Richard Mallory

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For the brokenness of the daughter of my people I am broken,I mourn, and horror has seized me. Is there no balm in Gilead?—Jeremiah 8:21-22 For…
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Kyle Dresback

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Friends, Today’s Psalm readings center around a well-known biblical command: “Fear the Lord.”  I have often thought about what it means to fear in this command—to…
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Justin Appel

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Dear Friends, Today’s lesson from Matthew’s Gospel contains record of some of Jesus’ healing of those with various illnesses, including demon possession, epilepsy, and paralysis. In connection…
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Fr Alex Swain

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Beloved in Christ, Holy Cross Day is upon us (well, technically yesterday but we observe it today). Today we celebrate the discovery of the true cross…
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Richard Mallory

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Dear Friends in Christ, In Friday’s Bell and Tower, I thought I was commenting on Sunday’s Old Testament lesson but that was from a different lectionary…
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Peter Cheney

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Dear Community, As evidenced by today’s reading from the Letter to the Ephesians (Chapter 2, verses 11-22), a principal theme of Paul’s ministry and writing is…
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Chotard Doll

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Dear Friends, One of the readings today is the short letter to Jude, who was possibly a brother of Jesus. It is one of the earliest…
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Kelsi Vanada

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Dear Friends, Recently, the Saint Philip’s Women’s Bible Study read Freeing Jesus by Diana Butler Bass. I was very taken by the section about Jesus as…
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Justin Appel

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Dear Friends, Have you ever rushed into a situation, barrels blazing, with a corrective measure? Have you ever “put your foot in your mouth” by speaking…
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Fr Alex Swain

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Beloved in Christ, The question of one’s legacy is always an interesting one. Legacy, which survives on after we pass away, is usually portrayed as a…
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