I went to the Maundy Thursday service at St. Mary’s. Continue reading
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Plan B
At this minute clergy and worship committees at liturgical churches in this area (Twin Cities, Minnesota) are rearranging their plans for the morning: Snow is falling. I doubt there will be many outdoor Palm Sunday processions today.
Some churches may try to move their processions completely inside. How well this will work depends on the individual church. When liturgy argues with architecture, architecture always wins.
The saga of James Fallows’s USB stick.
The passion of the USB, with links back to previous events. I particularly like the Book of Common Prayer quotes at Dead men walking, USB-stick variety.
Via (with entertaining comments) The Perils of Pauline — if Pauline were a small solid state device.
I was pleased to see that I have the same model USB drive.
Enjoying her work
The Rev. LeeAnne Watkins, Rector of St. Mary’s Episcopal Church was obviously having a really good time at this morning’s Eucharist. It was a delight to be part of the event. Continue reading
High Mass
Incense is psychoactive: Scientists identify the biology behind the ceremony
New study in The FASEB Journal shows how and why molecules released from burning incense in religious ceremonies alleviate anxiety and depression
Sadly, in general the Episcopal churches in Minnesota do not use incense nearly as much as those in Chicagoland.
By way of Dvorak Uncensored and this post in episcopal.
Pentecost
Today is Pentecost, one of the three chief festivals in the Western Christian church year. It would be hard to imagine a complete lack of coverage of Christmas or Easter but Pentecost, the least commercial or secularized of the three days, doesn’t receive much media coverage at all.
I rather like it that way.
Heard in Church
Today is the Feast of Pentecost. At St. Mary’s, as at other churches I have known, part of one of the Bible lessons was read in multiple foreign languages (See Acts 2: 1-11). Afterwards a small but very clear voice in the congregation said: “That was freaky.”
The Doctrine of Feline Sedentation
Catholic Texts in Scottish Gaelic
I hope their smoke detectors are working!
From a well-intentioned Washington Post column:
Some evangelical churches offer confession and weekly communion. They distribute ashes on Ash Wednesday and light Advent calendars at Christmastime.
Via GetReligion.
From Hilbert Space to Dilbert Space, and beyond 