Icon (Close Menu)

Dean Mercer

The Rev. Canon Dr. Dean Mercer is incumbent of the Anglican Church of St. Paul, L’Amoreaux.

‘A Smaller but More Responsive Church’

In Search of Growth The Diocese of Easton, which a decade ago was contemplating a merger with one of its neighboring dioceses (Maryland, Delaware, or...

The Hem of His Garment

Daily Devotional • October 15 A Reading from Luke 8:40-56 40 Now when Jesus returned, the crowd welcomed him, for they were all waiting for him....

Catholic Indie Rock: Luminous~Glorious

Peter Johnston RVA is an indie-rock project based in Richmond, Virginia, that began in 2020 with the release of a seven-song EP, Be Not...

November 1 – All Saints’ Day – BCP

ILLUMINATION for the First Lesson All Saints’ Day, Nov. 1, 2024 Ecclesiasticus 44:1-10, 13-14   Solomon praises his ancestors who enriched the eras in which they lived, whether...

November 1 – All Saints’ Day – RCL

ILLUMINATION for the First Lesson All Saints’ Day, Nov. 1, 2024 Wisdom 3:1-9   Even amid bleak circumstances, God’s people rest in his care, both in this life...

October 27 – 23 Pentecost – BCP

ILLUMINATION for the First Lesson 23 Pentecost (Proper 25) Year B, Oct. 27, 2024 Isaiah 59: (1-4 optional) 9-19   The prophet tells of God’s rising wrath against...

October 27 – 23 Pentecost – RCL

ILLUMINATION for the First Lesson 23 Pentecost (Proper 25) Year B, Oct. 27, 2024 Job 42:1-6, 10-17   Job responds to God’s rebuke with the same loyalty that...

S.W. Floridians Clean Up After Hurricane Milton

Bishop Douglas Scharf: “I’ve lived in Florida most of my life, and I have not seen two storms that have affected a good portion of this part of Florida back-to-back like this.”

We Are Able (Pent. 22, Year B)

When Jesus asks James and John whether they can “drink the cup that I drink, or to be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized,” without any hesitation they answer, “We are able.”

Proclaiming

Daily Devotional • October 14 A Reading from Luke 8:26-39 26 Then they arrived at the region of the Gerasenes, which is opposite Galilee. 27 As he stepped...