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THE LIVING CHURCH is published by the Living Church Foundation. Our historic mission in the Episcopal Church and the Anglican Communion is to seek and serve the Catholic and evangelical faith of the one Church, to the end of visible Christian unity throughout the world. Over a million people have now participated in The Bible Challenge.

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director of EMM. “Demetrio’s been doing this a long time,” Stevenson told TLC. “There will not be a beat skipped Nov. 1-2 in the work of EMM.” When President Trump introduced Anglo-Catholic Roots II: Is Christ a travel ban and moratorium on Divided? Full Visible Unity refugee resettlement during his first A conference at Church of the week in office, it threatened the very Advent, Boston, MA existence of EMM, which receives most of its funding from the federal government based on the number of refugees it resettles. Stevenson A refugee is defined by EMM as “a person who has fled his or her home its contracts with them. The termi- Dec. 8 country due to a well-founded fear of nated affiliates are still working with St. Augustine of Hippo as Catechist persecution based on religion, race, other resettlement agencies, but EMM nationality or membership to a social no longer has access to them. A Study Day at St. Anne’s Episcopal or political group.” Refugees are dis- The U.S. Department of State had Church, Atlanta, GA tinct from immigrants who came to ordered that resettlement organiza- the United States to seek employment tions can be affiliated with only one of or to reunite with family. the nine national agencies. This meant EMM, which is wholly operated by that some of the other national agen- the Episcopal Church, is one of nine cies turned over their refugee flow to agencies in the United States that for EMM, so “we have the same capacity Jan. 17-25, 2019 decades have worked with the federal over those 14 sites that we had over the Christian Unity in Rome: government to resettle all refugees 30 sites in 2016.” Anglican Ecclesiology entering the country. But capacity is not the same as actual and Ecumenism The agency has always been carried resettlement, and EMM will fall far on the church’s annual budget as a short of its 2016 caseload when the cur- Rome study tour and pilgrimage break-even operation. EMM staff rent federal fiscal year ends on Sept. 1. Anglican Centre in Rome members are employees of the Epis- The nearly 6,000 refugees EMM reset- and environs copal Church, but their compensation tled in 2016 were part of a nationwide and all costs of the programs are nor- cohort of nearly 85,000. Stevenson mally covered by the per capita income declined to provide specific data for generated by resettled refugees. EMM for this year, but said the nation- In February 2017, the Executive wide total will be less than 22,000, and Council provided $500,000 in emer- EMM’s decline will be roughly propor- Visit the gency funding to keep the agency tionate. Calendar of Events afloat, as EMM scrambled to minimize The lost relationships with affiliates at livingchurch.org/tlci the need for cutbacks in its national also means “you lose infrastructure, to register and learn more. network of resettlement partners. you lose the brain trust within all of Or see Upcoming Events EMM was responsible for resettling those organizations,” Stevenson said. on the Living Church Institute’s nearly 6,000 refugees in 2016, working “We had 30 different sites; if we had an Facebook page. with its 30 affiliates in 23 states. The issue with a refugee or refugee family affiliates, which are independent that we needed help in one location, we 501c(3) organizations, do the day-to- had other locations to go to for that day work of directly resettling refugees assistance.” and integrating them into American Stevenson is a passionate advocate society. for refugees and for EMM. “There are Today there are only 14 affiliates. a lot of things America does well, there Stevenson explained that the others are a lot of things we don’t do well,” he were not closed, but EMM terminated said. “One of the things that we do well

6 THe LIVInG CHURCH • september 2, 2018 is refugee resettlement. ... We do it institutions are expected to sign up. In Tasmania, where the plan was inexpensively, we do it effectively, we The plan recommended the payments approved by the state government in do it efficiently.” He said he was be capped at $200,000 (U.S. $150,000) May, the prospect of this sale has speaking not just about EMM, but per person. proved especially dramatic. The about the entire national resettlement There has been work on funding Bishop of Tasmania surprised many in infrastructure. redress payments for some time — the April when he announced the likely As an example, he cited the work Diocese of Adelaide, for example, bor- sale of nearly half the church’s proper- EMM does with its affiliates to help rowed $8 million to fund earlier pay- ties, which he said would affect “every refugees acclimate to their new home, outs, and has paid back the money parish in the diocese.” providing cultural orientation and, if through cost-cutting. Not surprisingly, when the story hit necessary, job training and English- But under the new national redress the news, it was billed as “churches to language instruction. plan, previous claimants will be enti- be sold to fund redress.” But Bishop Of the refugees who take part in the tled to have their claims reassessed. acclimation program, 84 percent are (Continued on next page) self-sufficient after six months — “a phenomenal statistic,” Stevenson said. Stevenson’s new position became Saint Francis was founded for children at risk available in May when his predecessor, who needed a safe, loving place to call home. the Rev. Canon Michael Buerkel Hunn, was elected Bishop of the Rio Grande. Today, we continue our mission, to provide The diocese encompasses New Mexico and the El Paso region of Texas. Hunn’s healing and hope to children and families consecration is scheduled for Nov. 9 in under our new name, Saint Francis Ministries Albuquerque. (formerly Saint Francis Community Services). Stevenson said that although EMM’s work is not as hectic as it was in early 2017, there is still a lot of uncertainty. Speaking metaphorically, he said “this equation has far too many variables and not enough constants for us to solve.” But, he added, “there’s also certainty in the system. The certainty is that we are changing lives for the better, and we are saving lives, each and every day.” CLOVER HOUSE INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT FOSTER CARE & ADOPTION FOSTERING IN FAITH MIGRATION MINISTRIES Australian Church FAMILY PRESERVATION EQUESTRIAN THERAPY Faces Fire Sale BRIDGEWAY & CHESHIRE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH INDEPENDENT LIVING THE SAINT FRANCIS FOUNDATION Nearly half of Tasmanian churches could be sold as Embracing the Episcopal tradition of service, our programs honor sacrifice to redress abuse. the inherent dignity and worth of every person we serve. SaintFrancisMinistries.org | 1-800-898-4896 By Robyn Douglass, with reporting by John Martin

There will be a fire sale of church property as Australian churches prepare to make financial payouts in the wake of a royal commission into sexual abuse in institutions. While there have already been many payments of redress to victims of clergy and church workers, the commission recommended a national plan of redress to which all states and all

september 2, 2018 • THe LIVInG CHURCH 7 properties that will be sold, and it said of property, and are keen to receive news september 2, 2018 it would welcome expressions of their input,” he said. | interest from local government or Responses may be offered under two Australian Church community groups interested in categories: proposals to retain a (Continued from previous page) keeping buildings in local hands. The building as a church or to transfer final decision will likely be made by ownership to a community group. Richard Condie had stressed the story the diocesan council in December. The parishes will keep a percentage was not about the sale, but the church’s “The response of committed Angli- of the proceeds of any sales, the bishop “commitment to justice, recognition, cans has so far been one of grace and added. As with all sales, 25 percent will and support of survivors through pro- understanding,” Bishop Condie told support the diocese’s new ministry viding redress.” TLC. “Naturally, there are some fund. It was a sacrifice the church is smaller church communities who are Tasmania is not the only diocese that required to make, the bishop said. feeling unsure about what the future may need to flog assets. Melbourne’s “Making redress payments ensures a might hold for them.” Archbishop Philip Freier flagged the measure of restorative justice, as the He said parishes will be able to make probable sale of church property at the institution acknowledges that the abuse submissions on properties which diocesan synod in October. He said the occurred. Redress that allows for the should be exempt. Parishes and com- church already set aside $6.8 million, institution to formally apologize to sur- munities were originally given until but the best advice suggested that vivors is an expression of that justice.” September to offer this feedback, but figure would need to be doubled — The Tasmanian synod met in June, the deadline has since been extended. likely to between $14 million and $21 greenlighting a proposal that the $8 Condie said the extension will allow million. million redress fund be met by parish more time for community groups to Archbishop Freier told the synod funds, diocesan trusts, and the sale of consider their options. that meeting the sum will require up to 108 properties. The diocese is “We welcome community members’ “either the sale of property or loan currently involved in identifying the input in our decisions around the sale funds or a combination of both.” EYEWITNESS Church Fights and the Hope of Worship at GAFCON 2018

By Esau McCaulley reform it. I had a vision of Anglicanism that I almost wept. that I never experienced, a hypothesis I noticed the women first. The Church fights are necessary but dan- of diversity and orthodoxy in one fel- Nigerian, Ugandan, Rwandan, and gerous. When the faith is threatened, lowship. It was a warm comfort on cold Kenyan women arrived draped in a dig- any aspect of it, those tasked with nights, a blanket to shield me from the nified parade of color that made my teaching the faith must contend for the chill of disappointment. That vision heart smile. It felt like a Christian truth of Christianity as they under- become flesh during GAFCON 2018. I Wakanda. Then came the bishops and stand it. Those who are taught the faith walked into the lobby of Jerusalem’s the men in African dress, especially the must make sure that the things that International Conference Center and choir. So much swagger, so much pride. they have been taught are true. We all it was so gloriously black and brown (Continued on next page) have our responsibilities. I was not blessed to come into the Church, at least the Anglican branch of it, during a time of peace. Two fights have defined my time as an Anglican. There is the worldwide Anglican debate about the nature of marriage, and there is the smaller fight in the United States for space for people of color in orthodox Anglican settings. I did not choose either battle; they chose me. Both battles come from my reading of Scripture. The same Bible that from Genesis to Revelation sees marriage of a union between a man and woman as something reflective of God’s love for Israel and later Christ’s love for the Church also speaks of the vision of the varied ethnicities of the world worshiping around the throne of the Messiah. Both teachings have brought criticism and alienation from different sectors of the church. They have also brought real spiritual danger. Self-righteousness lurks around every corner. There is the temptation to believe that I have the perfect mix of biblical faithfulness and justice while my oppo- nents on the left and right do not read the Bible correctly. More than that it is bitterness that crouches at the doorway. The cost that I and others bear as people of color in the Anglican Church in North America is the unseen wound bleeding on the floor of North American Angli- canism. Ask black bishops. Ask clergy. Then there is the work, the unending feeling of responsibility to be both prophetic and responsible. Push, but not too hard. We grow tired. The danger, then, in the battle for North American Anglicanism is that one might lose the beauty of what drew us here in the attempt to protect or

