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Archbishop of Canterbury’s New Year message
Archbishop of Canterbury’s New Year message – God ‘doesn’t do waste’ Posted On : December 31, 2007 8:10 PM | Posted By : Webmaster By this stage of the holiday season, I imagine you might be looking with dismay at your overflowing rubbish bin, or the mountain of debris piling up outside your back door. […]
Christmas Debrief
Christmas Debrief by Leigh Wilson – Hewett Community Church of Christ Christmas is over, and what difference has it made to us? Angelus Silesius, the ancient poet, said, “Though Christ a thousand times in Bethlehem be born, ‘if he’s not born in you, your soul is still forlorn†What new life has been born in […]
Christmas Message
The Bishop’s Christmas Message The Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta The hopes and fears of all the years are met in Thee tonight. These words come from Phillips Brooks’ famous Christmas hymn, “O Little Town of Bethlehem,” perhaps the most famous American Christmas text. They seem particularly poignant this year. Jesus was born into a world […]
Nativity Scenes
“If ever there is a time when it becomes apparent how thoroughly we can misunderstand the coming Christ, it is this time of year. Jesus is everywhere at this time of year. I know that there are lots of Christians who think he is not everywhere enough, and that we could do with less Santas […]
The Christmas Letter
THE CHRISTMAS LETTER Ruth went to her mail box on Christmas Eve, and there was only one letter. She picked it up and looked at it before opening, but then she looked at the envelope again. There was no stamp, no postmark, only her name and address. She read the letter: Dear Ruth: I’m going […]
Christmas Sermon
Here is a story that appeared in the Washington Post earlier this year… He emerged from the Metro at the Plaza Station and positioned himself against a wall beside a trash basket. By most measures, he was nondescript: a youngish white man in jeans, a long-sleeved t-shirt and a baseball cap. From a small case, […]
Desmond Tutu’s inspirational wisdom
Desmond Tutu from a homily on the Parable of the Good Samaritan: “Let us go forth, then, as the followers of this Jesus, ready to celebrate life that can’t be lived by rote. Let’s luxuriate in its complexities, in its bewildering ambiguities, excited by the thrill of working out things for ourselves; let us celebrate […]
Becoming: A Sermon for Christmas
Dec. 24, 2007 By Harry T. Cook The common theological tenet associated with Christmas is the proposition that the (or a) deity became human, or, as the Gospel According to John puts it, that the eternal creative wisdom of God became flesh and dwelt among humankind. For some Christians, that is an out-and-out literal truth. […]
No Room in the Inn (Christmas sermon by Ben Witherington)
A very long time ago I made my first trip to Rome. They say all roads lead there. Among other things I went to see the great art in the Vatican, particularly the Sistine Chapel— Michelangelo’s masterpiece. It was certainly impressive but the colors of the paintings were subdued even sepia tones in places in […]
Archbishop of Canterbury’s Christmas Message
Archbishop of Canterbury’s Christmas Message to the Anglican Communion December 14, 2007 11:53 AM One of the strangest yet most moving expressions in the New Testament is a verse in the Letter to the Hebrews (11.16): God ‘is not ashamed to be called their God’. The writer is talking about the history of God’s people. […]
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