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Three Popes

Bishop Graham Kings
December 8, 2020
Church of England, Commentary, Poetry
By Graham Kings Introduction The phrase “Electoral College” has been much discussed recently around the election of the new President of the United States of America. An older “Electoral College,” the Pap... Read More...

Convivial Christianity: A Response to Critics and Concerned Friends

Mark Clavier
November 3, 2020
Church in Wales, Commentary
By Mark Clavier Several of my recent posts both on Covenant and elsewhere have caused some concern about my political well-being. Some have wondered whether I’ve strayed into Marxism, while others have cauti... Read More...

Poems by Maurice Baring

Chip Prehn
August 10, 2020
Commentary, Poetry, Reviews & Culture, The Episcopal Church
By Chip Prehn The first time I read anything by Maurice Baring (1874-1945), I knew deep down that I had “met” a writer unlike any I had experienced before. I had bumped up against an artistic mind and talent that surprised, attracted, and fascinated me. I a... Read More...

Caregivers

Guest Contributor
June 22, 2020
Commentary, Poetry, The Episcopal Church
By Patrick Twomey We see the placards in front of hospitals and clinics: HEROES WORK HERE! The doctors, nurses, and all medical professionals on the frontline of treating COVID-19 patients deserve our pra... Read More...

The Blessed Virgin: The Air we Breathe

Mac Stewart
May 19, 2020
Commentary, Poetry, The Episcopal Church
By Mac Stewart I recently came across a rather marvelous gem from the 19th-century Jesuit poet, Gerard Manley Hopkins. It is a poem entitled “The Blessed Virgin compared to the Air we Breathe.” While Marian ... Read More...

Christ the Lily of Humanity

Mark Clavier
April 24, 2020
Church in Wales, Commentary, Poetry
By Mark Clavier There’s an old tradition of finding Easter in nature. This can be seen especially in Christian poetry, perhaps most famously in Venantius Honorius Fortunatus’ 6th-century Easter hymn, “Hail Thee, Festival Day”: Lo, the fair beauty of the ea... Read More...

Esther

Bishop Graham Kings
February 14, 2020
Art, Church of England, Contributors, Poetry
Who is this woman, framed by arches?

Women in the Bible Retreat

Bishop Graham Kings
January 13, 2020
Art, Church of England, Contributors, Poetry
Our meeting with God will be in four modes and three moods over four days.
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