As strange as it may seem, “tradition” is an elusive term. Perhaps we are so deeply formed by the plurality of traditions we embody in the twenty-first century that we take their meanings for granted. Or maybe when we consider what tradition means we discover it is a concept too
All Hallows Evening Prayer is a service of worship in the evening for all pilgrims on the journey to the heavenly city. As Troop Chaplain I accompanied my grandnephew’s Boy Scout Troop on several campouts. On one occasion I got to visit an archery range and try my hand at
Cover image: Queen Liliuokalani. To read more from Daniel, visit his blog: Sic Et Non. Understandably, for most tourists visiting Hawaii, its beaches, palm trees, gentle tropical breezes, romantic music, and beautiful sunsets that draw them. “The loveliest fleet of islands that lies anchored in any ocean,” Mark Twain called
It’s probably a given that most of us would like to avoid death — not only because we enjoy life, but because we worry that dying itself will be painful. The rabbis worried about that too. On today’s daf we read two descriptions of what death might feel like, and
Aquinas’s understanding of the human body is still often characterized and dismissed as denigrating toward the flesh and as overly beholden to what may be called an “ethic of control.” As one recent critic has recently phrased it: “the body [for Aquinas] exists passively as a dead instrument.”[1] At first
Five Reasons Your Current Church Attendance Is the New NormalWhy is your current attendance a new normal? Here are the five most common reasons the Church Answers team found. 4 Systems Church Leaders Should Care AboutEric Geiger identifies four systems which church leaders should care are effective in their churches.
By Dr. Shanta Premawardhana More than 50 years ago, Dr. Mary Nelson (founder of Bethel New Life in the westside of Chicago) marched with Dr. Martin Luther King and gospel singer Mahalia Jackson in Chicago. For several decades, Dr. Nelson was a faculty member of OMNIA Institute’s predecessor organization SCUPE
All Hallows Evening Prayer is a service of worship in the evening for all pilgrims on the journey to the heavenly city. If you have received Jesus as your Saviour and embraced him as your Lord, how did Jesus call you to himself? What happened is a part of your