Presiding Bishop Curry's Christmas Message 2019 From the Public Affairs Office In the first chapter of John's Gospel, sometimes referred to as the prologue to the Gospel, sometimes spoken of as the whole Gospel in miniature, the Gospel writer says this. As he reflects on the coming of God into the world in the person of Jesus. As he reflects on Christmas. He says, the … [Read more...] about “The Light Shines in the Darkness’
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Bp. Curry on the Incarnation
Presiding Bishop Michael Curry’s Christmas message: In 2 Corinthians, the Apostle Paul says, If anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation. The old has passed away, behold, the new is come. At a point in that passage, St. Paul says, “God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself,” and he also says at another point in the same passage, “and we have been given the … [Read more...] about Bp. Curry on the Incarnation
Archbishop’s Christmas Greeting
Adapted from the Archbishop of Canterbury’s website:The Archbishop of Canterbury has sent a Christmas message to ecumenical partners and heads of churches around the world.The Shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, as it had been told them (Luke 2:20)The shepherds see God and return to normality. Summoned by a vision that was … [Read more...] about Archbishop’s Christmas Greeting
Bishop Curry on Christmas
Adapted from the Office of Public AffairsPresiding Bishop Michael Curry has released this message for Christmas 2015:Hello. Our original plan was for me to tape a Christmas message in front of the United Nations building in New York as a way of sending a message that this Jesus of Nazareth whom we follow came to show us the way to a different world, a world rounded in God’s … [Read more...] about Bishop Curry on Christmas
Jesus Pierces the Dark
From the Episcopal Church’s Office of Public AffairsThe altar hanging at an English Advent service was made of midnight blue, with these words across its top: “We thank you that darkness reminds us of light.” Facing all who gathered there to give thanks were images of night creatures — a large moth, an owl, a badger, and a bat — cryptic and somewhat mysterious creatures that … [Read more...] about Jesus Pierces the Dark