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...
by superadmin | Aug 6, 2016 | Pentecost Meditations, Pilgrimage Blog
The Rev. Canon Laura Howell Trinity Church, Bethlehem Peter, James, John, Moses, Elijah, Jesus: what greater collection of worthies could there ever be, gathered in one place? And over it all, the voice of the Creator, booming out, proclaiming Jesus to be the Chosen...
by superadmin | Aug 5, 2016 | Pentecost Meditations, Pilgrimage Blog
The Rev. Canon Laura Howell Trinity Church, Bethlehem Why even write about these three amazing artists who did so much to influence art in the northern European Renaissance? Why not simply include pictures of their paintings, woodcuts, and engravings and have done...
by superadmin | Aug 4, 2016 | Pentecost Meditations, Pilgrimage Blog
The Rev. Canon Laura Howell Trinity Church, Bethlehem We do not have anyone listed on our calendar for August 4, so I’ve written today about one of the saints who has been a companion for me personally, Ignatius of Loyola. His feast day would have been on Sunday, July...
by superadmin | Aug 3, 2016 | Pentecost Meditations, Pilgrimage Blog
The Rev. Canon Laura Howell Trinity Church, Bethlehem A good deal of what we know about the early African-American experience with the Episcopal Church would have been lost without the work of The Rev. George Freeman Bragg, Jr. He was a historian and author of...
