Fiducia Supplicans: Into a Sea of Change
By Matthew S.C. Olver
TLC’s publisher analyzes the Roman Catholic Church’s potentially confusing declaration allowing the blessing of people in same-sex unions, stressing implications for doctrinal development and ecumenism. Read on.
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Bishops’ Christmas Letters 2023
Leaders from around the Anglican Communion call for justice and peace in the Holy Land, search for signs of God’s goodness, and celebrate his coming among us in love. Read on.
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From the Archives: Christmas 1923
Christmas 100 years ago brought novel Nativity plays, tobacco for the indigent, war over the virgin birth, and a children’s pilgrimage to the grave of the author of “‘Twas the Night Before Christmas.” Read on.
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Slumbering Shepherd: A Case of Mistaken Identity
By Dennis Raverty
John La Farge’s Good Shepherd window at Manhattan’s Church of the Ascension actually alludes to medieval imagery associated with St. Joseph, Jesus’ foster-father. Read on.
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Our Birth at Bethlehem
By Chip Prehn
“Something in each of us was born at Bethlehem. You and I were made to participate in God’s glory." Read on.
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Remembering Stephen
By Terry Wong
Stephen imitates Christ by dying like him, and Christ stands to welcome him into the Father’s presence. While incongruous to some, Stephen’s martyrdom can console those who weep at this season. Read on.
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Love Amid War: St. John's Day
By Neil Dhingra
In his Christmas 1942 addresses, William Temple claims that only an experience of the love of God disclosed in the Incarnation can free us from self-centeredness and open us to true fellowship with others. Read on.
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