I spent most of today on Twitter reading about #AntonioMartin. Before that it was #DontreHamilton. I tried to make a list and oh, so many ( Read more... )

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When my mom and I left the house around 9:30 this morning, there were little flecks and I realized it was actually snow. Leaving church, it was still snowing. *glees*

(At this point there are patches where it's actually sticking, but I am excited on principle more than anything else. We've barely had a winter thus far.)

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This caught my eye in the Revels program Saturday night:Twelve Holy Days of Christmas
December 25 - January 6
Daily Communion Service,
The Act of Consecration of Man,
11 a.m. at our church.
Followed by refreshments and a study about Angels.
Midnight Communion Service
on Christmas Eve
Further details from the ad:The Christian Community - Movement for ( Read more... )

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[written as if preached on the actual date]

Christmas 1C - December 27, 20091 Samuel 2:18-20, 26
Psalm 148
Colossians 3:12-17
Luke 2:41-52
Did You Not Know That I Must Be About My Heavenly Parent's Business?We celebrated the Nativity only two days ago, and already we're reading about twelve-year-old Jesus.  We'll jump back to infant Jesus at the ( Read more... )

Advent 2, a friend posts pictures of him and his gf putting up their Christmas tree and I thought, "But you're not Christians!  Why do you have a Christmas tree?" and had to remind myself that we appropriated those trappings from the pagans and that secular folk can adopt them as well ( Read more... )