Advent is a time to make spiritual haste. “Let us go now,” the shepherds say. It is never too late to set out to see Christ. The announcement of the birth to the shepherds came after the Child was born. In the same way, the invitation comes to us today. The Child is born, the promise is fulfilled: we need to go and take part in the ongoing story.
Time Magazine has released its list of the top ten religion stories in 2007. Topping the list is Mother Teresa’s crisis of faith. The Anglican Communion’s conflict comes in at a solid
number 5.
With all the furor about the Archbishop of Canterbury’s statements (or lack thereof) about the Gospel accounts of the birth of Christ, we thought it
Michael Gerson, who worships at Falls Church, offers some very thoughtful observations in his Washington Post column on the conflict over evolution. But Gerson also warns us not to accept the view that evolution and other science supports a belief that God does not exist.