Justin Appel

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Dear Friends, Today is the feast day of Saint John of Damascus, an eighth-century Syrian church father known for the many hymns attributed to his name,…
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Fr Matthew Reese

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Dear Friends, On Sunday, we began the season of Advent—but you wouldn’t know it from the lessons. Next Sunday, on Advent II, we will hear “the…
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Jeanette Renouf

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My Dear Friends, Today we celebrate the Feast of St. Andrew, the first of the twelve apostles. Like  most of the other eleven, and Jesus, he…
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Edina Hall

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Friends in Christ, If you have ever been to the Church of the Apostles in Oro Valley, you will have seen the beautiful woodwork of Michael…
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Chotard Doll

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Dear Friends, This year Thanksgiving falls shortly after election day in our country. As I read the appointed lessons for today, I felt that the lectionary…
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Justin Appel

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Dear Friends, Today’s readings begin with the beautiful Quoph section of Psalm 119, which explores an attitude of expectant openness. Various phrases bring this sense to the…
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Matt Bonaimé

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Dear Friends, In reading Psalm 78: 3-7, one verse stood out to me: “We will tell the next generation the praiseworthy deeds of the Lord.”  As my wife Alice…
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