“Holy Thursday” by William Blake
April 17, 2014
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“Holy Thursday” (Songs of Experience) by William Blake Read by Toby Jones
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Charles Wesley wins Lent Madness’ Golden Halo
April 17, 2014
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Charles Wesley has defeated Harriet Bedell to win Lent Madness’ Golden Halo. Here’s the official release.
How to make a proper Palm cross
April 12, 2014
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Gathering today to make Palm Sunday crosses? In this video, origami artist Leyla Torres has her mother-in-law, Yvonne Sutton, show us how it’s done:
Holy Week prep
April 9, 2014
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Quick question: as Palm Sunday looms, church staffs (be it a lone individual or a slew of people) have lots of prep work. We know
Ashes to Go puts the Episcopal Church in the news once again
March 5, 2014
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Few things that Episcopal Churches do are noticed as widely as the now annual custom of offering ashes to people in public places such as
T. S. Eliot reads his poem, Ash Wednesday
March 5, 2014
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From the poem: Where shall the word be found, where will the word Resound? Not here, there is not enough silence Not on the sea
Epiphany: a season of endings and beginnings
February 6, 2014
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People may argue for December because Christmas without all the trimmings (and the people) can be a lonely affair, but, at least in my eyes, the thought of a new year is like a stretch of Route 66 that was as straight as an arrow and went on for what seemed like half a million miles with absolutely nothing much in the way of scenery and the mountains that loomed in the distance never seeming to get any closer.
Will you see the Messiah today?
February 3, 2014
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“Many a living sleeper” —that’s us. That’s us before we see Christ. It’s Simeon before Mary and Joseph travel to the Temple with baby Jesus. It’s us before we realize we’re seeing the Messiah right now. Our hearts beat, but our eyes are closed.
Christmas is Easter
December 23, 2013
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by Sara Miles I used to really love Christmas as a kid, and couldn’t understand how anyone could possibly be surly about it: sparkly stuff
Re-thinking Advent: a zest for life
December 17, 2013
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The real hope of Advent is that God, in God’s way and God’s time, is bringing to completion what God began in Jesus, a hope that animates and empowers God’s people with a genuine zest for life. So this Advent, please do not obstruct these gates; instead, let’s proclaim the one who is life itself.
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