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Thursday, September 11, 2014

Diolog: Returning Vets, A Year at Lambeth, Nicaragua and more.

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Returning Vets Strike a Chord

Col. Lynn Smith-Henry (ret.) and Kim Perlock, a classical guitarist and educator, weren't necessarily on the same journey until David Boyd, the rector of St. David's, Austin, introduced them.

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Matthew Smith & Indelible Grace at Christ Church, Houston, in January

Mark your calendars for January 17, 2015, when Matthew Smith & Indelible Grace will perform at Christ Church Cathedral, Houston. Smith is a Nashville-based singer-songwriter who writes brand new music to centuries-old hymn texts. He is a founding member of the Indelible Grace community, whose work has drawn acclaim across denominational lines and is used in churches around the world. For more info, check out the event page.

Registration Open for ECW Annual Retreat, October 17-19

The 113th Annual Retreat for Women in the Episcopal Diocese of Texas will be held at Camp Allen October 17-19th. This favorite fall event has been expanded to Friday through Sunday, with options to be there for one, two or all three days. More information, including registration, is available here.

New 2015 Diocesan Council Info Available Online

The 166th Diocesan Council of the Episcopal Diocese of Texas is scheduled for The Woodlands Waterway Marriott Hotel and Convention Center in The Woodlands, Texas, on February 6-7, 2015. Exhibitor, volunteer and hotel information, as well as Nomination information, is now available online at epicenter.org/council

Applications Now Open for Youth Delegates at 2015 Diocesan Council

If you would like to nominate a youth to Diocesan Council or if you are a youth and would like to apply to be a delegate for Diocesan Council, click here to read the qualifications and apply. Applications and nominations are due by November 4 and delegates are chosen by December 1.

Camp Allen Hosting Fishers Of Men Retreat

Camp Allen is hosting a weekend men's retreat October 10-12 designed for lovers of fly fishing. The retreat will include sessions on fly fishing, fly casting and spiritual programming. Fisherman of all skill levels are welcome. To register and learn more, visit campallen.org.

More Upcoming Events

September 12-13 - Daughters of the King Fall Assembly

September 14 - Moseley Memorial Organ Recitals at St. Thomas, Houston

September 21 - Invitation Sunday

Click here for a full calendar.

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UPDATES & CHANGES

Drilling for Clean Water in Nicaragua [more]

The Therapy Dogs of Houston Hospice [more]

Spring Teen Puts Some Muscle into Mission [more]

VBS Energizes Hearne Church, Community [more]

St. Stephen's Welcomes Students For New School Year [more]

Quotes

"Christianity is not a theory or speculation, but a life; not a philosophy of life, but a life and a living process." Samuel Taylor Coleridge
"Most people are willing to take the Sermon on the Mount as a flag to sail under, but few will use it as a rudder by which to steer." Oliver Wendell Holmes
"Perfection, in a Christian sense, means becoming mature enough to give ourselves to others." Kathleen Norris
"Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as ever you can." John Wesley
"The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and left untried." G. K. Chesterton
"One of our great allies at present is the Church itself. Do not misunderstand me. I do not mean the Church as we see her spread out through all time and space and rooted in eternity, terrible as an army with banners. That, I confess, is a spectacle which makes our boldest tempters uneasy. But fortunately it is quite invisible to these humans." C. S. Lewis
"When we say, 'I love Jesus, but I hate the Church,' we end up losing not only the Church but Jesus too. The challenge is to forgive the Church. This challenge is especially great because the church seldom asks us for forgiveness." Henri Nouwen, Bread for the Journey
"Christians are hard to tolerate; I don't know how Jesus does it." Bono
"It's too easy to get caught in our little church subcultures, and the result is that the only younger people we might know are Christians who are already inside the church." Dan Kimball

Blog Autobiography

Husband, Father, Bishop, Author, Friend

As the son of an Episcopal priest, I grew up in churches around Houston. I have lived and worked for the Church in Austin, Temple, Houston and College Station. At Camp Allen, some of you were my counselors and some of you were my campers and now several of you serve as priests in the diocese. It was here among you, that I first heard a call to ministry. I pursued a degree in fine arts and then with the support of St. Paul's, Freeport and All Saints, Austin, I attended Virginia Theological Seminary and graduated in 1995. I was ordained at Christ Church, Temple. I have served the Diocese of Texas for more than thirty five years as a youth minister, camp counselor, priest, consultant, workshop leader, Canon to the Ordinary, and Coadjutor and Diocesan Bishop (2008).

JoAnne and I met at Camp Allen and were married in 1990. Our two beautiful girls, Caisa and Zoë, are the delight of our lives.

I am the author of Church, Unabashedly Episcopalian, Generous Community, Small Batch, and The Jesus Heist.

Thursday, September 11, 2014

Diolog: Returning Vets, A Year at Lambeth, Nicaragua and more.

Returning Vets Strike a Chord

Sunday, September 7, 2014

The Sum of 5 Thousand

Tuesday, May 6, 2014

God Goes Belonging

Thursday, May 1, 2014

Refiner's Fire - Spanish

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