Potted Plant fundraiser

The Parish Life committee is having a fund raiser this spring for St Stephen’s Church. Order forms for potted plants for the garden, patio, or balcony are in the Cadwalader Room. Order by April 9, and pick up at church on May 4th and May 5th 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM.

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Here is this week’s newsletter: St Stephen’s News XXIX No 10

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Here is this week’s newsletter: St Stephen’s News XXIX No 9

Christianity’s role in forging our Constitution and culture

Love him or loathe him, President Ronald Reagan is remembered for his pithy observations about the state of the nation—and none, it turns out, more chillingly prescient than: “If we ever forget that we are one nation under God, then we will be a nation gone under.”

Judged by the cultural shambles in which we . . . → Read More: Christianity’s role in forging our Constitution and culture

Goff Clark Cockran, Jr 1920 ✠ 2017

It should not come as a shock that so many of today’s young people are “snowflakes,” cowering in “safe spaces,” unable to cope with the realities of daily life. Just look at their heroes and heroines—narcissistic pop stars and self-absorbed movie actors and television personalities.

There is very little laudable about such role models unless . . . → Read More: Goff Clark Cockran, Jr 1920 ✠ 2017

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Here is this week’s newsletter: St Stephen’s News XXIX No 8

Why not try to take up something for Lent?

Shrove Tuesday pancake suppers are, for Episcopalians, the last vestige of the old Pre-Lenten carnival—the veritable orgy of eating, drinking, and merry-making that traditionally preceded the forty–day fast. Christians in many parts of Europe still observe the Pre-Lenten Carnival; none more so than the Germans who start the carnival season (called Fasching) well before Christmas . . . → Read More: Why not try to take up something for Lent?

With the Church, change is not as good as a rest

I’ve never quite grasped why politicians across the ideological spectrum routinely deploy the word “change” as a campaign slogan. You can get an idea of just how popular the notion of change is from the hoary old light bulb jokes.

How many Marylanders, for example, does it take to change a light bulb? Answer: “Change!!!!!!!!!!!”

. . . → Read More: With the Church, change is not as good as a rest

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Here is this week’s newsletter:St Stephen’s News XXIX No 7

This Week’s Newsletter

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Here is this week’s newsletter: St Stephen’s News XXIX No 6