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Context of a Cure

February 3, 2021 By Anne Warner Leave a Comment

Imagine for a minute that the three main characters of the story—the servant, the centurion, and Jesus—are standing in front of you.

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: healing, Jesus, Luke, trinity

The Verdant Greening of Joy

September 17, 2020 By Erin Jean Warde 1 Comment

Today we celebrate the commemoration of Saint Hildegard of Bingen, a woman offering so many gifts to the church that they are hard to list.

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Filed Under: Saints Tagged With: gardening, healing, Hildegard of Bingen, joy, Lesser Feasts and Fasts, pain

Saint Luke and Laying On Hands

October 18, 2018 By Allison Sandlin Liles 2 Comments

Several years ago the church I currently serve decided to end their Wednesday healing service, opting instead to add healing prayers to the Sunday morning […]

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Filed Under: Prayer, Saints Tagged With: Children in church, healing, Prayer, St. Luke

My cancer showed me the power of kindness.

December 22, 2016 By Raymond Capo 2 Comments

When I volunteered to donate a kidney, I wasn’t expecting a cancer diagnosis. I also wasn’t expecting such an outpouring of compassion.

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Filed Under: Discipleship Tagged With: baptism, cancer, compassion, healing, health, kindness, T.S. Eliot

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