen unwisely in love, looking for material security instead of a life-time partner focused on the Lord. I’ve had to make tough choices of marital disobedience, feeling disloyal but knowing it was the right things to do. I also feel blessed as Abigail has to understand what it is like to have friends who are focused on Jesus and value relationships rather than destroying them with addictions.For the twenty things I like to do, these are in no particular order, but only as they came to mind as I asked myself, “When I have joy or feel happy, what am I doing?”1. Praying2. Reading3. Golf4. Swimming5. Photography6. Travel7. Wine/Dinner with friends8. Writing9. Walking/Exercise10. Bicycling11. Giving Docent Tours at the Frist Art Museum12. Learning Spanish13. Working with young people, post-college14. Worship15. Playing with my dog (I had to put my last dog to sleep in July. My first time being dogless in 25 years. I am planning to remedy that with another dog in the future).16. Playing piano17. Symphony concerts18. Plays and Broadway Musicals19. Listening to music/concerts20. Visiting the Episcopal Monastery in Cambridge, MA: The Society of Saint John the Evangelist I have a lot to be thankful for as a lot of God’s world makes me joyful!I pray that my Camino will add to my joy through rest, walking in the footsteps of pilgrims since 1092, and the anticipation of meeting others who share God’s love.I’ll also be walking to raise money through the United Thank Offering (UTO) for an Anglican Centre to be opened in Santiago. It will be a place of rest, a place of worship where even women can celebrate, and a place where all baptized Christians can participate in Communion. A grant will match donations received through December 2019. More information at this link: https://unitedthankoffering.com/camino/. The most recent newsletter, Summer 2019 is here: https://www.anglicancentresantiago.org/news-along-the-way/. Blessings, my friend,Agatha

I’ll be in Spain in October to walk the Camino de Santiago for the first time. It has been a desire of mine for a long time since growing up Catholic and now as an Episcopalian. I’m fortunate to be traveling with the UTO Pilgrims and the Episcopal Diocese of Northern Indiana. The Bishop of Spain will be joining us for part of the journey, and we’ll get to explore Madrid and Santiago.I’ve just been released to full physical activity post my hip replacement, so I’m “in training” to build up my endurance to walk the 11-18 miles/day that will make up the Camino. In addition to physical training, I’m also doing weekly “spiritual exercises” to make sure that I am mentally ready and spiritually open to the Walk.This week, I’ve undertaken to write a spiritual biography. This is a small excerpt below, but I hope that you will also take the time this week to focus on your spiritual journey to help discern where you have been and where you are today.The long version of my spiritual biography through 2012 is chronicled in my memoir, Chasing My Father. A lot has happened in the past 7 years in my relationship with God and with others.I no longer ever get angry with God. I know that I am His beloved child and that He only wants what is the best for me, no matter what I want. It is a good relationship when I’m not mad at Him for the challenges we face in today’s world.My cancer has not returned after the two episodes outlined in my book. I was unaware how physical maladies can influence our relationship with God. But my cancer in 2006 changed me forever. I don’t take days for granted and I have a greater empathy for people’s challenges even when they aren’t physically obvious. I haven’t been back to South Africa since 2013, not for lack of interest, but I have not had an opportunity to go on another trip. I enjoyed a trip to Greece and Turkey in 2014 with my church but it was more about the fellowship than a mission trip. But fellowship is so important! I realize that my relationship with God informs my relationships with others.I’ve learned a lot about who to trust and who not to trust. The Porch Club has ceased to exist after a falling out between two of the members. Relationships are tenuous and don’t always last forever. I’ve learned a lot about narcissism. It has been hard for me to accept that not all people that go to church are good people, and not all good people go to church.I’ve learned that as humans we all have a desire to be loved and some of us find destructive ways to fulfill that need. But finding people who can be representatives of Christ to you and nurturing those relationships is the greatest joy. Just as I have felt loved, I need to always remember to try to be the best “light of Christ” that I can be to others.What has been most enlightening in my faith is my role as a lay healing minister. It is such a privilege to pray for people that are so brave to come forward in their vulnerability to ask for prayers. It is what it means to be a servant to others.I’ve also learned that you never stop growing in your spiritual life. It is not a place to “get to”, but instead a mystery that continues to unfold, often when we least expect it. It is the excitement of the mystery that awakens me each morning!I pray that my Camino will add to this spiritual biography through rest, walking in the footsteps of pilgrims since 1092, and the joy in meeting others who share God’s love.I’ll also be walking to raise money through the United Thank Offering (UTO) for an Anglican Centre to be opened in Santiago. It will be a place of rest, a place of worship where even women can celebrate, and a place where all baptized Christians can participate in Communion. A grant will match donations received through December 2019. More information at this link: https://unitedthankoffering.com/camino/. The most recent newsletter is here: El Camino Summer 2019 Newsletter.Blessings, my friend,Agatha