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Have you ever finally sat down to eat and realized how hungry you were? Have you ever ended a run feeling good, until the fatigue washed over you, and you realized that you had pushed your body too far? I did not know how tired this battle for a diverse and orthodox Anglicanism had made me until I had a taste of it. I wished that they would have canceled the plenary talks and let the choir sing as long as the Lord tarried. years ago, I sat in an Episcopal chapel in Sewanee, Tennessee, thinking that Worship at GAFCON Church of Nigeria photo this liturgy is beautiful. If only they could add some soul to it, then it would but a respite, that I would return to my us who love the Anglican way and the become the eschaton I anticipated. The country and province. I knew that the Anglican Communion, June 22 mat- worship of GAFCON 2018 had that same struggles would await me there. tered because GAFCON issued a com- soul. But true worship is an encounter with muniqué (bit.ly/GAFCON2018Letter) I am grateful for the Nigerians, the living God. This encounter changes that addressed many issues facing the Kenyans, Ugandans, Australians, and us and infuses us with sufficient hope Communion. Malawians gathered in Jerusalem for to help us carry on a little further. So I Those who have followed Anglican helping me remember that our struggle will continue to struggle, but I will do events in the last decade or so will know is not just against something. It is for so with joy because I have seen it. A that no one letter or encyclical will something beautiful. When I became diverse orthodox Anglicanism, is not determine the future of the church. an Anglican, I was told that there was just coming; it is here. Statements prompt other statements this global fellowship of believers from ... and actions will provoke reactions and every tribe, tongue, and nation, but it For most Christians in the United States, the wheels will go round and round. But was a concept, an idea. Now I have wit- June 22 was another Friday. Even for some statements are more important nessed the nations gathered. many Episcopalians and Anglicans, the than others. The statement coming out I knew that week in Jerusalem was day passed without note. But for those of of the emergency Primates’ Meeting in 2003 is known for its warning that the impending consecration of Gene Robinson would “tear the fabric of the Communion at its deepest level.” The primates’ communiqué from Dar es Salaam in 2007 is significant both for what it said and for the unwill- ingness of the Communion’s governing bodies to follow through on this prescription for healing our fractured body. What GAFCON said on June 22 may prove lasting or it may not. Only Cottonpatch Designs history can tell us that. But given the Custom Liturgical Design stakes that may be in play, it is instruc- cottonpatch-designs.com tive to reflect on how GAFCON pro- 512.426.4175 duces a communiqué that can influence the future of the Communion. Historically GAFCON has been led by a council consisting of primates who commit themselves to the Jerusalem Declaration. This year it has expanded Vestments | Paraments | Bannerss [email protected] its network of influence to include a

10 THe LIVInG CHURCH • september 2, 2018 council of advisers. This council con- listened to plenary talks, participated and right. Those who love the Com- sists of three members from each in Bible studies and prayer groups, and munion should pray for the discern- branch and province of GAFCON attended breakout sessions and net- ment of all who lead a significant por- (bishops, clergy, and laity). This council work meetings. Thus, they used the tion of the Anglican family. was created at the behest of the prima- conference to form the communiqué. tial council, which saw the need for The first draft was approved by the pri- The Rev. Esau McCaulley, assistant pro- more involvement by provinces’ branches, mates and then read to the gathered fessor of New Testament and early and to allow for more continuity when assembly. Christianity at Northeastern Seminary, primates retire. This council of advice, Then each region met to discuss and reported on GAFCON 2018 for with the primatial council, will form a respond to the draft. These responses Covenant and TLC. synodical council that will guide were taken back to the drafting com- GAFCON. The chairman of this synod mittee, which produced a final draft, will be the chairman of the primates’ which the primates reviewed. The final Haiti council. It was left to each province to text drew enthusiastic approval. choose the membership of the council The steps seemed very communal. ‘Electoral Coup D’état’ of advice. Although the size of the delegations Before GAFCON 2018 began, the and the relative number of Anglicans Results of the Diocese of Haiti’s June primatial council approved a commu- in each province varied, no one dele- episcopal election are being challenged niqué-drafting committee that would gation had more say than the others. and the process leading to an investi- meet during the conference. Nothing Responses from Nigeria or Uganda did gation has begun. was written in advance. The stated not have more inherent weight than News of the challenge broke during purpose of this delay was to listen to those of South America or the United General Convention in Austin. The the Holy Spirit as the people of God Kingdom. House of Bishops received word of the gathered in prayer and Bible study to The Archbishop of Canterbury challenge July 9 in an announcement discern the course the movement (coincidentally or providentially) by the Rt. Rev. Todd Ousley, Bishop for should take. asked for Anglicans to pray for Pastoral Development. Upon hearing the This committee represented dif- GAFCON shortly after the draft was news, the House of Bishops promptly ferent regions of GAFCON. Members read to the assembly. This was good (Continued on next page)

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september 2, 2018 • THe LIVInG CHURCH 11 and available at bit.ly/TLCHaitiVote, selection process of delegates, system- news september 2, 2018 paints a grim picture of church leader- atic refusal to take into account the | ship in Haiti, with a litany of concerns objections of clergy and laity wanting Haiti about the election. Signed by 16 priests to place the diocese on the right path, (Continued from previous page) and 26 laypeople, it says that “total intimidation of people who openly chaos” emerged after an April 2017 expressed their disagreement with the went into executive session for “pas- covenant of reconciliation was reached actions of the Bishop, bribes or tenta- toral conversations.” between Curry, Duracin, and Suf- tive to bribe lay delegates and finally, “There has been some measure of fragan Bishop Ogé Beauvoir. the election of a candidate whose controversy within the election process This covenant was meant to resolve moral and ethical character must be in the Diocese of Haiti,” Bishop Ousley conflict between the diocese’s two questioned, if he has allowed himself to said. “We are moving into an objection bishops and division among the clergy, be used in such as masquerade.” of the election process.” all of which boiled over into Title III The eight-page document outlines The Very Rev. Joseph Kerwin Del- and Title IV investigations. Signatories specific events and data related to these icat was elected June 2 as bishop coad- demand the election be declared null charges, claiming that the covenant jutor. Delicat serves as dean of Holy and void. merely strengthened Duracin’s posi- Trinity Cathedral in Port-au-Prince, The contestation alleges that instead tion in the diocese. “Supported by his and the Rt. Rev. Jean Zaché Duracin of reconciliation, the result has been gang, he did not attempt any reunifica- has served as bishop since 1994. “refusal to recognize that the diocese tion, pacification, or reconciliation. “The presiding bishop has received has been in crisis and to work on a While admitting his wrongdoings notification of contestation of the elec- process of reconciliation (violation of abroad, it is a belligerent and vindictive tion,” Ousley said. the covenant), manipulation of ordi- bishop who has developed a strategy Mary Frances Schjonberg of Episcopal nations to inflate the number of clergy for an electoral coup d’état that exceeds News Service reported that on July 17 and create a majority in favor of a can- what is done in secular politics.” Curry asked the Province II Court of didate, elimination of all candidates Among the most explosive charges Review to convene as a fact-finding com- likely to question the management and in the document: that efforts to mission and prepare a report on allega- morality of the current administration, commit fraud included refusal to grant tions contained in the contestation. canonical violations, plotting to voting badges, the presence of armed The document, obtained by TLC commit fraud, irregularities in the police officers at the convention hall and grounds for the first time, attempts at bribery, and forms of intimidation. “We live in a country where the level of corruption and the corruption index are among the highest in the world. However, the church and her ministers must be above all suspicion,” the pro- testers wrote. “We should have been the salt of Haitian society. Unfortu- nately, the fraudulent election of June 2, 2018, only takes our church away from its mission in a society ruined by corruption and impunity.” The ordination and consecration service is scheduled for Jan. 5, 2019. G. Jeffrey MacDonald and Matthew Townsend Appeal amid ‘Sudden, Severe Drought’

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Registration opens 10/1 Visit wwwwww.endowedparishes.org..endowedparishes.org. See you in Boston! Leeds must review salaries, make staff by investments. news september 2, 2018 redundant, and close its pension pro- Nevertheless, there was criticism of | gram has triggered a national debate. decisions made during the merger of Drought Leeds is the Church of England’s the three dioceses. There are claims, (Continued from page 12) youngest diocese, formed in 2014 from for instance, that the diocese could the amalgamation of the dioceses of make significant savings by decreasing Aid for relief work in the north and Bradford, Ripon and Leeds, and Wake- support for its cathedrals in Bradford, west of the state in what is said to be the field. It comprises 460 parishes and 356 Ripon, and Wakefield. worst drought in the region since 1900. paid clergy. John Martin Estimates say 99 percent of the state There was a shortfall in parishes’ is under drought. The state govern- support of the diocese last year. A plan ment has launched a relief package to to redress an unsustainable £3 million Ecuador Litoral Election assist farmers. Emergency feed for live- deficit includes making 14 staff redun- stock is reportedly being sold for dant and closing the pension program. Cristobal León Lozano was elected $12,000 per truckload. The diocese employs 110 people. bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of “The suddenness of this drought has The situation in this North york- Ecuador Litoral on Aug. 4. He will suc- caught many by surprise,” said the Rev. shire diocese has prompted another ceed to the Rt. Rev. Alfredo Morante Brian Kirk, vicar general of the Diocese northern bishop, the Rt. Rev. Philip España, who has been the diocesan of Armidale. He has asked church North, Suffragan Bishop of Burnley (in bishop for 23 years. people to pray for rain, for farming the Diocese of Blackburn), to call for León was elected in the first ballot families, and businesses in rural com- wealthier dioceses to pay more toward taken during the electoral assembly munities, and that people will not lose the costs of poorer dioceses. held at the Cathedral Church of Christ faith in God because of the crisis. He said Church of England funding the King [Cristo Rey] in Guayaquil. Church members provide food and for dioceses amounts to a “postcode The two others nominated are also clothing vouchers, and give pastoral lottery,” adding that there is a “shocking archdeacons in the diocese: the Rev. support. Churches are seeking volun- disparity” between dioceses. The situa- Canon. Gina Angulo of the Los Rios teers to offer help with farm chores. tion in Leeds, he said, is “a symptom of Area, and the Rev. Canon Jerónimo John Martin a much deeper financial and institu- Álava of the Santa Elena Area. tional sickness.” ENS But the Rt. Rev. Nick Baines, Bishop Help for Leeds? of Leeds, dismissed the ideas of his Colorado Nominations fellow bishop as nonsense. Other Should financially stable dioceses step senior clergy said that many southern The Episcopal Church in Colorado has help those that need more funds? An dioceses faced challenges to achieve announced three nominees in the announcement that the Diocese of self-sufficiency without being buffered search for its 11th bishop: • The Rev. Kimberly D. Lucas, rector, St. Margaret’s Church, Washington, D.C. • The Rev. Canon Michael Pipkin, TREVORR FLVOTREFLFLOYD OYD & COCOMPANYANYMP missioner for missional management, www.trevorfloyd.comwww.trevorfloyd.com Episcopal Church in Minnesota, Min- neapolis • The Rev. Canon Ruth Woodliff- Examples of our full custom work abilities Stanley, canon to the ordinary, Epis- copal Church in Colorado, Denver

