By the Rev. Tricia de Beer Emmanuel Katongole, a Ugandan Catholic priest and theologian reflecting on the Rwandan genocide, said, “The resurrection of the church begins with lament.” There is an amazing transformation of the heart that can happen when we allow ourselves to feel the pain of what is lost.   What I have observed…

By Andrea Lauerman Sometimes a transformation of the heart can be so complete that it is shocking even to the one being transformed. Caroline Russell, a parishioner at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Brunswick, Maine, experienced just such a transformation in the final years of her life, and the effects are now rippling far beyond…

By Amanda Szakats As a facilitator of the Episcopal Church’s Sacred Ground program, my fellow group members and I delved into America’s history of race and racism. Like many white people, I had not studied or thought too deeply about the lasting impact of white supremacy on today’s racial disparities, particularly in the arena of…