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Nice! I wish I could hear you. I played in elementary school and jr. high--wasn't that good at it.

I'm a lay reader, serve on the vestry, and most recently, I joined the altar guild. We are a small parish. Didn't really want to do that last one--thought that was a job for the "old ladies" (I'm "only 54!") but we've lost a number of older parishioners in the past two years, and the altar...

UKChristian, not to hijack the thread, but we always hear over here in the colonies that there is very little faith or church attendance in England. Yet here you are. Is it true for the most part that most people in England no longer believe in God and that the churches have fallen into disuse?

The question is why do only a paltry 1700 architects and engineers (and I went through the list when it was 1400--they really aren't all architects and engineers, and knowing a few hundred engineers and architects who worked at the WTC before 9/11, were there on 9/11, were on the pile after 9/11...

If I'm recalling this correctly from my studies when I became Episcopalian, the technical answer is that you must attend three times a year.

I feel that I am a guest in their church. The RCC's statement that other Christians are welcome to worship with them but are asked not to take communion is printed in thier missal, and I feel it is disrespectful to deceive, as you put it, especially when they went to the effort to politely state...

I had this conversation with a friend yesterday. She will take Communion in a Catholic Church, and I do not. I respect their POV. She feels that God overrules any Church's conditions.

I think this is a good summary. Personally, I try to clear my thoughts and sincerely ask for Christ's mercy over what "I have done and what I have left undone". I think the whole service prior serves to prepare one to receive communion.

In my church all baptized Christians are invited.

I grew up in the Reformed Church and became an Episcopalian at 35. Part of the reason was the ritual, which was lacking (for me, who loves ritual) in the Reformed Church. Communion was given four or five times a year, and it was a tray of Wonder Bread cubes passed through the pews along with a...

I think it's pretty clear that you have not been to the NY/NJ metropolitan area in general or the WTC in particular.

It seems to me that a big problem is that you rely so much on the Internet being more accurate a source than it might be. A long-time coworker by the name of Deborah (Debbie) Merrick lived in upper Manhattan and worked in one of our Jersey City offices. She was in charge of the petty cash...

Curious as to how many you think died. I have wondered, when I see similar claims; e.g., that the victims were all falsified/composite photographs, etc., how those who want this to be the case therefore explain the logistics of how such a ruse is pulled off. For example--I live in New...

Just FYI, when looking up an article for another forum on which I participate, I thought of this thread after reading the first paragraph. Do American Indians also have such good reason to fabricate stories to protect the US government that they throw in false little details into seemingly...

I had never heard of it until now. Thank you for sharing.

Thank you. I had never heard of this, but I am going to pass it along to the head of our DOK chapter. She practices devotion to Mary.

I had occasion to visit a "high church" in my area last year when we met at the convocation to discuss the upcoming search and election of our new bishop. Man, the church was more Catholic than a Catholic church. Statues everywhere, including Mary, and you could tell who the members of that...

I grew up in the Reformed Church of America, and communion, held a few times a year, was little cubes of Wonder Bread and shotglasses of grape juice. Not until I became an Episcopalian did the Eucharist have the depth and meaning it does to me now.

No worries. As I told you, I've had these conversations with people who believe as you do for a number of years now. I don't expect to convince you of anything whatsoever--your mind is closed to any other possibilities. These types of beliefs are very similar to a religious conviction, in my...

Nekoda's post was directed at me. He said my coworker was either lying or was influenced by a video. That made no sense whatsoever. I personally did not see the plane approaching, just to be clear. It would not have been visible to me where I was walking at impact. I only felt the...