Good Samaritan Episcopal Church

Spiritual but not Religious by The Rev. George Anne Boyle In the wake of the New Age, and the ever-growing love affair our culture has with all things spiritual, a new mantra has emerged: I’m spiritual, not religious! It is the mantra of ex-Catholics and once-in-awhile Protestants and others on the spiritual path. This emerging [...]

Who is Jesus to You? We asked you on a survey to answer the question: Who is Jesus to you? Below are some of your responses…. Christ I see Christ in every person I meet. This makes me think that Jesus is not some abstract idea or demagogue; he is every person I encounter. “What [...]

The Book of Common Prayer appoints Ash Wed. and Good Friday as days of fasting, BCP p. 17. It goes on to say that the forty days of Lent are days of, “Special Devotion” and are, “observed by special acts of discipline and self denial.” What’s fasting all about anyway? Classically, it’s giving up food, [...]

The East Dallas Spirituality Group blasts off this Sunday at 7:00pm! We’ll meet at Highland Park Cafeteria, 1200 N. Buckner Blvd., Dallas. This new group will meet on the first and third Sundays of the month. There are a lot of people who are searching for a deeper spiritual life, and understanding. That’s true for [...]

Stations of the Cross is a traditional devotion usually done on Friday’s in Lent to commemorate the crucuifixion. This is not an historical reenactment, rather it is a meditative path which brings us closer to Jesus as we follow him to his death and burial. This year Roger Button our intern will lead us in [...]

Lent begins Ash Wed. Feb. 25th. In the Book of Common Prayer we read the following every Ash Wed.  “I invite you, therefore, in the name of the Church, to th observance of a holy Lent, by self-examination and repentence; by prayer, fasting, and self-denial; and by reading and meditating on God’s holy Word.” p.265 [...]