Reflections from St. Luke's
Patrick Crump: Indigenous Justice
The Episcopal Church, which originated from the Church of England, has a complex and at times harmful history regarding Native American communities, including the Piscataway, an Indigenous nation historically inhabiting the Chesapeake Bay region of Maryland. This...
Community Engagement: Vision in Challenging Times
Irene Schindler and Peter Stelnyk are the new co-chairs for St. Luke’s Community Engagement (CE) and they hope to extend the excellent CE awareness and engagement developed by the CE team under Patrick Crump’s leadership. CE also hopes to understand and reflect the...
Deb Marks: A Few Words on Annual Giving
As members of an Episcopal Church, we are familiar with the cycle of liturgical seasons. I think that most of St. Luke’s ministries have a similar rotation of activity, focus, and intent. The Pledge Campaign is one of these recurring, seasonal events, and is necessary...
Ask Jim: Why Did the Holy Spirit Become “She”?
If you have recited the creeds in the past, you will recall that the Holy Spirit was always referred to as “he.” Recently, that has changed, and the Holy Spirit is now referred to as “she” at St. Luke’s. Why is that? The Christian Bible was written in Greek. The word...