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14 THe LIVInG CHURCH • september 2, 2018 25-story private hospital on part of the projected floor area of 46,659 square priesthood in 1944. Florence Li Tim- site occupied by Bishop’s House. meters, with 90 parking spaces, 293 Oi was a deaconess stationed in the Critics of the church say this project beds, and 12 operating theaters. The territory of Macau, which was cut off shows the church is more interested in heritage-listed Bishop’s House, St. from the outside world by Japanese property than matters of faith. Paul’s Church, and the Church Guest forces. Thought he was not a cam- Plans have been forming since Feb- House would be preserved — but paigner for women in the priesthood, ruary 2017. The seven-story Hong critics point out the new edifice would Bishop R.O. Hall decided the only way Kong Central Hospital stood on the tower over them. to provide eucharistic ministry in site until September 2012. Ridley “The church just wants to do some- Macau was to ordain Li Tim-Oi. House and Alford House, formerly thing good for society — there is a lot British rule in Hong Kong ended in home to some church employees, also of misunderstanding,” Koon said. The 1997 and the territory reverted to Chi- stand empty. hospital, he said, would operate as a nese control. There was an agreement At the helm of many of the diocesan non-profit agency and subsidies will that while Hong Kong would form part property projects is the Rev. Canon be sought for patients who cannot of a singular country, it would retain Peter Koon Ho-ming, provincial secre- afford treatment. the existing economic and political tary general of the Hong Kong Sheng The church has been at the heart of template of “One country, two sys- Kung Hui. Before ordination he the Hong Kong establishment for 170 tems.” worked in a family property company years. It worked closely with the British John Martin based in Shanghai. “Now I develop the colonial government. The first chap- Kingdom of God,” Koon told the South lain, the Rev. Vincent Stanton, secured Jacob Worley Called China Morning Post. a prime parcel of property and The church sought the closure of the founded St. John’s Cathedral in 1849 to Fort Worth former hospital because a large and a school, St. Paul’s College, in 1851. number of abortions were carried out It is now part of a heritage site in the The Rev. Jacob Worley, who was there. “If the abortion is not necessary heart of Hong Kong and began a 999- turned away from becoming the on purely medical reasons, we object,” year lease granted in Victorian times. Anglican Church of Canada’s Bishop he told the Post. Hong Kong ordained the Anglican of the Diocese of Caledonia [TLC, June The planned high-rise hospital has a Communion’s first woman in the (Continued on page 17)

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long the U.S.-Mexico border in West Texas, diocese’s 800-mile border with Mexico cry out for attention people accustomed to being largely invisible and action, said the Rev. Paul Moore, chair of Borderland are trying extra hard to go unnoticed these Ministries’ board and rector of Church of the Good days. In a time of stepped-up border patrols, Shepherd in Silver City, New Mexico. Yet raising awareness Hispanics reportedly dare not travel even 45 of a largely hidden people and their plights is no easy task, minutes to the nearest shopping area. Checkpoints to the especially when the beneficiaries would rather lay low than Anorth are seen as too risky. command attention. “A number of the Hispanic families get really nervous, With anxiety high and needs intensifying among the even the ones that are here legally,” said the Rev. Michael vulnerable, Borderland Ministries is now taking steps to Wallens, vicar of St. Paul’s Church in Marfa, Texas. “It’s hard develop its diocesan ministry into a national network. To for them to be comfortable, so they’d rather stay south of that end, the group hosted an exhibit booth at General the border checkpoints.” Convention for the first time this year. This world of people trying to lay low along the border “We want to branch out and raise funds across the has become a mission field for Rio Grande Borderland Episcopal Church,” Moore said. He hopes Presiding Ministries, a five-year-old outreach of the Diocese of the Rio Bishop Michael Curry will continue to call attention to Grande. To keep pace with growing needs for everything border issues, just as he did during General Convention by from household goods to pastoral care, the ministry has speaking at a rally outside an Immigration and Customs recently expanded from one site in Columbus, New Mexico, Enforcement facility for women. to include two more. One is based at St. Christopher’s To help boost visibility for border ministries, the Diocese Church in El Paso, the other at St. Paul’s in Marfa. of the Rio Grande will host a Border Ministries Summit Nov. But a challenging irony surrounds this Borderland 16-18 in El Paso. Participants will visit border communities, work. An array of unjust and immoral conditions along the learn about Episcopal ministries along the 2,000-mile

Communities from both sides of the border gathered May 12 in the Rio Grande to celebrate Holy Eucharist, offered by two priests. Stewart Warren photos border, and hear a keynote talk by former Presiding Bishop Vez, a Borderland Ministries-supported thrift store. Each Katherine Jefferts Schori. Six dioceses on both sides of the patron pays little or nothing, depending on the level of border have been invited to make presentations about their need. ministries. Organizers hope people from other regions will Just as Borderland Ministries is ramping up visibility, feel a stake and want to attend. however, hurdles for doing so are increasing. Staying in “People are seeing the impact around the country” contact with those in need is tougher. And championing as migrants make their way to points north including the cause involves explaining, again and again, how this Canada, said Borderland Ministries Project Director Susan work is about doing what is morally right. It’s not about Hutchins. “It’s not just a border issue.” encouraging or being indifferent toward lawlessness. But raising awareness can nonetheless be an uphill climb. That crime is rife along the border surprises no one. The Moore cites an Immigration and Naturalization Service largest industry in the area is the drug trade, Hutchins said, (INS) detention facility that was located in Artesia, New most notably the importation of illegal marijuana from Mexico. Borderland Ministries tried to spread the word Mexico. Illegal border crossings are common too. A border about substandard conditions observed inside when local wall near Columbus is routinely surmounted, she said, with Episcopalians and Roman Catholics visited to provide a simple ladder and rope. pastoral care. However, INS took steps to reduce access, Those involved in Borderland Ministries say they which halted the flow of information for a time, according understand why some potential donors might be leery of to Moore. assisting lawbreakers. But, they explain, the focus is on “In the detention center, they began to [say], Well, you providing for basic human needs wherever they exist. need to meet these requirements before you can get in,” Moore No one asks about citizenship status when young mothers, said. “And then the big thing was that they moved the whole children, and elders line up for the monthly distribution of thing. INS moved the detention center to Dilley, Texas. So more than 10,000 pounds of food in Columbus. As more we’ve tried to push information over to the Diocese of West than 600 people are served, Hutchins said she sees the most Texas about what’s going on.” vulnerable lining up, not able-bodied men, drug dealers, or He also stresses the challenge of addressing poverty violent criminals. conditions on both sides of the border. In Palomas, At regional detention centers, the focus is on ensuring Mexico, Hutchins brings food and clothing to elders. She basic needs are met and rights are upheld. Many are not in calls regularly on a family of seven (the only man is an the United States illegally because they have come seeking elderly grandfather) that lives in a makeshift shack beside asylum, which is not a crime. One common claim: we a cemetery. will be killed by gangs if we are deported back to Central “They have no electricity, no shower, no toilets,” Hutchins America. said. “We tried to get electricity to them. There’s a pole right Borderland Ministries amplifies what other ministry there. But the electric company said they didn’t exist.” groups observe when they make pastoral visits at detention In Terilinguas, Texas, strong demand for food, clothing, centers. If basic needs or rights are visibly denied, housewares, and hygiene products brings the needy to Otra (Continued on next page)

