It is the pattern of St. Mark’s to observe Remembrance Day as Remembrance Sunday the last Sunday before November 11. This year I was struck by the aspect of “choice” in service. I am fully aware that in both World War One and World War Two many countries, including Canada, at some point introduced mandatory…
Here we are, another season in the church year, another Lent. If there is a single question I get asked most frequently about Lent, it is, “Do I have to give up something?” A reasonable question, to be sure. For those folks who weren’t raised in a liturgical church or any church, their view and…
Today was Remembrance Sunday. Not every church or denomination observes Remembrance Sunday, usually the Sunday before November 11, and I have no quarrel with choosing not to when it is a well thought out position. I am glad to be part of a denomination and two congregations who think it is important. The only “special”…