Holidays
« Previous Entries Saturday, May 10th, 2008Mother’s Day
I think a yearly reminder of the original intent of Mother’s Day is always a good thing. A reminder that as women and mothers we can work together for peace, justice, and equality.
Mother’s Day Proclamation - 1870
by Julia Ward Howe
Arise then…women of this day!
Arise, all women who have hearts!
Whether your baptism be of […]
Meaningful Tradition
I was thinking yesterday about traditions we keep or observe but don’t bother to understand. Holiday celebrations are ripe with such instances. How many of us can really explain why we put out stockings at Christmas, carve pumpkins at Halloween, send cards on Valentine’s, or eat black-eyed peas on New Year’s Day (if […]
Thursday, December 27th, 2007The Holidays
So I’m finally back online after being away for Christmas. We travelled to Michigan to be with Mike’s family. It was a fun time although I basically went from being sick and miserable on the couch at home to being sick and miserable on the couch in Michigan (with no wireless internet). Exciting times.
Emma enjoyed […]
Third Sunday of Advent - Love
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning.
Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of men. The light shines in the […]
What’s So Bad About Christmas?
This month’s Synchroblog is of course apropos for the season and is themed “Redeeming the Season.” While this leaves the topics wide open to addressing everything from Christmas consumerism to debating how to appropriately remember the Solstice, it prompted me to ask “honestly, what’s so bad about Christmas?” (or Hanukkah, or Kwanzaa, or whatever).
Sure […]
Second Sunday of Advent - Peace
Blessed are the peacemakers,
for they will be called children of God. - Matthew 5:9
Are we peacemakers? This Second Sunday of Advent our theme is Peace. Last week we focused on hope and how we can be the incarnation of that hope to those around us who are hurting. This week as we […]
Christmas Movie Meme
So it’s been a long and really hard week. I don’t want to go into the details, except to say that I am utterly drained and braindead. So blogging at the moment will be this fun meme started by John Smulo.
Here are the rules -
1. Write down your four favorite Christmas movies in […]
Advent Blogging 2007
This season I will be blogging my way through Advent as part of an Advent Synchroblog organized by Brother Maynard. I plan on having two Advent related posts a week on a variety of the themes of Advent. Many of us will be looking specifically at John’s Gospel as we post. I […]
Friday, November 30th, 2007Friday Five - Christmas Crap
So after that last post in which I affirm participating in the trappings of the Christmas season, I have to acknowledge that a lot of those trappings are well, just plain stupid and pointless. Take for instance the Cavalcade of Bad Nativities. One really has to wonder why anyone would spend money on […]
Thursday, November 29th, 2007Why I Christmas Shop
In light of recent blog posts and Buy Nothing/Make Something days I feel like I need to state this as a confession - I Christmas shop. Of course there are a few of you who read this blog who might not understand the dilemma. For you, buying gifts for friends and family at Christmas […]
Sunday, November 25th, 2007Sacred Space and Revolving Christmas Trees
Recently Scot McKnight over at Jesus Creed posted some thoughts that touched on the physical aspects of churches and how that affects our worship. While that conversation focused on whether the church’s sacred space hinders the diversity of the church, I had to reflect on just how important space really is for worship.
I understand […]
Blessings, Thanksgiving, and Hunger
As we Americans prepare for a day of utter gluttony tomorrow, I found Anna Quindlen’s back page editorial in this week’s Newsweek to be rather apropos. She writes on the devastating shortage of food recently in food pantries. -
The worst emergency food shortage in years is plaguing charities from Maine to California, even while […]