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One of the classic stories that is repeated each December is Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. The timeless character of Ebenezer Scrooge demonstrates the consummate selfish, self-centered, unforgiving and unloving qualities of human kind. This originator of the “bah-humbug” was the perfect embodiment of sin. Whether we read this famous story in a leather bound first…
On this second Sunday of the Advent journey, the Word of God is announced to us as it was written in the book of Isaiah and fulfilled in the ministry of John the Baptist. Long ago God declared: “I am sending my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way; the voice of one…
So here we are at Advent again. Advent, the beginning of the Christian year, and the time when we wait and prepare for the coming of the Son of God. Advent is one of those “iffy” times … one of the seasons of the church year when we become most conscious of TIME itself. And…
This is the first Sunday of Advent, and while the secular world around us trivializes the coming birth of our Savior with garish displays of commercialism, we Anglicans have a time-honored tradition of taking Advent seriously. As we await the birth of hope, Anglican preaching for the four Sundays of Advent has focused in turn…
Until the thirteenth century, the cross as the symbol of our salvation was fashioned not with a corpus, but was encrusted with jewels. Precious gems spoke to the faithful of the time of Christ’s victory over sin and death, and of his reign as king of heaven and earth. Although crucifixes have generally been styled…
A priest colleague of mine tells the story of a friend who was about to enter a large, exclusive department store. Standing back to allow a young woman to enter the door before him, enter she did while he held the door, and without a “thank-you” or a nod, she proceeded on her way. Needless…
“Now concerning the times and the seasons, brother and sisters, you do not need to have anything written to you. For you know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night….So then, let us not fall asleep as others do, but let us keep awake and be…
Almost every two or three years we see stories in the news media about groups of people from different faith communities who have reached the conclusion that the time of the second coming of Christ is at hand. They will have reached this decision on the basis of their biblical research and study, and believe…
“Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples, ‘The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses’ seat; therefore, do whatever they teach you and follow it; but do not do as they do, for they do not practice what they teach.’” Or, in the more familiar version of this, “Practice what you preach.” In…
“Death is swallowed up in victory.” St. Paul must have been a very brave man to write this and to believe this because we all think and know that it is death which swallows up everything up in victory. We all know that we must die one day. Whatever we do we shall die but…
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