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RezKids Staff Transitions
Dear Resurrection Family, I am writing to share an update from our RezKids ministry. Children’s Pastor Matt Prechter has accepted a position with L’Arche Chicago, a nonprofit that creates integrated homes and places of belonging for adults with intellectual disabilities. He will remain as Children’s Pastor through the end of…
A Ripe Harvest at Parchman Prison
We had just passed through the first entrance into Death Row when we locked eyes with an inmate waiting on the other side of the bars. “From my perspective,” he said, “we have the same view of each other.” We hesitated, then shared a chuckle with him, never expecting a…
Christ’s Presence via Prayer at an Abortion Clinic
By Michelle Lapeyre When I was a high school student in Richmond, Virginia, a friend invited me to pray outside a local abortion clinic one Saturday. There Christians had a minute to walk outside with these young women, offer a few words, and hand out pro-life literature listing local crisis…
Diagnosing Greed & Covetousness: Reflective Questions for Followers of Jesus
Based on Luke 12:13-21 and Jesus’s warning to watch out for greed, I asked several Rez people and my brother Steve, a Christian financial planner, to provide some diagnostic questions so we can spot any greed in our hearts. I suggest that sometime in the next week you bring these…
Ecclesiastical Trial Update
Dear Resurrection Family, As you may be aware, our diocese has undergone an investigative process over the last four years overseen by the Anglican Church in North America. Last week Bishop Stewart began participating in an “ecclesiastical trial” that was estimated to run approximately five to ten court days. However,…
The History of Bow/Tie Sunday
Historians recently discovered a new Appendix to theologian and historian Dr. Elias Corvianus’ A Complete and Accurate History of Christianity. In this addendum to Vol III: The Fantastic Fourth Century, he tells of a now-lost tradition called “Bow/Tie Sunday.” “In the early 4th century, a monk name Jerome found himself…