Columns

pull quote from the article: "It sometimes just seems so hard to forgive someone, even when you know that you should."

The Gift of Forgiveness

The Rev’d James Spencer March 1, 2025

I bought my wife a blanket for Christmas. It’s a fuzzy, warm, black blanket, just about large enough for two people. I thought it was ...

photograph of the earth with a quotation from the article about Earth Hour

The Rev’d Cynthia Haines-Turner Columns

Some Light in The Dark

The Rev’d Cynthia Haines-Turner March 1, 2025

What’s an hour? If you are waiting for the results of a test that might change your life, it can feel like an eternity. If ...

two hands work to shape a clay pot on a pottery wheel

Bishop John Organ Columns

Shaped Through The Desert and The Cross

Bishop John Organ March 1, 2025

Lent is an opportunity to enter the desert–that barren and challenging place–and there, to deepen our relationship with the Living God so that we can ...

six lit pillar candles giving off a warm glow

Anglican Life Columns

Candlemas: Old Traditions Through A Christian Lens

Anglican Life February 1, 2025

If Candlemas Day be fair and bright, Winter will have another flight; If Candlemas Day be foul with rain, Winter is gone and won’t come ...

The Rev'd Amber Tremblett Columns

A Letter To The Church

The Rev'd Amber Tremblett February 1, 2025

Dear Church, It’s been a month since the start of 2025. You’ve slowly been settling into this new year. And by now, have probably discovered ...

Painting of people looking at a baby (who is Jesus)

The Rev'd Canon Jeffrey Petten Columns

Ponder and Wonder

The Rev'd Canon Jeffrey Petten February 1, 2025

Now and then, when reading St. Luke’s Gospel, the phrase that sticks out to me is: “But Mary treasured all these words and pondered them ...

three people hold knitted goods that have been made as donations for those in need

Bishop Samuel Rose Columns

Announcing A New Diocesan Ministry Initiative—Mobile Ministry Bus

Bishop Samuel Rose February 1, 2025

I am excited to announce an exciting new ministry initiative that our Diocese is undertaking. As we all remember, the winter of 2022 was harsh, ...

logos for Alongside Hope/Aupres de l'espoir

The Rev’d Cynthia Haines-Turner Columns

New Name, Same Ministry

The Rev’d Cynthia Haines-Turner January 1, 2025

“That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet.” So says Juliet in the Shakespearean play Romeo and Juliet, which ...

The Rev’d James Spencer Columns

Lost and Found: The Search for What Matters

The Rev’d James Spencer January 1, 2025

I keep losing my TV remote. I think this is a side effect of: a) having kids, and b) having several devices each requiring its ...

Statue of Mary and baby Jesus from St. Mary’s Church, South Creake, Norfolk.

Emily Rowe Columns

Quiet Reflection: Following Mary’s Example in Our Journey With Christ

Emily Rowe December 1, 2024

“[Mary] desired not to make known the secrets she had learned from Christ, but places the things she had read were yet to be accomplished ...