Defining Spiritual Disciplines According to Donald S. Whitney, the Spiritual Disciplines are those practices found in Scripture that promote spiritual growth among believers in the gospel of Jesus Christ. [1] Whitney goes on to say that these are the habits of devotion and experiential Christianity that have been practiced by …
Communiqué The House of Bishops of the Church in the Province of the West Indies (CPWI) meeting on Tuesday, March 7, and the Standing Committee of CPWI meeting on Wednesday, March 8, and Thursday, March 9, 2023, at the Cardiff Hotel, Runaway Bay, St. Ann, Jamaica, in the Diocese …
by Bishop Laish Z. Boyd Anglican Diocese of The Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos IslandsThe Church of England is one of 46 separate and independent provinces in the worldwideAnglican Communion. At its recent General Synod (annual general meeting or nationalassembly) held in February 2023, it made a decision to …
Bishop Thompson who retired in 2020 after 47 years as an ordained minister is remembered for the “single-minded passion” which he displayed for his lifelong pastoral vocation in the Diocese of Jamaica and The Cayman Islands. This culminated with his consecration in 2005 as Suffragan Bishop of Kingston – an …
My dear brothers and sisters in Christ,Once more we celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, God’s most vital gift to humans. It’s themost wonderful time of the year for thousands of Christians. We listen again with gladness,as the Evangelist Luke narrates the story of God’s most stupendous act. We name …
My Brothers and Sisters, Friends, You probably know the chorus to the song, “Heaven came down and glory filled my soul.” It connected me to the input of the heavenly host after the birth of Jesus, and how the angel and the heavenly host erupted in praise, giving glory …
As a Diocese, we celebrate the birth of Christ amid several challenges as we journey on through the COVId-19 Pandemic, the explosive eruptions of the La Soufriere Volcano, hurricanes, storms, increase in the cost of oil and other commodities, high homicide rates in St. Vincent and the Grenadines and St. …
Dear friends in Christ, One of the most uplifting, well-known and well-loved carols that will be sung in most of our Churches this Christmas Day is “Joy to the World;” but did you know that this carol, penned some three hundred years ago by the famous hymn writer Isaacs Watts, …
John 1:14 “And the Word became flesh and lived among us, and we have seen his glory, the glory as of a father’s only son, full of grace and truth.” These words from the Gospel of John say it all and, in so doing, invite us to unpack their meaning …
O little town of Bethlehem….the hopes and fears of all the years are met in thee tonight. (Well-known Christmas Carol) As we celebrate another Christmas, we ask the age-old question which many are tired of hearing: What is Christmas all about? To find the answer we must look past the …
