Tag Archives: holidays

Your thought for Independence Day

Posted on 4 July 2011 by

“Neither Pagan nor Mahamedan nor Jew ought to be excluded from the civil rights of the Commonwealth because of his religion.” - Thomas Jefferson, quoting John Locke Be careful with those fireworks. Enjoy your festal food. Remember those who are not free. … Continue reading →

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Eleventh month, eleventh day

Posted on 11 November 2009 by

I don’t really have a personal connection with Veterans’ Day.  One of the many variable and uncertain stories of my father’s life was whether he had fought in the Second World War; he was of an age to do so, … Continue reading →

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We shall see him (and ourselves) as he is

Posted on 2 November 2009 by

See what love the Father has given us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him. Beloved, we are God’s … Continue reading →

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A holy day

Posted on 1 November 2009 by

Holy is the True Light, and passing wonderful, lending radiance to them that endured in the heat of the conflict, from Christ they inherit a home of unfading splendour, wherein they rejoice with gladness evermore. Alleluia! from the Salisbury Diurnal … Continue reading →

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Alban Elued: Ending and beginning

Posted on 22 September 2009 by

Today like every other day We wake up empty and scared. Don’t open the door of your study And begin reading. Take down a musical instrument. Let the beauty we love be what we do There are hundreds of way … Continue reading →

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A vaguely political passing thought…

Posted on 8 January 2009 by

I do most certainly approve of a holiday honoring Martin Luther King, Jr.  It’s a tribute to the whole Civil Rights Movement as well as to a noble individual.  However– I think it should be on April 4th, the day … Continue reading →

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Gratitude

Posted on 27 November 2008 by

For some people, a shadow hangs over this day: the tangled and bitter history of the relations between European colonists and Indian natives in the Americas.  It began so well, with the natives helping the clueless settlers, but the Puritans … Continue reading →

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Between the darkness and the light

Posted on 18 November 2008 by

As I walked home yesterday, in the hour just after sunset, I came up the hill to the old townhouse where our apartment is and saw, in the house next door to ours, lights.  White lights.  On wreaths in the … Continue reading →

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The urban druid is a curmudgeon today

Posted on 17 November 2008 by

The holidays are upon us.  So the television commercials tell us, and the radio announcers, the advertising on Amazon.com, and pretty much every oracle of popular culture.  This urban druid wants to know: “Which holidays?” Yes, I know that this … Continue reading →

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