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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 ...
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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 ...
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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.” ...
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Christmas: A Feasting Mindset

And therefore, uncle, though (Christmas) has never put a scrap of gold or silver in my pocket, I believe that ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Plowshares of Peace

For out of Zion shall go forth instruction and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.He shall judge between the ...
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Santa or God or Saint Nicholas

If you've never observed the Feast of Saint Nicholas before, here's my pitch to start today. First though, let's hear ...
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Volleyball and the Body of Christ

My family spends a lot of time on the sidelines of youth and high school sporting events. So much time, ...
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Advent: The Ancient Practice of Patience

As a child, my family had one Advent calendar we used for years. It featured a nativity with twenty-four paper ...
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The Prophetic Witness of Absalom Jones

Today we remember the life and faith of Absalom Jones, the first African American priest in the Episcopal Church, whose ...
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In the Land of the Living

Years ago, on a beautiful sunny Saturday during my mom’s last battle with breast cancer, I turned aside from my ...
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Obedience and Submission

Everything conspires to take away from a man who is set in authority over others the sense of justice and ...
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Between Love and Fear: Parenting, Protection, and the Story of Manche Masemola

The older my children get, the harder it is to know what it means to protect them. Even as we ...
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Sharing Christ’s Light through Word and Deed

The Feast of the Presentation of our Lord, celebrated 40 days following the celebration of Christ’s birth, was first observed ...
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Nurturing bright flames of love with Saint Brigid

Today is the 1,501st anniversary of the death of Brigid of Kildare. Brigid is one of the three patron saints ...
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