Trevor Barnes visits 'Imagining the Divine,' a new exhibition at the Ashmolean Museum of some of the oldest religious art from India to Ireland.. Archbishop Bernard Ntahoturi is the first person from the African continent to be installed as the new Director of the Anglican Centre in Rome next week. It is a key position in the Anglican Communion and comes as the Anglican and Roman Catholic churches are forging a closer relationship on common issues. Baroness Elizabeth Berridge previews the report from the All-Party Parliamentary Group for International Freedom of Religion or Belief ahead of its launch next week. This week people from the Baha'i faith, will be celebrating the 200th anniversary of their founder's birth. Dr Julia Haviland tells Edward about the faith and the key message of Bahá'u'lláh's life and teaching. The Archers has been bringing us the latest news from the farming community of Ambridge for over 50 years. We will be taking a look at "God in Ambridge" with Revd Dr Jonathan Hustler who has contributed to a new book on The Archers: Custard, Culverts and Cake. In the aftermath of this week's debate on Universal Credit, Kevin Bocquet visits a food bank run by The Trussell Trust and the Bishop of Manchester David Walker comments on the impact the welfare reform is having on claimants. Edward speaks to Preet Kaur Gill, Labour MP and Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group for UK Sikhs, about how and why Sikhs were excluded from the Government's Hate Crime Action Plan. Producers Carmel Lonergan Peter Everett Editor Amanda Hancox Photo Credit : Footprints of the Buddha (c) Trustees of the British Museum.

It is 80 years since anti-fascist demonstrators took on the police and Oswald Mosley's Black Shirts in the East End of London. Trevor Barnes reports on The Battle of Cable Street. The Director of the Anglican Centre in Rome - The Most Reverend Sir David Moxon - joins William Crawley to celebrate the Centre's 50th anniversary and to talk about his role as the Archbishop of Canterbury's Representative to the Holy See. Rabbi David Rosen - Director of the American Jewish Committee's Department of Interreligious Affairs - pays tribute to the former Israeli Prime Minister and President Shimon Peres. Why is 15 year old Rayouf Alhumedhi campaigning for a hijaj emoji? This week, the Archbishops of Armagh and Canterbury issued a joint statement welcoming the end of a three-year stand-off between Catholic residents and a protestant group who want to march through their neighbourhood. William talks to Professor John Brewer, an expert in post-conflict peace-building in Northern Ireland. Catholic aid agency Progressio is to close after 75 years, we discuss why. Today is Animal Welfare Sunday when children across the country will be taking their pets to church. Samantha Chandler of the Anglican Society for the Welfare of Animals believes that animals go to heaven. Exorcists are reporting a rise in demand for their services. To discuss why this might be the case, William is joined by Myles Dempsey, a Catholic with experience of 'deliverance' and exorcism, and by Professor Les Lancaster, Director of the Alef Trust which offers postgraduate courses in spiritual psychology. Producers: Helen Lee and Dan Tierney Series Producer: Amanda Hancox.

Sermon given by The Most Reverend and Right Honourable Justin Welby Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate of All England, and Metropolitan, at the Evensong marking the 50th anniversary of the Anglican Centre in Rome, 14th June 2016 at Westminster Abbey. #westminsterabbey #anglicancentre #churchofengland #christian #religion

Paul D. Murray, Durham University, UK David Moxon, Anglican Centre, Rome Geraldine Hawkes, South Australian Council of Churches John Gibaut, World Council of Churches Paul Lakeland, Fairfield University, USA

Archbishop and Cardinal Pray in the Sistine Chapel The Anglican and Roman Catholic delegations in Rome for the historic meeting of the Archbishop and the Pope and celebration of the 40th anniversary of the Anglican Centre in Rome, visited the Sistine Chapel today for prayers, marking the visit of Archbishop Michael Ramsey to Pope Paul VI in 1966. Cardinal Kaspar and the Archbishop will meet today for 'informal talks' and then worship with the St Egidio community at St Bartholomews Church. The text of the lecture given by Archbishop Rowan last night at St Anselmo Church and Religious Community follows: