by Leah Philbrick | Apr 10, 2026 | Lily & Sparrow
‘A Spiritual truth to which our culture and society have so successfully numbed us is that the contemplative life is not a luxury or a quaint pastime but a matter of grave spiritual, social, and now even planetary urgency.’ Vincent Pizzuto, Contemplating Christ:...
by Susan Scaggs | Apr 10, 2026 | Lily & Sparrow
It started with a broken heart. An utter sense of helplessness and hopelessness had taken hold, and it was making me physically sick. I was horrified with each nightly newscast, and then Renee Good was murdered. In desperate need of community, solace, and some hope, I...
by Ed Hochnedel | Apr 10, 2026 | Lily & Sparrow
Gospel: John 4:5-24 I would like to take you back three weeks ago to Feb 20th and 21st and the 42nd Annual Convention of the Diocese of East Tennessee. The theme of the Convention was “Equip Disciples”. So the question I have for you is this: what does it look like...
