Is Being an Ethical Episcopalian Enough?

Once a month I take my children to a food pantry to do volunteer work. On this particular Sunday we were stocking shelves with a group of Episcopalian Youth. I knew this because each of them was wearing an Episcopal shield lapel pin. Seeing these kids really lifted my spirits. Usually its adults who work in the food pantry and that can become pretty boring for my kids. Now they had the opportunity to work with students their own age.

While separating out cans from boxed goods, my son Drew entered into a very interesting conversation with a young man, Henry, who appeared to be about 16 years old. Drew and Henry became fast friends and worked together throughout the morning. When we were finished with our work, we got in the car and on the ride home, he started to share bits and pieces of his morning conversation with Henry.

You know, Henry is not so sure if he believes in God, my son informed me. This information kind of caught me off balance. Isnt Henry a member of the Episcopal Youth Group that came to volunteer at the food pantry? I asked confused. Yup, he said, but that really has nothing to do with his volunteering. He does it because he thinks its the...