Christmas Letter

Christmas Letter

Beloved of St. Paul’s, A manger is a food trough, a common place where all the animals gather to eat.  It is the last place we might expect to find a newborn King, and yet, we do. Bethlehem is overcrowded; there is no room in the inn. No room for Mary, Joseph, and...
Ashley Eason

Ashley Eason

I grew up in Richmond, Va., but have lived all over including Georgia, Belgium, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, California, Washington, Oregon and Black Mountain, N.C. I was baptized at All Saints Episcopal Church when I was 13, was confirmed a year later and...
Marshall Foster

Marshall Foster

Although I grew up in Wilmington, I’ve lived away more years than I’ve lived here. After New Hanover High School and East Carolina University, I moved to New York, landing on the Upper West Side for the next 30 years. I wanted to work in the music industry...
Bill & Elaine Anlyan

Bill & Elaine Anlyan

Bill and Elaine met while working for a U.S. Congressman who was running for the U.S. Senate in 1972. They had three children by 1984 and seven grandchildren by 2019. They moved to Wilmington in 1992 for Bill to become vice chancellor of development at UNCW. A few...