Create ma a story where I'm named Yukio Komori, 19 year old college student.. -I should've left earlier with Yui I'm sorry Yui... I was angry since I was supposed to be at college right now ... Growing up me and Yui gre up in a chruch and he pastor/priest became our father we're both christian mostly catholic dince we both have cross necklaces but Yui has the necklace I have the bracelet, as kids we always went to church but now we both also attend ... I regret every second .. I should've escaped sooner with Yui.. But thanks to my father I'm here . Today was the day we visit the Sakamaki household with our suitcases... Our first encounter was when we saw Ayato on the couch ... Since Laito declares that the prizes will be me and Yui. Shū wins the game and walks off without claiming his prize until Laito pushes me towards him. If only if I knew life was about to get worse.

A personal essay about choosing compassion & communication over withdrawal during times of crisis. Having discovered I have a gift for being connected & hearing a lot of information relatively early, I’m sharing how weekly & monthly updates from various Episcopal ministries (OGR, EMM, Creation Care, etc.) and CMEP updates shape my understanding of neighborliness & why passing along news, resources, and advocacy opportunities has become part of my spiritual and writing practice here & elsewhere. Please subscribe to stay up to date on what I am hearing from the broader Episcopal Church, Anglican Communion, and other ecumenical/interfaith organizations.

In the struggle between the physical and the spiritual, we often mistake our own endurance for our own strength. These two pieces explore the same battle from two different lenses: the prophetic 'big picture' and the raw, first-person testimony of standing under divine protection.

"In the struggle between the physical and the spiritual, we often mistake our own endurance for our own strength. These two pieces explore the same battle from two different lenses: the prophetic 'big picture' and the raw, first-person testimony of standing under divine protection."

This poem comes from Genesis chapter 25. This is how Isaac ended up putting a blessing on his second son Jacob instead of his first son Esau.

Finality of Death Rather Than Conscious Afterlife Experience In preexilic Israel, there was no conception of a future resurrection; death was considered final and people were cut off from the living and from God. According to Psalms 6:5, people in Sheol remember nothing—not even God. This contrasts sharply with New Testament teachings about conscious existence after death, active torment in hell, or reward in heaven. For the Hebrews, returning to dust meant the end of conscious existence.

This poem is written from the perspective of Jesus Christ. I wrote this during my junior year of college.

Looking back at Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King’s last sermon at the National Cathedral through the lens of contemporary Bishops Mariann Budde and Craig Loya towards a future where we are all Beloved Community.

Dr. Charles Palmer, asserts “Everyone is interested in habits in their own lives” or the cycle of habits they experience everyday (American Psychological Association). To be honest, we all deal with the cycle of habits that we don’t like.

Welcome! I hope this story has come across to those who believe in the Lord, or to those that have been curious. This is my story of the first and only time I have experienced urgency sent by the Holy Spirit.

First look at little Bright a young deer just wanting to live a life of thanks to God for every blessing, though the good and hard times. While his Two brothers see no need to be thankful for things they view is of their own will.

The following are the words of the Rt. Rev. Craig Loya, Bishop of the Diocese of Minnesota in the Episcopal Church. Originally given at a Prayer Vigil on13 January 2026, and subsequently posted in full on his Facebook page. They are posted here without editing or comment, except to say “Amen”.

I used to read this parable and think about hearts. Rocky hearts. Thorny hearts. Good soil hearts. Then I started gardening. Now I think about the actual soil. How I’ve planted seeds in ground I didn’t prep and watched them struggle. How weeds have choked out plants I neglected. How the good harvests came from soil I took time to nurture. Jesus used farming metaphors because his audience understood them. They lived it. They knew that good fruit doesn’t come from shortcuts. We’ve lost that connection. But when you work the land, the parables come alive. The Kingdom of God makes more sense with dirt under your nails.

Update and apology on going m.i.a after posting my 1st note. I started a stream, posted 1 note and then didn’t come back. At least that’s how it looked.

Many of the "weird" passages in the Bible (stories of giants, divine beings, cosmic conflict, and the supernatural) tend to be ignored or flattened into allegory because they don't fit neatly into the modern, rationalistic worldview most people inherit. Since Western culture has been shaped by Enlightenment thinking, anything that sounds too supernatural is often treated as symbolic to make it more palatable. On top of that, church traditions sometimes emphasize theological systems that prefer tidy categories, encouraging readers to smooth out passages that are hard to explain. As a result, instead of letting the text speak in its own ancient context, where a divine council, spiritual beings, and cosmic geography were normal, modern interpreters often reinterpret or dismiss these verses to avoid discomfort. Because these supernatural elements aren't taught clearly or taken seriously, our understanding of the Bible ends up incomplete and sometimes distorted.

On the day we celebrate Harriet Bedell, a deaconess of the Episcopal Church (TEC), we remember a woman whose quiet courage opened space for dignity, healing, and hope. From Alaska to the Florida Everglades, Bedell lived as though every person bore the image of God. The story of her life invites us to consider where we, too, are being called to walk with faith and trust. This reflection, the first in our 2026 series Stories That Open Space: Women Who Walked Ahead, explores Bedell’s legacy, spiritual practices shaped by her witness, and the gentle beginning of a year that asks us to listen, to show up, and to make room for holy possibility.

In 2026, we are going to spend a year walking with women who widened the world. Each month, Stories That Open the Way will follow women who made space for courage, hope and holy possibility, as well as exploring spiritual practices inspired by their stories that steady the soul, and ground us in faith. It’s a year for women walking their own path, for becoming, and for making space for the story you’re living now.

Today (5 January) the calendar names three Desert Mothers: Sarah, Theodora, and Syncletica. They lived on the edges of fourth‑ and fifth‑century Christian life, practicing prayer, hospitality, and stubborn attention in quiet places. For busy people, their witness is practical: small, reliable habits that protect interior life and make generosity possible.

Moses wasn't a missionary; he was a refugee. The standard Sunday school narrative suggests a prince of Egypt, steeped in the polytheism of the Nile, fled to a "backward" desert and brought the light of the One True God to nomadic sheep-herders. Text, and the archaeology, shows the exact opposite. Moses didn’t go to the desert to teach; he went to learn. He didn't bring God to the Midianites; the Midianites introduced him to the God of the Mountain.

This is an excellent bible verse because it offers direction in the way the Lord works. It directs the lost and heals the abandoned. To give hope and not superiority.