King Schoenfeld

God is Good

During the Lenten season we focus especially on confession and repentance, including repentance for evil done in our name. In her book Life Abundant the ecological theologian Sallie McFague discusses who we imagine is responsible for evil, if God’s reality…

Greening Committee Mission

“The mission of the Christ Church Greening Parish Ministry” we’ve said… “…is to become better stewards of God’s creation—its plants and animals (including human animals) and the ecosystems that sustain them. We educate ourselves, our fellow parishioners, and others about…

Walk in the Spirit

On October 19th, Christ Episcopal Church in Tacoma welcome the Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis and Dr. Charon Hribar from Kairos Center/The Poor People’s Campaign to preach and lead worship with us. Here is a snippet of our recessional!

Sing it! We Are Family!

Like many of us, I take our little dog for her early morning walk, sometimes in pjs, more often dressed for the day. One lot at the corner of our block is enclosed in a dense, green, leafy hedge. As…

In Relationship with Trees

June 14, 2024 Many folks living around us are in a relationship with trees, or so say readers of the Seattle Times.[1] Maybe you’re one of them. It happened to me, too. Back in Missouri, as Dee and I were hiking…