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Mother Kristin Miles
Faith Education November 22, 2024

What Is Advent?

Advent is a time of active waiting as we anticipate the birth of Jesus. As the Rev. Kristin Kaulbach Miles explains, it's a time to slow down and prepare our hearts for Christmas.
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Scripture Reflection November 21, 2024

Jesus’s Kingdom of Truth and Love

“This is our work: to commit ourselves to Jesus . . . the king who is a servant,” writes the Rev. Yein Kim. “Who comes, teaches, heals, reconciles, dies, and rises again, who lives through us and who will return.”
Bands of vivid yellow and orange brighten a bird’s-eye view of a city intersection
Scripture Reflection November 14, 2024

God Is With Us, Always

“Jesus repeatedly demonstrates that God is unafraid to stand with us amid our deepest fears and insecurities,” writes the Rev. Matthew Welsch. “God is not only with us when things are good and peaceful; God is with us when everything feels like it’s falling apart.”

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Faith EducationFaith Formation & EducationFebruary 11, 2023

3 Ways Into Sunday’s Stories for Children: Being a Blessing

Being a blessing, or a proactive follower of Jesus, may seem like an obvious thing for us to do. Sounds easy, though sometimes it requires conscious thought or effort, especially in relationships. And we don’t always get it right.
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Faith EducationFaith Formation and EducationFebruary 9, 2023

Five Ways Into Sunday’s Scripture: All About Relationships

When it comes to our sins, Jesus isn’t letting us off the hook. He reminds us that our actions are not all about us but have an impact on our community. This is the antithesis of American individualism.
Children participating in the 9am Holy Eucharist at Trinity Church
Faith EducationFaith Formation & EducationFebruary 4, 2023

3 Ways Into Sunday’s Stories for Children: Light of the World

The themes for Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount continues into this week and, spoiler alert, into next week, too. That’s how important and inclusive his message was and is. And one thing that makes it so important to this day is that it invites us to be a message that is as big and inclusive as God’s love! Jesus calls us the salt of the earth and the light of the world.
One prayer candle burning among others in Trinity Church
Faith EducationFaith Formation and EducationFebruary 3, 2023

Five Ways Into Sunday’s Scripture: Salt and Light

Words, words, words. We love them! In our history, language has been as revolutionary as fire making, and words have distinguished human from beast since time immemorial. And throughout history, there have been disparities between the words we say and what we do, and between who we say we are and who we reveal ourselves to be through our actions. Across the millennia of human civilization, we have used words to call out these disparities and point out hypocrisies, sometimes as pots to kettles.
Candles in Darkness
Faith EducationJames MelchiorreFebruary 2, 2023

Candlemas: Celebrating Light

A look at the ancient feast of Candlemas which falls on February 2.
Graphic read: $57M, 206 grantees, 61 new organizations in 2022; up 22% from 2021"
FeaturedNeill ColemanJanuary 31, 2023

2022 in Review: Striving for Grace and Generosity

Once again, we are humbled by the ability of Trinity to be able to respond and in awe of all our grantees are able to do. As the infographic below shows, this includes $57 million in grant awards to 206 grantees.  We strive to approach our engagement with our grantees from a posture of grace and generosity.
CDSP student's hands typing on laptop
FeaturedJanuary 31, 2023

CDSP Announces Shift to Fully Hybrid Education Model

CDSP and Trinity have announced that the seminary will transition to a fully hybrid education model, beginning with the class entering in summer 2025. This model, which builds on the success of CDSP’s current low-residence Hybrid Program, will consist of online learning, in-person intensives each year, and post-graduation curacy funding.
Sister Ann Whittaker for the Sister is In
FeaturedJames MelchiorreJanuary 30, 2023

Sister Ann: A Half-Century of Service, And Counting

Sister Ann Whittaker, who just celebrated the 50th anniversary of her profession of vows in the Society of St. Margaret, looks back on her life of service as a sister.
A sightseeing boat approaches Niagara Falls
Faith EducationFaith Formation and EducationJanuary 30, 2023

Letting Life Flow Through

Whether things are going well or badly for us in any given moment, we know this: God desires our flourishing.

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