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In Which I Spend A Week Watching A Lot of Hallmark Movies

by Anne Kennedy | Dec 27, 2022 | Eschatology, Garden-Variety Malaise, Prosperity Gospel, Spirituality

It’s going to take me all day to write this because I’m so full of cheese and sugar, but, as I said on Twitter, I’ve been watching a lot of Walmart Walmark Hallmark movies with my girls, such that we’ve basically evolved into connoisseurs of the genre. I should...

Try Saying Yes

by Anne Kennedy | Dec 18, 2022 | Church Year, Garden-Variety Malaise, The Gospel

I have had so many things to write about this week but they all passed me by. Today, however, is Sunday again, and the last gasp of Advent, my favorite time of year (except for Lent). The lectionary arrangers have appointed the Gospel according to Matthew, the bit...

To Our Shame

by Anne Kennedy | Dec 7, 2022 | Biblical Illiteracy, Christmas, False Teachers and Their Enablers, Garden-Variety Malaise, The Gospel

In the course of 2022, which is mercifully wending its way to its demise, two people who my older children have looked up to in the latter parts of their teenage years became publicly discredited. In the first case, many months ago, the shaming that took place and...

Believe in God

by Anne Kennedy | Dec 4, 2022 | Anglicans, Biblical Illiteracy, Church Year, False Teachers and Their Enablers, Garden-Variety Malaise, Go to Church, Jesus, Woke Church

It represents, for me, a terrible portion of failure that a new church year has begun, and not only do I have drafts for Sunday blog posts that never made it up on any platform (including last week), and that I have half my pictures from all our travels to sort...

Anne’s Advice For How To Be Thankful

by Anne Kennedy | Nov 22, 2022 | Eschatology, Garden-Variety Malaise, The Gospel

I have quite a few things to do today, as one would expect. Not least braving the wild barbarous hoards in Wegmans and Aldi, hunting out and searching essential ingredients for Thanksgiving Dinner. I also have to repaint my living room. I do. I’ve loved the last...

Behold The Days Are Coming

by Anne Kennedy | Nov 20, 2022 | Biblical Illiteracy, Church Year, Corrupt Media, False Teachers and Their Enablers, Freedom of Speech, Garden-Variety Malaise, Jesus, LGBTQIetc, Religious Freedom, Woke Church

The Church Year is drawing to a swift close and the final Sunday, Christ the King, is upon us. Besides being a moment to sing some glorious hymns, it is also a fitting hour to make a most essential declaration–that Christ is the ruler over the world, over time,...