September 2, 2018 • THE LIVING CHURCH 19 Borderlands and all-terrain vehicles. (Continued from previous page) Some of the challenges to keeping up with clientele have more to do with weather than politics. In the Terilinguas Borderland Ministries helps spread the word among area, temperatures can top 100 degrees around the clock supportive Episcopal congregations in Santa Fe, Taos, and in mid-summer. Episcopal priests would normally Albuquerque. celebrate the Eucharist at a local chapel that has no lights, Organizers hope Borderland Ministries can develop no electricity, and no bathrooms, but blazing summer into a national network to support what has thus far been conditions prevent a congregation from gathering there. funded almost entirely by the Diocese of the Rio Grande, “In the summer, it’s just too hot to have any sort of which puts about $55,000 into the work each year. The worship in that space,” Wallens said. vision, Moore said, is to bolster the ministry For all the challenges, however, Borderland to the point that it does advocacy like it is Ministries has been finding ways to bring done in the Diocese of Arizona and Diocese people together. Last year and again this of San Diego. year, the group seized an opportunity on the “What we’ve found is that if we know of a Saturday closest to May 10, which is Mother’s court date of a person seeking asylum and a Day in Mexico, to take part in a one-day bunch of people show up in support of the hiatus when Border Patrol disappears around asylum seeker, the judge is more likely to Lajitas, Mexico. grant it than if we don’t,” Moore said. “So the The hiatus allows communities, including churches are gathering people to be in the families divided by the border, to come courts, especially in San Diego and Arizona.” together for Voices from Both Sides, an event Meanwhile in the general population, that includes speakers, music, and a festival growing numbers of people have “gone atmosphere. Two priests from Borderland underground,” Moore said, out of fear that Ministries celebrated a bilingual Eucharist at run-ins with Border Patrol could lead to raids, a shallow spot in the middle of the Rio Grande which could cause problems for relatives or Susan Hutchins photo River, where waders could easily transport friends. In other words, the person stopped at a checkpoint elders in small boats. The Eucharist heightened visibility might have legal status, but law enforcement follow-up for the cause, Moore said, even if some beneficiaries of the might spell trouble for others in the community. ministry might prefer to keep laying low. Adding to the sense of anxiety is an increased border “Political divisions do not divide the people of God,” security presence. In Columbus, where it used to be Moore said. “Whether you’re on that side or this side, it common to see three road vehicles patrolling regularly a doesn’t matter. We are one in Christ. The imaginary line few years ago, today’s count is closer to 12, Hutchins said. down the middle of the river is exactly that — it has no Other signs include more frequent patrols by helicopters meaning when it comes to faith.” o

20 THE LIVING CHURCH • September 2, 2018 Finding Hope in a World of Optimism By Matthew Kemp

distinctly remember sitting in my undergraduate pared for the worst possible outcome? I do not intend to rain class on medieval philosophy when we were dis- on every parade, but it just seems naïve, even foolish, to cussing the ethics of St. Thomas Aquinas. I com- operate on the assumption that things will turn out well. mented that I did not share the author’s optimism Some would call this pessimism, I might prefer sober regarding human nature. This remark earned me an realism, but it is certainly not optimism. Iunexpected rebuke from my professor, who informed me When my skepticism showed itself in my college philos- that, for a Christian, it was hope, not optimism, that drove ophy class, it forced me to do some soul-searching. If hope Aquinas’s vision. is a Christian virtue, should I be so quick to ask critical I have since given much thought to this exchange, and to questions? Is it not commendable to look for the best in a what exactly such a distinction implies. In some ways, our situation? Is it in fact “more Christian” to be an optimist everyday speech tends to employ hope and optimism more than a pessimist? or less interchangeably. Upon closer examination, however, yet the way my professor distinguished the two terms there does seem to be a certain variation in connotation, by implied not only a difference between them, but even the no means universal, in which optimism can imply a rea- opposite characterization from our colloquial usage: opti- sonable confidence (I am optimistic about my team’s chances mism can be naïve, but Christian hope grasps reality. This of winning), whereas hope may express little more than a is certainly the way that St. Thomas talks about hope. While wish or desire (I hope that you come to my party). natural hope takes as its object “a future good which is dif- In contemporary American culture, we tend to gravitate ficult to obtain, yet possible” (ST 2-2.1.7.1), hope as a theo- toward optimism as reasonable confidence, and the Amer- logical virtue is directed toward “nothing less than God ican can do spirit seems to be alive and well. While anyone himself, since the goodness by which he bestows good can identify a long list of social and political problems, things on a creature is nothing less than his essence” (2- many of us assume, in theory at least, that we can solve these 2.17.2). As a result, “hope tends to its end with certainty, problems as a nation if we put our minds and hands to it. since it participates in the certainty of faith” (2-2.18.4). On Our default assumption — which even cuts across political the other hand, the glorified in heaven have no need of lines of what our problems are and how to solve them — is hope for future blessedness, because they already possess that, on the whole, our economic life will continue to blessedness in the present (2-2.18.2). flourish, and that we will remain a primary player on the If this definition of Christian hope seems abstract, I world political stage. This cultural bias toward optimism believe that it finds a concrete expression in the character of shows up in our personal lives as well. We are told to think Puddleglum in The Silver Chair, in a way that clarifies the happy thoughts, send “good vibes,” and focus on the positive difference between true hope and mere optimism. From aspects of a situation. the time that Puddleglum is introduced into the story, he is clearly a pessimist par excellence. Despite his claim that he can only speak for myself, but I often cannot help tries to put the best face on things, he is constantly assuming responding to such optimism with skepticism. Maybe it the worst, even when there is little or no evidence to support Iis my northern European ancestry, my melancholic tem- such a conclusion. Despite his aversion to optimism, he perament, or a fear of being disappointed. Whatever the becomes an unexpected exemplar of hope. source, I find myself asking things like But how do At a critical moment in the narrative, an evil queen you know that it will turn out well? or Shouldn’t we be pre- (Continued on next page)

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(Continued from previous page) attempts to bewitch Puddleglum and his companions. Deep Even in the midst of his persistent pessimism, Pud- underground, she nearly convinces them that there is no dleglum hopes for a greater reality than what is in front of world above them, that everything they remember about him. yet while he prepares himself for disappointment, this that world — trees, the sun, even the great lion Aslan — they hope is far more than a mere wish or desire. It is a confident have simply imagined. But it is Puddleglum who breaks the acknowledgment that what he seeks is better than the alter- spell with these words: native, even if he fails to find it. It is, in other words, an apprehension of a reality not yet attained. Suppose we have only dreamed, or made up, all those I would contend that it is precisely this grasp on reality things—trees and grass and sun and moon and stars and that characterizes Christian hope. Optimistic desires and Aslan himself. … Then all I can say is that, in that case, the predictions may or may not pan out. People, institutions, made-up things seem a good deal more important than the and projects will inevitably disappoint. But as Christians our real ones. Suppose this black pit of a kingdom of yours is the hope is in God, whose goodness is his very essence. And our only world. Well, it strikes me as a pretty poor one. And that’s hope comes with a confidence in God as its object — a a funny thing, when you come to think of it. We’re just babies, reality greater than what is in front of us. Even in the midst making up a game, if you’re right. But four babies playing a of the sufferings and evils of this world, we look beyond our game can make a play-world which licks your real world ability to improve things, our good fortunes, and our posi- hollow. That’s why I’m going to stand by the play-world. I’m tive vibes, toward the greater things that God has in hand. on Aslan’s side even if there isn’t any Aslan to lead it. I’m going In that case, for those who find themselves out of place in to live as like a Narnian as I can even if there isn’t any Narnia. a world of optimism, there may yet be hope. So … we’re leaving your court at once and setting out in the dark to spend our lives looking for Overland. Not that our The Rev. Matthew Kemp is curate at St. Paul’s by-the-Lake in lives will be very long, I should think; but that’s small loss if Chicago and is working toward a PhD in theology at Loyola the world’s as dull a place as you say. (pp. 190-91) University Chicago.

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ince 2009, the Rt. Rev. John Tarrant has served as Bishop Episcopal Church in those terms. I of South Dakota — a corner of the Episcopal Church that don’t mean our congregations serve S defies expectations and preconceptions. Tarrant’s ministry the poor; I mean many of our con- is a challenging one, and not simply due to South Dakota’s rela- gregations are the poor. tively large size and sparse population (it ranks 46th for popula- At least 20 of our buildings do not tion density in America). South Dakota is a state of deep con- have indoor plumbing or water. Most trasts: between east and west, rural and urban, those descended of them have pretty good outhouses. from settlers and those descended from indigenous peoples, When people hear that, at first, they people who have hope and people who have lost it. say, Oh my gosh, all the wealth in the In October, Tarrant announced that he will retire in 2019. Two Episcopal Church, we should get ’em months later, he sat with TLC’s Matthew Townsend at Stone’s bathrooms! Only if you’re going to Truck Stop in Watertown to talk about the church in the Mount pay the propane bills all winter long Rushmore State. In terms of indigenous ministry, Tarrant’s expe- so the pipes don’t freeze. Sometimes, rience offers a view into the collaboration between the Episcopal that’s the complexity of poverty that Church and its dioceses — collaboration that includes financial people do not understand. And that’s support from General Convention, which brought Tarrant and a not just South Dakota. There is a complexity to poverty that I number of South Dakotan deputies to Program, Budget, and would say a lot of America does not understand. Finance meetings in Austin. One of the things in South Dakota that in other areas of Tarrant began the conversation with a significant detail: South poverty you don’t necessarily experience is the isolation. If Dakota has the largest number of Native American-majority you’re poor in the city or serving the poor in the city, not too congregations of any diocese of the Episcopal Church: more than much of a drive and you can get out of it. But if you’re serving Alaska, Minnesota, Navajoland, and North Dakota. the poor in South Dakota, you’ve got a whale of a drive.

What is the Episcopal Church like in South Dakota? Many churches, both inside and outside the Episcopal Over 50 percent of our members are Native American in the Church, hope to grow. What is the conversation about Diocese of South Dakota. A large percentage of our members growth like in South Dakota? are poor, below the poverty line. We don’t often think of the I spent time in the [wider] Episcopal Church. I went to church

24 THe LIVInG CHURCH • september 2, 2018 growth conferences and learned all that stuff. Then you come out here. you want a sign up so people can find church for the funeral. But for growth, signs won’t make a difference — the demographics work against you. Part of what the white churches face is depopulation of the rural area. If you look at the last census, South Dakota grew in the Rapid City area — the Black Hills — and in the greater Sioux Falls area. The group that grew was young children in the Native American population. But in Webster and Miller and Gettysburg, those populations are continuing to shrink. Gettysburg chose to close. These are rural America’s issues, but maybe more extreme due to the distances. On the reservations, the divisions between families seem to be stronger.

