December 2021 Archives - Faith Tides

Seeing Christmas through Herod’s eyes

John J. Thatamanil — Thu, 02 Dec 2021 01:23:20 +0000

Menacing danger sets the tone in Matthew’s telling of the Christmas story. Why? Might the danger inherent in the Messiah’s birth be worth remembering lest we forget it amidst the light-filled cuddle fest of Christmas? Immediately after Matthew presents Jesus’ genealogy and the story of Jesus’ miraculous conception, Herod looms large. In the time of King Herod, after Jesus was born in Bethlehem […]

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The night the stars sang

Herbert O’Driscoll — Thu, 02 Dec 2021 00:49:10 +0000

Hollywood loves the word “apocalypse.” To them it means “dollars.” It means a big-screen disaster movie, complete with toppling high-rises, mile-high tsunamis engulfing cities and terrified humans running in all directions. Nobody has told these people that the term “apocalypse” has a meaning other than “disaster.” It means an event that comes to reveal something of worldwide significance. Here are four apocalyptic moments […]

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We are one

Alastair Hunting — Thu, 02 Dec 2021 00:40:55 +0000

I started in full-time ministry at the age of 22. I had the opportunity to work for a faith-based organization in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, that was engaging children and youth who were struggling to survive on the streets of that city. Many of the young people ended up in the notorious city prison Palmasola. Part of my regular […]

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Watching for the light

Anna Greenwood-Lee — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 13:59:44 +0000

In 1944 on the first Sunday in Advent, Alfred Delp, a Jesuit priest incarcerated in a Nazi prison on charges of high treason against the Third Reich, offered the following reflection on the gospel text: “There is perhaps nothing we modern people need more than being genuinely shaken up. Where life is firm we need to sense its firmness; and where it is […]

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Bishop Anna sets out six diocesan priorities

Faith Tides — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 13:38:01 +0000

In her remarks to the recent meetings with synod office staff, archdeacons and the diocesan council, Bishop Anna set out six current priorities as a way of focusing the efforts (as they relate to the vision) of diocesan leadership in the coming months. 1. Faith in Foundation Current ministries: post-pandemic reopening Support our churches in the work of re-opening. As […]

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