by superadmin | Aug 12, 2016 | Pentecost Meditations, Pilgrimage Blog
The Rev. Canon Laura Howell Trinity Church, Bethlehem Jesus said, “Cure the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out demons.” (Matt. 10:6) Few people in the history of the church have taken that commandment as literally as did Florence Nightingale. She...
by superadmin | Aug 11, 2016 | Pentecost Meditations, Pilgrimage Blog
The Rev. Canon Laura Howell Trinity Church, Bethlehem The Middle Ages was not a good time for women who wanted to step outside their social boundaries. In some ways, women who had wealth were even more restricted than those who lived in poverty–they were...
by superadmin | Aug 10, 2016 | Pentecost Meditations, Pilgrimage Blog
On Pilgrimage with the Saints: Laurence The Rev. Canon Laura Howell Trinity Church, Bethlehem We don’t know much about St. Laurence (Lawrence) who was a martyr in the first centuries after Christ’s resurrection. We are not entirely sure if Lawrence is the name of an...
by superadmin | Aug 9, 2016 | Pentecost Meditations, Pilgrimage Blog
The Rev. Canon Laura Howell Trinity Church, Bethlehem In the farthest Russian north, on the island Valaam in the middle of Lake Ladoga, sits the ancient Valamo monastery, which some traditions claim was founded almost 1,000 years ago. Around 1778, a young monk named...
by superadmin | Aug 8, 2016 | Pentecost Meditations, Pilgrimage Blog
The Rev. Canon Laura Howell Trinity Church, Bethlehem The year was 1203, and in the south of France, the Albigensians (Cathars) were restoring the old Gnostic heresy of Manichaeism. They believed that there were two gods–a good one and an evil one–and...
