Wednesday, September 30, 2009

The Blessing Of The Animals / A Special Invitation

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Ordinarily, the Feast of St. Francis falls on October 4th of each year and is a time set aside by many parishes for the blessing of animals....

Celtic Harvest Prayer

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We bless you, God of Seed and Harvest And we bless each other That the beauty of this world And the love that created it Might be expressed ...
Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Michaelmas

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Today is the feast of St. Michael, who is regarded in some traditions as "the captain of the archangels" It's regrettable that...
Sunday, September 27, 2009

I Hope These Stories Aren't Related

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Palau creates world's first shark sanctuary and US plans to send eight Guantanamo Uighurs to Palau

Headline Of The Week

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Woman who gave Obama heart-shaped potato fears he tossed it
Saturday, September 26, 2009

The Seventeenth Sunday After Pentecost

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This week Queen Esther saves her people and introduces the festival of Purim, James highlights what is appropriate behavior on the part of t...

Today In History

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September 26, 1897: Charles C. Overton, a Sunday school superintendent at Brighton Chapel, Staten Island, spontaneously promotes the idea of...
Friday, September 25, 2009

So, What Are You Reading? [Updated From September 3rd]

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Folks often imagine that we spend our at-home evenings cracking open the Bible or perusing some obtuse work of theological lore. That's ...

Today In History

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September 25, 1872: Peter Cartwright, a Methodist circuit rider, dies at age 97. Though he was characterized as rough, uneducated, and eccen...

Today In History

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September 25, 1789: Congress amends The U.S. Constitution to prohibit governmental interference with the free exercise of religion.
Thursday, September 24, 2009

Today In History

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September 24, 1757: Jonathan Edwards, prominent among the early indigenous theologians, becomes president of the College of New Jersey (late...
Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Ah, Autumn.

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As of now, it's Fall. I could put together some photos of leaves turning colors or sweaters or something, but I'd rather post a won...

Today In History

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September 22, 1692: Puritan magistrates hang the last 8 of 20 condemned witches in Salem, Massachusetts.
Monday, September 21, 2009

I'm Glad I'm Done Surfing In Jersey For This Year

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Trenton man catches South American piranha in Delaware River

Headline Of The Week

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Transgender belly dancer helps launch Arab gay initiative in Sweden

Bet He Knows The Answer Now

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John T. Elson, Editor Who Asked ‘Is God Dead?’ at Time, Dies at 78

A Quotation

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"Our true and genuine wisdom can be summed up as the knowledge of God and the knowledge of ourselves." —John Calvin, in Institutes...
Sunday, September 20, 2009

Today In History

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September 20, 1224: On or about this date, on Italy's secluded Mount Alvernia, Francis of Assisi reportedly prayed, "O Lord, I beg ...

Sunday #3

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Thanks to all who made this baptismal day what it was, particularly Tristan and his family. Thanks to Sharon for figuring out how to create ...
Saturday, September 19, 2009

A Feast Day. Sorta.

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Today is an Ember Day and also the Feast of Theodore of Tarsus. However, in our household, this is an even more important day of feasting. ...