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Saint George: Dying for the Risen Christ

April 23, 2023 By Tim Gavin Leave a Comment

As a young child, I held aspirations of joining the military. I remember our imaginary play through back street alleys and vacant lots included re-enacting scenes from the latest war movie that we watched on television.

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Filed Under: Saints Tagged With: Jesus Christ, military, Saint George, saints, sin

A Body Like Ours

March 25, 2023 By Scott Robinson Leave a Comment

Mary must have been so frightened.

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year Tagged With: Annunciation, Blessed Virgin Mary, bodies, Feast Days, Jesus Christ

CS Lewis’ Compelling Representation of Christ

November 22, 2022 By Casey Shobe Leave a Comment

Safe? Who said anything about safe? ‘Course he isn’t safe. But he’s good.

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Filed Under: Saints Tagged With: Advent, books, CS Lewis, Jesus Christ

Stalling on the Dock of the Bay

September 8, 2022 By Kit Lonergan Leave a Comment

I was sitting on the dock of our diocesan camp, the Barbara C Harris Center, when I began feeling uncomfortable.

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Gentle Mary

July 26, 2022 By Mariclair Partee Carlsen 1 Comment

In the early months of the pandemic, locked down with my young children in a too small city row house with no real backyard to speak of, I found myself losing my patience, something already in short supply, much like milk, diapers, and grocery delivery slots.

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year, Parenting Tagged With: Blessed Virgin Mary, coronavirus, Jesus Christ, parenting

Envisioning Jesus in Our Own Image

July 21, 2022 By Allison Sandlin Liles 3 Comments

Mom, I thought Jesus had white skin?

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: art, Jesus Christ, parenting, racism, Sewanee

Reflections and a Life Well Lived

June 27, 2022 By Sarah Carr Leave a Comment

For a friendship more separate than equal, we don our funeral black, and sign the guest book on the way in, all our children watching and following our lead with solemnity.

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Filed Under: Discipleship Tagged With: death, friendship, Jesus Christ

Pentecost’s Reminder to Keep Jesus’ Commands

June 5, 2022 By Dorian Del Priore Leave a Comment

The Feast of Pentecost is loaded with profound and fantastical readings of scripture.

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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

Aligning Our Wills with God’s

April 15, 2022 By Tim Gavin Leave a Comment

My fondest memories of my father focus on the times we worked together. My father knew how to fix everything

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