The Christian calendar year: A pilgrim’s map
It may seem unlikely that someone like myself, brought up in pragmatic Prairie evangelicalism, would be writing about the spiritual tradition of the Church calendar year. But truth be told, it is a...
View ArticleAdvent agony, Advent hope
“Our spiritual lives are pure maternity, of which human maternity is a signpost.” I recently wrote these words to a young friend who, with her husband, is grieving the possibility they may never have...
View ArticleLike shining from shook foil
The waning of the liturgical sequence of Advent / Christmas / Epiphany, and at the waxing of the Lent / Holy Week / Easter sequence are two great continents of the spiritual globe that cycle through...
View ArticleThe Stuff of Troubadours
More than once I've been referred to as a modern-day troubadour. I've always liked this designation because it has a romantic, archaic ring to it that sounds just a little bit more intriguing than...
View ArticleOrdinarytime: Loving the daily divine
Finally, we come to the last and longest season of the Christian Calendar year called Ordinarytime, which spans from the end of Eastertide to the beginning of Advent. Ordinarytime is the season to...
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