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Archbishop of Canterbury’s Christmas sermon 2008
Posted On : December 25, 2008 ACNS: http://www.aco.org/acns/news.cfm/2008/12/25/ACNS4552 Thursday 25 December 2008 In his Christmas sermon at Canterbury Cathedral, the Archbishop of Canterbury says that one of the lessons of the coming of Christ is that people shouldn’t waste time waiting for larger-than-life heroes to bring comprehensive and total solutions to the ills of the […]
Out in the Barn
[Note from Rowland: apart from the word ‘invented’, this is very moving]. **** Harry T. Cook 12/21/08 One of my sons and his wife built a pole barn out behind their house in the country, which is home to their horse, Buddy, their children’s pony, Coco, and various and sundry barn cats, as they are […]
A Christmas Reflection
I’ve been thinking about what Christmas holds in store this year – and by ‘store’ I don’t mean Myers! But isn’t that just what Christmas has become? Every year we hear the plea from those of us inclined to a religious/spiritual view of life to bring Christ back into Christmas. My hope is that this […]
Remember the reason for the season
“Remember the reason for the season.†It’s almost become a cliché, but I agree the reason does seem to have got lost. So let’s remember the reason and see if it has much to do with the season. The other day in a shopping mall I was confronted by a giant Santa and next to […]
Bethlehem more peaceful this Christmas
Town of Bethlehem rests more peacefully this Christmas Posted On : December 19, 2008 ACNS: http://aco.org/acns/news.cfm/2008/12/19/ACNS4550 The peaceful images evoked by the Christmas carol “O Little Town of Bethlehem” have not always reflected the current reality in the birthplace of Jesus but this year there are reasons for hope. Palestinians and Israelis are hopeful this […]
Advent: Hope and dreaming
[An Advent missive from the Australian Churches’ of Christ’s #1 much-loved critic!]. Hi Advent is always a time of hope and dreaming. Since about 2000 I’ve been circulating comment/critique/collations/ and cryptanalysis, on our conferences, congregations and the wider koinonia. I doodled around around, first, under the title of the “Alternative Australian Christian”, some didn’t like […]
The Miracle Dreams (christmas)
THE MIRACLE DREAMS By Susie M. Best That night when in Judean skies the mystic star dispensed its light, a blind man moved in his sleep and dreamed that He had sight. That night when shepherds heard the song of hosts angelic choiring near, a deaf man stirred in slumber’s spell and dreamed that he […]
Archbishop of Canterbury’s Christmas Message
Anglican Communion News Service Archbishop of Canterbury’s Christmas Message to the Anglican Communion Posted On : December 15, 2008 3:47 Human beings, left to themselves, have imagined God in all sorts of shapes; but – although there were one or two instances, in Ancient Greece and Ancient Egypt, of gods being pictured as boys – […]
This Time of Year (Christmas)
This Time of Year Harry T. Cook 12/14/08 In the Northern Hemisphere, especially in its Temperate Zone, this time of year is associated in the minds of intentional Christians with the kindled lights of Advent and the approaching celebration of Christmas. Darkness falls sooner and sooner as the solstice approaches, thus does the light and […]
So Is The World Coming To An End Or What?
Harry T. Cook 11/30/08 Mark 13: 24-37 We can thank the shifting of the church year to the season of Advent for the angst introduced in the reading from Mark about a darkened sun and moon, descending angels, and an apocalypse on the way. We think we know the genesis of this text: Mark’s immediate […]
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