The Harvest is the bimonthly print magazine produced by the Episcopal Diocese of Kansas.
Diane Sherwood, a parishioner of Good Shepherd, Wichita, worked for twenty-five years as a divorce attorney and high-conflict mediator in family law. Throughout her practice, she has managed some of the most high-conflict divorces in the state of Kansas. In 2018 Sherwood attended a mediation conference where Eileen Barker, a fellow mediator and attorney from …
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Every one of us has been disappointed by life at one time or another. Yet we often find that by remaining open to the movements of the Spirit, we discover paths to purpose that we never expected. A psychology student and senior at Nebraska Wesleyan University in Lincoln, Greta Carlson was on track to work …
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St. James, Wichita parishioners Danny and Celia Blair worked with Saint Francis Ministries about 10 years ago to adopt their grandson, Eoin (pronounced “Ian”). Now nearing their 70s, the couple shared their experience of raising a young boy in retirement. “We were in our late 50s when our youngest daughter got pregnant,” said Celia. “She …
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According to Robert Capon, Episcopal theologian and New York Times food critic, “the main job of the theologian is to make God interesting.” Of course, this work is not the exclusive domain of the intellectually gifted. Nor is it the sphere of the academically well-credentialed. The theologian’s task of “making God interesting” is about the …
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About two years ago, I was invited to join the Commission for College and Young Adult Ministry (formerly known as Campus Ministry) within the Diocese of West Missouri. We were discussing what we could do to support college students and young adults since we didn’t have traditional campus ministries like our neighboring dioceses in Kansas …
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The season of Advent begins the celebration of the Incarnation of Christ that continues through the season of Epiphany with the culmination at the Transfiguration of Jesus on the mountain with Moses, Elijah, and the Disciples gazing in disbelief. Advent is a path for our hearts to open again to the complete gift of incarnation. …
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Have you ever experienced synergy? When you get together with others who are like you but also different, and yet you share a common purpose? I hope so! I certainly feel this way when we worship together on Sundays. Recently, I experienced synergy on a large scale, at the annual combined meeting of the Society of Biblical …
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As a child, I was immersed in a lively political environment in my family. My parents were usually active Republicans (my mother occasionally registered as an Independent.) We were almost daily in the company of my maternal grandparents, Byron and Helen. Byron was a Republican who voted for Dwight D. Eisenhower and even voted for Alf …
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From Emporia to Florence, Kansas, Highway 50 glides across mile after mile of tallgrass prairie, offering endless vistas of the Kansas horizon. One of the most notable features of this region is the prairie grass itself. Although prairie grass can grow to six or seven feet tall, the real glory occurs below the sod, in the …
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In April 1893 the Reverend John Von Herrlich arrived at St. John’s Episcopal Church. The cathedral-style church had been under construction since 1887 but remained unfinished. The shell of St. John’s had been boarded up for four years with only the exterior stone walls, a slate roof, and a boiler in place. Father Von Herrlich …
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The Harvest is the diocese’s triennial news magazine.
Current Issue: August 2026