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Disbelieved for Joy

News--Holy Week Meditation

For many centuries, Christians have spoken of the season of Lent and then of Holy Week leading up to Easter as a journey, a road, a pilgrimage that we are walking by faith in the company of our fellow believers. But even as we approach this journey afresh each year, it is all too easy to think that we know the destination and have been there before, and thus to lose our se...

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Deepening Friendships with a One-on-One Book Club

News--Book Club Smith Fish

After we’d both moved to Charleston following college graduation, we met in the summer of 2022 through a mutual friend. We became very quick friends, and it was so exciting to have a friendship with so many shared values and interests. ...

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In Everything Give Thanks

News--Giving Thanks

“In everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.” ––I Thessalonians 5:18 This Scripture verse became a real challenge while staying recently in our cabin just north of Asheville, NC. All weather reports indicated that Helene was expected to move through our area with some rain and wind. No one in the area, much less the mounta...

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God Is My Coxswain

News--Boys in the Boat

Musings from a recreational rower amidst the popularity of “The Boys in the Boat.” ...

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The Importance of Telling Your Story

News--Telling Your Story Moore

Earlier this year, I kept hearing about one of the great sessions given at January’s Mere Anglicanism Conference. It seems the subject was, to paraphrase, “Telling Your Story.” A vivid recollection made me search through my Bible, where I store many important writings and personal letters, and there it was:...

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The Narnia Connection: From England to Thailand to Charleston

The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe

There are many Christians in my practice as a family doctor in North Charleston, and it is not uncommon for us to speak the things of God together. While I was sharing with a pastor’s wife named Shannon Sims about Mere Anglicanism, the conference St. Philip’s hosted in January which this year focused on C.S. Lewis, she immediately responded that she and her husband ha...

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Joy

Sam Robinson

Are you feeling joyful at this moment? You may feel like there is not much to be joyful about in today’s world. So much that we hear or read about in the news today is frightening: war, inflation, viruses, the border, post COVID-19 pandemic challenges, gasoline prices, food prices, crime, attacks on police officers, racism, gender identification, government corruption, a...

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Enlarging the Meaning of “Emmanuel”

News--Gloria Avent Emmanuel

I woke up early on the morning of December 9th with the first line of a poem in my mind. I knew the Lord had given me the thought, so I got up and went to my computer. What followed was several hours of the unfolding of the following poem....

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Mere Anglicanism 2023 ~ Telling a More Beautiful Story

News--Bailey Mere Anglicanism

How does one describe an event like Mere Anglicanism? A few weeks ago, Lea Andrews asked if I’d write an article about my experience at the conference. Without giving it much thought, I agreed and didn’t think about it again until it was too late to back out. Had I truly understood the extraordinary lineup of speakers, their impressive bios, and the depth of their kno...

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Wearied (and Worth It!) on Wednesdays

News--Wednesday Wearies

I’m relentlessly committed to Wednesdays at our church—much like we all are to the commitments we have to carpool around town at all hours for sports and clubs and celebrations. I make Wednesday just as important, even more so, as the many other things that barter and bid for our time and soul. ...

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