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Epiphany, Pregnancy, The Already, and the Not Yet

February 8, 2022 By Lindsay Barrett-Adler 3 Comments

Sandwiched between its higher status siblings Christmas and Lent, Epiphany sometimes feels like the middle child of liturgical seasons.

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year, Parenting Tagged With: Epiphany, incarnation, siblings, waiting

Christmas Gifts

January 4, 2022 By Susan Caldwell 2 Comments

My younger daughter was being particular for Christmas: Mandarin skin cream from Aesop, a small facial boutique shop on Lido Isle.

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year, Parenting Tagged With: baby Jesus, Christmas, gifts, incarnation

Longing for God and Something Familiar in Advent

December 23, 2021 By Kit Lonergan Leave a Comment

As if on cue, every second Sunday of Advent my husband and I get into an argument about the correct type of lights to hang in order to welcome baby Jesus, the incarnate God, into the world. 

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year Tagged With: Advent, Christmas, incarnation

Have you any Christmas cheer?

December 17, 2021 By Raymond Capo 3 Comments

I recently had a literal “come to Jesus” moment while saying goodbye to a fellow parishioner leaving our Sunday service.

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year Tagged With: Advent, Christmas, incarnation, Prayer

Saying Yes to Bearing God in the World

August 15, 2021 By Lindsay Barrett-Adler Leave a Comment

Isn’t it the fundamental call of all Christians to take on the role of God-bearer?

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Filed Under: Parenting, Saints Tagged With: baptismal covenant, Blessed Virgin Mary, Feast Days, incarnation

Following the Living Examples of Agnes and Cecelia

January 21, 2021 By Erin Jean Warde 2 Comments

Saint Cecelia and Saint Agnes are known for contributions to the church writ large, one contribution being how they have inspired the women who came into the church after them. 

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Filed Under: Saints Tagged With: clergy, incarnation, priesthood, saints, women

Martyrs of the Sudans and Small Incarnations

May 16, 2020 By Bingham Powell Leave a Comment

When I was in high school, we moved to the Diocese of Southwestern Virginia, which had a long-term companion relationship with the Episcopal Church of Sudan.

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year, Saints Tagged With: cloud of witnesses, coronavirus, incarnation, martyrdom, sudan, theology

Embracing the Messy Season of Christmas

December 25, 2019 By Eric Liles 2 Comments

As we enter into the Christmas season I am struck, once again, at how messy life, family celebrations, and gift giving can be. T

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God’s Love Actually

December 9, 2018 By Benjamin Gildas Leave a Comment

I know that it is the season of Advent, but Christmas is on my heart and mind. It’s hard to avoid, since, in the words of fictional rock-n-roll legend Billy Mack, “Christmas is all around.” Christmas is on tv, in stores, in our email boxes, and of course, we’re inundated with holiday musical classics.

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: Advent, Christmas, divorce, God, incarnation, love, parenting

It’s Christ’s World, Not Harvey Weinstein’s

October 21, 2017 By Sara Irwin 3 Comments

Bodies are whole and holy; both our own and those of others are to be treasured and respected.

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: children, discipleship, Family, incarnation, parenting, reconciliation, sexual harassment, violence

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