Monthly Archives: January 2013

Sabbath

Posted on January 31, 2013 by sonyasutton

A sabbatical, with its roots in the word “sabbath”, promises a time of rest, reflection and renewal to anyone fortunate enough to be granted one.  The Vestry and Rector of St. Alban’s have given me such an opportunity after 17 … Continue reading →

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The witnesses

Posted on January 30, 2013 by deborahmeister

Many years ago, I went to an exhibit at the Yale Center for British Art. The featured artist was Paula Rego, and the show centered on a large, disturbing painting of people jumbled together in a room without apparent connection. … Continue reading →

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Wondrous

Posted on January 29, 2013 by ronatstalbansdc

The Presidential Inaugural Prayer Service last Tuesday was wondrous. But I did get off to a rocky start. Up at 3:00 A.M. to turn off the alarm clock, in a half-sleep state I stuck a bookcase and whacked my nose. … Continue reading →

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Through a glass, darkly.

Posted on January 28, 2013 by stalbansparish

It is so tempting to view our lives as simple, linear, narrative threads. A series of events, thoughts and emotions, each in direct causal relationship to its sucessor.  And yet, nothing is ever so clear. There are other people, with … Continue reading →

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Magical Thinking or Magical Living?

Posted on January 25, 2013 by jimq2012

On Tuesday, the twenty-second of January two-thousand and thirteen, I was lucky to attend the Fifty-Seventh Presidential Inaugural Prayer Service at the National Cathedral.  For me, amidst an avowedly inclusive and ecumenical service of national prayer, the most holy and … Continue reading →

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Serpentine Wisdom

Posted on January 25, 2013 by matthewhanisian

Today in the life of the church we celebrate the Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul.  Now it could very well be argued that Paul has done more to shape our beliefs and doctrines about Christianity than any other … Continue reading →

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Happy Septuagesima Sunday

Posted on January 24, 2013 by sonyasutton

Is God a Mathematician?  Did we invent math or did we discover it?  These are the questions asked in a 2009 book by Mario Livio, which, it will surprise no one who knows me, I haven’t read.  For me to … Continue reading →

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Wisdom of the Penguin

Posted on January 23, 2013 by deborahmeister

The film March of the Penguins documents the lives of Emperor Penguins as they travel hundred of miles across the ice of Antarctica in order to lay their eggs and hatch their young. In one striking scene, the penguins begin to … Continue reading →

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Madness

Posted on January 22, 2013 by ronatstalbansdc

Did you happen to see the report in the news – I think it was in November – about a plan at the height of the Cold War to blow up the moon? It was apparently hatched in 1958 and … Continue reading →

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Random Harvest

Posted on January 21, 2013 by stalbansparish

Some old friends of mine are in town to attend the inauguration. As we sat down to dinner last night with our assorted children and a very new friend of mine, I was struck by a thought.  This group, this … Continue reading →

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