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Bishop John Organ April 2025

Easter Love: A Journey From Winter to Spring

Bishop John Organ April 1, 2025

I write this Easter article on St. Valentine’s Day. Weather-wise, it is a snowy, blustery winter day. It is not a warm spring day signalling ...

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Bishop John Watton April 2025

An Easter Reflection: Encountering Love

Bishop John Watton April 1, 2025

Our instructional Christian narrative is rooted in all that came to us through past cultures, traditions, and the way in which society has elevated religious ...

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Bishop Samuel Rose April 2025

Easter: A Message of Hope and Renewal

Bishop Samuel Rose April 1, 2025

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, who, by his death, has destroyed death, and by his rising ...

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Emily Rowe April 2025

The “Something” Isn’t Funding For Journalism

Emily Rowe April 1, 2025

There’s no question that something will have to give. Recent articles in the Anglican Journal have made it clear that the Anglican Church, at its ...

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The Rev’d James Spencer Columns

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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...