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Saint Benedict’s Reminder for Daily Life

July 11, 2021 By Bingham Powell Leave a Comment

Most prayer books sitting in the pew rack have a section of pages that are somewhat dirty. You see them from the side while the book is closed. They are darkened and protruding out a bit.

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Filed Under: Parenting, Prayer, Saints Tagged With: Book of Common Prayer, Daily Office, Evening Prayer, St. Benedict

Bringing Saint Joseph to the Center

March 19, 2021 By Bingham Powell 2 Comments

Today is the feast of Saint Joseph, but before we talk about that, I need to share with you one of the best Christmas presents I received this year: a llama needle felting kit!

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Reminders offered by our creche collection

December 14, 2020 By Bingham Powell 1 Comment

I do not know when I moved from having a few creches to having a collection, but it was somewhere between having two and then forty

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James the Apostle and Overcoming Our Culture of Greatness

July 25, 2020 By Bingham Powell 1 Comment

We do not know much about him, but James must have been a pretty big deal.

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Martyrs of the Sudans and Small Incarnations

May 16, 2020 By Bingham Powell Leave a Comment

When I was in high school, we moved to the Diocese of Southwestern Virginia, which had a long-term companion relationship with the Episcopal Church of Sudan.

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year, Saints Tagged With: cloud of witnesses, coronavirus, incarnation, martyrdom, sudan, theology

The Scholl siblings’ faithful courage to do what’s right

February 22, 2020 By Bingham Powell 3 Comments

The story of Hans and Sophie Scholl is a powerful story of faith and courage.

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Filed Under: Parenting, Saints Tagged With: baptismal covenant, courage, Faith, martyrdom

Shining Christ’s Light on All Saints

November 1, 2019 By Bingham Powell 1 Comment

What is a saint? The root of the word “saint” is holy. A saint is one who is holy. When Paul uses the word, he is referring to all those who follow Jesus.

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Celebrating Saint Lucy of Syracuse

December 13, 2018 By Bingham Powell 4 Comments

The name Lucy means light. She is a light, but more importantly she points us to the light of Christ. In the literal darkness we face every year at this time and in the greater darkness we face in our lives and in the world, Lucy reminds us that the light of Christ shines in the midst of it all, and the darkness does not overcome it.  

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Filed Under: Saints Tagged With: children, cooking with kids, Feast Days, light, recipes, saints, St Lucy, traditions

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