Cody Bancroft

Icon of St Barnabas he’s holding a scroll wearing a pink tunic and beige cloak he has olive skin and a short dark beard with strong brows.

Today the church remembers St. Barnabas. Happy Wednesday!

Morning Prayer
Psalms 15, 67

Evening Prayer
Psalms 19, 146

Office Readings
Ecclesiasticus 31:3-11
Acts 4:32-37
Job 29:1-16
Acts 9:26-31

blessed is the one against whom the Lord will not reckon sin.”
Romans 4.8 (NRSV)

Love the Lord your God
with all your heart,
and with all your soul,
and with all your strength,
and with all your mind; and
your neighbor as yourself.

#Luke10 #dailyoffice

In her voyage across the ocean of this world, the Church is like a great ship being pounded by the waves of life’s different stresses. Our duty is not to abandon ship but to keep her on her course. ~ St. Boniface (Office of Readings)

A gorgeous Ascension, Ethiopian, ca. 1400

One of the greatest deceptions of our time is the false narrative that we should be more concerned about a poor person misusing the welfare system or an immigrant being here illegally than we are about the ultra wealthy abusing the system and cruel people having unchecked power over all of us.

that your kingdom might be enlarged and that your holy Name might be glorified in all the world; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the same Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Pour out your Holy Spirit, O God, upon your church in every land, that like your servant Boniface we might proclaim the Gospel to all nations,

Saint Boniface drawing print. He’s dressed as a bishop holding a cross staff, a sward through a book, and another thing that resembles a baton with ribbons (lol I dunno what that is?!)

Happy Thursday, the church remembers St. Boniface.

Morning Prayer
Psalm 105:1-22

Evening Prayer
Psalm 105:23-45

Office Readings
Ezekiel 18:1-4, 19-32
Hebrews 7:18-28
Luke 10:25-37

Icon of Frances Perkins frame reads “Social Justice is part of the implication of loving thy neighbor” the across she holds says “I come to Washington to work for God, FDR, and the millions of plain forgotten working men.”

Happy Tuesday. Today the Episcopal Church remembers Frances Perkins, a social reformer and faithful Episcopalian.

Morning Prayer
Psalm 45

Evening Prayer
Psalms 47, 48

Office Readings
Wisdom of Solomon 3:1-9
Colossians 1:15-23
Luke 6:12-26

“Grace is always ‘despite’ and not ‘because of’ the human condition. God’s gracious action is never ‘consequently’ but always ‘nevertheless.’ It is life from the dead and the justification of the ungodly not the reward of the righteous.” — Karl Barth

Been on a Robert Capon, Karl Barth, Emil Brunner, Gerhard Forde kick lately.

Hyper Legalism > Hyper Grace? No. - Stephen D. Morrison Is Hyper Grace an issue? Perhaps. But is it a bigger issue than Hyper Legalism? No way! Article by Stephen D Morrison

Been looking into the modern grace movement and came across this wonderful blog post by Stephen D. Morrison:

www.sdmorrison.org/hyper-legali...

YouTube video by Ecumenical Patriarchate - Οικουμενικό Πατριαρχείο Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew for the election of the new Pope Leo XIV - 8 May 2025

Orthobros: Ecumenism is heresy!

The Ecumenical Patriarch:

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“We must know how to listen—not to judge, not to shut doors as if we hold all the truth and no one else has anything to offer (5-11-25)." #PopeLeoXIV

St. Francis said “preach the gospel at all times; use words when necessary” to emphasize the proclamatory, evangelical value of acts of mercy and charity, not to denigrate the value of verbal proclamation. In order to preach the gospel at all times, it is necessary to use words.

"To move aside so that Christ may remain, to make oneself small so that he may be known and glorified, to spend oneself to the utmost so that all may have the opportunity to know and love him. May God grant me this grace, today and always." #PopeLeo

Two mallards swim on a reflecting pond.

A large willow tree spreads its branches in a field of dormant spring grasses. The leaves on the willow are palest green and new.

A small white-tailed deer looks at the viewer from the edge of a field.

God’s soul is the wind rustling plants and leaves, the dew dancing on the grass, the rainy breezes making everything grow.
—Hildegard of Bingen

Painting: Julian of Norwich

'Just as our contrariness here on earth brings us pain, shame and sorrow, so grace brings us surpassing comfort, glory, and bliss in heaven … And that shall be a property of blessed love, that we shall know in God, which we might never have known without first experiencing woe' (Julian of Norwich)

Ut Unum Sint!

Just got back from an emotional ecumenical Good Friday service put together by local UCC, UMC, and PCUSA congregations. Truly love when churches do this. There will be another one tonight put on by local ABCUSA, Free Methodist, Church of the Nazarene, and Assemblies of God congregations.

Good morning good people.

The Future of Hell Part I: That This Doctrine Developed

From Massa Damnata to a Hopeful Universalism

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Baptismal unity: Anglican and Lutheran leaders commit to unity and common mission Highlights of first ecumenical summit include new initiatives for deepening communion between Anglicans and Lutherans (LWI) – Lutheran and Anglican church leaders from countries across the globe met t...

Lutheran and Anglican church leaders came together recently in Amman to renew their baptismal vows and commit themselves to closer cooperation in mission and shared witness. This was the first summit of the Anglican-Lutheran International Commission on Unity and Mission (ALICUM).

#LutheranWorld

Good morning, good people of Bluesky.

Of ourselves we had no power to live, nor did he [Christ] of himself have the power to die. In other words, he performed the most wonderful exchange with us. Through us, he died; through him, we shall live. ~ St. Augustine (Office of Readings)

Kings were anointed on their heads by the authority of priests and prophets. But this King is anointed on his feet by a friend, and a woman, this King who will reign crucified from the throne of the Cross, forever subverting what humans think they know about power and authority.

Theology 101: In Christ we are forgiven for everything we shouldn’t be but are...and given everything we should have but don’t.

Just a reminder that observing Holy Week is an act of resistance. Worshipping Jesus as King is resistance. Washing each other's feet is resistance. Weeping at the cross is resistance. Rejoicing at the empty tomb is resistance. Christ is Lord, which means Caesar is not.

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