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Hope In A Cynical Age

by Anne Kennedy | Jan 24, 2021 | Abortion, Anglicans, Biblical Illiteracy, Corrupt Media, Garden-Variety Malaise, Social Justice, The Gospel

I was committed to staying away from inauguration stuff, and basically succeeded, except that I did wander around online looking at what everyone was wearing, and also lots and lots of Bernie Memes. Unfortunately, I am married to a person who likes to know...

#35: Onward Christian Soldiers? Nationalism, Patriotism, and Faith

by Matt Kennedy | Jan 22, 2021 | Anglicans, Jesus, Podcast, U.S. Politics

On this episode of the Stand Firm podcast, Matt, Jady, and Nick talk about “Christian nationalism” and “white evangelicalism,” discuss the ways faith in Jesus Christ impacts our involvement in politics, and find (more) fault with progressive...

I Have Heard You Calling

by Anne Kennedy | Jan 17, 2021 | Anglicans, Biblical Illiteracy, Corrupt Media, Freedom of Speech, Garden-Variety Malaise, Go to Church, The Gospel, Totalitarians

In the few guilty moments I did waste time online this week, I spent them reading about the possible implications of one or two companies owning the majority of the way most of us interact online—the, well, I won’t use “strangle-hold” but the tight fist control of...

When We Were Literally Herod

by Anne Kennedy | Jan 10, 2021 | Anglicans, Biblical Illiteracy, Church Year, Go to Church, The Gospel

Today at home, and at church I think, I’m going to be celebrating Fake Epiphany. It’s not actually fake, it’s just that the feast fell in the middle of the week, and rather than stopping everything and thinking about it on the day, we’ve moved it to Sunday (today). In...

#33: Amen and…Well, Amen: Salvation in Jesus’ Name

by Matt Kennedy | Jan 8, 2021 | Anglicans, Biblical Illiteracy, Jesus, Podcast, U.S. Politics

On this episode of the Stand Firm podcast, Matt, Jady, and Nick discuss the strange ending to the recent Congressional prayer, look at Article 18 of The 39 Articles, and talk about why God can only be Good News as revealed in Jesus Christ. Want to join the...

Before You Called

by Anne Kennedy | Dec 13, 2020 | Advent, Anglicans, Church Year, Coronavirus, Eschatology, Go to Church

Yesterday we were finally able to have a service for, as I’ve been calling her, our Essential Person—Kay—the grandmother type who was so central to all our day to day happiness for the first fifteen years of our being here. I was worried we wouldn’t be able to meet...