Christmas Spirit (with a capital S) weaves an extravagant bond
December 27, 2009
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This is a season of renewal within ourselves for the purposes of a new earth and stronger bonds with one other.
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Eternity on the horizon
December 27, 2009
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As when our ship is near shore and cities and ports pass in view before us that on the open sea vanish and leave nothing to fix the eye on, so the Evangelist here takes us with him in his flight above the created world leaving the eye to gaze upon emptiness and an unlimited expanse. . . .
Holy Innocents
December 27, 2009
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Any historical basis for the wise men visiting or the slaughtering of male children in Bethlehem seems relatively unimportant for twenty-first century Christianity. Children are precious and vulnerable. Too many children are hungry, sick, homeless, abused, and unloved. Children die every day whose lives we could save for just pennies.
Christianity and The Blind Side
December 26, 2009
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Michael Oher’s adoptive mom Leigh Anne Tuohy, with her expensive car, dolled-up appearance and don’t-mess-with-me attitude may seem more southern belle than follower of Christ, but Sandra Bullock thinks Tuohy is the real deal. Still, she was initially reluctant to portray her in The Blind Side
A few words about what Episcopalians actually believe
December 26, 2009
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If you happened to miss the screeching headline, “Episcopal Church unanimously passes orthodox statement of belief in Jesus Christ,” it was because it never appeared, but none the less the convention did pass such a statement!
Saturday Collection 12/26/09
December 26, 2009
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On the day after we commemorate the night on which there was no room in the inn, it seems appropriate to dedicate the Saturday Collection to service around the country memorializing those who died homeless.
Mama Irene saves Christmas
December 26, 2009
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It’s a Christmas shopping spree. Hundreds of people line up outside St. Philip’s Episcopal Church on a mission to find toys. “It’s very fun because 3 and 4 year olds, I have a 3-year-old nephew, it’s exciting to help kids because they’re so happy about it,” said Kissimee Herring who spent the day helping people pick out toys.
Crowned on high
December 26, 2009
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The Greek word Stephen means “crowned” in Latin. In a very beautiful way he anticipated by the portent of his name what he was about to experience in reality—“abjectly stoned but crowned on high.” In Hebrew, however, his name means “your norm.” Whose norm, if not that of the subsequent martyrs, for whom, by being the first to suffer, he became the model of dying for Christ? . . .
Room at the pub?
December 25, 2009
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Thick stone pillars form a solid archway and the rough-hewn oak door opens to the sort of Nativity scene that has mesmerised people for more than 2,000 years.
“Messiah” at Trinity Wall Street
December 25, 2009
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Messiah as performed December 14, 2009 at Trinity Church, Wall Street.
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