Tag: Church year

We’re not saying that editors at The New York Times were listening in to our conversations about how the church should make itself visible during

Six years ago, Ann Fontaine wrote an essay on Blue Christmas services that has become one of the most popular pieces in the Cafe’s not-quite

… trying to avoid the penitential aspect of Advent is just another way of avoiding the hard call of Christ to give up what we value most in service to God and our fellow travelers…

When we insist on a strict observation of Advent, we are the only people — as Christians – who are NOT talking about Christmas and singing “Christmas” hymns* at the exact time when we have the culture’s fullest attention.

The Very Rev. John McGinty, canon for formation in the Diocese of Long Island, wonders how to make our churches stand out amidst during Advent

So often the world thinks Easter ends with the last egg hunt on Easter Sunday. The Rev. Laurie Brock explains how the project started: