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Russell Levenson Jr.

The Rev. Dr. Russell Levenson Jr. has served as a priest since 1993, most recently as rector of St. Martin’s Episcopal Church, Houston.

‘Preach the Gospel’

He made the sign of the cross on my forehead, held his hands on my head and offered an earnest prayer. He said “Amen” in that deep, rich voice, and then looked me in the eyes and said, “Now go preach the gospel, my brother.”

Atonement Versus Cancel Culture

I love stories with surprising endings. Leon Uris, author of the 1958 bestseller Exodus failed high school English three times. When Lucille Ball began studying to...

Is there more to the Christian Life than Grace? A Pentecost Reflection

We all know it – one of the key verses that unlocked the Protestant Reformation: “For it is by grace you have been saved,...

So, Then… Do We Really Want to Be One?

By Russell Levenson “We pray for your holy Catholic Church... that we all may be one” (BCP, p. 387). In that prayer, we are connecting to Jesus’...

Burden of Anglican Unity

You can tell a lot about the majority by the way it includes the minority.

Surrender Your Pride

By Russell J. Levenson, Jr. “He who loves his dream of a community more than the Christian community itself becomes a destroyer of the latter.” — Dietrich Bonhoeffer