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Explaining What We Believe

January 28, 2023 By Scott Robinson Leave a Comment

The priest, whose classmates had called him “the dumb ox” because of his huge stature and quiet demeanor, was Thomas Aquinas.

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Filed Under: Saints, Uncategorized Tagged With: roman catholic, saints, theology

Relational Theology: The Cornerstone of Our Ethos

November 15, 2022 By Tim Gavin Leave a Comment

Our love for God can only be manifested by our love for our neighbor.

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Filed Under: Discipleship Tagged With: love, relationship, theology

Spiritual Keys of Liberation

January 31, 2021 By Erin Jean Warde Leave a Comment

Today we celebrate the feast day of Saint Sam Shoemaker, Episcopal priest and deeply influential voice within the Alcoholics Anonymous community.

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Filed Under: Saints, Spiritual Practices Tagged With: alcohol, cloud of witnesses, sobriety, theology

Martyrs of the Sudans and Small Incarnations

May 16, 2020 By Bingham Powell Leave a Comment

When I was in high school, we moved to the Diocese of Southwestern Virginia, which had a long-term companion relationship with the Episcopal Church of Sudan.

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year, Saints Tagged With: cloud of witnesses, coronavirus, incarnation, martyrdom, sudan, theology

The Tomb is Empty and We’re Still Home

April 27, 2020 By Emily Rutledge 11 Comments

We started this whole quarantine, isolation, homeschool, work from home thing almost a month ago in the middle of Lent. The me who loves rhythms of liturgical seasons could spiritually get behind the idea that we would spend Lent sacrificing for others.

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Filed Under: Easter Tagged With: coronavirus, Easter, Lent, resurrection, theology

The vast expanse of interstellar space

August 18, 2019 By Mary Lee Wile Leave a Comment

At the local library yesterday, my four-year-old granddaughter listened to stories about stars, and about how everything on earth – including the Earth itself — is made from the debris of exploding stars, known as supernovas.

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: grandchildren, space, theology

Bringing Carols Home for Christmas… and Advent

December 19, 2017 By Meredith Baker 4 Comments

One Advent, completely by accident, Christmas carols became part of the bedtime routine. And we were glad.

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year, Parenting Tagged With: Advent, children, Christian formation, Christmas, Music, songs, theology, young children

St Mary the Virgin Offers Comfort, Challenge and Hope

August 15, 2017 By Ann Benton Fraser Leave a Comment

I am moved by the willing courage of a young person saying yes to God’s adventure. And I’m grateful for Mary, still bearing God to us.

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year Tagged With: Barbara Cawthorne Crafton, grief, Jesus, St. John, St. Luke, St. Mary the Virgin, theology, Theotokos

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