The April 19 edition of The Living Church is available online to registered subscribers. In this issue's cover story, G. Jeffrey MacDonald describes how churches are wrestling with the challenges of moving their worship services online. Meanwhile, Ephraim Radner considers the possible downsides of worshiping online at all. In the News section, Kirk Petersen reports on the … [Read more...] about New: 4/19 TLC Online
Archives for April 6, 2020
Pandemic Poses Extra Challenges in Haiti
By Kirk Petersen Churches throughout the United States have been scrambling to establish online worship services in the face of lockdown orders. It’s fairly easy to do via Facebook or YouTube, and some churches have been experimenting with online services for years. It’s different in the Diocese of Haiti – situated in the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. Haiti … [Read more...] about Pandemic Poses Extra Challenges in Haiti
Podcast — Classic Texts in Time of Crisis: Thomas Merton
What are some of the benefits and dangers of being alone? How can solitude build up love? Fr. Mac Stewart presents and reflects on an excerpt from a chapter in Thomas Merton’s New Seeds of Contemplation: “Solitude Is Not Separation." … [Read more...] about Podcast — Classic Texts in Time of Crisis: Thomas Merton
4/12 Readings: Risen and Hidden
Easter Day Acts 10:34-43 or Jer. 31:1-6 Ps. 118:1-2, 14-24 Col. 3:1-4 or Acts 10:34-43 John 20:1-18 or Matt. 28:1-10 Alleluia! Christ has broken the bonds of death and hell, calling forth, in his victory, a people to share his New Life, not simply as a future promise but as a real and present mystery. Alleluia! When Mary Magdalen stood confused and grieved over what … [Read more...] about 4/12 Readings: Risen and Hidden