Good Shepherd Episcopal Church

A pastoral word to The Episcopal Church from the September 2026 gathering of the House of Bishops – The Episcopal Church A pastoral word to The Episcopal Church from the September 2026 gathering of the House of Bishops Sep 28, 2026 “We look for the resurrection of the deadand the life of the world to come.”— The Nicene Creed “See, I am making all things new.”— Revelation 21:5 Dear People of God:  Grace an...

Treasure

What would it mean for you to use the earthly treasures you have been given – money, possessions, talents and gifts – with an eye to the future . . . not just your future, but God’s future? How could you use what you have been given to build up the kingdom of God and thus lay up for yourself treasure in heaven?

Br. David Vryhof
Society of Saint John the Evangelist

Acting Shrewdly – Br. David Vryhof Most of us will never possess great power or vast riches, yet each of us has some power and some riches. Like the disciples, even the little we have can be used to extend God’s reign on earth. Br. …

This week’s theme: Laws for Life
Monday, Sep 28, 2026
A Map of Tenderness

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Verse of the day
Thus says the Lord: Act with justice and righteousness and deliver from the hand of the oppressor anyone who has been robbed. And do no wrong or violence to the alien, the orphan, and the widow, or shed innocent blood in this place.

- Jeremiah 22:3

Voice of the day
We cannot separate ourselves from the use of power — either as individuals or as a society or as a church. It is a fact of life.
- Helen Bruch Pearson

Prayer of the day
God, give us the courage to speak up for those who are vulnerable and the wisdom to use our power to pursue justice. Help us protect those who are too often overlooked and unheard. Amen.

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This week’s theme: Power and Humility
Sunday, Sep 27, 2026
Actions and Words

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This week’s theme: Power and Humility
Saturday, Sep 26, 2026
Pride or Humility?

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Bend

The Christian life of prayer and of discernment is not just an exercise in returning to stasis. I would contrast stasis with stability, a dead branch versus a living one. A living branch will bend. A dead branch will snap. But in the bending, the ability to move, that living branch will stay alive.

Br. Lucas Hall
Society of Saint John the Evangelist

Life and the Living God – Br. Lucas Hall “This idea of going to God with a question, a genuine question, open-handed, neither clinging to something as an expectation nor closed to new things that we might receive and might surprise us, go…