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All Of Them

by Anne Kennedy | May 8, 2022 | Abortion, Church Year

I can’t go looking for it at this late hour, but ages ago I blogged about how much I hated Mother’s Day. I probably did it multiple years in a row. As far as I can remember, I rattled on and on about living in the crucible of daily life, about hating what a bad mother...

How Many Did You Expect?

by Anne Kennedy | May 1, 2022 | Anglicans, Baptists, Church Growth, Church Year, Garden-Variety Malaise, Go to Church

At some point during the week, Matt got up this old T4G panel discussion (hat tip Denny Burk) between Carl Trueman and some—both then and now—very famous pastors. The session opens with some awkward joking about how Trueman has been very critical of the so-called...

Sorrow and Sighing Shall Flee Away

by Anne Kennedy | Apr 17, 2022 | Anglicans, Church Year, Garden-Variety Malaise, Jesus, The Gospel

Well, it’s been a busy week, to misunderstate it, and there are miles to go before I crash. I hadn’t thought I would be up at this hour, and had even considered forgoing the Sunday post in a fit of sanity, but the cat is sitting on my face and I am all the way awake,...

#97: Three Big Days: A Guided Tour of the Triduum

by Matt Kennedy | Apr 15, 2022 | Anglicans, Church Year, Go to Church, Podcast

On this episode of the Stand Firm podcast, Matt, Jady, and Nick discuss the monumental “three days” of Holy Week: Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Holy Saturday and the Great Vigil of Easter. They look at the liturgies, the remembrances, and the...

The Rise and Triumph of Jesus

by Anne Kennedy | Apr 10, 2022 | Anglicans, Church Year, Jesus, The Gospel

I’ve spent a lot of time this week avoiding certain segments of the internet trying not to see pictures of atrocities I know are out there. There’s stuff in Ukraine, and then those babies that were murdered, and the video clips coming out of Shanghai. By scrolling...

Who Is Forgiveness For?

by Anne Kennedy | Mar 27, 2022 | Anglicans, Biblical Illiteracy, Church Year, Corrupt Media, Garden-Variety Malaise, Jesus

It must be that we are coming near to the End Times because Vox has noticed that there’s a big problem with the way things are. In a six-part series, they tackle the perplexing subject of forgiveness. The titles of the various pieces paint a bleak trajectory for their...