Father Paul Donison hosts an online service of evening prayer with an inspiring story from the life of a Christian saint, followed by a pastoral reflection.
Father Paul tells the story of the two pillars of the church who found unity despite different viewpoints and who share a feast day in honor of their martyrdom.
Father Paul tells the story of a bishop and teacher of the fifth century who championed the truth of the incarnation in a time of great debate and confusion.
Father Paul tells the story of the first martyr of Britain, a former Roman soldier who sacrificed himself to spare the life of the priest who led him to Christ.
Father Paul tells the story of a nineteenth century African martyr, a lay minister who refused to flee intense persecution for the sake of the early South African church.
Father Paul tells the story of a wealthy man who forsook a life of quiet contemplation to heed the call to serve the early church and found one of the first ancient hospitals.
Father Paul tells the story of a twentieth century woman who, through her actions and writing, helped the American church turn their hearts to the poor.
Father Paul tells the story of the remarkable bishop of Lincoln.
Father Paul tells the story of a missionary to the Scots.
Father Paul tells the story of the martyrs of Uganda.
Father Paul tells the story of a man God used to start the longest running revival in history.
Father Paul tells the story of the first missionary Anglican bishop in America.
Father Paul tells the story of the youngest person to be titled Doctor of the Church because of her complete commitment to love in every circumstance.
Father Paul tells the story of one of the most influential pastors and martyrs of the twentieth century, who not only taught but knew personally the cost of discipleship.
Father Paul tells the story of a man devoted to the monastic way of life but was determined to live it out with others in community.
Father Paul tells the story of early missionaries to Burma, who faced incredible hardship for the sake of the Gospel.
Father Paul tells the story of a cloistered woman whose visions, writings, and spiritual direction helped establish England’s rich spiritual Christian tradition.
Father Paul tells the story of a man who stood faithfully, and often alone, against the greatest and fastest spreading heresy within the history of the church.
Father Paul tells the story of a woman who wrote over nine thousand hymns, but considered her primary work as a missionary worker to the poor.
Father Paul tells the story of a great fourth century teacher of the faith.
Father Paul tells the story of a man who, according to legend, slew a dragon and died a heroic martyr.
Father Paul tells the story of a man referred to as the most luminous and penetrating intellect between Augustine and Thomas Aquinas.
Father Paul tells the story of a man considered to be the father of American Anglicanism.
Father Paul tells the story of a man whose preaching, life, and martyrdom nurtured and grew the civil rights movement in America.
Father Paul tells the story of a poet and a preacher with a licentious past whose incredible command of language made him one of England’s greatest preachers.
Father Paul tells the story of a woman whose courage and forgiveness will warm your heart and challenge you to the bottom of your soul.
Father Paul tells the story of the man who helped lead the English Reformation, who gave us our prayer book, and who died for his faith.
Father Paul tells the story of a man called to serve actively in God’s church and in the world and yet, in his heart, never really left the monastery.
Father Paul tells the story of a man who escaped slavery, only to return to his captors with the Gospel.
Father Paul tells the story of a missionary couple to Ecuador and the martyr’s path that God called them to follow.
Father Paul tells the story of Shi Meiyu, more commonly known as Mary Stone, a Chinese doctor and evangelist.
Father Paul tells the story of a new convert in the early church who suffered her martyrdom, not only with courage, but with joy.
Father Paul tells the story of two brothers who set the eighteenth century afire with revival.
Father Paul tells the story of an African American woman who overcame adversary to spend her life as an effective missionary in Africa.
Father Paul tells the story of one of the most famous early Christian martyrs.
Father Paul tells the story of a German monk whose rediscovery of the pure gift of grace from God set the whole world on fire.
Father Paul tells the story of a man who established not one, but two Anglican mission societies and who helped reform the brutal conditions in prisons.
Father Paul tells the story of the first African American priest in the Anglican communion.
Father Paul tells the story of a woman who was the founding abbess of Benedictine monasticism.
Father Paul tells the story of one of the great early Chinese evangelists.
Father Paul tells the story of one of the most complete and brutal persecutions in the history of Christianity.
Father Paul tells the story of a teacher of the faith who revitalized the knowledge of Christian mysticism and worship.
Father Paul tells the story of a man who helped the modern church rediscover its mission within our own pagan western culture.
Father Paul tells the story of one of the greatest minds the church has ever produced.
Father Paul tells the story of the most famous martyr of the fourth century, who helped bring Rome’s persecution of the church to an end.
Father Paul tells the story of a French saint who made an enormous theological impact on the church.
Father Paul tells the story of a saint from the Middle Ages whose unique title, venerable, shows the impact of his scholarly contributions and unceasing attitude of thanksgiving.
Father Paul tells the story of a bishop who stood against the major of bishops in his day to prevail against heresy.
Father Paul tells the story of a seventeenth-century minister who became one of the most controversial Archbishops of Canterbury.
Father Paul tells the story of the first indigenous Anglican bishop in India who also pioneered church unity.
Father Paul invites you to worship at Christ Church Plano’s 2021 Christmas services and to generously support the ministry of Praying with the Saints.
Father Paul tells the story of a woman called by God to revision the entire vocation of nursing.