Justin Appel

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Dear Friends, To accompany the Gospel lesson today, I want to reproduce the text of a choral anthem by the contemporary English composer Owain Park, his Phos Hilaron. This…
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Fr Alex Swain

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Beloved in Christ, “Let mutual love continue. Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by doing that some have entertained angels without knowing it.”…
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Richard Mallory

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SALT AND LIGHT Dear Beloveds of Christ Jesus, Jesus makes declarative sentences. No ifs or buts. These are definitive statements. “You already are light.” “You already…
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Grant Batchelder

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(Hebrews 12:12–29) Dear friends in Christ, Hebrews was written to people who were already worn down. They were not new to faith, and they were not…
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Justin Appel

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Dear Friends, Today’s Gospel lesson brings us directly to the mystery of Holy Communion. This passage has me thinking about several things. On the one hand, St…
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Fr Alex Swain

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Beloved in Christ, Today is a holy day marked as “Other Feasts of Our Lord” (BCP 16). It’s none other than the Presentation of Our Lord…
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Richard Mallory

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Dear friends of Saint Philip’s, I invite you to consider two contemporary versions of the Beatitudes.  One by Garnass-Holmes and the other by Stassen. See which…
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Chotard Doll

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Dear Friends: Today in Genesis Abraham and Sarah are visited in their tent by the Oaks of Mamre by “The Lord, seen as three men to…
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