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A Case for Sabbath to Remember Baptism
From sports leagues to school clubs, and youth groups to women’s groups, sororities, fraternities, PTA, service leagues, and men’s Bible ...
Honoring One’s Mother and God’s Calling, Too
Beginning in 1857, Episcopal bishops began setting apart women for a ministry of service as deaconesses. For over a century, ...
Season’s Gifts for a Meaningful Christmas
The Christmas season is wrapped in wonder, love, and peace as if a gift in itself. In the Episcopal tradition, ...
Embracing the Twelve Days of Christmas
When Christmas's tide comes in like a bride,With holly and ivy clad,Twelve days in the year, much mirth and good ...
Looking Back and Looking Ahead: The Practice of Reflection
“Moving into a new year doesn’t mean starting over, it means starting again, armed with wisdom we’ve gathered along the ...
Sons and Daughters of Thunder
Whenever the Bishop saw Elizabeth and me together at some diocesan event, he would say, “Well, this looks like trouble.” ...
Christmas: A Feasting Mindset
And therefore, uncle, though (Christmas) has never put a scrap of gold or silver in my pocket, I believe that ...
We’re Almost Close to Meeting Jesus
“We’re almost close to meeting Jesus.” These were the words my 5-year-old grandson, James, joyfully yelled on December 16th as ...
The Pageant and the Cross
We held our annual Christmas Pageant at St. Michael’s early this year—December 15—because one faithful family was heading out of ...
The Advent and Christmas Jumble
My own kids, our Sunday school kids, and the families in our church community all bring the same question this time of year. How ...
Embracing Complexity: Lessons from Elphaba and Imogene
In the past three weeks, I've seen three movies in the theater with my thirteen-year-old daughter. A personal record, for ...
Plowshares of Peace
For out of Zion shall go forth instruction and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.He shall judge between the ...