Every ending has a new beginning. Sometimes we can hardly wait for something to end; and at other times, we hold on to it, resisting change and longing for the good old days. Sometimes we truly appreciate what we had but are ready to move on; and sometimes we place only a little value...
We started losing light on June 21 (the Summer Solstice) as we began moving towards December 21 (the Winter Solstice). Fewer hours of daylight will make it seem as though we have less time to do things, to accomplish what we must. Some of us will turn, in this time of shortened daylight, from...
The church calendar describes two periods of ordinary time: one begins on the day after the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord (the end of the Christmas season) and ends on the day before Ash Wednesday. The other began (this year) on May 29, the Monday after Pentecost (the conclusion of Eastertide) and...
No. This isn’t an updated version of Old McDonald Had a Farm (Ee i ee i o). It stands for Episcopal Diocesan Ecumenical and Interreligious Officer. EDEIO is the national network of those designated by their diocesan bishops with special responsibility for encouraging the search for the wider visible unity of Christ’s Church and...
Those who know Sesame Street, know the song “One of These Things is not Like the Others.” It’s a fun way of teaching children to recognize differences and similarities, to discern patterns, and exceptions to those patterns. To learn about sizes, colors, shapes, numbers, animals, you (just about) name it. It’s not designed to...