Patterns of Empire
While living in the United States, I thought a lot about J. Nelson Kraybill’s “Apocalypse and Allegiance: Worship, Politics, and Devotion in the Book of Revelation” and I’ve referred to it here and here on this blog already. I read it shortly after it came out while I was on a personal retreat in Pennsylvania.…
And the Child Will Lead Them
A highlight of the worship on the fourth Sunday of Advent for me was the children’s story. Well, actually, after the children’s story when the storyteller asked four of the children to ask someone in the congregation to light one of the Advent candles. Children calling adults’ attention to the Advent candles? How appropriate. Really,…
