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May 23, 2015 by Aaron Wright
Why I Practice Morning Prayer
Two years ago this morning we were in a delivery room exhausted, a little scared and uncertain of our next move. My wife, Brooke, had gone into labor around 6:00am the day before. We had taken 12 weeks (TWELVE WEEKS!) of birthing classes to prepare us for what we hoped would be an unmedicated, natural […]Archives
June 13, 2014 by Karl Stevens
Learning to Be a New Kind of Artist: A Week at the “Art as a Spiritual Connection” Summer Camp
We’re sitting in the sanctuary of All Saints Church, in a circle of dim light. It’s morning and we’ve finished doing yoga and put the mats away, and now Fabricia is talking. There is a theme for this first day, as there will be for most of the days of the camp – connection and […]Archives
March 17, 2014 by Karl Stevens
Images for Lent
I’ve been creating these images as my Lenten discipline. They’re purely electronic images, although I often take photos of sketches and make them part of the composite. Devin Rodgers and I created a mandala during Fabricia Duell’s workshop at the Play Conference, and photos from the making and unmaking of the mandala provide the background […]Archives
January 6, 2014 by Praxis
7 Minutes of Silence
Sunday, January 19, 2014 @ 7pm St. Luke’s Episcopal Church – 320 Second St. – Marietta Parking via the 3rd Street entrance. Prayer and meditation for the relief of human suffering at home and far away. Solidarity with those who have suffered as a result of wars and civil unrest as well as domestic violence […]Archives
November 7, 2013 by Praxis
The Idea of Rest at the Exodus Retreat
The youth of the diocese went on retreat this past weekend at Procter Camp and Conference Center. Marilee Oldstone Moore, a senior from Christ Episcopal Church in Springfield, was the design team leader, and shaped the retreat around the idea of rest. Rest is something that’s in short supply for students, and it only becomes […]Archives
August 26, 2013 by Karl Stevens