Kelsi Vanada

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Dear friends, Growing up in the Evangelical church, a high priority was placed on missions and evangelism. I still feel sorrow and guilt over a mission…
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Fr Matthew

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Dear Friends in Christ, “You can’t anticipate a feast!… but you can always delay it.” This was something of a catchphrase of my wonderful seminary dean,…
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Richard Mallory

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Presenceby Steve Garnaas-Holmes It was no messenger or angelbut God’s presence that saved them.—Isaiah 63.9 An old year has died: a death we welcome.Yet in all calamity,…
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Chotard Doll

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Dear Friends,  When I was a child, it became apparent that I had inherited my father’s propensity for anger. Having a very eloquent sister three years…
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Jordan Paul

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Grant us, O Lord, we beseech thee, to learn to love our enemies, by the example of thy first Martyr Saint Stephen, who prayed to thee…
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John Koza

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Dear Friends in Christ,  Our Gospel for today is Luke 2: 15-21:  “As the angel choir withdrew into heaven, the sheepherders talked it over. “Let’s get…
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Adrienne Hickey

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“Oh, that someone would get me a drink of water from the well at Bethlehem!”—2 Samuel 23:15 “To the lady chosen by God and to her children,…
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Richard Mallory

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Good morning, Saint Philip’s, on this first Sunday of the Twelve Days. I share with you the following poem by G.K. Chesterton (1874–1936). The House of…
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Sue Agnew

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I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another.—John 13: 34 Dear…
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