I’ve heard that familial division within and between reservation churches has increased in recent years. How is the church addressing rural depopulation and increased tension? A lake in the Black Hills Matthew Townsend photo My question is: how does our faith in Christ Jesus, how does the power of God in Jesus, make a difference in our individual lives in our faith communities? If anything haunts me, it’s how sioner for property] Pat LeBeau’s dad was a lay reader on the we present the gospel in such a way that people realize it’s sup- Cheyenne River mission, and he would go and do several serv- posed to make a difference in our lives. It’s not just about get- ices on Sunday morning. It was Morning Prayer. ting into heaven. I’m not perfect, but I’m a whole lot better What we did, we said that worship needed to be clergy- because of my relationship with Jesus, because it does make a focused. And I think when we did that, we really lost that lay difference. leadership that was pretty normative in much of the church. you can be the body of Christ in the Episcopal Church without Why don’t people have that knowledge? indoor plumbing. you can be the body of Christ within the I think we quit talking about it a long time ago. We were inter- Episcopal Church having one priest serve seven or eight con- ested in getting people to come to church — the baby boomers, gregations. you can be the body of Christ within the Episcopal after World War II. We were interested in building up our Church and not actually be able to afford insurance on your congregations more than building up the kingdom. building, knowing if it burns down it’s gone. you can be the If we believe that God does really work through us, that God body of Christ if you choose to be the body of Christ. does provide answers, and that God does transform, then that There is no gimmick. There is no fix. We’re being called into is scary, because there is nowhere to hide, nobody to blame. faithfulness. And what that faithfulness looks like depends And, some church leaders have fallen into the savior complex upon the community that you are. and enabled that attitude instead of saying, God does give me It breaks my heart when I see congregations that are strug- the strength and the encouragement and the wisdom to be fully gling over whether they should have blue or purple during human, to be fully who I was created to be. But I’ve got to do the Advent. It breaks my heart when a congregation says, well, we work. can’t come up with anybody who wants to be senior warden or When congregations are faced with that, it’s really scary. junior warden. That’s the English model of the church that’s never worked that well in small churches in America. What can the Episcopal Church learn about itself through What I’ve done is I’ve said to congregations, Look, be the its South Dakotan lens? body of Christ. What needs to be done? One of the things it can learn about itself is that it’s a very “Well, the walk needs to be shoveled.” diverse church, with diversity that has nothing to do with sex- Well, who’s going to say, this winter, “I’ll make sure the walks uality; that there’s an economic diversity in the church that’s get shoveled? absolutely ignored. In fact, at Aberdeen, we did that for a while. They couldn’t And it’s the two or three gathered together that count. How, get anybody to serve on the vestry. I said, okay, don’t have a then, can we support these cells, these faith communities? vestry. Get the folks together and figure out how we’re going to do What does it take? How can we empower people to offer the the jobs that need to be done. Let’s not get caught up in this, and worship that’s within them, and the structure to support that let’s not feel inferior because we don’t fit this particular model. and not dictate it? That’s the church in many places. It doesn’t mean the classic Some of our missions do better. We disempowered people model doesn’t fit some places. But don’t make your self-worth because we told them, with the 1979 prayer book — and I’m be grounded in a structure. your self-worth is always and only going to show my bias — that Eucharist was the center. And grounded in the living God in Christ Jesus. Only, and always. the Eucharist became the center of worship. Everything else is about how we’re going to live it. This diocese used to have tremendous lay readers. [Mis- (Continued on next page)

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What should the next bishop know? they ought to be spending it on the rent!” But God says, “They This is a relational ministry, absolutely relational. you’ve got to understand generosity.” Because generosity is when you give be willing to be with people; there is absolutely no substitute. away what you don’t have. Bill Gates can give away tons. But Sometimes you can’t fully be there, so you’ve got to either send when you give away because you can’t do anything else, a representative or you’ve got to pick up the phone. But you’ve because generosity is what you know and is part of your soul got to be willing to be with people. you’ve got to be willing to and you’re not counting the cost, you just do it — that’s hope. sit behind the windshield and do a lot of driving. When I see that, I say, “Wow, if these Jesus followers can be like Jesus comes into the world, really, as the hope-bearer. The that, then maybe I can be like that.” And I think it’s made me power of God through Christ Jesus can transform the world, more generous. I’ve seen generosity out here like I’ve seen and that’s what gives us hope. Otherwise, we have no hope. The nowhere else in the church. That’s hope. bishop also needs to be the hope-bearer. It How can people get involved? doesn’t mean we don’t One of the things I think the larger church has lost is that the ignore things when Diocese of South Dakota is actually in partnership with the they’re problems. But larger Episcopal Church to do Native ministry. We get a block at the end of the day, grant from the General Convention budget. What some in the you’ve got to have church have gotten confused over is they have seen this as our hope, and we need to ministry that they’re supporting. In truth, it’s the Episcopal express it with some Church’s ministry that the Diocese of South Dakota is part- sense of joy. nering with. Also, there are no Nothing for my office comes out of that, my pay isn’t based easy answers. If there on that. It only goes into mission work. None of the Anglo were, somebody else churches benefit from that. In fact, we kick in anywhere from would have come up $150,000 to $200,000 a year from the diocese to help native Matthew Townsend photo with them a long time ministry in the Diocese of South Dakota. It is a true partner- St. John’s Church, Browns Valley, Lake Traverse Reservation ago. Over 2,000 years ship. Part of what the larger church can learn is we are partners. ago, God came to the world in the person of Jesus, and the world’s The fruit of that is people with real lives, real joys, and real still broken. The next bishop should not think they’re going to sorrows are ministered to through the Episcopal Church in come into South Dakota and fix. Hopefully the next bishop will areas that normally would be forgotten. And we have been, for come to South Dakota and be present, because that’s what God 150 years and God willing we will be for another 150 years. did 2,000 years ago — came into the world and was present and There’s no other denomination in the Dakotas that can really is still present. And we’re still seeing the ripple effects, but the make that claim, except maybe the Roman Catholics. world’s still broken. We live in that kind of tension. We have been and we are present among some of the most powerless people in this nation. That should be a point of Where do you see hope and joy? encouragement for the larger church. And it’s not done with Oh, God, all over the place. I see joy all the time, every Sunday great fanfare, it’s just done day in and day out. People like Fr. I do a visitation. Even a little church in Madison, South Dakota, Charley Chan pour their lives out, in the name of Christ, being served by a supply priest. through the Episcopal Church, for the people of God. People Or at St. Thomas, On the Tree, out middle prairie. Go out like Fr. Chan, and Lauren Stanley, and Margaret Watson, and there. Folks will come, hardly anybody lives around there. Kim Fonder, and Ed Hunt, and Pat White Horse-Carda that do They come to that church, it’s the family church. They do have this day in and day out, and in the name of Christ for the Epis- a pretty good outhouse. They do have electricity. The propane copal Church. That’s pretty powerful. Our diocese could not do heat for their stove is just a little canister like we have for our that ourselves. It’s only in partnership with the larger body grill. We come and gather and after the service in the church that we can do that. they go in the little parish hall, and they bring in food. They have roast beef, or they have ham, and it’s hot. And they have How can people help without being patronizing or misun- soup, and it’s hot. And they serve it. And they sit around. And derstanding the need here? we eat. And we break bread and we pass the cup. And that’s joy. I’ll tell you a story. I’m at the House of Bishops, maybe a couple In a sense, I think hospitality is a witness of hope. years in. Someone had sent into the office some altar linens A family member dies. you see this over and over again: The from the church. On the outside of the box, it’s written, “Not to family comes together. They make food. They cook for the be used.” They have holes in them; there’s one that was dirty. wake. They cook for the funeral. They serve everybody. At the So, I stand up at the House of Bishops and show them the giveaway, they’ll give away all sorts of stuff. The world says, yellow linens. And I say, “Please, I appreciate the support we “Well, these people are too poor to give away so much stuff, get, but please don’t send us your garbage.”

26 THe LIVInG CHURCH • september 2, 2018 Afterwards, a bishop stands up and says, “you know, we can How can people pray for the church’s ministry here? get new altar linens for Indian churches in South Dakota and Pray that the Spirit will move local folks to be raised up as I’ll to pledge to buy a set.” leaders. Most of our mission churches need leadership, faithful and faith-filled leaders. Some of the altar linens I’ve seen here are clearly hand- Pray for our work, and pray for our mission clergy, who embroidered. really do pour out a lot of their lives for the sake of this min- Plus the fact that this wasn’t about altar linens. It was about istry. And they don’t do it in high-compensation ways. This is don’t be patronizing and send us your garbage. Don’t fantasize in sacrificial ministry. Pray for their health, spiritual and physical. your head that if you send these worn altar linens, that the little Pray for their stamina; and also to give thanks for their will- Indian ladies will be down by the river, cleaning them up and ingness to serve our Lord in this very difficult ministry. Not putting them in the sun. just to pray for the needs, but to give thanks that there are Jesus I didn’t bring them there because we needed altar linens. followers who are willing to sacrifice a part of their lives for the They need propane, they don’t need vestments. I’ve made the sake of the gospel in the Dakotas. mistake. We all have those moments. When there were floods And pray for the people. It’s a hard life. This is true in other in Grand Forks a few years ago, I was at St. Paul’s Church in parts of the country, but it’s a hard life. It’s easy for despair to Stockbridge. I heard St. Paul’s Church there was flooded. So, I creep in, and that’s part of what suicide is about. Pray that the said, “Gee, I know what we’ll do, we’ll collect coats. I’m sure hope of the gospel can take hold. I pray that for our country. they’ll need that.” So, we boxed up all this stuff and we send it Fr. Chan has probably done more suicide funerals in two to them. What they didn’t need was a bunch of boxes and months than I’ve done in my entire ministry as a priest. When clothes and stuff that they have no place to put. But that was two-thirds of your funerals are for people under 50, there’s a making that assumption that this is what they need. I hadn’t toll for that. So we pray for encouragement. been there. It’s sad. But the Episcopal Church is there. And that’s pretty To make it worse, I was surprised when they didn’t send a powerful. We look at the Episcopal Church and grouse about this thank you. I think the aha! came when I moved out here, and and that. But the Episcopal Church is in Sisseton and Pine Ridge I began to become aware of how we project what we think folks and Rosebud and Cheyenne River and Standing Rock. It is present need without relationship. among the people — those who are the pastors and the people Contact the bishop to build relationship. Contact me. This themselves. That’s powerful, I think. Until I came out here, I wasn’t is a very incarnational diocese. even aware of it, and I was a lifelong Episcopalian. o

