Disciples, Apostles, and Saints! The early church naturally centered the liturgy of the year around the crucifixion and resurrection, with Easter being the first major feast of the church. After that, however, two other feasts grew quickly, but neither occurs during Holy Week. Pentecost and …
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Ascension Day
Disciples, Apostles, and Saints! I try to have a playful relationship with the feast of the Ascension, which is one of the principal feasts of the church. Not irreverent, exactly, but joyful and honest. Because, of all the doctrinally significant aspects of the Jesus Event, this one is the …
Rogation Sunday
Disciples, Apostles, and Saints! One of the traditions of the church is to offer blessing to homes, farms, gardens, and spaces of new life during the Easter season. At a time when people plant tomatoes and annuals, till and seed the fields, we offer a blessing to the soil. Jesus uses a lot of …
