“I was not raised anywhere near an Episcopalian church. In fact, I couldn’t even pronounce this word until I was twenty-four. Still, I write about Episcopalians a lot. Not on purpose. I do it because I like them, I guess. And more importantly, I do it because I like their parties.”

“The history of the Episcopal Church is closely tied to the history of the United States. The church was founded after the American Revolution as the successor to the Church of England in the new country. . .Even today, the seat of the presiding bishop of the church, the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., is sometimes called ‘America’s church.’”

“ . . .I’ve watched with some consternation as headlines about the (not-so-revelatory) disclosure that I attend an Episcopal church declare that I’ve “left evangelicals for Episcopalians,” . . . and “departed evangelicalism to embrace a couch potato, cafeteria-style Christianity.”  See why Rachel Held Evans became an Episcopalian.

An Episcopalian, Robin Williams once listed his “Top 10 Reasons to be an Episcopalian.” Among them: 1.) No snake-handling.  2.) You can believe in dinosaurs. 3.) Male and female God created them; male and female we ordain them. 4.) You don’t have to check your brains at the door. 5.) Pew aerobics. . . Go here to see them all.

Life is short, and we do not have much time to gladden the hearts of those who travel with us; so be quick to love, make haste to be kind, and go in peace to follow the good road of blessing. Tweet by Pete Buttigieg