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The Saintliness of Margery Kempe, directed by Austin Pendleton, at the Duke on 42nd Street in New york © Carol Rosegg photo Comic Tribute to a 14th-century Mystic By Retta Blaney attended the Off-Broadway Europe, and the Holy Land. production. Some of those scholars Wulp saw in her “a universal s a student at Yale University 62 have asked about taking the play to comic figure” and likened her to his years ago, John Wulp was the International Medieval idol, Charlie Chaplin: “He was a little Achatting with professor and literary Conference at the University of man who had these big ambitions.” critic Paul Pickrel at an Elizabethan Leeds in July 2019. Although he had never written a tea. Pickrel mentioned that he had In all the years between play and had no money, Wulp saw a just read The Book of Margery productions, Wulp has traveled a long way around this in the looming Kempe and found it hilarious. and varied road, just as Kempe did. Korean War. Wulp, who had no background in Born in 1373 in Norfolk, England, “I decided to enlist and somehow faith, could not imagine how an Kempe never learned to read or get two years in which to write a autobiography by a 14th-century write, so she dictated her story, which play. I wrote Margery Kempe.” English mystic could be that funny, is considered the earliest known Wulp shared much of his life story but he read it and agreed. autobiography of an English person. one Monday afternoon while the “I felt it was what you make comedy And what an autobiography it is. production was in rehearsals. His of: a person who has ambitions that Among the highlights of her life are home for more than three decades is exceed their ability, so I decided to marriage at 20, a vision of Christ on Vinalhaven, an island off the coast write a play about her,” Wulp said. during a spell of madness after the of Maine. In preparation for the That play, The Saintliness of birth of her first child (there were show, for which he designed the sets, Margery Kempe, was revived Off- 14), failure of a brewery she bought he was camped out — fold-out bed Broadway at the Duke Theatre on 42nd and tried to run, and a quest for a open in the living room, an unmade Street, 59 years after it last graced a spiritual life that often prompted her bed in the bedroom — in a furnished New York stage — or any other. loud weeping and cries that unnerved corporate apartment on the outskirts Wulp said he was surprised by how many fellow travelers on her of the theater district. many medieval scholars have pilgrimages throughout England, About a half-dozen prescription

28 THe LIVInG CHURCH • september 2, 2018 bottles surrounded him on the Wulp said audience members who counter where he sat in front of the love the book “probably take kitchenette. A walker with wheels Margery very seriously,” but hopes and a seat was nearby. He is, after all, they will have a good time and learn 90. But he has a recall for dates, that “life is funny.” He says he heard names, dialogue, and the book’s no objections from the book’s fans passages that can rival that of any John Wulp and Austin Pendleton during past productions. college student. “Nobody writes plays for women Here’s the story of Saintliness, that time until two years ago, when anymore, so the possibility of finding which draws heavily for plot and Wulp was approached by the New a women’s play is odd, in a way,” he dialogue from the original source. York Public Library for the said. “It’s about what’s going on now. While he was still in the Marine Performing Arts at Lincoln Center, As soon as she sets up in business, Corps, Wulp sent an almost finished which wanted to buy all of his theatre people mistake her reasons and think copy of the play to New York to see and dance photographs. His career has she’s out for sex and harass her. if there was any interest. There was. included photography, painting, Tony “I feel it somehow affirms life, all While on guard duty one day, he Award-winning producing, directing, that energy going into being received a message that theatrical and award-winning scenic design. something special. We all think we’re producer Irene Selznick was When he went to the attic to search for the center of the universe. It keeps us considering the script. the negatives, he found the four plays alive.” That did not pan out, and neither he had written as a young man. What would Kempe think of her did the option taken by Broadway’s As he reread them he had a strong stage portrayal? Wulp believes she Circle in the Square Theatre, which sense that Kempe’s story was a good would be delighted. wanted José Quintero to direct and play and could be revived “It’s what she wanted to do, to be Alice Ghostley to star. successfully if he could persuade famous.” With a persistence Kempe could Austin Pendleton to direct it. Through appreciate, Wulp spent time trying to a connection, he sent it to Pendleton, Retta Blaney is the author of Working persuade Robert Whitehead, one of a highly respected director, actor, and on the Inside: The Spiritual Life New York’s most successful writer, who said yes. Through the Eyes of Actors. producers at the time, to stage the Pendleton has worked as a show after Whitehead expressed character actor in Billions and interest. This effort also failed. Homicide: Life on the Street and as Wulp’s break came after the stuttering defense attorney John Whitehead’s secretary sent a copy to Gibbons in My Cousin Vinny. the managing director of the Poets’ “I read it about a year ago and Theatre in Cambridge, really loved it,” Pendleton said in a Massachusetts. phone interview. “It’s not like any “Within a day they agreed to do the other play. I thought it was funny and play. It was an enormous success.” I was kind of moved by it. A story of The play drew great reviews and someone who tries to find earned Wulp a Rockefeller Grant. themselves, no matter how outlandish That was in 1958. they are, is always moving if it’s well The next year it was produced Off- written.” Broadway with vastly different In that aspect, Pendleton sees results. He was living with a man Kempe as a woman of our day. “who fancied himself a director” and “In that period of time it was not a who encouraged Wulp to “rewrite it quest a lot of people took on. They out of existence.” weren’t allowed, especially “It was a total disaster,” Wulp said, women.”The production features nine even though it starred Frances cast members taking on all the parts, Sternhagen, who in later years won with Andrus Nichols in the lead. A two Tony Awards, and Gene video at bit.ly/MargeryKempe shows Hackman, who became an acclaimed background footage of Pendleton and movie star. the cast preparing for the show. “It was so awful it was unbearable, Cynthia Nixon, who is running for so I put it in a box in the attic and governor of New York, played tried to forget about it, but I never Kempe in a reading last fall. Her really did.” mother had been in the previous The play remained tucked away all production all those decades ago.

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Freedom and Popular Culture

Review by Neil Dhingra alone in our “pursuit of private self- interest.” We will then need that “admin- here is something deeply wrong istrative-therapeutic state” to pick up the with the American dream. In scattered pieces. T1982, President Reagan declared, Like David Brooks, Reno claims that “We believe in the workingman’s toil, the our “freedom” and solidarity have businessman’s enterprise, and the cler- indeed worked at cross-purposes gyman’s counsel.” In Resurrecting the because our liberation from social Idea of a Christian Society, R.R. Reno, norms — our nonjudgmentalism — has editor of First Things, bracingly presents come at a very high cost to the working the clergyman’s counsel. However, Reno, class and poor. (Both Brooks and Reno who worked on an oil rig, pronounces make use of the same profile from the dream of sheer possibility arising Robert Putnam’s Our Kids.) The upper from the workingman’s toil to be middle classes, to Reno, can carefully heretical. negotiate the brave new world of non- Resurrecting the Idea While Reagan claimed that “the indi- judgmentalism by supplementing it with of a Christian Society vidual was sacred” and “God himself “strong habits of self-discipline,” not least By R.R. Reno respects human liberty,” Reno worries those necessary to earn high standard- Salem Books. Pp. 256. $27.99 that an American dream of unbounded ized test scores. They are also very good liberty lets us distort created reality and at flexible moral codes because they “are cruelly neglect those whose “destinies good at talking” and access the right nonjudgmentalism, Reno offers real were largely fixed at birth.” And, as for therapists. Those, however, who require “social standing, a sense of earned dig- the “businessman’s enterprise,” in June “clear rules,” who do not have the nity” that comes from knowing that one 2015 First Things published “The Power “luxury of questioning,” find themselves is an “honorable man” — authentic Elite” by Patrick Deneen, an indictment on the losing side of a “class war,” as their freedom comes from service to one’s of a libertarianism that now spreads need for restricted codes is sacrificed for neighborhood and family, from being a social liberalism, consumerism, and upper middle class “freedom.” Not good coworker or teammate, from “creative destruction.” Reagan’s triumvi- having to “put on a tie” may not result in doing those things that matter. Amid rate has broken apart. a relaxed, casual workplace, but in the the fragmentation of the post-Protestant Like Reagan, Reno dislikes the abandonment of any “standards of establishment are those “Faithful” who “administrative-therapeutic state,” but deportment” altogether. grasp that freedom comes from his argument is against an entire “meta- Thus, in this fluid world, Reno does respecting moral authority, they — not physical dream of freedom” dreamt by not repeat Reagan’s conservative call for free-market enthusiasts — are our coun- our “post-Protestant elite,” as well as their economic freedom, which to him even terculture. “foot soldiers,” those so-called Nones “seems perverse,” the source of even Reno knows that some liberal readers who have a “central commitment to the more fragmentation. Reno calls for sol- will question his claims about “moral freedom of each individual to define the idarity. If the workingman’s individual- and spiritual poverty” and his limited meaning of life for himself” and vote istic dream of possibility is heretical, discussion of those material conditions Democrat. If Reagan bemoaned the indi- Reno applauds the workmen who col- that may warrant government interven- vidual’s loss of agency, Reno now worries lectively hang “the “largest American tion. In response to Brooks, Reno’s that untrammeled individual agency cul- flag I’ve ever seen” at One World Trade fellow Catholic Elizabeth Bruenig has minates in the fragmentation of rela- Center. He also recommends the forma- claimed that we cannot detect different tivism. If we dream of freedom, we will tion of mediating institutions to rebuild “baseline moral values” among Amer- transgress the rigid norms that once sup- “a thick local culture that encourages our ican social classes; it is just that the plied a “sturdy set of guardrails” for the free, responsible participation,” espe- “stressors of poverty” tend to overwhelm working classes; we will end up not only cially strengthening marriage. social norms. We might suggest that the “post-religious,” but also “post-patriotic,” In place of the “illusory freedom” of (Continued on page 32)

