A Vanity Fair reporter recently asked Scientology-affirming actress Juliette Lewis an affable, offhand question: Can a Scientologist celebrate Christmas? Her affable, offhand response:
“Perhaps true beauty is something that draws our attention at second glance, once the judgement of a first glance has realised its mistake.”
Mary gathers up all the pieces of the story and holds them within herself
“Many clergy and lay leaders have a hunger to see the dilemmas of their physical assets in a new light, and to find creative and innovative ways to deal with this long-standing, sometimes paralyzing, issue.”
If we haven’t asked the question well enough by now, it is now past time to do so, and at all levels: How equipped is The Episcopal Church to partner with Hispanic communities and churches as well as Spanish-speaking leaders and entrepreneurs among the faithful?
“Ultimately, Santa is about me and the stuff I so desperately want. But Jesus is about something more: the grace I so desperately need.”
O Radix Jesse
O Root of Jesse, Who standest for an ensign of the people,
at Whom Kings shall shut their mouths,
unto Whom the Gentiles shall pray:
Come and deliver us, and tarry not.