Submitted by: ECFVP User Author name: Lisa Fischbeck Episcopal Church of the Advocate Chapel Hill, North Carolina At the risk of tipping...

It took me a while to notice, but summer is a hard season in the life of a church in a university town. People leave. We wish them well,...

The local public radio station allows sponsors 24 words for each ad. The name of the sponsor counts as one word. But if a website is...

When I was in my late 30s, I believed I had two vocations: I was a priest, and also a wife and mother. Both of these identities engaged...

What does it mean to be attentive to the gifts we’ve been given and the ways we use them? In Mindful Stewardship, Lisa Fischbeck describes w

Truth be told, it’s possible to participate in the Sunday morning exchange of greetings and coffee hour fellowship, even the occasional potl

A member of the congregation asked if we might have pronoun buttons made for folks to wear in church -- simple pin buttons that would identi

Lisa Fischbeck figured the Memorial Day concert and cookout would be a good way for folks to experience the hospitality of the church. It al

The Episcopal Church of the Advocate lost its best loved greeter and mouser this spring. Smoke the Advo-cat came initially to take care of a

In A Celebration of Life to Prepare for Death, Lisa Fischbeck explores the bright side of being given enough time to prepare for death. She

Many have used metaphor to teach about the Church, the church as a mother, etc. In her blog, Lisa Fischbeck compares small and mid-sized chu

As the holiday season approaches with its tables of bounty, Lisa Fishbeck advises us to consider how we think about food and how sharing our

Rather than cast away the works of darkness, we can be more particular, and instead cast away the works of those policies, those tendencies,

In our latest blog, John: The Gospel of Glory and…, Lisa Fischbeck explores her initial love of John that becomes tempered by the realizatio

What is the value in acknowledging, tending to and addressing our weariness? In Acknowledging the Body’s Weariness, Lisa Fischbeck reflects

I don’t know for certain, but I’m inclined to think that the awkward, and perhaps corny, practice of calling one another Steward, might chal

World views are being shaped anew.