Monthly Archives: December 2013

The Day the Music Died

Posted on December 31, 2013 by ronatstalbansdc

This Cup is a kind of riff on Jim Quigley’s sermon on Christmas Day about a group of scholars who met to consider the dominant characteristic of America at the beginning of the 21st Century and who concluded that it … Continue reading →

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All My Goodness

Posted on December 27, 2013 by matthewhanisian

Today in the life of the Church we celebrate the feast of St. John, Apostle and Evangelist.  Perhaps writing about John’s gospel would be fitting today, however, let us look at one of my favorite passages from Exodus–Exodus 33:18-23 (which … Continue reading →

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Joy to the world

Posted on December 26, 2013 by sonyasutton

Pure, exuberant joy.  So many of us would like to reclaim that feeling for Christmas from our childhoods.  Life gets more complicated though, expectations change, and joy is sometimes more elusive than we’d like.  While there is nothing simple about … Continue reading →

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Carrying Christ

Posted on December 25, 2013 by deborahmeister

Perhaps because I have no children myself,  I am fascinated with the experiences of women who find themselves pregnant during Advent. I wonder what it would be like to carry a child while Mary is carrying hers, to dream the … Continue reading →

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O Holy Night

Posted on December 24, 2013 by ronatstalbansdc

It is tonight, of course, Christmas Eve. It is also my favorite Christmas song. Four lines in the first verse really sum up for me the meaning of Christmas: Long lay the world in sin and error pining, Till He … Continue reading →

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An Ode to the Op Shop

Posted on December 23, 2013 by jimq2012

The Op Shop is shorthand for The Opportunity Shop, a ministry of the church that I serve.  The Op Shop is located in the basement and is a place that sells the leftovers of people’s living – what remains when … Continue reading →

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A Time to Die

Posted on December 20, 2013 by matthewhanisian

Several times this past week our Bread Baking Guild has been the center of my thoughts.  This ministry was launched about 18 months ago by the Young Adult Group as a way to bring people of almost all ages together–to … Continue reading →

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O’er the fields we go, laughing all the way

Posted on December 19, 2013 by sonyasutton

Would you agree that we probably don’t laugh enough?  I’ve written before about laughing clubs, which began in India and are in fact a form of yoga.  There are several laughing clubs in the Washington area, should you feel a … Continue reading →

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Trust

Posted on December 18, 2013 by deborahmeister

Last Tuesday, I woke long before dawn to catch a plane and travel to Boston, where I was going to make my annual retreat. I had not slept well the night before, and was pretty bleary-eyed by the time I … Continue reading →

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A Sports Analogy

Posted on December 17, 2013 by ronatstalbansdc

A few Cups ago I wrote about my comparisons of the Church at times to an army in dress uniform on the parade ground and at times, more importantly, to an army at war. There is another analogy that I … Continue reading →

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