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Making an Impact Among the Homeless
By Elisabeth Jordan, All Saints Dallas The Human Impact began unintentionally when I lost my for-profit job and was invited by a nonprofit leader in Dallas to join him on the streets of Dallas’s most under-resourced neighborhood. He was going to get to know his “neighbors,” as he called the homeless, which both intrigued and terrified me. I grew up affluent and away from poverty. But I had re-encountered Jesus, who spent time on the margins of society, and I…
Snack Pak 4 Kids San Antonio: A Church Sparks Growth From a Seed of Compassion
It’s a story about what one church can do to spark change, says Leslie Kingman, founder of Snack Pak 4 Kids San Antonio (SP4KSA) and a member of Grace Northridge Church. “We started in one school in 2012, meeting weekend hunger needs for about 60 students who were identified by their teachers as being chronically hungry. That is what we heard God putting on our hearts: one school and the students it served. What God did with that one little seed of…
Live Thankfully Little Rock: A Reflection of Christ’s Redemptive Work
By Kimberly Cook, St. Andrew’s Little Rock I could have never imagined just how great an impact a resale shop could have when I founded Live Thankfully Little Rock. The journey began with a missions trip to Kenya, where I witnessed the Holy Spirit in new and fresh ways every day, meeting countless needs and equipping us to spread the gospel to those we encountered. It was an extraordinary experience, one that left me in awe of God’s provision. But…
Songs of the Saints Releases First Recording
In mid-March, All Saints Dallas released its first recorded song. “Be Thou My Vision” by Songs of the Saints is now available to stream and download wherever you typically listen to music. This is the first recorded song coming directly out of the church and done completely “in-house”: the singing, instrumentation, visual art, production, engineering and mixing. Songs of the Saints will serve as an extension of the music ministry already happening at All Saints Dallas. According to David Belt,…
+Sandy Greene: Engaging Mind and Heart for Deep and Lasting Faith
“I think God is trying to make us into the kind of people who start by praying for others who need to know more of him, who witness by word and deed to those people, and who in the end are willing to come alongside and walk with them,” says +Sandy Greene, one of the first bishops in the Anglican Mission in America. This vision was present at the founding of the AMiA, and it’s just as relevant today as…
Reflections on My First Year as a Bishop
By +Robert Cook It was my honor to be consecrated as the 16th bishop of the Anglican Mission in America in February 2024 in Little Rock, Arkansas. This first year has been quite the journey—a journey of joy and challenge, a journey of trusting God in deeper ways. As I’ve taken on the roles and responsibilities of being a bishop, I’ve had to face more intensely that I am finite, with limited time and limited resources. Learning a new rhythm…
A Night of Comfort and Joy
By Guy+ Delcambre, Director of Pastoral Care, Formation and the Arts at All Saints Dallas Here, in the final waning days of the season of Epiphany, nearly 40 days removed from the Nativity of Christ, it is helpful to remember again the cause for joy and celebration. When we once again began the liturgical cycle at Advent, perhaps our hearts were weary and tired and in need of reminder. Thomas Merton aptly described Advent as “the sacrament of the presence…
One Starry Night
By Percy Strickland, Assistant Rector at The Abbey, Pawleys Island, SC Welcome to Bethlehem! A cacophony of voices ranging from parking attendants to robe-clad census guides invite the droves of people arriving at the campus of The Abbey on a brisk December evening in Pawleys Island, South Carolina. They have shown up to be counted and to experience firsthand the incredible story of the incarnation of Jesus Christ. Groups of 40-50 travelers are checked in and exchange their foreign currency…
The Anglican Mission in America, a Three-Stream Missionary Society
By Mike Blanchat, Chairman of the Board and Executive Director of AMiA I recently had the opportunity to go through the Anglican Mission in America (AMiA) archives of the last 25 years as part of a process of receiving gifts and grants to our society. As I read and looked through our founding documents, statements and actions, I was struck by three things: 1) the prophetic insights of our founders—both lay and ordained—for the AMiA as a missionary society, 2)…
Praying for Pets and Their People at the Blessing of the Animals
By Caleb+ Miller, Rector of Immanuel Anglican Church in Destin, Florida Many of us love our pets, but how many of us regularly pray for them? It’s an interesting question. Now, of course, animals are not made in the image of God, but they are God’s creatures, and we recognize them as part of his creative artistry. Caring for, watching over and responsibly using God’s creation has been a part of humanity’s responsibility, given by God, since the earliest pages…
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