by Anne Kennedy | Jan 9, 2020 | Garden-Variety Malaise, The Gospel
Meghan and Harry are trying to extricate themselves from their senior royal position. Twitter is reporting that it’s “complicated.” The palace is saying that the Sussexes made their announcement a touch too soon. I’ve seen here and there, embedded in various articles,...
by Tim Fountain | Dec 22, 2019 | Bible Study, Garden-Variety Malaise, Go to Church, Jesus, Spirituality, The Gospel
…is waiting for you on the wide and comfy path to hell. We lump gossip in with cute human foibles that aren’t that big a deal. Spreading rumors is on a continuum somewhere between talking during a movie and double dipping a chip in the communal salsa. But...
by Anne Kennedy | Dec 12, 2019 | Garden-Variety Malaise, The Gospel, Woke Church
I’ve just finished Douglas Murray’s The Madness of Crowds. It is so good that I’m turning round and picking The Strange Death of Europe as soon as my new credit comes due. All the usual—I don’t agree with everything he says—caveating aside (which, honestly, is...
by Anne Kennedy | Nov 28, 2019 | Garden-Variety Malaise, The Gospel
It’s not just me, I have confirmed my impression by complaining about it personally to everyone I know. It’s true, some members of the American family—lots actually—this year put up their Christmas decorations the day after Halloween. And, though I judged them...
by Matt Kennedy | Oct 30, 2019 | Garden-Variety Malaise, Go to Church, Jesus
I have been preaching through John’s Gospel for the last year and have been struck by how much of the action in John takes place during the Great pilgrim feasts of the Old Covenant. Jesus, God’s own Son, submits himself to the Mosaic festal calendar, which he, as the...
by Matt Kennedy | Oct 11, 2019 | Garden-Variety Malaise
Are you here again then? But where to begin? The ACNA has published a new prayerbook. The Episcopal Church has embraced situational congregationalism. The only Episcopalian bishop with a backbone is about to be deboned for it. Archbishop Welby continues, unflinching,...
