Fr Alex Swain

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Beloved in Christ, Holy Cross Day is upon us (well, technically yesterday but we observe it today). Today we celebrate the discovery of the true cross…
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Richard Mallory

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Dear Friends in Christ, In Friday’s Bell and Tower, I thought I was commenting on Sunday’s Old Testament lesson but that was from a different lectionary…
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Peter Cheney

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Dear Community, As evidenced by today’s reading from the Letter to the Ephesians (Chapter 2, verses 11-22), a principal theme of Paul’s ministry and writing is…
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Chotard Doll

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Dear Friends, One of the readings today is the short letter to Jude, who was possibly a brother of Jesus. It is one of the earliest…
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Kelsi Vanada

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Dear Friends, Recently, the Saint Philip’s Women’s Bible Study read Freeing Jesus by Diana Butler Bass. I was very taken by the section about Jesus as…
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Justin Appel

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Dear Friends, Have you ever rushed into a situation, barrels blazing, with a corrective measure? Have you ever “put your foot in your mouth” by speaking…
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Fr Alex Swain

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Beloved in Christ, The question of one’s legacy is always an interesting one. Legacy, which survives on after we pass away, is usually portrayed as a…
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Richard Mallory

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“Whoever does not carry the cross and follow me cannot be my disciple.”  —Luke 14.27 Crossby Steve Garnaas-Holme Romans nailed them to it, regularly.It wasn’t jewelry. It…
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Travis Reese

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Friends, Today’s reading, Mark 15:33-39, is about the death of Jesus. It is told in all four gospels with different details highlighted, but all are similar…
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Jordan Paul

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Whoever has received from the divine bounty a large share of temporal blessings, whether they be external and material, or gifts of the mind, has received…
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