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Stepping Off the Mountain
There are moments in life that feel like mountaintops—where clarity breaks through like sunlight, and the presence of God feels...
Fr. Benjamin Gildas
Feb 263 min read
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Forgiveness That Feels Impossible
There are some things in life that are easy to forgive. Accidental slights. Misunderstandings. Someone cutting you off in traffic. And...
Fr. Benjamin Gildas
Feb 202 min read
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"When Mercy Meets Resistance: The Christian Call in Turbulent Times"
By now, you've likely heard about Episcopal bishop of the Diocese of Washington the Rt. Rev. Marianne Budde's sermon during the National...
Fr. Benjamin Gildas
Jan 297 min read
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Repent, The Kingdom Is Near: Why the Gospel is a Political Bombshell
“In the fifteenth year of the reign of Emperor Tiberius, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, and Herod was ruler of Galilee, and...
Fr. Benjamin Gildas
Dec 4, 20246 min read
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Jesus is King: Reclaiming the Radical Gospel
What is the Gospel? You may have heard the Gospel is the good news that if you ask Jesus to forgive your sins and save you that you will...
Fr. Benjamin Gildas
Nov 26, 20246 min read
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Jesus vs. Caesar: The Radical Message of the Gospel You’ve Missed
The Gospel tells a story. The Gospel tells the story of the human race, from four distinct vantage points. They tell the tragic story of...
Fr. Benjamin Gildas
Nov 21, 202410 min read
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Real Faith: Jonah and Deliverance
Deliverance belongs to the Lord! What do you need to be delivered from in your life? Welcome back to this series on Real Faith. Right...
Fr. Benjamin Gildas
Oct 24, 20245 min read
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Real Faith: Remembering When It's Hard
Welcome back to a second post in this Real Faith series. Last week, I talked about the monastic tradition of praying the Psalms of the...
Fr. Benjamin Gildas
Oct 15, 20244 min read
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Real Faith: the Psalms in times of struggle
In the 21st century, what is the point of faith? If you're like me and my congregation, or if you are in my congregation, then like me...
Fr. Benjamin Gildas
Oct 11, 20245 min read
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Cut like a Sword
"The word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing until it divides soul from spirit, joints from marrow;...
Fr. Benjamin Gildas
Oct 9, 20246 min read
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Blessing the Most Vulnerable
Jesus calls on his disciples to use everything they have, all they’ve been given, in service of the most vulnerable: children, the poor,...
Fr. Benjamin Gildas
Oct 2, 20244 min read
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God the Child
We’re really getting into it now in the Gospel of Mark. If you’ve never read Mark as a story, cover to cover, I recommend trying it....
Fr. Benjamin Gildas
Sep 17, 20244 min read
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Do they like what they see?
They committed themselves to the teaching of the apostles, the life together, the common meal, and the prayers. Everyone around was in...
Fr. Benjamin Gildas
Sep 12, 20244 min read
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The Wild Goose Goes Forward
As we begin the summer season, we celebrate two major feasts of the Church: Pentecost and Trinity Sunday. It's powerful and notable that...
Fr. Benjamin Gildas
May 17, 20243 min read
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Final Blessings
“Blessed are those who have learned to walk in the light of your presence.” —Psalm 89:15 The words of the psalmist take on new meaning...
Fr. Benjamin Gildas
Mar 26, 20243 min read
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Blessed are those who mourn? How?
Blessed are those who mourn? Jesus drops this piece of wisdom on us in the Beatitudes in Matthew chapter 5 with little to no explanation....
Fr. Benjamin Gildas
Mar 19, 20243 min read
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Blessed are those who Suffer Alone
Recently, we all lived through a pandemic. Everyone has stories of what that time was like for them. There are the many downsides we...
Fr. Benjamin Gildas
Mar 12, 20244 min read
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Blessed are those who Suffer
The life of faith is not free of pain and suffering. This is not something promised to followers of Jesus. In fact, in many ways Jesus...
Fr. Benjamin Gildas
Mar 5, 20242 min read
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Blessed are the Curious
What happens when our dreams die? Life is like that. We start out so young, full of optimism and hope for the future and our lives. As...
Fr. Benjamin Gildas
Feb 27, 20242 min read
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Carrying Rocks
What rocks are you carrying around without even knowing it? At IHS this year we are working through this wonderful Lenten resource called...
Fr. Benjamin Gildas
Feb 20, 20242 min read
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