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The Tension in Tabitha’s Life

October 25, 2020 By Sarah Carr 2 Comments

The people send for Peter, because Peter is friends with Jesus. We all do this, right? When I have a cold, I may text my friend with something like, “I feel miserable, say a little prayer for me,” but when I am having surgery, I want the priest there anointing!

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Filed Under: Saints Tagged With: coronavirus, St. Peter, tabitha

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

Cornelius the Centurion and Families Who Don’t Fit In

February 7, 2020 By Miguel Escobar 2 Comments

I will always remember the first time I met my husband’s brother.

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Filed Under: Saints Tagged With: Acts of the Apostles, church, Cornelius, Family, inclusion, Jesus, St. Peter

Innocent, Honest Confessions

January 18, 2020 By Ann Benton Fraser Leave a Comment

“Mama, will your bottom just keep getting bigger and bigger until the baby gets here?”

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Filed Under: Parenting, Saints Tagged With: Feast Days, Jesus, parenting, St. Peter, young children

Just Like Peter

October 13, 2019 By Michelle Heed Leave a Comment

This morning in devotions, I saw myself in Peter. I didn’t reflect Pentecost evangelical Peter or stepping out of the boat Peter, but anxiety ridden at the cross Peter.  Peter, how I wish I related to one of your more shining moments.

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Filed Under: Discipleship Tagged With: denial, fear, Jesus Christ, St. Peter

What Unites Us

January 18, 2019 By Allison Sandlin Liles 1 Comment

Today is not only the Feast of the Confession of Saint Peter, but also the first day of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. This week falls each January between two holy days: The Confession of Saint Peter and the Conversion of Saint Paul.

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Filed Under: Saints, Uncategorized Tagged With: diversity, ecumenism, Feast of the Confession of St. Peter, St. Peter, unity

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

On the Feast of the Confession of Saint Peter, I notice his faith and his doubt.

January 18, 2018 By Marcus Halley 2 Comments

Jesus builds his church on the confession of a man with a sketchy record when it comes to firm faith.

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Filed Under: Saints Tagged With: discipleship, Faith, Feast of the Confession of St. Peter, saints, St. Peter

St. Peter & St. Paul teach us to embody faith.

June 29, 2017 By Dorian Del Priore 1 Comment

Sacrificial love is an embodied faith lived for the benefit of other people.

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Filed Under: Discipleship, Liturgical Year Tagged With: discipleship, faith in action, parenting, St. Paul, St. Peter

The disciples cast lots to select St. Matthias. My kids do too.

February 24, 2017 By Allison Sandlin Liles 4 Comments

The Israelites didn’t see casting lots as a game of chance. They saw it as a revelation of God’s will.

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year Tagged With: 1 Chronicles, Bible, casting lots, Jonah, Judas, Leviticus, Numbers, Proverbs, St. Matthias, St. Peter, young children

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