Vital Posts

Miguel Angel Escobar

Miguel Angel Escobar is Associate Program Director for Leadership and Training at the Episcopal Church Foundation. In this capacity, he works closely with Anne Ditzler and Nancy Davidge on ECF Vital Practices, and also helps to coordinate the Fellowship Partners Program and ECF's Academies and Workshops. 

An M.Div. graduate of Union Theological Seminary in New York, Miguel serves on the boards of the New York Intern Program, wherein five young adults deepen their faith through a year of service in West Harlem, and the Episcopal Peace Fellowship. His work for NYIP and EPF primarily focuses on communications and development. 

Prior to working for ECF, Miguel worked as communications assistant to the Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori, Presiding Bishop of The Episcopal Church. His background is in religious studies, Spanish, and homiletics. Write Miguel at mescobar@episcopalfoundation.org or follow him on Facebook and Twitter. 

Recent Posts:

Consensus: A Countercultural Activity
From Nine to Ten
That Other Trinity: Results, Process, Relationships
Wanted: Good Coaches
Will your Goals Make a Difference?
Who Should be at the Table?
Our Future is Bright. (And lean, uncharted, and scary)
Extending the Invitation
The Hunger Games
¿Por qué permanecer igual?
Why stay the same?
What's the appropriate pace of change?
I didn't sign up for this.
Birds of the air, lilies of the field
Using Technology to Increase Participation
Digital Direction
Adventures in Technology in a Mom and Pop Store
Entrenched
Small Changes, Big Impacts
Who are you waiting for?
Our Very Own Christmas Special
Ouch. And thank you.
Were You Transformed?
Voices of Transformation and Renewal
'Tis the Season
There's a Saint for That
The Spanglish Congregation
Shoulders to Stand On
Conflict and Decline
Why Young Adults Leave Church
Postcard from Memphis
Vanity of Vanities; All Is Vanity
Three Cups of Coffee
Creating a Press Kit for your Congregation
Vestry as Spiritual Leaders?
Rising Dough, Growing Communities
The Hunger Games
Wanted: Authenticity
Stewardship season is just around the corner...
Change
Por qué Alberto Cutié importa
Why Alberto Cutié Matters
Dog Paddling at the Deep End of the Pool
Shabbat Shalom
The Results Are In
Going Global: Where to Begin?
Struggling to Become a Multicultural Church
Make an Appetizing Welcome Video
Hablando de la Mayordomía
T.R.U.E. Stories (True Relief of Urgent Emergencies)
Your Facebook Profile: Targeted Updates
Pass the Plate. Or not.
Strengthening Neighborhoods
Don't Try This At Home
Where are the Young Adults?
The Music Scene
Blessing (and welcoming) the bikes
Google and the Human Touch
Ear to the Ground
La Bonne Cuisine: A Mortgage and a Mission
Beyond the Elevator Speech
Bringing our Bodies to Church
Becoming Unapologetically Episcopalian
Episcopal Foodies Network
Learning Spanish
Talkin’ About My Generation
Resolution #3: Online Makeover
Resolution #2: Invest in Leadership
Resolution #1: Take Good Photos
Crafting Resolutions
Las Posadas
Make an ask this New Year's Eve
Preparar el terreno… para visitantes
Prepare the Way...For Visitors
Covenants
Winter Shelter
Back from Nuevo Amanecer
Getting Hunger on the Agenda
Leadership in the Feligresía
myDiocese
Know thy Neighbor
Facebook Stewardship
Lost in Translation: Generosity