Church Year Archives | Page 16 of 19

Happy Radical Dependence On God Day!

by Anne Kennedy | Jul 4, 2021 | Anglicans, Church Year, Oppression, The Gospel

It is the very early dawn and a firecracker has just popped off near my window, reminding me that, though it is the usual Sunday, it is also Independence Day. This must be a terrible irony, organized by God to make us all feel uncomfortable. After all, independence...

Job and John Wayne: A Meditation for Father’s Day

by Anne Kennedy | Jun 20, 2021 | Anglicans, Church Year, Jesus, The Gospel

It is Father’s Day and there is a light and gentle rain ushering in the morning. After so many weeks of thinking about the conspiracy of wicked men to kick strong and independent women out of their proper spheres—the factory, the office, the convent, and the...

My Soul Waits For The Lord

by Anne Kennedy | Jun 6, 2021 | Anglicans, Church Year, Eschatology, Garden-Variety Malaise, Jesus

I have been pretty good about staying off Twitter, but I did just have a peak yesterday. There is some person taking the trouble to screenshot the Twitter profiles of major corporations. Apparently, you don’t just have one single Twitter handle, you have one for every...

No One Was Ever Alone Again

by Anne Kennedy | May 30, 2021 | Anglicans, Church Year, Garden-Variety Malaise, Jesus

Well, it’s Trinity Sunday. Let’s see what kind of heresy we can rustle up this morning, shall we? I’m the kind of Christian that accepts that God is more than able to use human language to communicate with me about what he is like, what we are like, and what anyone...

Book Review: The Anglican Office Book

by Mark Marshall | May 12, 2021 | Anglicans, Church Year, Daily Office

Towards the end of this Easter season, I was among those who received the eagerly awaited first printing of The Anglican Office Book, edited by C. Lance Davis and published by Whithorn Press and St. Andrew’s Academy. Many readers know St. Andrew’s as the excellent...

Happy Birthing Person Day

by Anne Kennedy | May 9, 2021 | Anglicans, Church Year, Garden-Variety Malaise, Go to Church, Jesus, The Gospel

Today, apparently, is “Birthing Person” Day, and the prevailing manner of marking the occasion seems to be people posting pictures of “birthing creatures” in the wild–fluffy “mother” birds with baby birds under their wings, a...