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Bishop Russell Reflects on John 19:31-21:25

Feb 20, 2020
1 min

Bishop Russell Reflects on John 19:31-21:25

BISHOP RUSSELL REFLECTS ON JOHN 19:31-21:25, for the eighth week's readings for the Good Book Club, February 23-25, 2020. "In the end, when we find ourselves in Heaven, we will be asked but one question, 'How did you love?'" To view each of Bishop Russell's reflections for the Good Book Club, visit www.diocgc.org/good-book-club. #News #bishop #goodbookclub #Epiphany #John

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Bishop Russell Reflects on John 12:12-15:17

Feb 10, 2020
1 min

Bishop Russell Reflects on John 12:12-15:17

BISHOP RUSSELL REFLECTS ON JOHN 12:12-15:17, for the sixth week's readings for the Good Book Club, February 9-15, 2020. "What are some of the themes and instructions that you hear Jesus leaving for his friends and, also, for you and for me? To view each of Bishop Russell's reflections for the Good Book Club, visit www.diocgc.org/good-book-club. #News #bishop #goodbookclub #Epiphany #John

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Bishop Russell Reflects on John 15:18-19:30

Feb 6, 2020
1 min

Bishop Russell Reflects on John 15:18-19:30

BISHOP RUSSELL REFLECTS ON JOHN 15:18-19:30, for the seventh week's readings for the Good Book Club, February 16-22, 2020. "How does your life resonate with what you are reading this week? What character in the story do you most associate with? And what do you make of Jesus' final words, 'It is finished'?" What emotion do you hear? Why does John recall this line that is unmentioned in any of the other Gospels? What is it about his take on Jesus that he wants to make sure that

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Bishop Russell Reflects on John 10-12:11

Jan 30, 2020
1 min

Bishop Russell Reflects on John 10-12:11

BISHOP RUSSELL REFLECTS ON JOHN 10-12:11, for the fifth week's readings for the Good Book Club, February 2-9, 2020. "Given all that you've read this particular week, how do all these readings inform your answer to this simple question: 'What is God's will for my life?'" To view each of Bishop Russell's reflections for the Good Book Club, visit www.diocgc.org/good-book-club. #News #bishop #goodbookclub #Epiphany #John

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Bishop Russell Reflects on John 7-9

Jan 23, 2020
1 min

Bishop Russell Reflects on John 7-9

BISHOP RUSSELL REFLECTS ON JOHN 7-9, for the fourth week's readings for the Good Book Club, January 26-February 1. "Speak of a time when you saw something more going on in your life that simply met your eyes. Have you ever had an experience where your religion and all that you thought you knew came into conflict with something that you witnessed and truly believed was from God?" To view each of Bishop Russell's reflections for the Good Book Club, visit www.diocgc.org/good-boo

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Bishop Russell Reflects on John 5-6

Jan 16, 2020
1 min

Bishop Russell Reflects on John 5-6

BISHOP RUSSELL REFLECTS ON JOHN 5-6, for the third week's readings for the Good Book Club, January 19-25. "Think back over your own life. When has the Eucharist been particularly important to you? What was the context? What was going on? And even more, how has this meal not only satisfied you and your faith, but how has the Eucharist been a time of transformation for you?" To view each of Bishop Russell's reflections for the Good Book Club, visit www.diocgc.org/good-book-club

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Bishop Russell Reflects on John 2:13-4:54

Jan 9, 2020
1 min

Bishop Russell Reflects on John 2:13-4:54

BISHOP RUSSELL REFLECTS ON JOHN 2:13-4:54, for the second week's readings for the Good Book Club, January 12-18. "This week's readings harken to the idea that Jesus came into the world, not to start a religion, but to restore relationship - to restore our relationship to God. So, I want to ask you to take some time to think about your relationship with Jesus. Is it more of a religious matter or is it something more? If it is more, and you seek to have that kind of sense, what

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Bishop Russell Reflects on John 1-2:12

Jan 2, 2020
1 min

Bishop Russell Reflects on John 1-2:12

BISHOP RUSSELL REFLECTS ON JOHN 1-2:12, for the first week's readings for the Good Book Club, January 6 - 11. "What is it that gets in the way for you that you are not able to see Jesus? What is the obstacle that keeps you from seeing the wondrous God in the midst of us?" To view each of Bishop Russell's reflections for the Good Book Club, visit www.diocgc.org/good-book-club. #News #bishop #goodbookclub #Epiphany #John

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Listening to the Truth: Reflections from a Pilgrim to Equal Justice Initiative's Legacy Museum

Nov 26, 2019
2 min

Listening to the Truth: Reflections from a Pilgrim to Equal Justice Initiative's Legacy Museum

(from the perspective of a white woman, with thanks to Dr. Catherine Meeks, Executive Director of the Absalom Jones Episcopal Center for Racial Justice) “What will God do with us when we have listened to the truth?” What a profound query woven through scripture. "Pilgrimage", a sacred journey taken with an intent to encounter God, is an opportunity to wrestle with such questions. An outgrowth of EJI’s years of legal work representing the poor, marginalized, and wrongly conde

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Commissions of the Episcopal dioceses of Alabama and Central Gulf Coast serve as spiritual leaders f

Commission on Racial Justice and Reconciliation

Nov 11, 2019
2 min

Commissions of the Episcopal dioceses of Alabama and Central Gulf Coast serve as spiritual leaders f

In October, members of the Episcopal Diocese of the Central Gulf Coast’s Commission on Racial Justice and Reconciliation and the Episcopal Diocese of Alabama’s Commission on Truth, Justice and Racial Healing assisted Presiding Bishop Michael Curry, President of the House of Deputies Gay Jennings, Secretary to the General Convention Michael Barlowe, Canon for Creation Care, Evangelism and Racial Reconciliation Stephanie Spellers, Social Justice and Engagement Officer Chuck Wyn

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