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The Powerful and Practical Witness of Evelyn Underhill

June 15, 2023 By Mariclair Partee Carlsen Leave a Comment

Evelyn Underhill lived a sort of double life.

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Filed Under: Saints Tagged With: anglican communion, mystic, poetry, saints

Catherine of Siena: The Lady Doth Protest Just Enough

April 29, 2023 By Lindsay Barrett-Adler Leave a Comment

Early Christianity has a major ratio problem when it comes to male and female leaders.

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Filed Under: Saints Tagged With: monastic, mystic, saints, women

Does Suffering Make you Stronger?

October 15, 2022 By Samantha Vincent-Alexander 4 Comments

Often it is in the midst of the suffering that mystics see their greatest visions.

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Filed Under: Saints Tagged With: mystic, pain, Prayer, saints, suffering, teresa of avila

The Faithful Confidence and Fortitude of Catherine of Sienna

April 29, 2022 By Leyla King Leave a Comment

What strikes me most about Catherine of Sienna’s story is her fortitude.

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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

Weeping in Church with Margery Kempe

November 9, 2021 By Samantha Vincent-Alexander 4 Comments

One of the things that Margery Kempe is known for is her excessive and disruptive weeping. Her favorite place to cry was in churches, but she would cry anywhere—on pilgrimages, on the street, during times of silent prayer.

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Teresa of Avila: Holding on to God

October 15, 2021 By Sara Irwin 1 Comment

There are a lot of great quotations attributed to people who are not responsible for them.

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Filed Under: Prayer, Saints Tagged With: mystic, Prayer, teresa of avila

Evelyn Underhill and Everyday Mystics

June 15, 2021 By Sara Irwin 1 Comment

Evelyn Underhill was a retreat leader, writer, spiritual director, and thinker of the early to mid 20th century. She was not raised in a religiously-inclined […]

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Preach the truth as if you had a million voices

April 29, 2021 By Tina Clark 4 Comments

In a short life of 33 years, Saint Catherine of Siena never seems to have wasted a moment.

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Filed Under: Parenting, Saints Tagged With: Black Lives Matter, Catherine Meeks, coronavirus, Godly Play, mystic, parenting, Presiding Bishop Curry

Julian of Norwich’s Story of Hope in a Time of Sadness

May 8, 2020 By Erin Jean Warde 1 Comment

The feast of Saint Julian finds me during a time when I need her.

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Filed Under: Saints Tagged With: cloud of witnesses, hope, Jesus, julian of norwich, mystic, saints

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