Paul Jones: Apostle of Peace
Paul Jones, whom we commemorate today, came from a family of long-tenured clergy. His grandfather served as the rector of […]
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Chad of Lichfield’s Holy Humility
Most of what we know about Chad, monastic and Bishop of Lichfield and Mercia, is gleaned from the pages of the Venerable Bede’s Ecclesiastical History of the English People.
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A Boy Called Nicholas
In a land where the beauty of creation was all around, when a boy named Nicholas came to birth, there began a holy journey for this boy whose name means ‘Victor of the People.’
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John Coleridge Patteson: The 4 Challenges
I was talking about missionary work with one of my college students recently, specifically about the shadow side of missions.
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The Brave, Gentle Leadership of Bishop William White
Imagine a hot Philadelphia day. Perhaps, an early Sunday morning in 1777, a year after the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
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The miter fit her just fine: the Rt. Rev. Barbara C. Harris
Bishop Barbara C. Harris died on March 13th, 2020, where I’m sure God welcomed her with the same words and emotion she shared with a friend upon her entrance into the convention center filled with 8,000 people at her consecration: “What a hell of a welcome!”
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The Contemplative and Courageous Bishop David of Wales
One of the reasons I love celebrating minor saint commemorations is that doing so gives our family the opportunities to talk about heroes of our faith and the history and geography of the Christian Church.
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