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Finding Phoebe Between Longing and Frustration

September 3, 2020 By Sara Irwin Leave a Comment

For Phoebe, as for many biblical women, we are left to construct and imagine with the barest of scraps of insight.

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Filed Under: Saints Tagged With: cloud of witnesses, deacon, phoebe, St. Paul, women

The Partnership of Priscilla and Aquila

July 8, 2020 By Eric Liles Leave a Comment

In one of the premarital counseling sessions with my wife, the therapist asked us about gender roles in our relationship.

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Filed Under: Saints Tagged With: aquila, coronavirus, gender, priscilla, saints, St. Paul

Peter and Paul, Black Lives and Gentile Lives

June 29, 2020 By Ryan Kuratko Leave a Comment

Black Lives Matter. Saint Peter and Saint Paul disagreed on much, but this, this, they agreed on: black lives matter. Let’s circle back here in a moment.

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Filed Under: Saints Tagged With: Black Lives Matter, racism, St. Paul, St. Peter

Barnabas: Child of Encouragement

June 11, 2020 By Benjamin Gildas Leave a Comment

Have you ever felt like you were the sidekick to a bigger, more outstanding personality? 

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Filed Under: Saints Tagged With: COVID-19, encouragement, New Testament, St. Barnabas, St. Paul

The Contemplative and Courageous Bishop David of Wales

March 1, 2020 By Eric Liles Leave a Comment

One of the reasons I love celebrating minor saint commemorations is that doing so gives our family the opportunities to talk about heroes of our faith and the history and geography of the Christian Church.

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Filed Under: Saints Tagged With: Bishop, cloud of witnesses, Contemplation, leadership, St. Paul, wales

Leaping for Love

February 29, 2020 By Laura Shaver Leave a Comment

Our two older sons, ages 7 and 9, expressed some curiosity regarding Leap Year and this “extra day” it brings.  

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: kindness, love, parenting, siblings, St. Paul

Timothy, Titus, and the Stories that Shape Us

January 26, 2020 By Jamie Osborne 6 Comments

oday, the Episcopal Church commemorates Timothy and Titus, two companions of Saint Paul. Timothy and Titus were younger believers whom Paul entrusted with leadership responsibilities in the early Church. They were companions and fellow workers with Paul in ministry, but what strikes me most today is that they were also his spiritual children. 

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Filed Under: Saints Tagged With: Bible, epistle, St. Paul, St. Timothy, St. Titus, young children

Roman Rewards

March 5, 2019 By Emily Watkins 1 Comment

In my day job I teach bible stories to 250 kids every week and after I tell a story to each group of twenty students we wonder about it together. I am continually amazed at how deep my students are willing to delve and what amazing insights they have to offer.

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Filed Under: Spiritual Practices Tagged With: Bible, spiritual practice, St. Paul, The Good Book Club

Timothy: Young, Able, and Faithful

January 26, 2019 By Eric Liles Leave a Comment

Please church, welcome, encourage and support the faith, prophetic voices, and ministries of our young people. We need them now more than ever.

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Filed Under: Saints Tagged With: children, church, St. Paul, St. Timothy, youth, youth ministry

Celebrating St. Peter & St. Paul

June 29, 2018 By Nurya Love Parish Leave a Comment

Editor’s Note: This is a reprise of a Grow Christians post Nurya Love Parish wrote in June 2016, when our community was young and beginning […]

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year Tagged With: apostles, St. Paul, St. Peter

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