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Articles and Announcements

President Report 12-2025

February 5th, 2026|

President’s Report National Episcopal Church Women Board Meeting Reporting Period: September–December 2025 Since the September 2025 Board Meeting, I have remained actively engaged in representing and advancing the mission and ministry of the National Episcopal Church Women through worship leadership, governance, communications, partnerships, and provincial and diocesan engagement. Provincial, Diocesan, and National Engagement In October, I had the honor of serving as keynote speaker at the Arkansas ECW Fall Gathering (October 10–11), offering reflections on the theme “Cultivate and Let Go.” I also attended the Province I ECW Annual Meeting via Zoom on October 18, along with the virtual event [...]

Poems

Praying with Sparrows – A poem of the 2020 pandemic

September 4th, 2020|

Praying with Sparrows A poem of the 2020 pandemic I never thought to pray with sparrows, black throated wild and scrambling for seeds cast carelessly on the hillside. They hover throughout the hours like unceasing prayers Giving thanks when no words can. Warily they brave the rains, the frenzied force, even my hoarse voice an unknown thunder in their world. Spring’s worst storms roll by and they sing unheard, choral chirping drowned in human despair Yet the birds of heaven will teach us. Tomorrow I will not seek the wood-dark birds; I must wait for monochrome March skies to bend [...]