Category Archives: Saints
Nancy Shares her Story
Five years ago God led my husband Bob and me to All Saints Church on September 17, 2006, the “birthday” of this church. We were just visiting, checking it out, and neither of us had any idea that this would … Continue reading
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All Souls: the Commemoration of All Faithful Departed
In the New Testament, “saints” are all the baptized, the entire membership of the Body of Christ, and in the Collect for All Saints’ Day the word “elect” is used in a similar sense. But from early times, the word … Continue reading
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Lancelot Andrewes, Bishop of Winchester, 1626
A devoted scholar, hard-working and accurate, and a master of fifteen languages, Lancelot Andrewes was renowned for his learning and for his preaching, and was a seminal influence on the development of a distinctive reformed Catholic theology in the Church … Continue reading
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Remembering the Martyrs of New Guinea, 1942
New Guinea, the second largest island in the world, was on of the main frontiers of Christian mission in the twentieth century, because of the difficult terrain and the cultural diversity of its peoples, who speak some 500 distinct languages. … Continue reading
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Backpacking and Discipleship
Trip Highlights The first weekend in June, twelve men (an appropriately symbolic number!) participated in All Saints Church’s fourth annual Men’s Backpacking Trip. We navigated our way through just over 21 miles of Pisgah National Forest over three days, and … Continue reading
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Good Questions
The two questions I hear most often around church these days are, “Are you back at work now?” and “Did you ever leave?” It’s funny that those questions can be asked simultaneously. Well, yes and yes. But I think maybe … Continue reading
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Easter Monday
I was struck today by the craziness of the first Christian sermon, preached by Peter in Acts 2 (a portion of which assigned for today in the Daily Office, hence this post’s title), especially as I tried to imagine myself … Continue reading
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Snake Bit! (Part 2 of 2)
I received another email (the first part of this post is here) about the sermon yesterday, for which I am also grateful, but which also calls for comment. The writer thanked me for the message, and then gave me additional … Continue reading
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what happened on the cross…
I was stopped in my tracks by these words penned by the 8th century monk John of Damascus. He is said to be the last of the Church Fathers. How often the cross becomes a worn-out and shallow symbol of … Continue reading
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feeding the lambs
“What are the fourth and fifth graders doing up there in the front of the sanctuary?” As I’ve heard this question many times recently, it occurs to me that unless you’re a parent of a fourth or fifth grader, very … Continue reading
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