A new congregation in Antioch, Calif., is named in honor of Deaconess Anna Alexander of Georgia, who was added to the church’s calendar by General Convention in 2018. The parish provides more details: Anna Ellison Butler Alexander came to the attention of St. George’s, Antioch, and St. Alban’s, Brentwood, during last year’s Lent Madness, Forward Movement’s version of March … [Read more...] about In Honor of Anna Alexander
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Marking Time
Cultures By Pamela A. Lewis With our clocks, watches, and cellphones, we have many ways to help us to tell what time it is. But the Morgan Library’s current exhibition explores how in the Middle Ages the concept of time, as well as telling time, were approached in different ways and with significantly different tools. Drawing upon the Morgan’s rich collection of medieval … [Read more...] about Marking Time
Year-round Advent
By Sybil MacBeth Advent is a feast for the senses, a preparation for a journey, a pep rally for the Church’s new liturgical year, and the kickoff celebration for our daily pilgrimage with God. Advent is juicy and pregnant. It is not just the four-week waiting period before Christmas. It is the gestation time and dress rehearsal for the way to live every day of the year. A … [Read more...] about Year-round Advent
Clarifying the Great Cloud
After extensive General Convention debates about the merits of replacing the Book of Occasional Services with Holy Women, Holy Men, the Standing Commission on Liturgy and Music is considering a deeper rethinking of the Episcopal Church’s calendar.An SCLM committee has proposed a new approach, called A Great Cloud of Witnesses, and welcomes comments on it until February 22. The … [Read more...] about Clarifying the Great Cloud