This Week’s Newsletter

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Here is this week’s newsletter: St Stephen’s News XXVIII No 37

Come to the Harvest Festival on Sunday, September 24th

Giving thanks for a bountiful harvest is a tradition that dates back to the founding of the English Church in the First Century AD. Sadly, in recent years it has fallen into disuse. In recent years, St Stephen’s has revived this time–hallowed custom. This year the Harvest Festival will be celebrated at all three services . . . → Read More: Come to the Harvest Festival on Sunday, September 24th

Self-deception is the cause of grotesque delusions

Experience teaches us that human beings have an infinite capacity for self-deception. This leads us to put our trust in the most untrustworthy ideas, both great and small.

I first came to this realization when I was quite a small boy—not, I hasten to add, that I was then, or am now, entirely immune to . . . → Read More: Self-deception is the cause of grotesque delusions

This Week’s Newsletter

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Here is this week’s newsletter: St Stephen’s News XXVIII No 36

Church mowing opportunity

St Stephen’s brand spanking new Model 140 John Deere tractor/mower needs some friends to help it keep the lawn pretty. The machine has been tested and found to be easy to run. The current operator now needs 2 or 3 helpers so that each team member need only mow once a month (more often . . . → Read More: Church mowing opportunity

A vital lesson Ancient Rome offers America

Moving house is a bittersweet experience—especially if you’ve lived in the place for 30 years or more. Downsizing is painful. It means necessarily parting with things that have been part of your life for 40 or 50 years—some of which you can cheerfully bid adieu; others that evoke sentimental memories.

My mother had no problem . . . → Read More: A vital lesson Ancient Rome offers America

This Week’s Newsletter

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Here is this weeks newsletter: St Stephen’s News XXVIII No 35

The Sunday School Expands

With the blessings of increased enrollment, St Stephen’s Sunday School is expanding the number of classes to better target the varied needs of our children. Starting on Sunday, September 10, 2017 classes will be:

Babies and Toddlers (through age 3) teachers: Parent Volunteers and Kiki Gushue. Primary (ages 4 through 2nd grade) teachers: Tracey Collins . . . → Read More: The Sunday School Expands

This Week’s Newsletter

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Here is this week’s newsletter: St Stephen’s News XXVIII No 34

Shades of 1930s Weimar in Charlottesville and Berkeley

As a student of German history, the recent violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, evoked disquieting images of the vicious street battles between the Communists and the Nazis during the late 1920s and early 1930s.

Back then, however, both Communists and National Socialists were well versed in the ideologies for which they were fighting. In Charlottesville and . . . → Read More: Shades of 1930s Weimar in Charlottesville and Berkeley