For Believers, “living yourbest life now” is not found in this world or it’s ways. Our best life is yet to come for an eternity of days. But we can absolutely and most assuredly live our “blessed life” right now! Jesus said, “I have come that they might have life, and have...
But whoever is not initiated into the rites, whoever has no part in them, that person never shares the same fate when he dies and goes down to the gloom and darkness below. Hymn to Demeter, The Homeric Hymns, translated by Jules Cashford,Penguin Books, 2003, pp.25-26, translation ...
Kicked into the lake of fire where it belongs with all of Satan’s works, for fear is the work of the devil, and the death of Jesus is about nothing if it isn’t about destroying the works of the Devil amongst which the chief is fear. My friend had a aggressive anti vaxxer in his...
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so here is thelink to the trifecta of sermonsby Fr. Russell beginning with Trinity Sunday (May 30, 2021), followed by a powerful D-day message about Christ's victory (June 6, 2021), and ending with today's moving reflections on the Gospel message and Fr. Russell's final exhortations ...
Even if Kamala Harris manages a victory in November, the Church has a lot of explaining to do, as the Church is the source of much of the sexism that is deeply embedded in our culture. While the Christian Church is not the only influential body, there are critical issues that must be ...
Everywhere, it is the Church that first confesses the Lord: “Throughout the world the holy Church acclaims you”, as we sing in the hymn Te Deum; with her and in her, we are won over and brought to confess: “I believe”, “We believe”. It is through the Church that we ...
And then as death gives way to victory,I’ll see the lights of glory and I’ll know He lives. “It was as though I had never heard it before,” Gloria shares. “The truth of Resurrection poured in and I could hear my father saying, ‘To be absent from the body is to be ...
The choices are made, but the game is changed. Death is swallowed up in victory. When Christ rose from the dead and redeemed eternity He provided hope for the pain, faith for the loss and confidence in the result. This savior who gave His life for us elicits our fealty precisely because...
“Joy to the World.” It also has a pretty good bass line, and the lyrics and tune fit together nicely. When I was growing up, we used it as the closing hymn for our candlelight service on Christmas Eve, just as we do in this church, so there are those memories associated with it...