Disciples, Apostles, and Saints! Looking at this past week, it would be easy to get tangled up in the anxiety we no doubt find in the church. Then, of course, we glance out and see the troubles of the weeks before: the murder of school children in Texas and black elders in Pennsylvania. And then …
Second Best Holy Day
Disciples, Apostles, and Saints! This week we celebrate the second biggest feast of the church year. A feast so important it gets two names! The church calls it Day of Pentecost: Whitsunday. We know it simply as Pentecost. Obviously, number one is Easter. But from very early on, Pentecost took …
After the Ascension
Disciples, Apostles, and Saints! This week we celebrate Ascension Day, one of the seven principal feasts of the church. And every year, I feel so bad for this poor holiday. It is one of the most important days in the church calendar, and has been for centuries, but we treat it like it is nothing. …
