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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Richard Mallory

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Job 19: 23-27a Dear Friends in Christ, These  few verses from today’s Old Testament reading, from Job,  arrive in the midst of deep soul searching and…
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Jordan Paul

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To move into heaven, or the divine manner of existence, is not to move to another place, but to that arena of existence that stands outside…
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Grant Batchelder

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John 1: 9-18 and William Temple, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1944 Dear Friends in Christ, I did not know much about William Temple until this week. I…
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Justin Appel

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Dear Friends, Today’s readings incorporate Psalm 72, one of the so-called “royal psalms.” In this case, Psalm 72 seems to be specifically about King Solomon, being a…
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