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 I don’t mean to be picky, but I really donʼt think the folks who run the newsletter have given a fair shake to that great classical actor Howard Burnham, who is coming here at 7 PM on Tuesday, September 27th, to present another one of his terrific one–man shows. This time heʼs giving us the . . . → Read More: It’s time to give Howard Burnham a fair shake!  Here is this week’s newsletter: St. Stephen’s News XXII 37 The English are practical people and their church buildings have traditionally served secular ends as well as spiritual needs. Weather and time, for example, are age–old human preoccupations. Long before the advent of television and radio, townspeople and country folk felt a need to keep a close eye on both, and, in the days before . . . → Read More: There isn’t much dignity being called a “weagle”  Not so long ago I used to complain about the enormous volume of junk mail clogging my mailbox. That, however, is a thing of the past. Today the problem is the vast quantity of e-mail clogging my computer. Back in those dear dead days of yesteryear, it was a simple matter to sort the . . . → Read More: It’s not at all easy not being green Here is this week’s newsletter: St. Stephen’s News XXII 36  Four hundred years ago the King James Version of the Bible was published. But on Tuesday September 27th, you can learn about the man behind the book! To mark the 400th anniversary of the KJV, St Stephen’s proudly presents Howard Burnham’s characterization of the King who ordered the most famous English version of the . . . → Read More: Howard Burnham returns as James I Isaac is a very wise old bird and we can all benefit from his briefing on the new theology of sin. It has become virtually “conventional wisdom” among our “opinion makers” and, thanks to them, it has insinuated itself into almost every aspect of our lives—education, the media, politics, as well as some of our . . . → Read More: Choosing between the new sins and the old Forget about pride, envy, gluttony, et al. Over the past three decades, the Seven Deadly Sins have gotten as outmoded as last summer’s beachwear. They have been replaced with an all–embracing pantheon of sins against which the whole gamut of ancient of sins pales into insignificance. I’ve seen a lot in my two centuries or . . . → Read More: Hurricane Irene and a new theology of sin Here is this week’s newsletter: St. Stephen’s News XXII 35 The condition of modern Britain is such that it calls to mind one of the dreariest pieces of literature it has been my misfortune to read. It is the novel Erewhon, authored by a tedious scribbler named Samuel Butler. Erewhon (an anagram of “Nowhere”) was originally published anonymously. I had no problem understanding why—Butler’s . . . → Read More: A ‘tsunami of wishful thinking’ caused riots |
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