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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.
September 5, 2013
It has been a soul-nourishing, spirit-filled, Christ-centered sabbatical leave. I am so grateful to have had the opportunity to journey to so many...
July 22, 2013
The George Zimmerman verdict has exposed a perfect storm in American life: a legal reality that continues to expand the definition of self defense;...
June 27, 2013
I went to Nepal and India, in part, to experience displacement. And there certainly was a lot of geographic and physical displacement - 10 time zones...
June 26, 2013
I celebrate the two rulings issued today by the Supreme Court. It brings us closer to marriage equality - and full equality, for all God's...
June 12, 2013
Members of a West Delhi Leper colony stand outside their chapel, which was started by the Delhi Brotherhood Society, an Anglican monastic community...
May 31, 2013
This is the stupa in Kathmandu, Nepal. We were there on the Buddha's birthday. Thousands of people walked all night clockwise round it. An...
May 20, 2013
The Holy Spirit brings people together – so that we can see and understand each other at the deepest level. And the understanding is, for...
May 8, 2013
The feast of Pentecost commemorates the release of the Holy Spirit. It is long thought of as the birthday of the church. Scripture records the first...
April 23, 2013
I have never owned a gun. I last fired one when I was about twelve years old, at a rifle range while at summer camp. I am not part of the gun culture...