Starting today August 7th, 2024, in order to post in the Married Couples, Courting Couples, or Singles forums, you will not be allowed to post if you have your Marital status designated as private. Announcements will be made in the respective forums as well but please note that if yours is currently listed as Private, you will need to submit a ticket in the Support Area to have yours changed.
I know a lot of people who talk about avoiding discussing politics from the pulpit. How exactly is that possible? That is a a serious question.The epistle was Romans 13:1-8 last Sunday. The Canon was performing a certain amount of mental gymnastics to make his point without getting explicitly political. Of course, here in the USA, we have the most controversial President in some time and there are many disgruntled folks. I personally treat politics like a barrier reef and steer well clear in my preaching (which was not always the case - but a lesson learned).
I anticipated someone asking a similar question, and I would propose that the answer is somewhat in the semantics of how one goes about defining politics. Roger Olson, over at Patheos, had some discussion of whether there are certain principles that can be assumed to be commonly held by all reasonable Americans. It's an interesting question in this day and age.I know a lot of people who talk about avoiding discussing politics from the pulpit. How exactly is that possible? That is a a serious question.
I anticipated someone asking a similar question, and I would propose that the answer is somewhat in the semantics of how one goes about defining politics. Roger Olson, over at Patheos, had some discussion of whether there are certain principles that can be assumed to be commonly held by all reasonable Americans. It's an interesting question in this day and age.
Now, it seems to me that the Scriptures are not much concerned with a free market economy or any number of other sacred cows of large swathes of the American electorate. Nor do I particularly care about the majority of ballot initiatives or any candidates that are running for office. Scoundrels are usually readily apparent and, again, most ballot initiatives are matters of indifference where one would be hard-pressed to prove a 'Biblical' position.
The long standing debate has been, at least for conservative Christians: do we uphold traditional morality or serve the poor? This has tended to break down as a Republican/morality or Democrat/service dichotomy. I don't see a need to be explicit from the pulpit. Most people will instantly tune that stuff out anyway (unless they think you are about to agree with their pre-conceptions).
Today shall go down in infamy as "the day Paidiske nearly burned the church down." Fortunately we got to it before flames had done more than minor damage to a chair.
Note to self: there is indeed such a thing as too many candles at a Taizé-style service.
Or maybe "the day Paisiske got the church remodeled."Today shall go down in infamy as "the day Paidiske nearly burned the church down." Fortunately we got to it before flames had done more than minor damage to a chair.
Note to self: there is indeed such a thing as too many candles at a Taizé-style service.
Paidiske, you finally did it. I HAD to finally find out what Taize-style is if it caused this much trouble! Thank you. It really is beautiful.Today shall go down in infamy as "the day Paidiske nearly burned the church down." Fortunately we got to it before flames had done more than minor damage to a chair.
Note to self: there is indeed such a thing as too many candles at a Taizé-style service.
That is awesome. Congrats!My ordination to the diaconate took place yesterday, April 28th, on the Feast day of St. Cronan at St. Michael the Archangel Anglican Church. Two other men were also ordained to the diaconate.
Congratulations! I pray that God will bless your ministry richly.My ordination to the diaconate took place yesterday, April 28th, on the Feast day of St. Cronan at St. Michael the Archangel Anglican Church. Two other men were also ordained to the diaconate.
I'd attribute it to our own country's (US) recent obsession in the last decade with all thing British, but my parish has apparently been marking the day with a special Procession/Parade, Evensong, and High Tea for decades now. So it's definitely not a new development. Didn't hurt that it was the Bishop's final St. George's Day and visit to the Cathedral before his retirement mass this summer so they went all out.No, I've never been anywhere that marked St. George's day. I think here the feeling would be that that would be a very "English" thing to do.
We use cookies and similar technologies for the following purposes:
Do you accept cookies and these technologies?
We use cookies and similar technologies for the following purposes:
Do you accept cookies and these technologies?