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Bible translations: A case of lost and found

A question clergy are often asked is: “Which of the many translations of the Bible on the market is the best?” It is a question which invites a further question: “Best for what?” If you are looking for a Bible to read privately and to use for general study—with certain notable exceptions—most modern translations will . . . → Read More: Bible translations: A case of lost and found

It never rains, but it always seems to pour

Clichés become clichés because they are a jolly good way of expressing things. And the most apt cliché to describe the current financial situation at St. Stephen’s is: “It never rains but it pours.”

It is no secret that the state of the national economy has been thoroughly rotten for the past three years, and . . . → Read More: It never rains, but it always seems to pour

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DWMs put the finger on today’s problems

Modern educationalists don’t have much time for what used to be called “a classical education.” Cicero, Seneca, Julius Caesar, Livy, Pliny the Elder, and Pliny the Younger are contemptuously dismissed as DWMs (Dead White Males) and banished from the classroom.

Back in the days when I sweated though interminable hours of Caesar’s Gallic Wars and . . . → Read More: DWMs put the finger on today’s problems

What a truly wonderful consecration that was!

The Consecration of The Right Reverend John Vaughan as Suffragan Bishop of the Diocese of the Eastern United States took place at St. Stephen’s Anglican Church, Timonium, Wednesday, April 18th. Bishop Vaughan’s principal consecrators were The Most Reverend Brian Marsh, Presiding Bishop of the Anglican Church in America; The Rt. Rev. Stephen P. Strawn, Bishop . . . → Read More: What a truly wonderful consecration that was!

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