Christopher Bentley

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“…Come forth!” —John 11:43 (KJV) Dear friends, Reading today’s familiar passage in John’s Gospel—Jesus raising Lazarus from the deadrenewed my faith in the Bible as a living…
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Kelsi Vanada

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Dear Friends, “He was educated, he was refined, he was the consummate Victorian gentleman—except that he was Black.” That’s how the Rev Dr Gayle Fisher-Stewart described…
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Justin Appel

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Dear Friends, Today’s Gospel lesson sets up the story of Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead. Rather than comment at length, I want to share a late medieval…
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Mtr Beth Clarke

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Friends in Christ,  One of the earliest sources for the traditions surrounding Mary’s birth is a strange, fascinating little second-century text called the Protoevangelium of James…
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Fr Alex Swain

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Beloved in Christ, Music is incredibly important to my life of faith. Singing in a choir in undergrad was, for example, one of those pivotal moments…
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Grant Batchelder

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Dear friends in Christ, (John 10:1–18) “The sheep follow him because they know his voice.” I believe God still speaks to us. But I also think…
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Jordan Paul

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In this context, to free does not mean a release from some confinement, as the Latin language suggests, but rather a being made free; and this…
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Kristin Tovar

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“Do not fret because of the wicked; do not be envious of wrongdoers, for they will soon fade like the grass, and wither like the green…
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Justin Appel

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Dear Friends, The text from today’s Old Testament lesson sounds especially familiar to Anglican Christians, because the opening verses are found in the 1662 Book of…
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Mtr Beth Clarke

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Friends in Christ, On a recent episode of one of my favorite podcasts, Ask N.T. Wright Anything, a listener asked why it can be challenging to…
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Fr Alex Swain

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Beloved in Christ, Today we are celebrating one of the great English saints—Saint Aidan of Lindisfarne! As Lesser Feasts and Fasts notes, Aidan helped restore Christianity…
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