Many of us within the congregation have entered into a journey – a journey to understand the history of our country and our church when it comes to race, a journey to understand how that affects our current landscape politically, culturally, and faithfully. For many of us, what keeps coming up again and again and […]
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Social JusticeViola Baldwin: Viola has been an Episcopalian since the 1970s; before that she was raised Southern Baptist in a small country church. She is a native North Carolinian from the Sandhills area just south of Raleigh. She joined Nativity in 2016 after attending other churches in Raleigh, wondering why it had taken her so long
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Now is the time for new beginnings: the time of the year, the time of our country, the time of moving forward through the virus and getting the vaccine. It is also a good time to set some goals as a couple for this pandemic year. We invite you to sit down as a couple
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Glad Tidings
On December 21 (the Winter Solstice), an unusually bright star appeared in the southwestern sky about an hour after sunset. Caused by the convergence of two planets, Jupiter and Saturn, this was a celestial event that occurs only once every 800 years. Could this have been the star in the East that the Magi followed
The people who have walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who lived in a land of deep darkness — on them light has shined. Isaiah 9:2 One of the questions Kathryn asked the kids (and some helpful adults) for our virtual impromptu Christmas Pageant this year was about the shepherds: Why were
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From the ClergyThe focus for the third week of Advent is on joy. How can we bring joy to our couple relationship this year during the difficult time of COVID-19? The song “Joy is Like the Rain” by the Medical Mission Sisters can give us some insight: I saw raindrops on my window, joy is like the
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Glad Tidings
Oh my God, I cry by day but you do not answer, and by night, but I find no rest.” [Psalm 22] For many of us, in this one line the psalmist captures our experiences of 2020. This has been a year of loss. We have lost over 280,000 of our family, friends, and neighbors
“Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God. Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned. . . . “The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our
I’ll confess to you now: I don’t really like looking back. One of my favorite authors, Emily P. Freeman, has a practice of looking back and reflecting on what she learned each season, and during Covid-times, she has started a weekly reflection on Instagram using her camera roll to look back at her week and
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As we enter the season of Advent, the Christian traditional time of expectant waiting and preparation we … <pause>… [record scratch — isn’t that what we have been doing most of this year?]. I know that I have been asking that question a lot. This question brings to mind the beckoning of a mindful Psalm
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Glad Tidings