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Clare of Assisi and Rules of Life

August 11, 2023 By Elizabeth Felicetti Leave a Comment

One book that has survived moves and book purges since I graduated seminary is Francis and Clare: The Complete Works from the Classics of Western Spirituality series.

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Filed Under: Prayer, Saints Tagged With: Daily Office, Forward Movement, monastic, Prayer, rule of life, Saint Clare, saints

Joseph of Arimathea held death in his arms

August 1, 2023 By Sara Irwin Leave a Comment

What is most vivid for me about Joseph is how he is moved by Jesus’ death.

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Love to be Unknown

July 24, 2023 By Samantha Vincent-Alexander Leave a Comment

The person who probably would have been least concerned with how many books he sold was Thomas à Kempis.

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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

Experiencing Thin Places as a Family

June 9, 2023 By Allison Sandlin Liles 1 Comment

I imagine some folks prefer keeping their thin places to themselves, so that they remain personal sanctuaries hidden from the rest of the world. However, I’ve found tremendous joy sharing them with my husband and children.

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Enter Joan of Arc

May 30, 2023 By Scott Robinson Leave a Comment

Perhaps one of the best-known agents of change in the way Christian Europe understood itself was Joan of Arc.

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Monica/Monnica, Woman of Prayer

May 4, 2023 By Mariclair Partee Carlsen Leave a Comment

If you are a western Christian, Saint Monica might be the second most famous Christian mother you can name, after Our Lady.

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Filed Under: Parenting, Prayer, Saints Tagged With: Augustine, motherhood, parenting, 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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Sharing Love with the Unknown

April 25, 2023 By Elizabeth Bentrup 3 Comments

Mark’s evangelism took fierce courage to go beyond his boundaries, into the unknown, to the unseen, sharing news he knew was urgent, life-sustaining, and fortifying. 

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Filed Under: Parenting, Saints Tagged With: parenting, saints, St. Mark, suicide, teenagers, teens at church

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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