STRANGERS IN A STRANGE LAND God repeatedly call us to care for the foreigner and stranger...but also calls us to be "resident strangers" in our own land in order to follow his commands to love, care and welcome our neighbors - all of them. Subscribe [...]

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WHO ARE YOU? Jesus' test in the wilderness was not so much about what he would do is about who he would be, we face the same challenge every time we are tempted to let the means justify the ends. Subscribe to Podcast feed [...]

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FACING THE WOES In fact, much as we see the sorrow of the world, many of us don't want it to change too much. Practicing compassion is the key to changing that. Subscribe to Podcast feed

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CANDLEMAS There is latent light and promise in the smallest things, as recognized by the watchful and faithful Anna and Simeon. Subscribe to Podcast feed

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FOLLOWING THE SAINTS AND HEARING MY CALL January and February celebrate many beacons of Christian faith, including Florence Li Tim-oi, Absalom Jones, and Anna Julia Haywood Cooper. They – and contemporary saint Mariann Budde— show us how to keep the gospel as our Northstar, and what it is to step forward with [...]

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PREPARING FOR SCANDAL Mary's visit to her cousin Elizabeth is a tender - and shocking - encounter between two pregnant women rejoicing in their coming babies, and rejoicing in turn the world-as-we-know-it upside down. Subscribe to Podcast feed

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WHAT SHOULD WE DO? John the Baptist's response to repentant sinners asking "what should we do?" has much in common with lessons learned in kindergarten: be generous, be kind, be honest. Subscribe to Podcast feed

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PRAYER FOR PREPARATION The Collect for Purity is an ancient prayer of the church that matches John the Baptist's summon that we go into the wilderness of our lives and take stock in order to prepare to follow Jesus. Subscribe to Podcast feed [...]

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