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Ministry Reflection

Gift or Office: Etymology for Ministry

In April 1969 at the Institute for the Study of Christian Origins in Tuebingen, Germany Canon Douglas Webster began his lecture “The New Testament Concept of the Ministry:” with “…the idea of ministry is unique to Christianity.” He continued, “at the heart of the Christian Gospel…is this whole idea of…
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Spiritual Formation

Observing a Holy Lent?

On Ash Wednesday in Anglican or Episcopal churches the congregation is invited, “…in the name of the Church, to the observance of a holy Lent, by self-examination and repentance; by prayer, fasting and self-denial; and by reading and meditating on God’s holy Word.”  Growing up in the Christian…