
Overheard at AngelPAC: Conference of the Angels of the Churches
In a vast, blazingly bright atrium, crowds of church angels mill about, carrying tote bags emblazoned with the AngelPAC logo. A huge banner draped across

In a vast, blazingly bright atrium, crowds of church angels mill about, carrying tote bags emblazoned with the AngelPAC logo. A huge banner draped across

The most amazing thing about this passage, at least to me, is the evident fact that God is longing, too.

And so we pray. Or try to. Our prayers—well, mine anyway—seem awfully puny against the grand machinations of world events. Actually, my prayers also seem

My faith these days sometimes feels as thin and dry as that little wafer. So the presence of these familiar, faithful people—even if we can’t

This week, I’ve been accidentally observing Epiphany season by following a strict regimen of anxiety-producing activities. This was not my intention. But if you, too,

The birth of the child is the focal point of God’s communion with the whole of creation. This is the deep wisdom of the doctrine

Mark Wallace, Swarthmore professor of religion and environmental studies, takes this scriptural moment as much more than an exercise in symbology. Instead, in his 2019

Anyway, our team has heard that you young people are getting really discouraged about, you know, everything. So we decided to reach out and have

So let’s call this an exercise in religio-anthropological observation. A kind of disambiguation attempt.

We are observing the Season of Creation for the first time this year, and as is our custom, we’ve put together our own liturgy. I’d