Christ the King Sunday is the last Sunday in the liturgical year. It doesn’t lead, at least not always, to the kind of introspection December 31st can. This year it led me to think about what it means to serve a monarch. If we are thinking in terms of a “traditional” monarch, an historical king […]
Two different sermons
In case you think this post’s title “Two different sermons” is some cutesy thing it isn’t. The Liturgical Sunday for today is the Twenty-Third Sunday after Pentecost but St. Mark’s is having a “Hanging of the Greens” service next Sunday so . . . The Knox Presbyterian Sunday is Pentecost 23 and the St. Mark’s […]
Last Sunday of the year
It might seem strange to be talking about the last Sunday of the year when we aren’t even in December yet but . . . it is the last Sunday of the church year, the liturgical year. Next Sunday we begin a new church year with Advent. The last Sunday of the year is called […]