Kyle Dresback

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Friends, Today’s gospel reading includes one of Jesus’ most memorable teachings—simple in its imagery yet rich in meaning: What do you think? If a shepherd has…
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Sherry Sterling

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Dear friends, Do you, like me, notice it’s natural to praise God after a win, when things are going your way, when you, like King David,…
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Justin Appel

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Dear Friends, Today’s New Testament reading comes from the ecstatic vision of Revelation 21—that glorious panorama of the new creation with a focal point on the new…
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Fr Alex Swain

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Beloved in Christ, Growing up, it seemed that life would take a rather linear path. I would finish high school, go to college, get my degree,…
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Richard Mallory

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Dear Ones in Christ Jesus,  Today’s gospel occurs during the last days of Jesus’ life. Some were ogling the most magnificent building in Jerusalem, the temple…
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Edina Hall

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Beloved Church Family, I have been reflecting on our recent Day of Discovery in the journey to call a new rector. My thoughts have been captivated…
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Kristin Tovar

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“When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.”—Matthew 9: 35-38 Dear friends, Almost…
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Kelsi Vanada

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Dear Friends, Today’s reading from 1 Maccabees 1:1-28 tells of Antiochus IV’s pillaging of the temple in Jerusalem in the year 169 BC: “He arrogantly entered…
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Justin Appel

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Dear Friends, Today’s lesson from the Matthew’s Gospel incorporates more of Jesus’ healing work and the feeding of four thousand people. There are multiple strands to pull…
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Fr Matthew Reese

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Dear Friends in Christ, Today is the Feast of St Martin of Tours. It is also, in this country, Veterans Day—though of course, everywhere else in…
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Fr Alex Swain

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Beloved in Christ, Every now and again, someone of profound heroic stature seems to arise in times of immense crisis. Pope Leo the Great of Rome—whose…
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