by Anne Kennedy | Jun 16, 2024 | Anglicans, Church Growth, Garden-Variety Malaise, Go to Church, Jesus
The lections today are particularly apt because, it being mid-June, I am gardening furiously. Living in the Northeast as I do, the growing season feels cruelly short. No one–this year was an exception–is supposed to put anything in the ground before...
by Anne Kennedy | Jun 9, 2024 | Anglicans, Church Year, Garden-Variety Malaise, Go to Church, Theological Liberalism
Have missed my usual Sunday blog over the last few weeks, but almost every weekend has had me dashing in so many directions that something had to give. And honestly, I think I’ve blogged steadily through the lectionary to its full measure–is that like nine...
by Anne Kennedy | May 19, 2024 | Church Year, Garden-Variety Malaise, Go to Church
Rabula Gospels Folio Pentecost After much prodding by Matt, I went over and watched the whole speech by the famous football player at Benedictine College. And then I made the mistake of watching this humiliating moment in American politics. The only thing to two...
by Anne Kennedy | May 12, 2024 | Anglicans, Church Year, False Teachers and Their Enablers, Garden-Variety Malaise, Jesus, The Gospel
Photo by Paul Zoetemeijer on Unsplash It’s Mother’s Day today, in case you live under a rock or somewhere, and it’s also, for many of us, Fauxcension (Feast of the Ascension transferred to Sunday), not to mention the usual lections appointed for the...
by Anne Kennedy | Feb 11, 2024 | Anglicans, Apostasy, Church Year, False Teachers and Their Enablers, Garden-Variety Malaise, Go to Church, Jesus, Theological Liberalism, Woke Church
Canterbury Cathedral pulpit, located at the eastern end of the nave, installed in 1898. What a trying time. Both “Jesus is God” and “Elizabeth Elliot” are trending on the App Formerly Known As Twitter. I am so so tempted to dive into the Elizabeth Elliot...
by Anne Kennedy | Feb 4, 2024 | Anglicans, Biblical Illiteracy, Eschatology, Garden-Variety Malaise, Go to Church, History, Jesus
Photo by Andrew Stutesman on Unsplash As I’m sure you all know, Easter falls dreadfully early this year—the very last day of March—which means that Ash Wednesday will come to pass on Valentine’s Day. This presents those in the tender stage of love with a dilemma. Will...
