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A Time to Mourn, a Time to Dance: The Feast of the Holy Innocents

Stewart Clem -
Stewart Clem helps us reflect on the Holy Innocents, a feast that asks much from us. This is a salutary reminder that the savior's coming into this world was not welcomed by all and that there is opposition to the work of God in his Christ.
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Eating With the Enemy

Clint Wilson -
It was a big game day in the city, when thousands had gathered for their favorite sporting event at the amphitheater. Children were laughing,...
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The Tears and the Embrace of Ecclesia Mater

Mac Stewart -
Eusebius of Caesarea is well known for his highly optimistic appraisal of the Roman Empire’s turn — first, in toleration, then, in support —...
Church Life

Pakistani Priest Lived to ‘Lift High the Cross’

TLC Staff -
William Siraj was killed by gunmen on a motorcycle while driving home from church.
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Be Emptied That You Might Be Full: On the Feast of Stephen

Steve Rice -
By Steve Rice The Golden Legend, Jacobus de Voragine’s medieval commentary on the saints, says the Church has kept the feasts of St. Stephen, St....
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The Beheading of John the Baptist and the (Post-)Traumatic Church

Elizabeth Anderson -
By Elizabeth Anderson The new trial use commemorations approved by the Episcopal Church’s 2018 General Convention include several feasts that are both ancient and widespread,...
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Militant Saints: Saint Maximilian Kolbe, Jonathan Daniels, and the Marian Call

Guest Contributor -
By Kenly Stewart "We are beginning to see as we never saw before that we are truly in the world and yet ultimately not of...
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The Holy Innocents

Daniel Martins -
By Daniel Martins The notion of "innocence" has an interesting range of meaning. At a literal and concrete level, it denotes absence of guilt or...
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The Second Day of Christmas: The Feast of Stephen

Jean McCurdy Meade -
By Jean McCurdy Meade Thanks to the charming carol, “Good King Wenceslas,” most Christians know that the day after Christmas is the Feast of Stephen....
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Courage, Integrity, and Presence: Aleksandr Men

Charles Hoffacker -
A Russian Orthodox priest was a prolific author despite the militant atheism of the Soviet Union. Then he was murdered.
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