Some 3,400 years ago or so, when the Children of Israel entered Canaan to possess the land that God had promised to them, they were united in a common bond of faith, universally accepted laws, and commonality of purpose. Their social vision, of course, was not of their own conceiving. It had been given to . . . → Read More: Today’s U.S. is just a bit too much like the Promised Land
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  Here I am again. They won’t let me air my views on politics or religion or, in fact, anything controversial. All they do is pressgang me into writing commercials for Cookie Walk 2012. The Cookie Walk will be early this year. The event takes place on Saturday, December 1st from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM. . . . → Read More: It’s time to start thinking about Cookie Walk 2012 The exponential growth of Islam here in America comes as a tremendous shock to the average middle class Christian. This, to be sure, has always been a tolerant country. But above all it has been a Christian country. How is it, they ask, that this alien creed has so rapidly taken root? The answer would . . . → Read More: Too many churches abdicate their duty towards our cities  Here is this week’s newsletter: St. Stephen’s News XXIII 41 Here is this week’s newsletter: St. Stephen’s News XXIII 40  A whole load of folks have got their knickers in a bunch about an announcement by a Harvard Divinity School professor that she has discovered an ancient Christian document that claims Jesus had a wife. However before we get round to completely rewriting Christ’s Gospel it is worth examining the source of the document—gleefully dubbed . . . → Read More: Jesus’ “wife” joins the battle of the sexes St Stephen’s oldest tradition—the Annual Fall Picnic—will take place at the home of Ellen Reather on scenic Dulaney Valley Road, Glen Arm, Sunday, October 14th at 1:00 PM. If great food, good company, and crisp country air appeal to you, this is an event not to be missed. Ellen’s gracious home—address: 13201 Dulaney Valley Road, . . . → Read More: Join us for the parish’s traditional Fall Picnic “I just don’t understand what all the fuss is about,” a lady told me recently. “This contraception thing doesn’t affect Roman Catholic Churches. It only affects workers at their institutions, like schools, hospitals, colleges and universities. And the employees aren’t obliged to accept free contraceptives if they object to them. “Actually,” she went on, “I . . . → Read More: Coach & horses through the First Amendment Here is this week’s newsletter: St. Stephen’s News XXIII 39 Here is this week’s newsletter: St. Stephen’s News XXIII 38 |
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