The Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols

In the year 1880 in the city of Cornwall, England, Edward White Benson was newly named the Bishop of Truro. Benson at that time had two special challenges. One was overseeing the building of the new Truro Cathedral. The other was that his parishioners went drinking on...
So Complicated

So Complicated

“Watch and pray at all times, praying that you may have strength to escape all these things that will take place, and to stand before the Son of Man.” Luke 21:36 This is the beginning of a new church year, a new liturgical year which is all built around the...
The Great Thanksgiving

The Great Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving, in 21st-century American culture, marks the beginning of “The Holidays” — those six weeks of the year marked by food, festivities, and a frantic pace. We know The Holidays are coming, because the stores have been decorated in red and green since just...
I Was Hungry

I Was Hungry

Ruby happened to watch a commercial for Feeding America. It showed people providing nutrition education in different languages, and asked people to get involved in the organization. When she told her mom Wendy about it they decided to look into volunteering. “We had...