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Far Side of Death
Daily Devotional • January 12
A Reading from Hebrews 1:1-12
1 Long ago God spoke to our ancestors in many and various ways by the prophets,...
On Prayer as a Gift
Daily Devotional • January 11
A Reading from Ephesians 3:14-21
14 For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, 15 from whom every family...
Come and See
Evangelism is a word that might make some of you sink back in your pews. To many, the word may harken to the worst...
Jesus Among Them
“Miracles are not contrary to nature … they are only contrary to what we know about nature.” — St. Augustine
The Gospel writers paint differing...
Bold and Sleepy
Daily Devotional • January 10
A Reading from Ephesians 3:1-13
1 This is the reason that I Paul am a prisoner for Christ Jesus for the...
Drowning in the Waters: Notes on Baptism
Many parishes will have baptisms this Sunday, the feast of the Baptism of the Lord. In Baptism, water is poured. The new Christian dies and rises with Christ. Grace happens. What, though, is the role of the Covenant added to many Baptismal rites, for example in TEC and the Anglican Church of Canada?
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.
Poetry and Prayer
Being Here
Prayers for Curiosity, Justice, and Love
By Pádraig Ó Tuama
Eerdmans, 175 pages, $22.99
Invocation
Collected Poems (1973-2021)
By Travis T. DuPriest
DuPriest Books, 240 pages, $27.95
Certain poems read like prayer....
The People in Darkness
Daily Devotional • January 9
A Reading from Ephesians 2:11-22
11 So then, remember that at one time you Gentiles by birth, called “the uncircumcision” by...
Post-Christmas Terror
In this space between Christmastide and the Baptism of our Lord, it is good to recall that God became man, and not for a moment, playing with human likeness and then giving it up for better things. This is a God who goes to the place of wielded swords and worse. And the child hums in the stable, "become like me."
February 2 – The Presentation – BCP
ILLUMINATION for the First Lesson
The Presentation, Year C, Feb. 2, 2025
Malachi 3:1-4
Malachi warns that God’s messenger will prepare the way, but this preparation will...
February 2 – The Presentation – RCL
ILLUMINATION for the First Lesson
The Presentation, Year C, Feb. 2, 2025
Malachi 3:1-4
Malachi warns that God’s messenger will prepare the way, but this preparation will...
January 26 – Epiphany 3 – BCP
ILLUMINATION for the First Lesson
The Third Sunday after the Epiphany, Year C, Jan. 26, 2025
Nehemiah 8:2-10
Hearing God’s law read aloud moves the Israelites to...
January 26 – Epiphany 3 – RCL
ILLUMINATION for the First Lesson
The Third Sunday after the Epiphany, Year C, Jan. 26, 2025
Nehemiah 8:1-3, 5-6, 8-10
Hearing God’s law read aloud moves the...
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
Everything Is a Gift
Daily Devotional • January 8
A Reading from Ephesians 2:1-10
1 You were dead through the trespasses and sins 2 in which you once lived, following...
Avada Kedavra
The Harry Potter book series is a profound study on the reality of death and a call to renew a Christian view of it.
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