Welcome to Pre-Advent Stewart Clem November 13, 2020 Commentary, Liturgy, The Episcopal Church By Stewart Clem No, Target: we do not agree that Christmas begins on November 1. You must be thinking of All Saints’ Day. Christmas begins after first vespers on December 24. People have been complain... Read More...
The Annunciation and the “Impossible” Jonathan Mitchican March 25, 2020 Commentary, Contributors, Roman Catholic Church By Jonathan Mitchican The angel Gabriel came to Mary and told her a series of impossible-seeming things. The first and most obvious is the thing we’re celebrating today. He announced to Mary that she would c... Read More...
The Twelfth Day of Christmas Jean Meade January 5, 2020 Commentary, Contributors, Music, The Episcopal Church On the Eve of Epiphany, the Twelfth Day of Christmas, why not gather up in gratitude all the abundance of love, joy and celebration that our Christmas faith has bestowed upon us and, wherever we live, think of some ways to take to the streets and share it with the world?
The Government on His Shoulders Jordan Hylden January 4, 2020 Bible, Commentary, Contributors, The Episcopal Church The possibility of genuine politics begins with the first Christmas, with the Incarnation. It is finally and only here that we see there might actually be a peaceable Prince of all the world.
Ephrem the Syrian: Poet Theologian of the Nativity David Ney January 3, 2020 Anglican Church of Canada, Commentary, Contributors For Ephrem, the Nativity reveals the hidden God and yet it does not change who this God is.
Christmas Zeal Mac Stewart January 2, 2020 Commentary, Contributors, The Episcopal Church Christmas is a time when Christians are particularly susceptible to one of the perennial temptations of religion: domesticating the gospel.
Son Of Rob Price January 1, 2020 Contributors, Poetry, The Episcopal Church Who taught the Word first to speak?
God’s Temple is Creation Jeff Boldt December 31, 2019 Anglican Church of Canada, Commentary, Contributors, Exegesis The temple God has chosen to dwell in is creation, which is the temple he made for himself.
