Emily Lyons

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Dear Friends, Following the Episcopal calendar of Lesser Feasts and Fasts, today we commemorate American priest and educator Father James de Koven. Like the founders of…
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Elizabeth Wood

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Dear Friends, Looking at the calendar, I’m surprised we’re not even halfway through Lent. It seems like a long time since the feasting of Shrove Tuesday…
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Sherry Sterling

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Dear friends, Would you join me for a thought experiment? Imagine holding a fresh-picked lemon in your hands. Notice the bright yellow skin, feel its texture…
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Justin Appel

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Dear Friends in Christ, Today is the feast of St. Joseph. Joseph is a central figure in the story of Christ’s birth, but he is a…
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Edina Hall

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Sisters and Brothers in Christ,   When I was in graduate school, my friend and I wondered what it would be like to talk to Jesus…
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Douglas Hickey

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Friends, They’re not widely observed in the church anymore, but I like the Ember Days. The name seems so evocative. It conjures images of glowing coals…
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Kelsi Vanada

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Dear friends, In today’s Gospel passage (John 4:31-38), the disciples are trying to attend to Jesus’s human needs. They urge him to eat something, but he…
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Justin Appel

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Dear Friends in Christ, This morning’s readings recount the importance of repentance, and of the myriad ways we can and often do sin against God. The story…
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