Greetings Forever
The clue’s in the title. As tomorrow is a chocka day I thought I’d blog about Perpertua and Felicity today, even though their day is tomorrow. I guess that’s a bit like opening your Christmas Presents on Christmas Eve. No …
Category: Tradition
The long-term Problem with Two Provinces
One of the options being put forward to solve the crisis in TEC is a 2 Province solution. Broadly put, the Primates would create a new Province (probably under Bob Duncan as it’s first Primate) and it would sit alongside …
UberMonk Day
It’s the 17th of January so it’s St Anthony of Egypt Day. Huzzah!!!! So who is Anthony? Well, he was the founder of the whole monastic tradition we know today (and have had for 1,500 years). Basically, he got fed …
Oh to be in Detroit
If I was based the other side of the Pond, I’d be going to this at the end of the month. If you are (the other side of the pond) then why aren’t you?
First night of Channukah
Tonight is the first night of Channukah. Channukah is a celebration of the victory of Judas Maccabees over the Greek/Syrian Emperor who had desecrated the Temple in Jerusalem by sacrificing a pig to Zeus on the altar. The rebellion eventually …
Daddy Cool
Some nice stuff on Patristics from the Way of the Fathers: The Fathers of the Church are a select group of early Christian teachers, usually numbered around a hundred. The Church has long revered them and given them a privileged …