The Relief of Forgiveness
Have you ever met someone and, for reasons you can’t place, immediately decided they were annoying?
Have you ever met someone and, for reasons you can’t place, immediately decided they were annoying?
As part of the One Thousand Days of Love campaign, Episcopal Relief & Development is offering a simple way for churches and parents to think beyond candy and stickers by adding some empathy and gratitude to this year’s Easter egg hunts.
For the past eight weeks, my home base has been designated the Special Pathogens Unit of the hospital, which delivers vital care for hospitalized patients infected with COVID-19.
As a Generation X woman, working mother, clergy spouse, and people pleaser, I’ve often felt the “damned if we do, damned if we don’t” pull inside myself.
Born a member of the Ojibwe people in Canada, Enmegahbowh’s name means “he who prays for his people while standing.”
When I volunteered to donate a kidney, I wasn’t expecting a cancer diagnosis. I also wasn’t expecting such an outpouring of compassion.
I’ve never been the kind of person on whom a bird would perch. But there’s much more to St. Francis than that.