Showing posts with label Christmas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Christmas. Show all posts
Friday, December 27, 2019

"The Immigrant Children…Cannot Be Erased by Shopping Excursions": An Advent Sermon by Wendell Griffen

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I'm happy to be able to share with readers a sermon I heard my friend Reverend Wendell Griffen deliver this past Sunday at New Mi...
Wednesday, December 25, 2019

"This Is Happening in our Country Today and Is Being Done in All of Our Names": An Advent Sermon by Lisa Koop

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Christian Trump supporters, take note. https://t.co/xn3kCgkjaA — Stephen King (@StephenKing) December 24, 2019 I'm happy to be ab...
Monday, December 24, 2018

A Christmas Story

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Since Christmas is a time for telling ourselves stories…. The Christmas story is one we have to make way for against all odds.
Sunday, December 16, 2018

Putting Christ Back Into Christmas: The Death of Jakelin Ameí Rosmery Caal Maquin

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Tuesday, December 26, 2017

What Christmas Means, and Why (White) U.S. Christianity Is in Crisis Now (Hint: It's about Pretend, as Opposed to Real, Pastoral Behavior)

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I took my mom to Christmas mass at @StMonica90403 and got a wonderful surprise. The priest announced all were welcome. Rich, poor, young...
Monday, December 25, 2017

The Message of the Church to LGBTQ Catholics: Merry Christmas — Oh, and There's (Still) No Room in the Inn for the Likes of You

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Until we do right by immigrants & refugees, we forfeit the right to claim we know what Christmas is about. https://t.co/vJ3nl3B7a2 —...
Sunday, December 24, 2017

Christmas Eve in Dark Times: Still, One Can Dream. And Hope.

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I am, I have to admit, a pushover for flashmob videos, though I have a feeling the flashmob phenomenon has peaked. The world has taken a ...
Friday, December 25, 2015

Looking Back at 2015 on Christmas Day: "The Light Around Us Remains, We Take Our Mercies As We Get Them"

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More Christmas gifts I've unwrapped this morning, that I now want to give to you, my friends and fellow pilgrims around the w...

Why Ebola Never Reached Many of Us: A Christmas Day Sermon from Tim Cunningham (and Rev. Wendell Griffen)

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There's a beautiful Christmas sermon wrapped up in Tim Cunningham's narrative about why the U.S. and other affluent countr...
Thursday, December 24, 2015

Christmas Eve Greetings with Photos

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Camellia blooming beside our porch as Christmas nears. This Christmas eve, sending good wishes to all Bilgrimage readers of any or...
Monday, December 22, 2014

Sweet Honey in the Rock Sings "Silent Night" — With Reminders of Michael Brown and Eric Garner

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If Leonardo Boff is correct (and surely he is) when he maintains that we can't celebrate Christmas adequately around our inclusive f...

As Christmas Nears: Leonardo Boff on Christmas as Celebration of Inclusive Commensality

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I've blogged a number of times here in the past (e.g., here , here , here , here , and  here ) about how scripture scholars are s...
Sunday, December 15, 2013

Christmas Pilgrimage: With Best Wishes to All of You for the Holidays

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Dear Readers, I'm typing this posting as Steve and I prepare to leave for the airport. We're heading off today on a Chris...
Friday, January 4, 2013

New Year's Advice to Young People Struggling with Questions about Sexual Orientation: You Are Not the Problem and You Count

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Christmas came, and the year has turned, and something is on my heart to share. As I noted on Christmas day , the holiday times--the ...
Tuesday, January 1, 2013

Leonardo Boff on Nativity Narratives and God Wanting to Be Loved and to Play

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As the Christmas season ticks towards Old Christmas , this beautiful summary of the message of the nativity narratives in the gospel by...
Sunday, December 30, 2012

Christmas, the Feast of the Holy Family, and El Niño Pobre: A Meditation

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Today's the feast of the Holy Family in some Christian religious traditions . . . 
Thursday, December 27, 2012

Catholic Hierarchy's Christmas Vendetta Against the Gays Captures Widespread Media Attention

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A point I've been making throughout 2012 is that, though many tribalistic Catholics are unhappy at this development, stories once c...
Tuesday, December 25, 2012

Family Gatherings and Gay Family Members: Christmas Reflections

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As Christmas day winds down, thinking still of Pope Benedict's insistence that we who are gay are a threat to family. In 2009, B...

A Christmas Story: The Incessant, Disturbing Arrival of God

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A Christmas story:
Monday, December 24, 2012

Hope in the Air as Christmas Arrives: Gun Control and Gay rights

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Two signs of hope on Christmas eve: