Don’t Forget to Give Thanks
Amidst the turkey and football and the pumpkin pie (or whatever else you indulge in), please remember that today is both a day of faith and a day of patriotism. This […]
-
-
Sunday Reflections, November 22: Truth
On the feast day celebrated by many denominations as Christ the King day, the Gospel (John 18:33-37) contains the famous exchange in which Pilate questions Jesus about his alleged kingship […]
-
Sunday Reflections: “A Goodly Heritage”
I must admit that this week’s readings leave me a bit flummoxed, and uninspired. Both “Track 1″and “Track 2” seem, as wholes, either not to feature constituent parts that fit […]
-
Sunday Reflections, Nov. 8
The readings are taken from Track Two, here. Frankly, I’m not sure why the reading from Hebrews is included, because it doesn’t seem to fit thematically with the others. But […]
-
Sunday Reflections: All Saints, and Psalm 24
The Episcopalian and Catholic lectionaries, which often coincide, happen to differ substantially this week — except for Psalm 24, which is common to both today. All the readings, in both […]
-
Sunday Reflections, 10/18/15: Uncanny Prophecy
Today I want to do something very simple: Focus only on one aspect of the reading from Isaiah (53:4-12). I just want to remark about how uncannily this passage matches […]
-
Sunday Reflections, 10/4: Job, for starters
Today’s readings (Track One, here) include the first of four weeks of readings from the book of Job. For me, this is a hurdle: I strongly dislike this book. The […]
-
Friday Roundup: Hillary’s Perfidy; a Paean to Peyton; and more…
Hillary Knew the Dangers of Private E-Mails…., by Shannen Coffin; Hillary Clinton, Bane of the Secret Service, by Deroy Murdock; Lies, Carly Fiorina, and Abortion, by Ross Douthat; Another President, […]
-
Sunday Reflections, Sept. 27: Allies for the Lord
In today’s readings (see Track 2, here), we see the importance of welcoming allies who may not be formally aligned with us, but whose spirit is with us and with […]
-
Sunday Reflections, Sept. 20: Delight of the World
Today’s readings, which can be found in Track 1, here, all extol the virtues of humble dutifulness, informed by wisdom, in service of God’s righteous will. For centuries, Protestants and […]