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Master of (Continued from page 30) check” or a “vocation above society’s absence of good jobs can itself bring fickle acclaim,” Reno needs to write Divinity degree? about moral disorder. about our institutions’ failure to foster The narrator of Bruce Springsteen’s that authentic freedom. For instance, if “youngstown” finds his sense of purpose we were to invent an embodiment of the through a steel-industry job that “fed American “metaphysical dream of my children / made my pay” and con- freedom,” it would be Don Draper of nected him to a deep sense of place and Mad Men , who takes a new identity, history — the Ohio Works had “built claims only to move “forward,” and tells the tanks and bombs / That won this another character, in her moment of country’s wars.” After the plant’s closure, acute distress, “It will shock you how his religious faith is shaken; he notes, “I much it never happened.” yet, at series’ would not do heaven’s work well.” George Packer has written about the

seeming absurdity of arguing for medi- “Reno needs to write about Consider ating institutions in the face of the acidic heartlessness of global capitalism, our institutions’ failure to writing of striking Ohio steelworkers, “There is no ‘common life’ except for the foster authentic freedom.” workers’ desperate effort to stick together as they look ahead to weeks or months without pay — or, perhaps — a end, Don is stripped of all of his prestige, A Seminary Beyond Walls future without a job.” confesses his sins to Peggy “with a list of

Our non-residential MDiv As Reno writes, “It’s an argument admissions that might as well have worth having.” started with ‘Bless me, Father, for I have emphasizes contextual Some of Reno’s interpretations are sinned’” (Matt Zoller Seitz), and medi- learning and formation. also questionable, as everything seems tates, finally to come up with a vision of Classroom and online determined by its acceptance of or the world singing in “perfect harmony.” courses are anchored resistance to the “metaphysical dream Of course, it’s a commercial for Coke. by a two-year internship of freedom.” While his most controver- But this is not to question the desire for close to your home. We sial judgments are likely about matters of “perfect harmony,” only the lack of a help you develop as a sexual identity, Reno even suggests that suitable vehicle for it. Why can’t Don Maya Lin’s Vietnam Veterans Memorial convert to Reno’s — and my — Roman leader and a strategic exemplifies a “personal” approach to Catholicism? thinker while linking mourning which only works “against a Catholicism appears in Mad Men what you learn to what is background of clear and forceful patri- through its most compelling character, the happening in the world. otism.” This is arguable. The descending Norwegian (!) Catholic from Brooklyn, walkway of the wall — and the quiet of Peggy. One of Peggy’s earliest ads even the visitors — seems to separate the repurposes the phrase “you take it, break Contact memorial from its political environs. Lin it, share it, and love it”; later in the show, Jaime Briceño presented the engraved names collec- she will ask, “What if there was a place

jbriceno@ tively as if to be read as an “epic Greek where you could go where you could bexleyseabury.edu poem,” and so that searching for a name break bread and whoever you were sitting would be like looking, with other sur- with was family?” Catholicism also 800.275.8235 vivors, for a loved one on a battlefield. appears, at least for a three-story arc, Even if, as Reno suggests, the memorial through the Jesuit priest, John Gill, who “is does not present a collective meaning, or a Vatican II Catholic even before Vatican II moment of closure, for the war (How convenes” (Seitz). Father Gill plays folk could it?), the wall may serve to unite music on his guitar and even takes Peggy’s Americans in the shared experience of advice on a sermon. loss. There may be more — and more But Father’s fascination with Peggy, Learn more at elusive — sources of solidarity than however innocent, means that he wants bexleyseabury.edu Reno imagines. her to be a good Catholic and to confess While he writes movingly about the having had a child out of wedlock. Father importance of “honor” above “pay- Gill and Peggy inevitably conflict. Gill

32 THe LIVInG CHURCH • september 2, 2018 ends up shouting, “Don’t you understand that this could be the end of the world, and you could go to hell?” Peggy responds, “I can’t believe that’s the way God is.” That’s their last conversation. This is a fictional show, of course, but the late Father Andrew Greeley #### # # noted that the “principal motivational # resources” for the pre-Vatican II church # were in fact “the Church (or the pope) # says so and you must obey without question, and second, you will commit mortal sin and go to hell if you don’t.” Parish Development Resources Arguments were made “in an abstract and ecclesiastical language.” This conversation should have gone otherwise. Grounded in Anglican ascetical theology Father Gill isn’t necessarily wrong, as and practice with a bit of Organization Peggy does confess in a sort-of way by Development wisdom added. episode’s end, and Peggy still believes in God. But Peggy was seemingly faced with two forms of arbitrariness: fol- lowing her will or “blind obedience” to a traditional authority. Means of Grace, Hope of Glory A blog on parish development methods and issues Perhaps, in general, one can argue that a traditional authority is better than one’s www.congregationaldevelopment.com/means-of-grace-hope-of-glory own will. But, recently and tragically, we have seen the failure of many forms of Abuse of Power traditional authority. Reno does not dis- A blog on how the abuse of power undercuts parish development cuss the Catholic sex-abuse scandal. Rod Dreher, a fellow critic of the “metaphys- www.congregationaldevelopment.com/abuse-of-power ical dream of freedom,” has written that his Catholic faith “cracked” when a parish council member told him that a priest’s past had to be concealed “for the # good of the church” and that Dreher was # a “betrayer of the tribe.” There can be a # lonely emptiness to our own dreams of # freedom, but there is another form of # emptiness in “for the good of the # church.” # Reno is right to speak of freedom as 5'%,,*(* *4 requiring love, lest it become nothing # more than individualism and transgres- # sion. He is right to separate his “cler- # gyman’s counsel” from the “work- # ingman’s toil” and the “businessman’s 431.3*57*&(-.3,+472&8.438&274+,3.-(&*75*3.134 34.8 # (438.39.3,*)9(&8.434.8&(9)*,3.93.834( 3 enterprise.” But I look forward to # another book from him to show the h Â²´h´ # # 02%/< # 02%/<< #%h actual, sometimes elusive, shape of this 2h hX¼Éh freedom in our broken world and with # the Church as it is. # !h¼²´ -/# " # 5.7.89&1.8=(7&+8574(*(4758+&7(=8.1&98.7.5 * Neil Dhingra, a Roman Catholic, is a doc- # toral student in education at the Univer- ÕÕÕƺ p¥ÃÅªÂ×¿Âp¨ƺª§ÕÕÕƺ p¥ÃÅªÂ×¿Âp¨ƺª§ sity of Maryland.

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Review by Christine Havens Early on, Condon promises the reader that her book is not one of those friend glanced at the cover of “paperbacks that promise to unlock Sarah Condon’s memoir, your hidden talents and awaken you AChurchy: The Real Life Adven- to the power that lies within.” She holds tures of a Wife, Mom, and Priest. He true to this, patterning the book as a said it reminded him of dress pattern series of vignettes. She draws the Churchy artwork, the kind he saw when shop- reader into each chapter using events The Real Life Adventures of a Wife, ping in fabric stores with his mother from her experience, often with self- Mom, and Priest when he was young. I can see the deprecating humor. Early married life, By Sarah Condon resemblance — it’s a bright cover, fun hospitality, child-raising, growing up Mockingbird Publications. Pp. 164. $13.95 and feminine. One might think the in Mississippi, and ordination are her resemblance ends here. fabric, from which the reader gains need for Christ through recounting of This book is a memoir and yet dou- insight into the churchy patterns of her life experience is what drives this bles as a devotional, especially for Condon’s life as a Christian. book. She traces grace at work, rein- mothers and wives who fret about the Grace abounds in this book. Condon’s forcing that this miracle happens in so day-to-day messiness of their lives. willingness to share her brokenness and (Continued on next page)

september 2, 2018 • THe LIVInG CHURCH 35 BOOKS a ke Take esnouCake l tS— op ginblmuGrop (Continued from previous page) The Invitation 2018 many little and unexpected ways, and orderoftheascension.org/the-invitation-2018 071%g'-#6g often despite our best intentions. Condon also speaks to larger concerns within the Church, such as how vocation is addressed and the adher- ence to institutionalism. Her penulti- seek To seek the presence of Jesus Christ in the people, things mate chapter, “The Old, Old Story and circumstances of life through stability, obedience and That Turns the Church Around,” con- conversion of life … The development of parish churches tains a question that centers on the grounded in Anglican pastoral and ascetical theology, Church’s struggles: “In a desperate especially Benedictine spirituality. desire to save an institution, are we for- saking God?” Condon reminds readers Associates of the Order of the Ascension that we all rely on Christ, even the Church as a whole, and that “there is orderoftheascension.org/associates enormous relief” to be found in that. The Episcopal Church is still cele- brating (at least in the Diocese of Texas) the 40th anniversary of the ordination of women. Do not read this book, though, just to feel good about supporting a woman in the priesthood. After all, Condon lists priest as the last item in her “real life” list. As Condon says, “Ordained women are not here to be a good story. We are not here to serve some political agenda in the church. We are here solely to serve the Gospel. The rest is just noise.” While at times Condon overgeneral- izes, Churchy should be read by anyone eager to discover one person’s journey in understanding her brokenness and acknowledgment of what a life in BARRY DONALDSON ARCHITECTS Christ truly means. For those, espe- ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN cially women, who are wondering about their vocations, and for married HISTORIC PRESERVATION couples in which at least one person is MASTER PLANNING ordained, this work will resonate. It

CONDITIONS SURVEY would make for an excellent book discussion. LITURGICAL DESIGN Like a sewing pattern, which serves ENERGY ANALYSIS as a guide to creating some form of

GRANTS & CAPITAL self-expression, this book might guide CAMPAIGN ASSISTANCE both women and men into a deeper life in Christ. It serves also as a reminder that external labels are only an indicator of the reality inside.

