How It Ends: Sister Emily Cooper, Graduations, and Graves
About two years ago, my wife and I mounted a six foot long white board on our office wall. We […]
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Transforming Stranger Danger: Aelred, Spiritual Friendship, and the Online World
Don’t talk to strangers. Definitely don’t talk to strangers in chatrooms in 2003. These are the sorts of essential socializing
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Unlocking History: A Note of Thanks to Dorothy Sayers
I am convinced that I grew up in a parish out of time. I know that many churches seem trapped
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Carrying the Light: Saint Martin of Tours and Veterans/Armistice Day
Today the Church remembers Saint Martin of Tours. His feast day dates much farther back in time than the observances
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All Faithful Departed and the Love that Never Dies
Each year on All Saints Day, my church brings out portraits and icons of great Saints from ages past, placing
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Continuing to Tell the Story of Anna Alexander
Deaconess Anna Alexander, whom we commemorate today, is a fairly recent addition to the Episcopal calendar of saints. She was
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Imagined Greetings from Hildegard of Bingen on Her Feast Day
I, Hildegard of Bingen, love to linger in rooms with no ceilings. I love to romp through the borderlands between
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Catherine of Genoa: Walking A Different Path
In early May of this year, things were going along pretty well. I was about to start a new job
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Neighborhood Saints
“I imagine God as a silver mist that’s everywhere,” said one daughter at the kitchen table. Her little sister immediately disagreed:
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Caring for Bodies and Souls: The Enduring Legacy of Florence Nightingale
In nursing circles, 2020 became known as The Year of the Nurse, and there was renewed interest in the founder
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