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Prayer is a crucial element of every New Wineskins conference. | New Wineskins/Facebook ([link removed])

New Wineskins: Missionaries’ Family Reunion ([link removed])

by Jeff Walton

The triennial conference, which brought participants to the Blue Ridge mountains from dozens of nations, marked its 50th anniversary, first founded as the Episcopal Church Missionary Community in 1975. Read on ([link removed]) .

State Marker Honors a Historically Black Parish ([link removed])

by Caleb Maglaya Galaraga

St. Augustine’s Church in Gary, Indiana, will celebrate its centennial in 2027. Read on ([link removed]) .

Service Honors a Catechist to the Enslaved ([link removed])

by Caleb Maglaya Galaraga

The historic French Church du St. Esprit commemorates the life of Élias Neau, a Huguenot who ministered to New York City’s enslaved Africans. Read on ([link removed]) .

Do We Need a Mission Statement? ([link removed])

by Andrew Buchanan

The Great Commission is perspicuous and compelling, and it is mission enough for Christ’s Church. And really, can we improve on Jesus’ stated mission for his followers? Read on ([link removed]) .

Stick with Christ’s Love ([link removed])

by Marcia Hotchkiss

“I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.”—Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Read on ([link removed]) .

Book Review: An Unlikely Nun Finds Her People ([link removed])

by Charles Hoffacker

Sister Monica Clare, formerly Claudette Monica Powell, entered the Community of St. John Baptist in 2012 and was elected the sister superior in 2019. Read on ([link removed]) .

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Augustine’s Conflicted Tears: Grief & Hope in Confessions and Enchiridion ([link removed])

by Garth Wingfield

Augustine’s Confessions and Enchiridion can help us articulate a Christian understanding of grief and hope. Read on ([link removed]) .

When Friends Call You Job: Suffering & Divine Providence ([link removed])

by Denise Rowe-Dollinger

Our faith doesn’t demand we make sense of suffering, but trust in this God who is one of us and suffers with us. Read on ([link removed]) .

A Jehovah’s Witness in Egypt ([link removed])

by Jeff Boldt

Arianism lacked coherence in the fourth century, and its warmed-over reiterations remain lacking to this day. Read on ([link removed]) . ([link removed])

Reading John 11 with Cyril of Alexandria ([link removed])

by Jason Pickard

When Jesus wept or was angry, was that his human nature or his divine nature? Cyril of Alexandria connects good exegesis and sound theology. Read on ([link removed]) .

Jane Austen on Prayer ([link removed])

by David Goodhew

Jane Austen was a person of deep prayer. Although her novels rarely mention prayer, it undergirds her writings. Read on ([link removed]) .

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