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Wash one another’s feet

It’s been almost a year now since I visited with the midwives in the mountains of Chiapas, Mexico. Many of these women had at one ...
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The making of Brother Thankful

In mid-March last year, everything changed overnight. Words that had been abstract and distant suddenly became real and present: novel coronavirus; severe acute respiratory syndrome ...
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The ACW at St. Mary the Virgin, Blackburn

The ACW at St. Mary the Virgin, Blackburn

Dear friends, COVID has shut a lot of our churches and social groups down, but you can’t keep a good group of women down. Here ...
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Saint Stephen, Kazabazua

Saint Stephen, Kazabazua

We see here Saint Stephen’s Church, Kazabazua, as photographed by Brian Glenn on 24 April 2010. Any newcomer to Saint Stephen’s Church, Kazabazua—however momentarily mystified ...
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Finding solace in the rhythm of faith and liturgy

As I write this, it is early January.  Christmas is over and the tree is gone but the chalk marks over my door are fresh ...
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A Conversation with Albert Dumont

Last fall, in the wake of the violent death of George Floyd and the ensuing protests, Crosstalk began publishing a series of articles on racism. ...
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The Judean Wilderness, seen from the Wadi Qelt lookout, Lent 2019.

When the desert blooms, life begins anew

One of the great joys in my ministry has been a close connection with our companion Diocese of Jerusalem and the Middle East. Since 2004, ...
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Anglican Church Women

Dear friends, These long months of dealing with COVID-19 have been a brand-new experience for all of us. Easter, summer holidays, Thanksgiving and now Christmas ...
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Christ Church Cathedral

Cathedral Deanery

We see here Christ Church Cathedral, Ottawa, as photographed from the southwest by William James Topley in 1899. So inferior was the design reputation of ...
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