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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

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

Ammonius the Hermit

November 8, 2022 By Ryan Kuratko Leave a Comment

Have you ever googled someone—or yourself, of course!—only to discover a whole lot of other people, in other countries and states, with the same name? 

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Tabitha’s Encouragement

October 25, 2022 By Lauren Kuratko Leave a Comment

When I reflect on Tabitha, I think of the many things that have died, literally and metaphorically, in the last few years.

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Filed Under: Saints Tagged With: baptism, cloud of witnesses, coronavirus, tabitha, Zoom meeting

The Profound Act of Showing Up

June 9, 2022 By Maria Kane 2 Comments

Everyone told me that visiting Iona, a small island off of the western coast of Scotland would be a magical, otherworldly experience.

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Julian of Norwich: Christ Our Mother

May 8, 2022 By Margaret Ellsworth 2 Comments

This year, Saint Julian’s feast day coincides with Mother’s Day.

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Filed Under: Saints Tagged With: children, cloud of witnesses, Jesus Christ, julian of norwich, Mother's Day, parenting

Walking the Way of Love with Absalom Jones

February 13, 2022 By Chris Decatur Leave a Comment

“This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.”

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Overcoming Prejudice with God’s Love

February 4, 2022 By Jamie Osborne 1 Comment

To remember Cornelius is to celebrate courage persevering through prejudice and how God’s love can overcome our blindness.

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Filed Under: Saints Tagged With: Acts of the Apostles, baptism, cloud of witnesses, Cornelius, love, St. Peter

Navigating the Gospel with Hilda of Whitby

November 18, 2021 By Melissa Wilcox Leave a Comment

Many years ago, before I attended seminary, I worked as a volunteer for the Anglican Church of Tanzania to facilitate youth programs in the section of the country that bordered Rwanda.

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Filed Under: Saints Tagged With: cloud of witnesses, mystic, Tanzania, worship

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