Comments on: Evangelicalism and Special Seasons

By: Headless Unicorn Guy

Headless Unicorn Guy — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 18:38:18 +0000

Perhaps â€œthe familyâ€ is the friendly way to couch self-centered idolatry , and an inevitable focus borne in this age of â€œwonâ€™t someone think of the children!â€ â€œfamily valuesâ€ and â€œprotect the traditional familyâ€ culture war.

Gives new meaning to the phrase “Focus on the Family”, doesn’t it?

By: Headless Unicorn Guy

Headless Unicorn Guy — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 18:36:56 +0000

Depends on the “Christmas song”. If the church in question is smart (and because they mentioned “praise time” I’m not sure they are), they’d be doing something else than the “played on the radio for weeks and weeks beforehand” ones.

Like…
“O Come All Ye Faithful” instead of “Jingle Bells”.
“Silent Night” instead of “Frosty the Snowman”.
“O Come O Come Emmanuel” instead of “Mister Hanky the Xmas Poo”.

By: Dr. Baines

Dr. Baines — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 01:58:22 +0000

Dave N.
You are going to make me rethink what we do for this high Christian days. We would never think of canceling worship on Sunday because it was Christmas. However, we don’t have worship on Christmas because most of the people don’t come. We tried it for several years. However, I am moved to rethink. Thanks.

By: alpineflower

alpineflower — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:03:56 +0000

We attended Anglican churches for 10 years, and left the tradition a couple years ago for a variety of reasons. I really miss Advent, Lent and Holy Week. A lot. We try to go back every season for at least one service, to get our liturgy fix.

By: Martha

Martha — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:18:15 +0000

My Church of Ireland brother-in-law was a vicar in his first parish, and a rector in his last and current one

By: Martha

Martha — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:12:43 +0000

Don’t forget deans, canons and monsignors! (monsignori?)

By: Martha

Martha — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:03:19 +0000

Louis, is it a total shock to you to discover that people living in Rome, Italy speak – wait for it – Italian?

And the Church has hung on to scraps of Latin, which is what the “Urbi et Orbi” phrase is – it means “To the City (that is Rome) and the World”.

Ah, come on now: you get an Apostolic Blessing at the end of the address, *with* Plenary Indulgence attached, and it’s even effectual over the television and everything!

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By: Cpt. Steve

Cpt. Steve — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 05:04:47 +0000

Hi Waltzing Matilda,
Salvationist’s don’t officially follow the Liturgical calendar either. Each officer is autonomous in that way. We are not sacramental like Quakers either and for the same reasons. But I’m with you. I miss it too.

By: Chaplain Mike

Chaplain Mike — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 03:13:22 +0000

Feliz Navidad…

That is one of the more eloquent and evocative descriptions that I have ever read of how inhabiting God’s story as told in the church year forms us spiritually. Thank you. Thank you.

I can see it, can’t you?: “The local priest and three altar boys carried a litter with the infant Jesus ensconced to each and every house of the parish. At each house, we sang carols with the priest and his entourage, and our thoughts were turned to the sacred event of Christâ€™s birth, which we honored.” Incredibly beautiful.

For the life of me, I don’t understand how someone could read your comment and not have a deep hunger of heart to experience the richness of Gospel, tradition, church, family, and community in Christ that you describe.