Category: Columns

The Paycheck is a Gift

Shannon Sykes, July 2, 2025July 2, 2025

Your worth is not tied to your paycheck. Your work is your purpose, your calling, and your service to others. Prosperity comes not just in the form of money but in fulfillment.

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Suffocation or Starvation

Shannon Sykes, April 29, 2025April 29, 2025

She was tough and courageous. She had no restrictions or limitations. She loved to travel, she loved music and she would break out into dance when her favorite song came on.

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Musings of an Episcopal Priest

Shannon Sykes, April 2, 2025June 3, 2025

The Episcopal Church exists to bear witness to God’s universal love for all people, revealed in God’s only begotten son, Jesus Christ.

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Dear Beloved

Shannon Sykes, March 6, 2025March 6, 2025

I will bless those who bless you and curse those who treat you with contempt. All the families on earth will be blessed through you.”

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Reflection from Father Charles Cannon

Shannon Sykes, March 6, 2025March 6, 2025

I enjoy all aspects of my vocation but love picking hymns for Sunday worship. So, often, I choose hymns that I can introduce that are not in my church’s usual repertoire, including some older hymns well worth singing.

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Embracing Change

Shannon Sykes, March 6, 2025March 6, 2025

As I reflect on my time serving as the Mayor of Naples, I’m reminded of a key lesson I’ve learned through personal experience: transitions are never easy, but they offer invaluable opportunities for growth and renewal.

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Dear Beloved

Shannon Sykes, February 6, 2025February 6, 2025

And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.” Everything you do, do out of love.

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Dear Beloved

Shannon Sykes, January 2, 2025January 2, 2025

This year as we go into 2025, we may have made some new commitments to do better with our lives. Those are good things to do, not just once a year but every day.

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