As we strive for justice and peace, we can learn from what each other are doing. We can share in our successes and collaborate on our challenges. Post your stories - from everyday advocacy (the little things that sometimes happen and you even don't realize they're advocacy until it's over) to parish and community efforts that you are a part of. This is the place for Episcopalians to share how we are striving for justice and peace! Take a few minutes to tell us how you've made a difference in your community. You'll be amazed at how just one story – yours – could inspire people around the world. We welcome your contribution!
I am the Boston Episcopal Examiner for Examiner.com. My ministry is to get the word out about what our Massachusetts diocese is doing and what your Episcopal Public Policy Network is doing. I recently traveled to England and visited several churches, asking clergy and parishioners questions about how they saw the Episcopal Church.
Topics: Community
Back in college in the 1960s my roommate was a girl from the Congo named Ruth Musunu. We parted in 1968 and didn't see each other again for 37 years. But we kept in touch. We each raised a family and were happy when email made it easier to stay connected. She started a non governmental organization in Cameroon where she and her husband had settled, and in 2007 our college, Linfield College of McMinnville, Oregon, sent 15 nursing students to work with women and children in the villages her NGO (Women, Environment, and Health (WEH))serves near Douala.... had promised Ruth in college that one day I would visit her in Africa. Clearly the time had come. On the day after Christmas, 2008, 43 years after I had made that promise, I flew to Douala and spent six weeks with Ruth and her husband, Raphael Titi Manyaka...
Topics: Africa Global AIDS Health Care MDGs
At St. Mary's Episcopal Church in Los Angeles, I designed and implemented a youth environmental justice program. Young people from across the Los Angeles area gathered for a weeklong training at St. Mary's. They have been learning about environmental issues, attending community meetings, blogging about their neighborhoods, and sharing their visions of justice in their communities at http://greenrelay.org. The participants are proud of their work and excited that people from across the country and the world are reading the stories of their communities.
Topics: Carbon Children/Education
If I could, that would be my plate name for my car. However, Delaware will not allow that. I am currently the Business Manager for the Diocese of Delaware. I had wondered what role I might have in the wider church but accounting is my specialty.
In February, my significant other died of a massive coronary, and my life changed. With it came a sense of urgency which led me to listen a little more closely to my heart, mind, and soul. I had conversations with friends that were entering the diaconate program, discerning the priesthood. How does one know what they are meant to do? I had conversations with colleagues and was encouraged to speak with the mission personnel at the Church Center in NYC. That I did...
Topics: Africa
I've loved Africa and dreamed of going there since I was a smalll child. I dreamed of joining the Peace Corps when I was a teenager. In 2002, I finally went on a Kenya safari with our local nature center. That was the first step of my journey. It was wonderful, but I was disturbed being treated like royalty amidst dire poverty. I told myself that if I ever returned to Africa it would be to help the people.
Topics: Africa Global AIDS MDGs
