At This Time of Year
I ask myself, what is it like to be a Companion at this time of year? … Ah! Everything has gone quiet for Holy Week and Easter Day One.
A Lenten Reflection: Emily Malbone Morgan, Lay Leader and Contemplative
Enjoy this wonderful Lenten reflection video, featuring background on Emily Malbone Morgan and the SCHC.
FROM MARCH 2023 INTERCESSION PAPER
God, creator of the universe, you see our beautiful planet held in your loving hands, without borders and without divisions. We know it is your desire that we love and serve one another as you so generously modeled for us
Episcopalians Remember Emily Malbone Morgan on February 25th
Emily Malbone Morgan, the founder of the Companions, is celebrated February 25 in the Episcopal Church’s liturgical calendar. We received an invitation to preach at Yale Divinity School's Berkeley Center in February. The subject: why Miss Morgan has a place
Notable Companion Esther Burgess
When I ask Companions to remember Esther Burgess, the reaction is never lukewarm. Either towering admiration or bone stiffening fear are common reactions. Read on to learn more about this tenacious Companion.
FROM FEBRUARY 2023 INTERCESSION PAPER
O Lord, your power extends over all the earth, over all of creation. You made the heavens and the earth and all that exists therein. Grant us grace and insight to practice true giving. May we be like the widow
FROM JANUARY 2023 INTERCESSION PAPER
JOIN US IN PRAYER Every month Companions receive a small booklet in the mail, the Intercession Paper. Day by day, we turn its pages, praying with our Companions. The prayers concern needs big and small, thanksgivings, and the aims of
GIVING THANKS IN ALL SEASONS
The Psalmist is eloquent about the goodness and beauty of creation. We are provided with the image of a joyful God tossing stars into the sky to light our way and throwing stars onto the earth and into the sea,
Sunflower Birthing Centers
About 80,000 Ukrainian women are expected to have children in the coming months. In the face of a cruel war, we especially care that as many mothers as possible are surrounded by nurture and love, and that the birth takes
Home to Adelynrood: 2022 Companion Conference
In September 2019 I said "yes" to an invitation to lead our 2021 Companion Conference. In June 2022, after two summers of pandemic closure, I stepped back on the grounds of Adelynrood at last, two days ahead of the postponed