Christine Havens is a poet and writer and graduate of the Seminary of the Southwest whose work has appeared in

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september 2, 2018 • THe LIVInG CHURCH 39 PEOPLE & PLACES rector of Grace, yorktown, VA The Rev. Richard Morrison as interim (Continued from previous page) rector of Epiphany, Tempe, and as canon for ecumenical and community relations in the South Carolina — Lynwood Cresse Magee Jr. Diocese of Arizona Southern Ohio — Daniel Jason Oden The Rev. Christine Plantz, as rector of St. Southern Virginia — Nicholas Michael Hilda’s, Kimball, and Good Shepherd of the Caccese and Timothy Earl Fulop Hills, Harrisburg, NE Tennessee — Robert Wesley Arning, priest The Rev. Mary Reese, as priest in charge of in charge of St. James the Less, Madison, and St. Andrew’s, Goldsboro, NC Benjamin Keith Wyatt The Rev. Rich Schweinsburg, as vicar of St. West Tennessee — Meredith Jane Day, Elizabeth’s, Hope Valley, RI Gerri LaVerne Endicott, and Miranda Cully The Rev. Claudia Seiter, as vicar at St. Griffin Peter’s, Clearfield, and St. Michael’s, Brigham West Texas — William Campbell and City, UT Andrew Green The Rev. Peter Van Hook, as vicar of St. Western Michigan — Brother Francis Mary’s, Provo, UT Berguis, Janet Gockerman, Peter Carey Homeyer, and Patricia Vinge Wyoming — Linda Anderson, Steven Deaths Davis, Bonnie Deyo, Carey-Lea Dmytriw, The Rev. Linda Gosnell, assistant rector Lara Gilbert, Margaret Hotchkiss, and Sydney for 12 years at Holy Cross Church in Simp- Johnson sonville, SC, died July 25. She was 69. Born in Spartanburg County, she was a Priests graduate of Winthrop College, South Car- Colorado — Janice L. Head olina Upstate University, and Virginia Theo- Fond du Lac — Isaiah Brokenleg and logical Seminary. She was ordained deacon in Bobbi Kraft 2005 and priest in 2006. Colleagues said Gos- Fort Worth — Christopher Thomas, nell had gifts for counseling, teaching, and DavisDaavv d’Ambly’dsi ylbmA curate, St. Elisabeth’s and Christ the King pastoral care. Kansas — Catherine Ann Shield acigrutiL tsitrAla Louisiana — Stephen Shortess, rector of St. The Rev. Louise O. Hardman, a deacon John’s, Thibodaux, and Trinity, Morgan City, who led the Center for Prayer and Spirituality tsenifehT ytilauq and Regina Brewster-Jenkins, chaplain of St. at St. John’s Cathedral in Jacksonville, FL, and Paul’s School, New Orleans founded the Quiet Garden Movement, died rutilmotsuc tralacigr Western Louisiana — André Bordelon and June 22. She was 76. Madge McClain Born in Tallahassee, FL, she was a graduate orgylmrif dednuo Western North Carolina — Anna Colleen of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Shine and Jonathan Leon Stepp Hill. She was ordained deacon in May 2010. artehtni snoitid Wyoming — Pamela Bright and Rose Temple Heatherly Veteran editor Robert L. Harwell, of the hCehtfo hcruh Diocese of Western Louisiana died Aug. 1 in Retirements Shreveport after a lengthy illness. He was 79. The Rev. Tom Barnett, as rector of St. John’s, Harwell was a graduate of Louisiana Tech PaintingsitniaP sgni Wilmington, NC University. He founded Harwell Productions, The Rev. Cathi Bencken, as rector of Trinity, an advertising agency, and edited ALIVE! for Muscatine, IA 39 years. AltarpiecesipratlA secei The Rev. Martha Bonwitt, as rector of Trinity, Upper Marlboro, MD The Rev. Roberts Poinsett Johnson III, The Rev. Casandra Burton, as rector of who served as a priest for 52 years in Christ Church, Clinton, MD Louisiana and Alabama, died May 25. WoodcarvingsWWoo acdo sgnivra The Rev. Matt Conrad, as rector of St. Born in Winnfield, LA, as the only child of Luke’s, Atascadero, CA a U.S. Air Force colonel, Johnson attended The Rev. Becki Dean, as archdeacon of the schools in many locations and was a graduate FurnishingshsinruF sgnih Diocese of Southwestern Virginia of Wiesbaden American High School in Ger- The Rev. Steve Ford, as associate at St. many. He was also a graduate of Louisiana Mark’s, Mesa, AZ State University and General Theological The Rev. John Goldingay, as priest in charge Seminary. He was ordained deacon in 1965 SacreddercaS VestmentsVVee stnemtse of St. Barnabas’, Pasadena, and a professor of and priest in 1966. Old Testament studies at Fuller Theological Seminary The Rev. Frank H. King Jr., a U.S. Army Altar HangingsaHratlA sgnigna The Rev. Terri Heyduk, as interim priest at veteran who began preparing for the priest- St. James, Midvale, UT hood after battling cancer in the 1980s, died The Rev. Fritz Huls, as deacon at St. James May 21. He was 84. acigrutil.www moc.tsitrala the Apostle, Tempe, AZ Born in Marion, IN, he was a graduate of The Rev. Doris Johnson, as assistant rector Franklin College. He was ordained priest in 559-016 2642-5 of St. Peter’s, Savannah, GA 1987 and priest in 1988, and served churches The Rev. Constance Jones, as associate in northern Indiana and southwest Florida.

40 THe LIVInG CHURCH • september 2, 2018 SUNDAy’S READINGS | 15 Pentecost, September 2 Song 2:8-13 or Deut. 4:1-2, 6-9 • Ps. 45:1-2, 7-10 or Ps. 15 James 1:17-27 • Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23 Inner Quiet, Abounding Joy vils hiding in the human heart are a moment ever new. This is the day Ewhat defile and degrade our lives. that the Lord has made and we should Focused Outward “For it is from within, from the human rejoice in it. We are the sons and heart, that evil intentions come: forni- daughters of God, united by adoption Fellowship, worship, and service are joined cation, theft, murder, adultery, avarice, and grace to the Son of Almighty God. closely at St. Mark’s Cathedral, Shreveport. wickedness, deceit, licentiousness, In Christ, we are robed in beauty, we Newcomers are welcomed at breakfast envy, slander, pride, folly. All these evil are fragrant with good, we are eloquent once a month before the 10:30 service. On things come from within and they and edifying in speech and suffused Wednesday nights, supper is served before defile a person” (Mark 7:21-23). with inner joy. We are, in a sense, kings the evening’s choir practices, youth Indeed, “The heart is devious above all and queens, the most handsome of programs, and a short conversational else; it is perverse—who can under- men, the most beautiful of women, a lecture for adults on Scripture and the stand it?” (Jer. 17:9). For this reason, scepter in hand for our dignity in spiritual life. we confess our sins and seek forgive- Christ and our dignity as persons. e cathedral’s choral program ness, and in so doing, we find some- Standing so in Christ, we may stand in includes the Boys and Girls Choir, thing much more than mere acquittal. the quiet of royal confidence. We may dedicated to the highest musical The invasion of God’s grace is a simply be (Ps. 45). standards, to educating and forming burning and cleansing fire that refines There is a time for the stillness of young people through music, and to and makes new. The presence of God Christ, a time to be treasured and cul- enriching the cultural life of Shreveport. comes as an “implanted word that has tivated. This quiet joy is rich and deep Adults participate in the Cathedral Choir, the power to save your souls” (James and inexhaustible. There is, however, 1:21). The Word of God inscribes upon another way no less to be treasured, which sings a repertoire from Gregorian the heart a “perfect law” that is “perfect the way of Jesus who was said to move chant to 21st-century sacred music for liberty.” For what God commands as often and “immediately” (Mark). His the 10:30 service. e Evensong choir is law is perfectly attuned to personal Spirit wells up within us as a fountain an auditioned group made of up staﬀ freedom. To obey is to move in the of eternal life. An ancient song, in singers and adult volunteers who sing for smooth grace that unites providence describing young lovers, describes as weekly Choral Evensong, joining the to created being. well those who are filled with the Boys and Girls Choir. Nonetheless, an internal struggle Spirit. They are “leaping upon the e Community Ministries is partic- remains; the secret evils hiding in the mountains, bounding over the hills” ularly concerned with meeting the needs heart are at war with the implanted (Song of Solomon 2:8). They are young of children, the homeless, elderly, and the Word. At times, it seems, the battle is lovers looking for love: “he stands victims of poverty, crime, and religious even, the grace of victory gives way to behind our wall, gazing in at the persecution, not only locally but around the allure of deviance. At other times, window, looking through the lattice” the world. e Cooking Crew prepares wickedness seems to reign. Still, at (Song 2:10). The Spirit-filled life says meals together monthly for several area other times, which faith knows to be to life itself, “Arise, my love, my fair groups. In 2014, the Cooking Crew made the real time and the right time and one, and come away” (Song 2:10). This approximately 7,400 meals. the promise of everlasting life, a love is all the good work that God has glimpse of what will be, grace seems to prepared for us to walk in. run over, the flow of God becomes the St. Mark’s Cathedral pulse and beat of being. This beautiful 908 Rutherford St. Shreveport, LA 71104 moment, when grace perfects nature, is 318.221.3360 | stmarkscathedral.net more common than we often think. Look It Up Evil is loud, but losing; the devil is near, Read Psalm 45 and Song 2:11-13. A LIVING CHURCH Sponsor but dying. The moment of purging and cleansing and being free in the obedience of faith is a moment, if only we Think About It allow it, of remarkable joy. Heaven Stand in beauty. Go in the good. rejoices at the repentance of one sinner. So let every repentant sinner rejoice in the gift of forgiveness and the implanted word that saves. This is

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