Dear Friends, Ecclesia Ministries is meant to be a “church without walls”, a place for homeless and needy people to attend church without the barrier of entering a space where they may feel uncomfortable, have hurtful memories, or are unwelcome. Ecclesia...
Today, is the Feast Day of St. Nicholas. St. Nicholas was Bishop of Myra, which is now part of southern Turkey, in the 4th century. There are many stories about this popular saint, but he is best known for giving gifts in secret to the children of his town...
A lot of ink has been spilled in the past few days and weeks in response to the outcome of the 2024 Presidential election which has been unusually divisive. I’ve been doing my own share of reading, but in the past couple of days I’ve discovered a real gem of...
A Christian couple wanted to move to a new city, so they went to a real estate agent. They asked the real estate agent to help them find a home. He said, “Sure. What’s your take-home pay?” They told him a figure, and he responded, “Ah! Then you can afford...
The Episcopal Church publishes a reference tool called A Great Cloud of Witnesses (a title that recalls a particularly evocative verse taken from Hebrews 12:1) which provides a “calendar of optional commemorations” intended to suggest “the breadth of witness...