Some folks (our rector, for example) seem quite incapable of throwing things out. The rector not only still owns the suit he was married in, but the sports jacket and slacks he wore on his honeymoon. In fact, his closets would fill a fashion museum with garments stretching back through the “Swinging London” era of . . . → Read More: Our “Secondhand Rose” sale
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 Here is this week’s newsletter: St. Stephen’s News XXIII 37  The final “Silly Summer Supper” of the 2012 season will take place on Thursday, September 20th, at 5:30 PM. This last hurrah will be a Potluck Supper, giving our summer cooks a chance to take the week off. You are encouraged to bring an entrée, a side dish, a salad, or a dessert. If you . . . → Read More: The Last of the Summer Wine Here is this week’s newsletter: St. Stephen’s News XXIII 36  The crime rate is a major American preoccupation … which is hardly surprising in view of statistics which indicate that one in every three of us can expect to become a victim of violent crime at least once in our lives. Our politicians’ response to this has been a stream of legislative measures—boot camps, “three . . . → Read More: Time to let the Gospel take a bite out of crime Presidential elections, these days, tend to be uncharitable affairs. How else can one describe the behavior of political adversaries—mostly decent people who share the same ultimate goals, but differ greatly in the means of reaching them—who accuse each other of wildly exaggerated forms of wrong doing? With so much uncharity on the air waves, it . . . → Read More: Don’t begrudge prayers for the politicians you dislike Not a year passes, it seems, without the Anniversary of the 9/11 Attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon being afflicted by at least one grotesque example of politically correct posturing. Last year New York’s ban–happy mayor Michael Bloomberg vetoed the participation of clergy from all branches of all faith from participating in . . . → Read More: Reflections on politically correct 9/11 memorials Here is this week’s newsletter: St. Stephen’s News XXIII 35 Here is this week’s newsletter: St. Stephen’s News XXIII 34  When it comes to news these days, it seems to be a case of either feast or famine. Surveys indicate that in many American news markets people would hardly be aware that elections were underway if they had to rely solely on the broadcast media. Readers of the nation’s daily newspapers, by contrast, could be . . . → Read More: Boring us to death … ? |
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