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Bishop Beckwith's Blog: Signs of God's Grace
Bishop Beckwith's Blog: Signs of God's Grace
The Rt. Rev. Mark M. Beckwith
10th Bishop of Newark (2007-2018)
Grace happens. All the time. Grace is God's gift to us. The signs of God's grace are abundant. Some are dramatic. Many at first glance seem mundane. All are potentially life transforming.
God created us, but God was not – and is not, finished with creating. God keeps showing up. God is very much at work. Our job as God's creatures, is to pay attention to God's grace. And to join with God in God's work.
March 20, 2018
I am going to Washington this Saturday in part to follow the passion of young people, but more than that – and deeper than that, I am going to follow...
March 7, 2018
About 35 years ago I heard a lecture at a Morristown synagogue given by Nobel laureate Ellie Wiesel. He told an ancient tale from the Midrash, which...
February 21, 2018
Whether we are fully engaged in and supportive of the gun culture – or have no connection to it, we are all affected by the scourge of gun violence....
February 16, 2018
I am one of the conveners of Bishops United Against Gun Violence, an ad hoc group of more than 70 Episcopal bishops who have come together to explore...
February 7, 2018
I have a friend who regularly eats at the soup kitchen next door to Episcopal House. We often talk about the books we have been reading. A couple of...
January 10, 2018
Our stories are holy documents that have been printed on our souls. We need pay attention to the stories, reflect on how the Holy Spirit may have...
December 20, 2017
Instead of trying to keep haters out, love invites people in.
December 6, 2017
Growing up I was afraid of the dark. For me, the 19th century Scottish poem, “from ghosties and ghoulies and long-legged beasties, and things that go...
November 15, 2017
What is perhaps most precious for me about Thanksgiving is that it is perhaps the only true sabbath we have as a culture.
November 6, 2017
I am one of the conveners of Bishops United Against Gun Violence, an ad hoc group of nearly 70 Episcopal bishops who have come together to explore...