Costly Grace

Costly Grace

Costly Grace  By The Rev. Craig A. Phillips, Ph.D. In the Gospel of Matthew, we encounter the following difficult saying of Jesus. It is what is often called a “hard saying,” meaning that for the most part it is not something that we who read it want to hear or do....
The Lord likes blue cheese 

The Lord likes blue cheese 

By The Rev. Craig A. Phillips, Ph.D.      Many people are committed to working for God in the church. As they go about the tasks at hand, they hope that they are doing what they call “God’s will.” In my experience, persons on Vestries and other committees of the...
Learning Through Accompaniment

Learning Through Accompaniment

Learning Through Accompaniment: Liberation Theology and Re-entry Communities at Fordham University By Sebastian Budinich When teaching liberation theology to undergraduate students at Fordham University, one of the greatest challenges is bridging the gap between...
God (and Our Neighbors) Are in the Trees

God (and Our Neighbors) Are in the Trees

It is amazing how God reveals himself to us. We never imagined that working to increase the green spaces in our new home, the West End, would be so life-giving. My husband and I started out looking for a way to give back during COVID when we could not volunteer indoors at church as we had done for the past 30 years.