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Monday, Mar 09, 2015

Japan Earthquake Anniversary: Three Little Owls

Once upon a time, three little owls sat at my desk. The story of where they came from has a sad beginning, but a joyful end. In the beginning is the triple disaster that hit eastern Japan on March 11, 2011.  That day, an 8.9
magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of the country’s

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Tuesday, Mar 03, 2015

Inspiring Women to Invest in Their Futures Through Financial Planning

To restore community vitality and renew self confidence, small groups of people in villages throughout Guatemala are working together to make a difference. The first step: Empowering women to start believing in themselves. To do this, Episcopal Relief & Development joined forces with the

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Wednesday, Feb 25, 2015

Carry the Water: You Send the Springs into the Valleys

  During Lent we will periodically highlight passages from the 2015 Lenten Meditation booklet. This one is from Sara Delaney, a Program Officer for Episcopal Relief & Development.  Read the Spanish version of this meditation here: http://bit.ly/1DRfPgF

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Monday, Feb 23, 2015

Inspired to Act – Tanner Tennyson

Tanner Tennyson grew up in a small town on the peninsula, across the water from Seattle, Washington. He’s always had a heart for kids and people he could sense were hurting inside. At birth he survived kidney failure and would subsequently spend most of his childhood in a hospital, surviving 

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Friday, Feb 20, 2015

Creo que Toda Persona Debería Tener Acceso a Agua Limpia

    Durante la Cuaresma periódicamente destacaremos pasajes de 2015 Meditaciones para la Cuaresma. Este es de Dr. Daniella Flamenco Gómez, la directora del programa de salud integral de la Iglesia Episcopal en El Salvador.
El cambio 

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Friday, Feb 20, 2015

I Believe that Everyone Should Have Access to Clean Water

  During Lent we will periodically highlight passages from the 2015 Lenten Meditation booklet. This one is from Dr. Daniella Flamenco Gómez, the Director of the Integrated Health Program of the Episcopal Church in El Salvador.  
Drought caused by climate 

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