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“West Missouri has such an openness to serve, whether that’s expressed in radical hospitality, ministry for serving their neighbors, or spreading the gospel.”

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Call of the Twelve

Daily Devotional • January 20 A Reading from Mark 3:7-19a 7...

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ABCs of Ministry (Epiphany 3, Year C)

To reacquaint ourselves with the ABCs of Christian ministry, we can turn to St. Luke’s brief description of Jesus’ return to his hometown synagogue in Nazareth.

Washington Post Digs Into Sex-Abuse Allegations

The Washington Post has published a 5,300-word story about multiple allegations of sexual abuse against Jeff Taylor, a former priest with The Falls Church in northern Virginia.

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Learning from Nicaea with Lewis Ayres

Episode 140 • 16th January 2025 • The Living Church Podcast Happy birthday, Council of Nicaea! She was born in 325 A.D. and was the...

Secretary General Visits Chilean Church

The Secretary General attended a ceremony marking the consecration of the new Bishop of Santiago, the installation of the new Primate of Chile, and a farewell to the retiring Primate.

Parishes Say ‘Yes in God’s Back Yard’

America’s churches have what it takes to put a dent in the nation’s housing crisis.

Fires Destroy a Church, Prompt Parishes to Offer Shelter

One of several sprawling wildfires in greater Los Angeles has destroyed St. Mark’s Episcopal Church and School in Altadena.

Archives: Father Field’s West End Mission (1900)

Charles Field S.S.J.E. of Boston's Temple Street Mission gathered the West End's children for mystery plays, trained boys as newspaper printers, and advocated for sanitary improvements and a new library in his neglected Black neighborhood.

People & Places, January 8

Appointments, retirements, and one parish closure in the Episcopal Church

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A Story of God’s Transforming Power

“A good narrative—a Black one, at least—is not owned by any individual; it is, instead, the story of a people.”

Poetry and Prayer

Being Here Prayers for Curiosity, Justice, and Love By Pádraig Ó Tuama Eerdmans,...

Astrologers, Priests, and Kings

This book highlights features of Matthew’s, traces the development of the Magis’ story in early and medieval tales based on the biblical story, and surveys references to this great tradition.

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Former Archbishop and His Driver Freed in Nigeria

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Three Members Form a Nascent Religious Community

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