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You Are Lost You Are Lost

This dropped into my inbox this week; and I thought it was a quite wonderful story, though story it probably is. It reminds us that we can never really... [Read more of this post]

Know ourselves to be your beloved children Know ourselves to be your beloved...

Jesus’ baptism marks for him much the same as baptism does for anyone. It marks a new stage in life, a beginning — a launching into a new life... [Read more of this post]

You call us to fullness of life You call us to fullness of life

You call us to fullness of life In today’s Collect, for the Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity, we’re reminded that we are called to fullness... [Read more of this post]

The Surgeon The Surgeon

The Surgeon Here is another one of those tales that may or may not be true, and probably doesn’t matter either way. I don’t think I can even... [Read more of this post]

Test of Faith Test of Faith

Test of Faith This is supposedly a true story told by one of the first missionaries to enter Russia. It asks us a very difficult question concerning how... [Read more of this post]

Deepen our faithfulness to you Deepen our faithfulness to you

Deepen our faithfulness to you When I think of phrases such as this one, “deepen our faithfulness to you”, from the Collect for The Second... [Read more of this post]

Watch with him through the night of suffering Watch with him through the night of...

Watch with him through the night of suffering When I’m feeling particularly self-righteous and holier-than-thou, I sometimes think to myself that,... [Read more of this post]

Grant us the faith to know you and love you Grant us the faith to know you and...

Grant us the faith to know you and love you Faith is a gift from God. At the Presentation of the Candidates in the Common Worship Baptism service, the... [Read more of this post]

Know ourselves to be your beloved children Know ourselves to be your beloved...

Know ourselves to be your beloved children This year, as we usually do, we remember the Baptism of Christ on this First Sunday of Epiphany. It isn’t... [Read more of this post]

Teach us to be faithful in change and uncertainty Teach us to be faithful in change...

Teach us to be faithful in change and uncertainty I think, in these somewhat uncertain times, this phrase from the Additional Collect for the Last Sunday... [Read more of this post]

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