Mtr Margaret Babcock
The mystery is that people who have never heard of God and those who have heard of him all their lives (what I’ve been calling outsiders…
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Douglas Hickey
Friends, Confession: It’s a struggle for me to orient myself to the spiritual world. To some extent, this is cultural. As moderns (and, too often, as…
Kelsi Vanada
Dear Friends, As I’ve talked about in Formation with the Junior Youth (grades 6-8), the Bible and the Book of Common Prayer often leave much to…
Justin Appel
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…
Fr Matthew Reese
“But whenever you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees…
Fr Alex Swain
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.”…
Richard Mallory
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…
Grant Batchelder
(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…
Br Jordan Albert Paul
Be killing sin, or it be killing you.—John Owen, The Mortification of Sin Therefore, one who chastises does so to keep them from evil. And because…
Kristin Tovar
“It was through our tribal law that I died to our tribal law, so that I could be set free to live for the Great Spirit…
Justin Appel
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…
Fr Matthew Reese
“He called the twelve and began to send them out two by two, and gave them authority over the unclean spirits. He ordered them to take…