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Denise Levertov on Julian and Good Friday

April 6, 2012 No Comments

Why single out the agony? What’s

a mere six hours?

Torture then, torture now,

the same, the pain’s the same…

A year of house church and home school in NYC

April 6, 2012 3 Comments

There are definitely similarities between the way we are educating our son and the faith community I am partnering with. Neither one comes out of anger at “traditional” systems.

Stations of the Cross and Carlsbad Caverns

April 4, 2012 No Comments

by Maria L. Evans “Truth is what is true, and it’s not necessarily factual. Truth and fact are not the same thing. Truth does not

The Hunger Games and moral formation

April 2, 2012 1 Comment

Those who are asking the question about their own parental role as moral guides are asking a question about a cohort of humans for whom peers and culture are vastly more important than parents. Moreover, just as Katniss, Peeta, Gale and Rue see the injustice and horror of these games, they see the adults’ acquiescence to its horrors.

Palm Sunday

April 1, 2012 3 Comments

Perhaps it is this same unflappability that we need to embrace as we plunge into Holy Week–to remember that the Peace of Christ is already among us, and all we have to do is claim the victory that is already there.

Plagues, Pharaohs, and Parallels

March 31, 2012 4 Comments

There are really rotten people out in the world walking around in perfect health, financially well-off, seemingly living the good life while I’m here stuck in this awful situation. Why me? Where is Moses when I need him, interceding with the Pharaohs of my world for me?

Finding our way again

March 30, 2012 2 Comments

…how do I — and how do you — live our faith so that it becomes deeper and more authentic, more connected to the mystery that we call “God.” What do we do to open ourselves to that? What happens when we do? Many had stories to share, showing that we can indeed see ourselves as “companions on the way”

Jesus meets us at the border

March 27, 2012 1 Comment

by Beth Kelly The term “border” puzzled me as a child. Every map had a hard black line on it, and I fully expected to

The New Yorker on the impending departure of the ABC

March 26, 2012 11 Comments

The choices he had were simple: he could lead the Church of England, which was eager for his attention; or he could continue to reach out to the churches that ignored him; or he could resign. He was tired, and, being a good man and a Christian in evident anguish, he resigned.

The ACO and the politics of being a staff member

March 26, 2012 19 Comments

Throw in the videos that the ACO released, in which members of the Communion’s faith and order group overtly lobbied on behalf of the covenant, and it becomes clear that the communion office has decided that it has a horse in this race and is attempting to influence the outcome in its favor.

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