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Expanding Our View of Gratitude

November 24, 2022 By Tim Gavin Leave a Comment

The Stripes are core values in the form of positive rules.

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Filed Under: Prayer Tagged With: Episcopal Schools, gratitude, school, Thanksgiving

Relational Theology: The Cornerstone of Our Ethos

November 15, 2022 By Tim Gavin Leave a Comment

Our love for God can only be manifested by our love for our neighbor.

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Filed Under: Discipleship Tagged With: love, relationship, theology

Saint Aidan: The Strength of Gentleness

August 31, 2022 By Tim Gavin 2 Comments

At The Episcopal Academy we make every intention to inspire our students to care across differences.

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Filed Under: Saints Tagged With: evangelism, saints, school

Bartholomew: Worth a Mention

August 24, 2022 By Tim Gavin Leave a Comment

When I was a child growing up in Philadelphia, I respected a man who lived across the street from me named Mr. Weaver.

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Filed Under: Saints Tagged With: apostles, saints, St. Bartholomew

Saint Clare: Making the Stranger Our Neighbor

August 11, 2022 By Tim Gavin Leave a Comment

We live in a culture in which money seems to be the answer to all our problems. 

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Filed Under: Saints Tagged With: mission trip, money, poor, saints

Saint Lawrence: Reminding Us of the True Treasures of the Church

August 10, 2022 By Tim Gavin Leave a Comment

Since Lawrence was the chief financial officer in Rome, he was given the option by the Roman prefect to surrender the “treasures of the church” and receive his freedom or resist and be put to death.

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Filed Under: Saints Tagged With: discipleship, gospel, martyrdom, poor, saints

Father, Son, and Holy Spirit: a qualitative not quantitative union

June 12, 2022 By Tim Gavin 2 Comments

What I remember most about learning my catechism as a child is memorizing facts about why God loved me.

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year Tagged With: Trinity Sunday

Aligning Our Wills with God’s

April 15, 2022 By Tim Gavin Leave a Comment

My fondest memories of my father focus on the times we worked together. My father knew how to fix everything

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Filed Under: Lent Tagged With: Good Friday, Holy Week, Jesus Christ, parents

Presenting God with Gifts from Our Hearts

February 2, 2022 By Tim Gavin Leave a Comment

When I think of The Feast of the Presentation of our Lord, I can’t help recalling the offertories I have witnessed in Haiti.

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year Tagged With: Haiti, offering, Presentation of our Lord Jesus Christ

We Know About Waiting

December 13, 2021 By Tim Gavin Leave a Comment

Our students at The Episcopal Academy know about waiting.

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year, Uncategorized Tagged With: Advent, school, waiting

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