|
|||||
 
Mrs Tracey Collins, a member of the Sunday School staff, has been appointed to join the Vestry in place of the long-serving vestryman Gordon Turner. The daughter of former vestryman Mrs Dorothy Lewis, Mrs Collins has been a member of the parish since the early 1990s. Her daughter Daytona also teaches Sunday School, and her . . . → Read More: Mrs Tracey Collins joins the Vestry
Television has never come high among my priorities. Truth to tell, I have never developed the habit of watching much other than the news. This is possibly a consequence of several years of working behind what used to be called the Iron Curtain—a place where television programs were as dull as the architecture. One, I . . . → Read More: A vital life lesson from a Roman soap opera
Tradition is a vital ingredient in the cement that binds society together. And it is the casual shucking off of ancient traditions, for no better reason than they are ancient, that reflects that growing uncouthness that characterizes not only public debate, but so many aspects of society. Folks who deplore the abandonment of time honored . . . → Read More: Cool curmudgeons preserve traditions
The “Serenity Prayer”—composed by the famous 20th-Century theologian Reinhold Niebuhr—is a favorite of many people who are under heavy stress. Indeed, it is virtually the official prayer of Alcoholics Anonymous. However, most of those who frequently resort this great prayer are familiar only with its first three lines. God, grant me the serenity to . . . → Read More: More to a prayer than a mere four short lines
The Daily Offices of Morning and Evening Prayer are among the great glories of Anglicanism. A measure of the regard in which they have been held is that some of Christianity’s greatest choral music has been specifically composed for Mattins and Evensong. Until the middle of the last century, Morning and Evening Prayer services were . . . → Read More: Praise ye the Lord in the beauty of holiness A time traveler arriving at this point in time from fifty or sixty years ago would be struck by fact the religious beliefs—or lack thereof—of the candidates in upcoming mid-term elections have figured very little in either the national or local campaigns. This reflects the fashionable notion that the constitutional separation of church and state . . . → Read More: The high price of failing to honor our principles “Not to know what happened before we were born,” wrote the Roman orator Cicero, “is to remain perpetually a child—for what is the worth of human life unless it is woven into the life of our ancestors by the records of history.” Cicero was certainly no slouch when it came to observing the human condition . . . → Read More: Sorry, but Hymns ain’t what they used to be Every Christian, I’d venture to guess, has a unique mental picture of Jesus Christ—an image formed in large part by what they’ve learned about him in Sunday School, modified to a greater or lesser degree by what they have learned about him since. When I was a very small boy, my mental image of Jesus . . . → Read More: Preconceptions and the historical Jesus There’s no easy way to break sad news: The time had come for us to bid adieu to Anne and Bill Hawkins. The pair will be leaving Timonium on September 10th to be closer to their family and to make a new home in Llanelli, the small town in south Wales where Annie was born. . . . → Read More: Au revoir, but not farewell to a much loved couple
America’s self-appointed arbiters of morality devote much time and energy to lecturing the peasantry (that’s us) on the need for “tolerance”—a virtue that apparently entails accepting uncritically all manner of unpleasant, antisocial and offensive behavior. Since I hail from England, tolerance is an area in which I claim a modest degree of expertise. The . . . → Read More: It’s a fact: Tolerance is a two–way street! |
|
||||
 Saint Stephen’s Anglican Church 11856 Mays Chapel Rd, Timonium, MD 21093 (410) 560-6776 Unless otherwise noted, the material on this website is distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License (CC-BY-SA). By using this site, you agree to the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy. Posts Feed * Comments Feed * Contact Webmaster * Log in * Powered by WordPress & Atahualpa %d bloggers like this: |
|||||
Comments are closed 
Newsletter