(tl;dr: Nativity is doing a lot of cool stuff inside the church and in our community. We’d like to keep doing it. Plus, pledging your financial support is an important spiritual practice. And yes, Episcopalians tithe. Make your pledge here.) Our annual stewardship campaign to raise money for our mission and ministries in 2020 begins […]
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Kristin Edrington Diaconate Intern Discerning a call to the Diaconate has been one of the most amazing blessings in my life. I think back to all the conversations I have had throughout this process and each one has impacted my life, and my faith, in different ways. The people I have gotten to meet along
I like to listen to Seth Godin’s podcast, Akimbo, and heard an interesting one the other day called “Benefit of the Doubt”. In this episode, Seth talks about the various ways we give people the benefit of the doubt, or not. He touched on: When we give someone, or something, the benefit of the doubt,
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Last Friday at the Raleigh Climate Strike event, we had the opportunity to build a bigger table, quite literally. Emily and Carl and I were setting up our table to promote Zero Waste Church, our ministry to help other churches care for creation, and a representative from the InterFaith Food Shuttle came by. “Could we
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What does it mean to be faithful? I feel like people wrestle with the idea of having enough faith all the time, myself included. What is the proper measure of faithfulness? In the gospel appointed for this Sunday, Luke 16:1-13, Jesus says, “Whoever is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much; and
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The gospel reading for Sunday is the parable of the lost sheep and the lost coin. You can read it here. This week, I lost hope that trying to care for the earth and reverse the effects of climate change were making any kind of difference, and that by continuing to talk about it and
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From the Gospel reading appointed for Sunday, September 8: Now large crowds were traveling with Jesus; and he turned and said to them, “Whoever comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and even life itself, cannot be my disciple.” Luke 14:25 Tell a charming anecdote
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Let mutual love continue. Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by doing that some have entertained angels without knowing it. -Hebrews 13:1-2 Have you ever noticed on the home improvement shows on HGTV, everyone looking for a new house or remodeling their current one says, “We love to entertain and need to
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Restoring God’s Earth is a program of Church of the Nativity. On October 1, 2017, following a period of study and reflection on the curriculum, A Life of Grace for the Whole World, Nativity launched the program. The curriculum is based upon the Episcopal House of Bishop’s Pastoral Teaching on the Environment, which calls “for
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