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A Window into Heaven – and Here

January 29, 2023 By Mary Lee Wile Leave a Comment

Some years ago I took a retreat among the brothers at the Society of St. John the Evangelist that focused on icons.

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Filed Under: Prayer, Saints Tagged With: art, icons, Prayer, SSJE

Explaining What We Believe

January 28, 2023 By Scott Robinson Leave a Comment

The priest, whose classmates had called him “the dumb ox” because of his huge stature and quiet demeanor, was Thomas Aquinas.

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Filed Under: Saints, Uncategorized Tagged With: roman catholic, saints, theology

Timothy, Titus, and Beloved Underdogs

January 26, 2023 By Lindsay Barrett-Adler Leave a Comment

Timothy and Titus were not fresh out of central casting for their roles. They were unlikely leaders. They were underdogs.

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Filed Under: Saints Tagged With: saints, sports, St. Timothy, St. Titus

When You Can’t Follow Your Call

January 24, 2023 By Samantha Vincent-Alexander Leave a Comment

I went to Princeton Theological Seminary as a Roman Catholic woman.

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Filed Under: Saints Tagged With: anglican communion, cloud of witnesses, priesthood, War

The Larger than Life Ministry of Phillips Brooks

January 23, 2023 By Kit Lonergan 2 Comments

Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones.

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Filed Under: Saints Tagged With: church history, cloud of witnesses, The Episcopal Church

Saint Peter and the Pressure to Be the Rock

January 18, 2023 By Margaret Ellsworth 1 Comment

I bet there is a “strong one” in your family: the rock on whom the rest of your family can depend.

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Filed Under: Parenting, Saints Tagged With: Disney, Feast of the Confession of St. Peter, parenting

Outward and Visible Signs of Friendship

January 12, 2023 By Erin Jean Warde Leave a Comment

Saint Aelred of Rievaulx is known for his work on spiritual friendship.

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Filed Under: Saints Tagged With: cloud of witnesses, coronavirus, friendship, sacrament

More than a doubter

December 21, 2022 By Scott Robinson Leave a Comment

According to South Indian Christian tradition, Saint Thomas the Apostle set sail for the Malabar Coast (present-day Kerala) in 52 CE.

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Filed Under: Saints Tagged With: evangelism, St. Thomas, The Gospel of John

Just Like The Movies: The Many Stories of Nicholas, Bishop of Myra

December 6, 2022 By Bird Treacy Leave a Comment

One of the other wonderful things about having so many ways to tell a story is that we can think creatively about how to share them in  our own families and communities.

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Filed Under: Saints Tagged With: Godly Play, movie, saints, St. Nicholas

Come, see. You don’t want to miss out on this.

November 30, 2022 By Maria Kane 1 Comment

One month into my junior year of high school and four months after my dad’s sudden death, I declared to my closest friends over school lunch mystery meat that I was quitting church, and, by extension, God.

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Filed Under: Saints Tagged With: doubt, evangelism, friends, patron saints, St. Andrew, teenagers, teens at church

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