The Christmas Story by kids
December 24, 2012
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An oldy-but-a-goody from St. Paul’s in Auckland, New Zealand: The Christmas Story as told by kids.
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Bethlehem today
December 24, 2012
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Bishop Alan Wilson pointed us to this video about the little town of Bethlehem, and what it is like today.
On not heart-ing Clement Moore
December 24, 2012
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I hate that poem. It’s the kind of thing a middlebrow Episcopal Hebrew professor writes to indulge his sentimental idea of what a Knickerbocker Ward Christmas should look like. No rats stirring; windows with shutters and sashes; St. Nick down the chimney; smug Protestant children snug in their beds; all those silly reindeer; that lousy rhyme scheme.
Evangelism on Christmas Eve: #nativityvigil
December 24, 2012
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We know that not everyone is comfortable tweeting during church, in which case you shouldn’t do it. And we’ve been made aware that some people consider it rude. But we think the Episcopal Church could do with a little more of Paul of Tarsus, and a little less of Emily of Post in this regard.
Omnipotent Love
December 24, 2012
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Yet Mary holds her finger out, and a divine hand closes on it. The maker of the world is born a begging child; he begs for milk, and does not know that it is milk for which he begs.
Brooklyn church damaged by fire
December 23, 2012
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Fire at St. Luke and St. Matthew Episcopal Church, Brooklyn, that has been used for superstorm Sandy relief, may be arson according to
Rowan Williams: If all you have is a gun, everything is a target
December 23, 2012
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The Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams spoke out on gun violence in his comments on the BBC’s
Preaching Newtown
December 23, 2012
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As we mentioned yesterday, bishops, clergy and lay leaders from around the Episcopal Church have been attempting to make sense of and otherwise respond to the horrific shootings in Newtown, Connecticut last Friday. Here are a few links to some of the sermons and statements that have come to our attention.
Christmas Pageant: Gabriel
December 23, 2012
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In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin engaged to a man
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