Monday Morning Briefing (July 21, 2025)

Spend time with me and some great commenters as we cover the following content:

Yesterday’s sermon ‘On Grace’ - https://youtu.be/0BDgMck17Lo

“What I Went Through to Meet My Daughter” by Madeleine Kearns - https://www.thefp.com/p/what-i-went-through-to-meet-my-daughter-ivf-fertility

“Priest denies MP holy communion over his support for assisted dying bill” by Jon Ungoed-Thomas & Rachel Sylvester of The Observer - https://observer.co.uk/news/national/article/priest-denies-mp-holy-communion-over-his-support-for-assisted-dying-bill

Guardians of the Faith, Ep. 1 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUuRZv0FyZM

John Wesley’s Letter to Francis Asbury regarding the episcopacy - https://churchhealthwiki.wordpress.com/2017/05/22/avoid-fame-wesleys-letter-to-asbury-re-cokesbury-do-not-seek-to-be-something/

Megan Basham - https://x.com/megbasham/status/1947151029507940398

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